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Asian countries are facing major air pollution problems due to rapid economic growth, urbanization and motorization. Mortality and respiratory diseases caused by air pollution are believed to be endemic in major cities of these countries. Regulations and standards are the first requirement for...
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The potential benefits are examined of the “Power-to-Gas” (P2G) scheme to utilize excess wind power capacity by generating hydrogen (or potentially methane) for use in the natural gas distribution grid. A parametric analysis is used to determine the feasibility and size of systems producing...
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of U.S. automobile gasoline consumption since 1975. Using background literature on the history of domestic fuel economy and energy policy, I establish a conceptual model that explains historical trends in adoption of increased fuel economy. I then create a system...
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argue that a broader concept of mobility has to be integrated into those debates. This understanding would go beyond … close linkages between internal and international mobility, and the unequal access to and benefits of mobility, all of which …
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stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF) for comparing income-risk efficiency sustainability of conventional and … sustainability rankings, <em>i.e</em>., corn/soybean gross margin and net return showed that different tillage system alternatives …, experimental researchers, and potentially policy makers and advisers on problems involving agricultural risk and sustainability. …
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serve as a working example of how African countries can enhance sustainability using modern, science-driven technology to … cotton can have on sustainability in Burkina Faso’s cotton sector based by summarizing empirical evidence from previously …
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In this study, the relationship between environmental innovation and sustainability is analyzed in 168 handicraft … environmental innovation and sustainability in three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental. In terms of determination, the … variables that best explain sustainability are: organization type, product innovation, and process innovation. The age of the …
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) of integrated research and offer reflections on how sustainability researchers can categorize their research to improve …
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environmental scientists with direct involvement or expertise in the environmental sustainability of agriculture. The practitioners … long list of 264 knowledge needs to help enhance the environmental sustainability of agriculture within the UK or for the … are about sustainability of livestock feed, trade-offs between ecosystem services at farm or landscape scale, phosphorus …
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The characterization of natural and cultural heritage using popular entertainment, such as TV movies and series, can become an effective and original way to involve society in protecting territory and enhancing local development, thanks to the dissemination of knowledge. The aim is to make the...
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