RESEARCH FOR

ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
AND LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
wATER
MANAGEMENT
ECONOMICS
ReseaRch foR RuRal Development 2012
Contents
Antanas Maziliauskas, Raimundas Baublys, Ramūnas Gegužis
REGULATED STREAMS REHABILITATION USING BIOENGINEERING
METHODS 109
Viesturs Kalniņš
ASSESSMENT OF BIOINDICATION METHODS IN AIR POLLUTION
MONITORING 117
Madara Markova
CHURCHyARD ELEMENTS IN LATGALE UPLAND 122
Burlakovs Juris, Gorbunovs Eduards
CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS IN FORMER MILITARy AREAS: CASE STUDy IN
RIGA 129
Maija Jankevica
ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGICAL AESTHETICS IN URBAN
AREAS. EXAMPLE OF JELGAVA 134
Lilita Lazdāne
PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT LANDSCAPES OF WATERMILLS AND SMALL-
SCALE HyDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS IN LATVIA 141
Fedir Markov
MIKLOUHO-MACLAy PARK - THE OBJECT OF HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE 148
Egidijus Kasiulis
PROBABILITy DISTRIBUTIONS OF WAVE HEIGHTS IN THE LITHUANIAN COAST 152
Saulius Gužys
THE INFLUENCE OF CROPPING SySTEMS DIFFERING IN INTENSITy ON
MINERAL NITROGEN MIGRATION 159
Andrius Litvinaitis, Lina Bagdžiūnaitė-Litvinaitienė
RESEARCH OF NUTRIENTS MIGRATION OF SANDy SEDIMENT AERATION
ZONE OF THE RIVER BANK BUFFER AREA 166
Otilija Miseckaitė, Liudas Kinčius
THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT HUMUS LAyERS ON THE DRAINAGE
RUNOFF DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS 174
Igors Gusarevs
PNEUMATIC PULSE METHOD IN THE TECHNOLOGy OF DEHyDRATION
AND UTILIZATION OF THE SEWAGE SLUDGE 180
Janis Paiders, Juris Paiders
BASIC FACTORS OF PARLIAMENT ELECTION RESULTS IN THE RURAL AREAS
OF LATVIA 184
Jan Žukovskis, Lina Marcinkevičiūtė
MOTIVATION TOOLS FOR EMPLOyEES IN REGIONAL MUNICIPAL
ADMINISTRATIONS OF LITHUANIA 191
Laura Girdžiūtė
RISKS IN AGRICULTURE AND THEIR ASSESSMENT METHODS 197
Vaida Stulpinienė, Vilija Aleknevičienė
FINANCIAL DISTRESS DETERMINANTS: THE SURVEy OF LITHUANIAN
FARMS 203
Skaidrīte Dzene, Aija Eglīte
PERSPECTIVE OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION IN LATVIA 210
Meldra Gineite
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITy IN KURZEME REGION 216
Kristaps Makovskis, Dagnija Lazdiņa, Ligita Bite
ECONOMIC CALCULATION OF SHORT ROTATION WILLOW PLANTATIONS
IN LATVIA 224
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