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Reverse logistics research of municipal hazardous waste: a literature review
The reverse logistics of municipal hazardous waste (RLMHW) have received close attention from researchers and practitioners alike, given the essential impact of safe transportation and effective management of ...
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Open AccessThe democratisation of European nature governance 1992–2015: introducing the comparative nature governance index
European environmental governance has radically transformed over the past two decades. While traditionally enforcement of environmental law has been the responsibility of public authorities (public authorities...
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Open AccessDriving state evaluation of intelligent connected vehicles based on centralized multi-source vehicle road collaborative information fusion
When the intelligent vehicle is driving on the road, the driving state of the vehicle needs to be monitored and evaluated in real time, such as whether the distance from the vehicle or obstacle in front of it ...
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Analyzing driving forces of China’s carbon emissions from 1997 to 2040 and the potential emission reduction path: through decomposition and scenario analysis
Energy and environmental policies are important methods for the government to restrain carbon emissions growth. Identifying the potential dynamic trends of China's carbon emissions under different scenarios ha...
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Open AccessRisk Aversion and Timber Harvest Strategies: A Case Study of Nonindustrial Private Forest Management in Louisiana
Forest owners face many challenges regarding forest management due to the long period from planting to harvest. Along with the economic and environmental factors that influence management actions, the owners' ...
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Open AccessPlace-based interpretation of the sustainable development goals for the land-river interface
The land–river interface (LRI) is important for sustainable development. The environmental processes that define the LRI support the natural capital and ecosystem services that are linked directly to multiple ...
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Update on air pollution control strategies for coal-fired power plants
Coal is expected to remain a significant power supply source worldwide and shifting to carbon-neutral fuels will be challenging because of growing electricity demand and booming industrialization. At the same ...
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Open AccessCost Modelling to Support Optimum Selection of Life Extension Strategy for Industrial Equipment in Smart Manufacturing
Industrial equipment/machinery is an important element of manufacturing. They are used for producing objects that people need for everyday use. Therefore, there is a challenge to adopt effective maintenance st...
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Exploring the convergence patterns of PM2.5 in Chinese cities
Economic development and ongoing urbanization are usually accompanied by severe haze pollution. Revealing the spatial and temporal evolution of haze pollution can provide a powerful tool for formulating sustai...
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Open AccessHow can diverse national food and land-use priorities be reconciled with global sustainability targets? Lessons from the FABLE initiative
There is an urgent need for countries to transition their national food and land-use systems toward food and nutritional security, climate stability, and environmental integrity. How can countries satisfy thei...
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Open AccessReforming China’s fertilizer policies: implications for nitrogen pollution reduction and food security
Reactive nitrogen (N) is a requisite nutrient for agricultural production, but results in greenhouse gas and air and water pollution. The environmental and economic impacts of N fertilizer use in China are par...
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Dynamic slack-based measure model efficiency evaluation of the impact of coal mining characteristics
Chinese coal enterprises are facing severe challenges due to low-carbon economy requirements and capacity reductions. This paper adopts a dynamic SBM model to compare the mining efficiency of each mining area ...
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Influencing factors of urban innovation and development: a grounded theory analysis
Urban innovation and development are a core driver for promoting the industrial, economic, and social development of cities. However, the factors that affect the innovation and development of cities lack syste...
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Open AccessRational planning strategies of urban structure, metro, and car use for reducing transport carbon dioxide emissions in develo** cities
Understanding transport carbon dioxide (CO2) emission impact factors’ effects is important for the rational planning strategy making in reducing the emissions. This study determines transport emission impact fact...
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Exploration of CO2 emission reduction pathways: identification of influencing factors of CO2 emission and CO2 emission reduction potential of power industry
Low-carbon development of China's power sector is the key to achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. Based on the logarithmic mean divisor index (LMDI) model, considering the carbon transfer caus...
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Open AccessInvestigation on how carbon markets and digital transformation affect green innovation: evidence from Chinese listed companies
Carbon markets and the digital economy are gaining popularity continuously. Under this context, corporate green innovation should be urgently guided, which is an important subject to be studied and solved with...
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Open AccessQuantifying the influence of climate variability on armed conflict in Africa, 2000–2015
Global climate change, expected to be one of the most severe challenges that human beings have ever encountered, has had far-reaching impacts on ecosystems and humans, among which the potentially increasing ch...
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Spatial–temporal heterogeneity and influencing factors of the coupling between industrial agglomeration and regional economic resilience in China
The coordinated development of industrial agglomeration and economic resilience can drive regional economic advantages; this type of development has become a catalyst for sustainable growth and high-quality de...
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Open AccessWater quality criteria derivation and ecological risk assessment for ibuprofen, a common antifever drug in China
Ibuprofen, an extensively consumed antifever drug, has been inevitably recorded in various aquatic environments in China. However, water quality criteria (WQC) are rarely derived, thereby hindering the ecologi...
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Open AccessStudy on the driving factors and decoupling effect of carbon emission from pig farming in China—based on LMDI and Tapio model
The livestock sector accounts for 18% of total anthropogenic carbon emissions and is an important source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. China occupies a large proportion of total livestock carbon em...
