31 Result(s)

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Where will Invasive Plants Colonize in Response to Climate Change: Predicting the Invasion of Galinsoga quadriradiata in China

Galinsoga quadriradiata, an annual herbaceous plant originating in Central and South America, has caused great harm to agriculture and natural communities in China recently. However, the distribution and influenc...

Ying-Bo Yang, Gang Liu, **ong Shi… in International Journal of Environmental Res… (2018)

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Carbon nanotube-based environmental technologies: the adopted properties, primary mechanisms, and challenges

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) show great potential and bright prospect in the field of environment. It is believed that this new kind of material will bring opportunities and benefits to the environmental protection...

Biao Song, Piao Xu, Guangming Zeng… in Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/T… (2018)

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Multi-actor multi-criteria sustainability assessment framework for energy and industrial systems in life cycle perspective under uncertainties. Part 2: improved extension theory

The concept of sustainability and sustainable development has been widely incorporated in energy and industrial systems. This paper is the second part of a two-paper series dealing with multi-actor multi-crite...

**gzheng Ren, Xusheng Ren, Hanwei Liang… in The International Journal of Life Cycle As… (2017)

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Multi-actor multi-criteria sustainability assessment framework for energy and industrial systems in life cycle perspective under uncertainties. Part 1: weighting method

Life cycle sustainability assessment is meaningful for the decision-makers/stakeholders to select the most sustainable option among multiple alternatives; however, there are usually various severe uncertainty ...

**gzheng Ren, Xusheng Ren, Hanwei Liang… in The International Journal of Life Cycle As… (2017)

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Multiple-factor classification of a human-modified forest landscape in the Hsuehshan Mountain Range, Taiwan

Human actions drive landscape heterogeneity, yet most ecosystem classifications omit the role of human influence. This study explores land use history to inform a classification of forestland of the Tayal Mrqw...

Kevan J. Berg, Lahuy Icyeh, Yih-Ren Lin, Arnold Janz, Steven G. Newmaster in Ambio (2016)

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Prioritization of bioethanol production pathways in China based on life cycle sustainability assessment and multicriteria decision-making

The study objectives are twofold: (i) combining the life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) framework and the multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology for sustainability assessment and (ii) determi...

**gzheng Ren, Alessandro Manzardo… in The International Journal of Life Cycle As… (2015)

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Application of robust optimization in matrix-based LCI for decision making under uncertainty

When product systems are optimized to minimize environmental impacts, uncertainty in the process data may impact optimal decisions. The purpose of this article is to propose a mathematical method for life cycle a...

Ren Wang, Daniel Work in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2014)

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How can a life cycle inventory parametric model streamline life cycle assessment in the wooden pallet sector?

This study discusses the use of parameterization within the life cycle inventory (LCI) in the wooden pallet sector, in order to test the effectiveness of LCI parametric models to calculate the environmental im...

Monia Niero, Francesco Di Felice… in The International Journal of Life Cycle As… (2014)

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Wild Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations Require Conservation and Reintroduction in China

Hai Ren, Qianmei Zhang, Hongfang Lu, Hongxiao Liu, Qinfeng Guo, Jun Wang… in AMBIO (2012)

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The Evolution of Environmental Management Philosophy Under Rapid Economic Development in China

** Li, Zhongliang Huang, Hai Ren, Hongxiao Liu, Quan Wang in AMBIO (2011)