The “Invisible” Mountains

Browne, Thomas; Fox, Roddy; Funnell, Donald

doi:10.1659/0276-4741(2004)024[0028:tim]2.0.co;2

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“…Developing a Simple Strategy for Roadside Spring Water Disinfection in Central Appalachia infrastructure, and the Central Appalachian region is no exception (Browne et al 2004;Wescoat et al 2007). In some regions of Central Appalachia, upwards of 10% of homes lack complete plumbing (Krometis et al 2017).…”

Section: Journal Of Contemporary Water Research and Educationmentioning

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“…Not surprisingly, rural mountainous regions often lag behind non‐mountainous regions in the establishment and maintenance of drinking water infrastructure, and the Central Appalachian region is no exception (Browne et al 2004; Wescoat et al 2007). In some regions of Central Appalachia, upwards of 10% of homes lack complete plumbing (Krometis et al 2017).…”

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“…For example, in Appalachia, a mountainous 531,000 square-kilometer region in the eastern U.S. (Pollard and Jacobsen 2021), the maintenance of essential water infrastructure is limited by socioeconomic, geographic, and geotechnical challenges (Cook et al 2015;Arcipowski et al 2017). Though shaped by different nation-specific histories, multiple authors have noted that factors such as steep topography, high poverty rates, and unique geography in rural mountainous regions present difficulties in the provision of safe drinking water and appropriate wastewater treatment (Browne et al 2004;Wescoat et al 2007).Not surprisingly, rural mountainous regions often lag behind non-mountainous regions in the establishment and maintenance of drinking water…”

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Developing a Simple Strategy for Roadside Spring Water Disinfection in Central Appalachia

Patton,

Krometis,

Faulkner

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Contemporary Water Research

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Several studies have highlighted issues of unreliable access to safe drinking water in the Appalachian region. In some cases, residents turn to roadside springs as a practical, and culturally valuable, drinking water source. However, public reliance on roadside springs for potable use can present concerns, as bacterial contamination of spring water has been documented throughout Appalachia. This study aimed to 1) develop a simple, low‐cost protocol using household bleach to inactivate total coliform and E. coli in untreated roadside spring water; 2) provide educational materials at local roadside springs to inform users of this simple treatment strategy; and 3) assess spring user perceptions of the educational materials via a short survey. Laboratory scale trials emulating typical spring water collection and storage conditions investigated the use of household bleach (7.4‐7.5% sodium hypochlorite) for total coliform and E. coli bacteria inactivation and free chlorine residual maintenance in spring water over time. Results showed that 2 drops (approximately 0.10 mL) of household bleach from an eyedropper per 1 gallon of spring water provided adequate total coliform and E. coli disinfection, while maintaining free chlorine levels below typical taste thresholds and providing sufficient residual over a 1‐month trial period. An infographic communicating the disinfection protocol and a corresponding survey were created and distributed at roadside springs in rural regions of southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia. The majority of spring user survey respondents (80%) reported that the infographic was generally helpful, and over half of respondents stated that they would use the bleach protocol.

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“…Some scholars judged from the topography and geomorphology of Guizhou that a flat land with a slope of less than 6° and continuous in space was a basin [46]. Existing studies have defined the mountains from the angles of slope, altitude and relief amplitude [47][48][49]. For example, UNEP and the European Commission have defined mountain areas into 7 and 5 types based on the slope and the altitude.…”

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Land Use Transition of the Mountain-Basin System under the Background of Rural Revitalization: Based on Four Typical Mountain-Basin Systems

Zhang¹,

Li²,

Xu³

et al. 2022

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Carrying out a comprehensive and comparative study on the characteristics of land use transition in typical mountainous areas in China can essentially reveal the dynamic changes in the relationship between man and land. It's significant to research on the land use transition of the mountain-basin system, for the land use transition and sustainable land use in mountainous areas. This study took four mountain-basin systems in Puding county of Guizhou province, Southwest China as a typical case. Based on high-resolution remote sensing images for 1973-2020, combined with field survey to verify data, we used the ArcGIS platform's land use transfer matrix and importance value index method to quantitatively analyze the characteristic of land use transition of typical mountain-basin systems in the past 50 years. Furthermore, this study probed the stage and diversity of land use transition and inspirations of rural revitalization. The results showed that: (1) The basin system was based on the transition of cultivated land, which was mainly transformed into agricultural facility land, garden land and transportation land. Affected by the transition of cultivated land, the land use function had transformed from a single traditional agricultural production function to a complex modern agricultural production function. The mountain system was dominated by the transition of cultivated land, which was transformed into forest land. With the shrinkage of cultivated land, its land use function was dominated by a single ecological conservation function. (2) There were significant differences in the stage and evolutionary path of the land use transition in the mountain-basin system, going through a single-function dominant stage, a single-function to multi-function transition stage and a multi-function combined stage. The land use of the basin system was transformed into non-agriculturalization, non-grain and intensification. Nevertheless, the land use in the mountain system

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Invasive Alien Plants in the Montane Areas of South Africa: Impacts and Management Options

Canavan

Clark

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Human-Nature Interactions

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Significance StatementInvasive alien plants (IAPs) in South African mountains are both threatening and supporting ecosystem services and human well-being for local communities, as well as those in nearby lowland areas. Higher elevation mountain areas have distinct IAP compositions compared to lower elevation mountains due to their unique climatic conditions. Management of IAPs in these montane settings presents many challenges and needs to work on multi-value-based approaches that ensure the inclusion of communities in the decision making. We advocate for more mountain-specific research that can guide and upscale National Resource Management to implement programmes that are relevant to the socio-ecological circumstances in these high elevation areas.

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The “Invisible” Mountains

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

Developing a Simple Strategy for Roadside Spring Water Disinfection in Central Appalachia

Developing a Simple Strategy for Roadside Spring Water Disinfection in Central Appalachia

Land Use Transition of the Mountain-Basin System under the Background of Rural Revitalization: Based on Four Typical Mountain-Basin Systems

Invasive Alien Plants in the Montane Areas of South Africa: Impacts and Management Options

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