Planning for Simultaneous Regional/Urban and Tourism Development with Case StudiesAbstract This research suggests optimal planning and designing techniques for tourism complexes in urban master planning. Firstly, it explains the importance of the tourism industry through the theories of scholars and experts. It also emphasizes the connection between the development of urban economies and [...] 1249 9039 |
Examination of Sustainable Water Management at Norway’s Major Hub Airport: The Case of Oslo Airport Gardermoenby
Glenn Baxter
Abstract The present study used a detailed qualitative longitudinal research approach to examine the trends of water consumption, wastewater volumes, and drainage water volumes in Oslo Airport Gardermoen, which is Norway’s major hub airport, between the years 2005 and 2020. An overall upward trend was observ [...] 738 7236 |
Sources, Mobility, Reactivity, and Remediation of Heavy Metal(loid) Pollution: A ReviewAbstract Heavy metal(loid)s are a group of elements present commonly in the environment, including Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb, and As elements, among others. While these elements could have their origins in natural sources, anthropogenic activities, such as mining, agriculture, industry, etc., ar [...] 1202 13409 |
Degree-hours and Degree-days in Coastal Mediterranean Cities, Patras and Kalamata, Greeceby
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
,
Athanassios Giannopoulos
,
Yannis G. Caouris
,
Manolis Souliotis
and
Mattheos Santamouris
Abstract The hourly ambient air temperature information was analyzed for two Greek coastal Mediterranean cities: Patras (for the entire 2018 year) with ten urban and one rural stations, and Kalamata (for the entire 2019 and 2020 years) with eight urban and two rural stations. The heating and cool [...] 744 6986 |
Carbon–CO2 Gasification to CO by Microwave Heatingby
June An
and
Young Nam Chun
Abstract The use of renewable energy has currently been increasing due to air pollution and climate change problems. These energies are valuable as a clean or low-carbon energy, but the renewable energies like solar or wind energy are problematic in terms of energy intensity and discontinuity. Thus, energy c [...] 729 7199 |
Climate Change, CO2-Concentration, and the Impact on Long-Term Pollen Observation with Implications for Human Healthby
Thomas Frei
Abstract Climate change has a major impact on nature and influences ecological systems. The increase in the CO2-concentration in the atmosphere is a major driver of global warming. This study showed that global warming has a major impact on the release of pollen, and hence, [...] 667 6223 |
Architecture as Habitat: Enhancing Urban Ecosystem Services Using Building EnvelopesAbstract The practice of reconciliation ecology in urban environments relies heavily on urban green space as the primary source of vegetated habitat in cities. However, most cities lack the quantity, connectivity, and accessibility of green space needed to provide essential ecosystem services for [...] 863 11290 |
Coral Reef Mapping Using Remote Sensing Techniques and a Supervised Classification AlgorithmAbstract The vitality of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is threatened by many human-made impacts. Monitoring this ecosystem makes it possible to study the general condition and the health of the GBR. However, due to the large extent of the GBR and limited accessibility in the ocean environment, map [...] 1420 13227 |
Assessment of Trametes versicolor, Isochrysis galbana, and Purple Phototrophic Bacteria for the Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Hospital Wastewaterby
Ana Cruz del Álamo
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María Isabel Pariente
,
Sánchez-Bayo Alejandra
,
Daniel Puyol
,
Rosalía Rodríguez
,
Victoria Morales
,
Luis Fernando Bautista
,
Gemma Vicente
,
Juan Antonio Melero
,
Raúl Molina
and
Fernando Martínez
Abstract Hospitals are one of the key contributors of pharmaceutical contaminants of emerging concern to the sewer systems. Hospitals wastewaters contain concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds between 3 and 150, which are higher than urban wastewater streams. However, dedicated treatments of [...] 925 8757 |
Contributing Factors to Forest Loss in Conterminous U.S. for the 1990s and 2000sby
Giorgos Mountrakis
and
Sheng Yang
Abstract While numerous studies have considered forest loss factors at local scales, there is a gap of comparative quantitative regional modeling at the U.S. national level. Here, we investigated statistical relationships between gross forest cover loss (GFCL) and numerous socioeconomic, biophysi [...] 885 6499 |