A5023567285- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Oil and Gas Production Techniques
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Forest Management and Policy
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Water resources management and optimization
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Rural development and sustainability
- Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
Heriot-Watt University
2011-2024
Aberystwyth University
2014-2024
University of Waterloo
2021
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
2002-2013
Epistem (United Kingdom)
2013
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
2003-2011
University of Glasgow
2010
GTx (United States)
2007
Murdoch University
2006
National Iranian Oil Company (Iran)
2006
This paper gives an overview of the value ecosystem services 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units. In total, over 320 publications were screened covering 300 case study locations. Approximately 1350 estimates coded and stored a searchable Ecosystem Service Value Database (ESVD). A selection 665 was used for analysis. Acknowledging uncertainties contextual nature any valuation, analysis shows that total is considerable ranges between 490 int$/year bundle can potentially be provided by...
Social valuation of ecosystem services and public policy alternatives is one the greatest challenges facing ecological economists today. Frameworks for valuing nature increasingly include shared/social values as a distinct category values. However, values, well their relationship to other has not yet been clearly established empirical evidence about importance lacking. To help address these theoretical limitations, this paper outlines framework across five dimensions: value concept,...
Abstract Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being 1,2 , addressing the global biodiversity crisis 3 still implies confronting barriers to incorporating nature’s diverse values into decision-making. These include powerful interests supported by current norms and legal rules such as property rights, which determine whose of nature are acted on. A better understanding how why is (under)valued more urgent than ever 4 . Notwithstanding...
Valuation that focuses only on individual values evades the substantial collective and intersubjective meanings, significance value from ecosystems. Shared, plural cultural of ecosystems constitute a diffuse interdisciplinary field research, covering an area links questions around ontology, elicitation aggregation with participation, ethics, social justice. Synthesising understanding various contributions to this Special Issue Ecosystem Services, particular focus deliberation deliberative...
This paper concludes a special feature of Sustainability Science that explores broad range social value theoretical traditions, such as religious studies, psychology, indigenous knowledge, economics, sociology, and philosophy. We introduce novel transdisciplinary conceptual framework revolves around concepts 'lenses' 'tensions' to help navigate diversity. First, we consider the notion lenses: perspectives on valuation along diverse dimensions describe what values focus on, how their...
Achieving the intertwined goals of justice and sustainability requires transformative changes to meaningfully engage diverse perspectives. Therefore, scholars policymakers need new ways recognising addressing nature's multiple values across cultures, disciplines other knowledge traditions. By reviewing academic publications, policy documents Indigenous local community sources, we developed an inclusive typology clarify value concepts guide their consideration in decisions. Through case...
Monetary valuation quantifies exchange values, but broader approaches are needed to understand the meaning of those monetary values and shared, plural cultural that underpin them. In this study, we integrated deliberative valuation, storytelling, subjective well-being psychometric comprehensively elicit ecosystem service for proposed UK marine protected areas. We compare five stages: individual from an online survey; group following deliberation on information in workshops; storytelling a...
1. The DEFRA ecosystem services framework was implemented in an entomological context to provide preliminary estimates of the economic value four key service benefits delivered by dung beetles ( C oleoptera: S carabaeidae, G eotrupidae) U.K. cattle industry and individual farmers. These included (i) reduced pest flies; (ii) gastrointestinal parasites; (iii) pasture fouling (iv) increased soil nutrients. 2. A mesocosm experiment carried out quantify impacts anthelmintic treatment on removal...
Summary This paper describes applications of linear and nonlinear simulations to unstable miscible flooding. The first section a method calculating growth modes by use finite differences in the direction flow Fourier decomposition perpendicular flow. work extends previous long- short-wavelength analytic results cover whole wave-number range. Results obtained are used help validate two-dimensional (2D) code study evolution viscous fingers identify likely fingering regimes computed solution...
Summary History matching and uncertainty quantification are two important research topics in reservoir simulation currently. In the Bayesian approach, we start with prior information about a (e.g., from analog outcrop data) update our models observations production data or time-lapse seismic). The goal of this activity is often to generate multiple that match history use quantify uncertainties predictions performance. A critical aspect generating history-matched sampling algorithm used...
Whilst public participation is now accepted as an essential requirement of planning, there limited literature which considers the effectiveness in practice. In this study we focus on perspectives members public, and planners policy makers island state Malta, to identify (i) expectations process, (ii) extent practices meet expectations, (iii) ways could be rendered more effective. Five key areas concern emerge: (a) lack influence decisions, (b) professional ethics expertise, (c) methods...
Assessments of the value nature (e.g., TEEB. The economics ecosystems and biodiversity: ecological economic foundations, London, 2010) have tended to focus on instrumental values ecosystem services. However, recent academic policy debate highlighted a wider range relational intrinsic values), valuation methods socio-cultural methods), worldviews [e.g., indigenous local knowledge (ILK) systems]. To account for these new perspectives, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform Biodiversity...
The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe Central Asia : summary policymakers
Relational values are of desirable relationships between people and nature among (through nature). We report on the approach to capture relational nature's contributions in regional assessment for Europe Central Asia Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform Biodiversity Ecosystem Services (IPBES). present a framework considering indicators along four value dimensions about people's with nature: security sovereignty; health; equity justice; heritage, social identity stewardship. The has been...