Circular Economy
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Distribution, risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments, and their potential risk on water supply safety of a drinking water reservoir, middle China
17/05/2023 -
Heavy metals in reservoir sediments were analyzed to assess the pollution level and to understand the potential risk on water supply safety. Heavy metals in sediments will enter the biological...
A practice study of land and water comprehensive remediation in urban–rural fringe—with Sichuan River Shaanxi Province, Northwest China, as an example
18/05/2023 -
Urban–rural fringe area (URFa) is an active and expansive region, and its environment is complex and frangible. Previous studies have focused on the landscape spatial pattern changes, the...
Experiencing Temporary Home Design for Young Urban Dwellers: “We Can’t Put Anything on the Wall”
18/05/2023 -
A significant number of young people live in temporary homes, which are designed to fulfil basic needs and provide space for normal activities. However, it is unclear what those basic activities are....
Financial innovation and environmental quality: Fresh empirical evidence from the EU Countries
15/05/2023 -
Evidence shows that the European Union (EU) is a leader in using financial innovation to overcome environmental challenges and ensure sustainable development. This study explores the heterogeneous...
Exploring economic and environmental efficiency in renewable energy utilization: a case study in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries
15/05/2023 -
The share of renewable energy has grown significantly in global energy supply, yet the evaluation of renewable energy utilization has remained limited. Hence, this research explored economic and...
The environmental effects of undertaking industrial transfer in developing countries: a quasi-natural experimental evidence in China
15/05/2023 -
The construction of National Industrial Relocation Demonstration Zones (NIRDZ) is important for China’s industrial transfer, but its environmental influence cannot be neglected. This study...
Urban Residents’ Preferred Walking Street Setting and Environmental Factors: The Case of Chengdu City
30/04/2023 -
To date, most studies on building environments and walking behavior have utilized top-down approaches (e.g., big data or social media data) yet lack bottom-up approaches to verify their findings....
Impact of green technological innovations on environmental quality for Turkey: evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulation model
11/05/2023 -
The contribution of this research is to provide empirical evidence that investing in green technology innovation (GTI) can reduce the ecological footprint in Turkey, which can lead to sustainable...
Has pilot zones policy for green finance reform and innovations improved the level of green financial development and environmental quality?
01/05/2023 -
This study uses the green finance reform and innovation pilot zone policy approved by the State Council in 2017 as a quasi-natural experiment to explore whether the implementation of the policy...
Urban mobility trends and climate change: sustainability policies in the parking industry
01/05/2023 -
The concern to create cleaner and more ecosystem-friendly production processes has extended to the parking sector in Spain. Since the creation of the multi-level institutional framework for...
The effect of institutions and urbanization on environmental quality: evidence from the Belt and Road Initiative countries using dynamic panel models
24/04/2023 -
Increased globalization in urban areas raise energy consumption that leads to high carbon dioxide discharge and degrade environmental quality. Other economic activities also produce emission;...
The effect of income inequality and economic growth on carbon dioxide emission
20/04/2023 -
Most of the developing and emerging countries are focusing to increase economic growth, enhance the living standard of the people, and reduce income inequality. Increasing economic growth through...
Spatiotemporal assessment of ecosystem services supply–demand relationships to identify ecological management zoning in coastal city Dalian, China
13/04/2023 -
Integrating ecosystem services supply–demand relationships into ecological management zoning is a hot topic. Most studies have focused on the matching relationship between the supply and demand...
Determining Factors on Green Innovation Adoption: An Empirical Study in Brazilian Agribusiness Firms
06/04/2023 -
Green innovation has become one of the mainstream concepts to address environmental issues. However, research on green innovation, especially at the firm level, is still evolving. Building upon the...
Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, Science, and Policy, Tapas K. Das, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2020. 576 pages. $148.00. ISBN: 978?1?119?591561?6
30/03/2023 -
Selenium (Se) is one of the essential trace elements for human, but the Se deficiency of most areas resulting in low a Se content in fruits. To increase the Se uptake in fruit trees, the effects of...
The effect of energy prices, energy losses, and renewable energy use on CO2 emissions in energy-importing developing economies in the presence of an environmental Kuznets curve
30/03/2023 -
In this study, energy losses, energy prices, and the relationship between green energy and environmental quality are investigated for 15 energy-importing emerging economies. In addition, the...
Aerospace, Vol. 10, Pages 335: Design and Preliminary Performance Assessment of a PHM System for Electromechanical Flight Control Actuators
28/03/2023 -
The evolution toward “more electric” aircraft has seen a decisive push in the last decade due to growing environmental concerns and the development of new market segments (flying...
Spatiotemporal analysis of the surface urban heat island (SUHI), air pollution and disease pattern: an applied study on the city of Granada (Spain)
27/03/2023 -
There is worldwide concern about how climate change —which involves rising temperatures— may increase the risk of contracting and developing diseases, reducing the quality of life. This study...
Effect of foreign direct investment on environmental quality in West Africa
27/03/2023 -
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is known to be beneficial because of the positive externalities it generates in the recipient economy, whether in developed or developing countries. With a view to...
Aerospace, Vol. 10, Pages 293: A Model-Based Prognostic Framework for Electromechanical Actuators Based on Metaheuristic Algorithms
16/03/2023 -
The deployment of electro-mechanical actuators plays an important role towards the adoption of the more electric aircraft (MEA) philosophy. On the other hand, a seamless substitution of EMAs, in...
Impact of Pandemic Safety Measures on Students’ Thermal Comfort—Case Study: Romania
17/03/2023 -
The indoor environmental quality of a building has attracted everyone’s attention since a worldwide pandemic was declared and forced people indoors. After several months, people were...
