A multi-scale assessment framework for assessing and comparing the water resource sustainability based on the ecological footprint (EF) is introduced.
We argue that in the case of energy policy, the analysis must go beyond the definition of problems such as access to energy at the level of the individual, and focus on a multi-scale assessment including the household and community levels studying the capacity of the household to increase it energy throughput through exosomatic devices and infrastructure.
Insights gained from a multi-scale assessment of disturbance, coupled with information about land use and habitat mosaics are necessary to understand the distinctive features of different preserved areas and thus, to formulate appropriate plans for a regional conservation network to maintain or enhance biodiversity in the region.
We conducted a multi-scale assessment of ecological and evolutionary trends in members of the tribe Rhodniini, including (i) a macroscale analysis of Rhodniini species richness and composition patterns across the Americas, and (ii) a detailed, mesoscale case-study of ecological and behavioural trends in Rhodnius neglectus and R. nasutus.
The proposed multi-scale assessment of WEF aims to evaluate the complex relationship between water resource supply and consumption in different spatial scales and time series.
In addition, scenario exercises have been undertaken in smaller scale SPI activities, for example in coastal planning (Tomkins et al., 2008) and land use assessments in the United Kingdom (Foresight, 2010) and in multi-scale assessments seeking to integrate knowledge accumulated at local scales into progressively larger-scale processes (Kok et al., 2007).
For example, the multi-scale assessments mentioned earlier which in one case involved deliberation via scenario-building exercises on the topic of land degradation and potential mitigation measures at local scales, the results of which were then incorporated into further participatory scenario exercises as part of a larger Mediterranean regional-scale assessment (Kok et al., 2007).
While the PVAHA procedure, through utilisation of the VAPAH algorithm, is primarily concerned with aggregating the hazard contributions from all sources, disaggregating the volcanic ash hazard has two important implications for the usefulness of the technique over other approaches to multi-scale assessments.
The framework comprises a resource flow model that links production processes to specific locations, multi-scale impact assessment to derive regional and global sustainability indicators, and multi-criteria evaluation balancing the preferences of different stakeholders.
Such multi-scale environmental assessment processes are now underway.
Tomographic imaging using both laboratory sources and synchrotron radiation (SR) was performed to achieve a multi-scale damage assessment of carbon fibre composites subjected to impact damage, allowing various internal damage modes to be studied in three-dimensions.
