Guidelines for WB3 Part I: Desertification and land degradation: Identification of existing and potential prevention and mitigation strategies

These guidelines are a working instrument for conducting and moderating stakeholder workshops with a participatory approach to initiate a mutual learning process among local and external stakeholders. The overall aim of the workshop is to identify promising (existing and potential) strategies for land and water conservation for the selected study site. DESIRE (Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land) is a European Integrated Project. The DESIRE WB 3 methodology was developed by CDE and is based on experiences from Learning for Sustainability (LforS) and WOCAT.

Policy analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and federal funding concerning barrier-free playgrounds

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was created to prohibit discrimination against disabled persons in our society. The goal of the ADA as a comprehensive civil rights law is to "ensure equal opportunity and complete participation, independent living and economic self-sufficiency" for disabled persons (U.S. Department of Justice, 2008). As part of Title II and III of the ADA, states and local governments are required to provide people with disabilities the same chance to engage in and benefit from all programs and services including recreational facilities and activities as every other citizen. Recreational facilities and related structures must comply with accessibility standards when creating new structures or renovating existing ones. Through a systematic literature review of articles accessed through online databases, articles relating to children with disabilities, their quality of life and their experience gained through play were reviewed, analyzed and synthesized. Additionally, the ADA's Final Rule regarding accessible playgrounds was evaluated through a descriptive analysis which yielded the following five components relating the importance of barrier-free playgrounds to children with disabilities: appropriate dimensions for children, integration of the play area, variety of activity and stimulation, availability of accessible play structures to communities, and financial feasibility. These components were used as evaluation criteria to investigate the degree to which the ADA's Final Rule document met these criteria. An evaluation of two federal funding sources, the Urban Parks and Recreation Renewal Program (UPARR) and the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), was also conducted which revealed three components relating the two programs' ability to support the realization of the ADA's Final Rule which included: current budget for the program, ability of local communities to attain funds, and level of ADA compliance required to receive funding. Majority of the evaluation of the Final Rule concluded it be adequate in development of barrier-free playgrounds although there are some portions of the guidelines that would benefit from further elucidation. Both funding programs were concluded to not adequately support the development of barrier-free playgrounds and therefore it was recommended that their funding be re-instated or increased as necessary. ^

A daily rainfall erosivity model for Western Amazonia

Rainfall erosivities as defined by the R factor from the universal soil loss equation were determined for all events during a two-year period at the station La Cuenca in western Amazonia. Three methods based on a power relationship between rainfall amount and erosivity were then applied to estimate event and daily rainfall erosivities from the respective rainfall amounts. A test of the resulting regression equations against an independent data set proved all three methods equally adequate in predicting rainfall erosivity from daily rainfall amount. We recommend the Richardson model for testing in the Amazon Basin, and its use with the coefficient from La Cuenca in western Amazonia.

Lake restoration : proceedings of a national conference, August 22-24, 1978, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mode of access: Internet.

Laramie River litigation; a compilation of opinions and decrees of the United States Supreme Court and opinions, decrees and orders of the Colorado Supreme Court and of the District Court of Larimer County, Colorado, together with chronology, citations of opinions and decrees and a summary statement.

Mode of access: Internet.

San Luis Valley Project: Wagon Wheel Gap reservoir, Platoro reservoir, Magote reservoir, Closed Basin drain.

Reproduced from typewritten copy.

Proceedings : second Seepage Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, March 25-27, 1968 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Delaware River watershed: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Program for run-off and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention.

Report includes appendices, survey report.

Sustainable agricultural systems [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, April 16, 1982, Ontario, Calif., April 22 and 27, 1982, Washington, D.C.

"Serial no. 97-PPP."

Flood plain management study : Rio Grande near Del Norte, Colorado /

Chiefly plates.

Proceedings.

Mode of access: Internet.

Utilization of the waters of the Santa Ynez River Basin for agriculture in southern Santa Barabara County, California

Contract no. 12-14-100-758 (41) between the Agricultural Research Service and the Santa Barbara County Water Agency.