54 Result(s)
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Open AccessImpacts and influencing pathways of urbanization on carbon–water-energy-food nexus across Chinese cities
Food, water, energy and carbon (F-W-E-C), as important factors of urban development, have synergistic effects and trade-off effects with each other. Scientifically assessing the impact of urbanization on the F...
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Climate change, carbon neutrality: the role of spatial economics
The collection of papers in this special issue examines empirical evidence from Asia, Europe, and North America, analyzes how climate change affects the spatial economy, and explores the feasibility of carbon ...
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Exploring the magnitude threshold of urban PM2.5 concentration: evidence from prefecture-level cities in China
As major carriers of modern economy and population, cities and towns are vortex centers of pollution migration, and the environmental effects brought about by China’s unprecedented urbanization can be imagined...
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Open AccessHot spots, evolutionary trends, and future prospects for the sustainable development of the marine economy in the past 30 years: a comparative bibliometric analysis based on CiteSpace
How to assess the quality of sustainable development is an important issue for the marine economy. This study examined studies on sustainable development of marine economy over the past 30 years using core dat...
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Formulation improvement of a concentrated enzyme detergent for high-speed rail trains through life cycle assessment methodology
High-speed rail has been operating in more than 25 countries (mainly in Asia, Europe and North America), and has become an important part of global economic development. However, the cleaning and maintenance o...
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Open AccessThe status of the global food waste mitigation policies: experience and inspiration for China
Food waste has become a significant challenge faced by the community with a shared future for mankind, and it has also caused a considerable impact on China's food security. Scholars across disciplines, intern...
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Open AccessImpact of marine industrial agglomeration on high-quality marine economic development: the mediating effect of knowledge spillover
Industrial agglomeration significantly influences economic development; however, its impact on high-quality economic growth within the marine industry remains understudied. We conducted a study using panel dat...
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Research on sustainable development evaluation and improvement path of resource-based cities based on coupling of emergy and system dynamics
The evaluation of the sustainable development of resource-based cities is still one of the hotspots in today’s social research. Taking **ing, Shandong Province, as the research object, this work combines a re...
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Green merger and acquisition decision driven by environmental regulation and its impact on green innovation: evidence from Chinese heavily polluting listed enterprises
How heavily polluting enterprises achieve sustainable development has become an urgent issue to be solved. Based on the data of Chinese heavily polluting listed enterprises during the period of 2010–2020, this...
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Open AccessThe impact of eco-innovation on environmental performance in different regional settings: new evidence from Chinese cities
Eco-innovation is crucial for pollutants emissions reduction and environmental improvement. However, little is known on how it functions in relation to different technology capabilities and regulations. Using ...
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Open AccessImpacts of the integral development of agriculture and tourism on agricultural eco-efficiency: a case study of two river basins in China
The integral development of agriculture and tourism heavily depends on natural resources, especially agricultural resources, and it also may contribute to the sustainability of agriculture. The sustainability ...
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Open AccessTechnology structure of China’s export of agricultural products: empirical analysis based on technical complexity
Growing labour costs, increasing resources and environmental constraints and a desire to emphasize high-quality trade have promoted China to prioritize upgrading the agricultural export structure. This brings ...
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Open AccessEstimation of future storm surge inundation and effects of the adaptation measures in Qingdao, China
The ADvanced CIRCulation (ADCIRC) model was applied to the sea area surrounding Qingdao, China, to estimate the impact of climate change on storm surge and inundation induced by eight typical typhoons in curre...
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Decision analysis of international joint prevention and control of public health emergencies
COVID-19 has caused huge losses to countries around the world, and it will not end in a short time. The lack of motivation for international joint prevention and control is one of the important reasons for the...
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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...
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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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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 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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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 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...
