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Comparison and Evaluation of Co-composting Corn Stalk or Rice Husk with Swine Waste in China
An experimental composting system was employed to study the effect of different proportions of corn stalk, rice husk and swine waste on composting efficiency and final compost quality. Three dry mass ratios we...
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Effects of in situ biological treatments on heavy metal release of urban river sediment
A typical river in Yangzhou City was used to study the effects of artificial aeration, eco-brick cover, biological packing cover, and low-sited plant floating beds on the release of heavy metals from urban riv...
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Erratum to: Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Bei**g, China
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Open AccessAn analysis of the spatial and temporal changes in Chinese terrestrial ecosystem service functions
Since Westman (1977) and Ehrlich (1982) put forward the concepts of “the service of nature” and “ecosystem service functions”, respectively, methods for conducting value accounting for them, and their practica...
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Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Bei**g, China
Sealing of soils prevents the exchange of gas, water and nutrient between soil and other environmental compartments, and affects urban N flux, thereby resulting in certain negative impacts on soil functioning ...
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Eco-Complexity and Sustainability in China’s Water Management
China’s severe water challenges as a result of rapid social and economic development, has led to significant impacts on regional eco-security, ecosystem service and human health. Grounded in ancient Chinese hu...
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Key natural impacting factors of China’s human population distribution
China is a large country with a population of 1.292 billion, accounting for 1/5 of the world population. However, the geographical distribution of population is greatly unbalanced. There are many factors contr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Develo** Methodologies of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining to Investigate Metropolitan Land Use Evolution
In the urban/territorial planning process, the quality of the evaluation procedure is crucial. It is necessary to select and implement innovative tools able to handle the huge amount of available data concerni...
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Metabolism and Driving Forces of Chinese Urban Household Consumption
This study was aimed at develo** a better understanding of environmental pressure of urban household consumption in China. First, we introduced the concept model of household metabolism. Using this model, we...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Towards Eco-Integration - Ecopolis Planning In China
China is experiencing rapid urbanization and industrial transition. The pace, depth, and magnitude of these changes, while bringing about benefits to local people, have exerted severe ecological stresses on bo...
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A Human Ecology Model for the Tian** Urban Ecosystem: Integrating Human Ecology, Ecosystem Science, and Philosophical Views into an Urban Eco-Complex Study
The main characteristics of our urban ecology model are to apply the principles of ecological cybernetics to the identification and simulation of an urban ecosystem, and to help local people to understand thei...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sustainability Knowledge Mining from Human Development Database
This paper is to expose the concealed sustainability information to users from UNDP annual report of human development database. Different from the “understanding database by computer”, the task is to tell use...
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Building a Totally Functioning and Ecologically Vivid City — A Chinese Way Towards a Sustainable City
For thousands of years Chinese have been striving for a harmonious relationship among Tian (heaven or universe), Di (earth or resource) and Ren (people or society), and advocating that Man and Nature become on...
