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A Geospatial Approach to Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics: A Review
Land Use and Land Cover Change commonly referred to as LULC reflects the patterns of land use in a region and plays an important role in land use...
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The Current State and Potential of Canal Top Solar Power Plants in India
India is the world’s second-most populous country, with an ever-increasing energy need. Harnessing renewable energy is best suited for India in order...
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Conservation and Protection of Peri-Urban Rural Landscapes from the Impacts of Urbanization: Case Study of Manimangalam, Mahanyam and Malaipattu Villages in Manimangalam Watershed
Rural farmland preservation, open spaces, water bodies and woodland in the suburbs strongly contrast the borders of urban and peri-urban areas. High...
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Agri-Voltaic System for Crop Production and Electricity Generation from a Single Land Unit
Renewable energy generation has gained much more importance in India than ever before. Photovoltaic (PV)-based electricity generation shares a major...
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Traditional bun shifting cultivation practice in Meghalaya, Northeast India
Sustainable food production is one of the major challenges in this era of global environmental problems such as population pressure, natural resource...
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Implication of soil carbon changes on the greenhouse gas emissions of pickled ginger: a case study of crop rotation cultivation in Northern Thailand
As the global demand for ginger products continues to increase due to its medicinal and culinary properties, concerns arise regarding the loss of...
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Unfolding the Aniene River in Peri-Urban Rome. From Conflicts to Opportunities for a Sustainable Strategy
Over the last decade, spatial planning toolsPlanning tools have been embedding Green InfrastructureGreen infrastructure with the aim to preserve...
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Land Use/Land Cover Change Analysis of Doon Valley Using ArcGIS Tools
One of the main starling issues for the country is the quick progress of urbanization. The stakeholders should take this factor in interest for the...
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Introduction: Benefits, Prospects, and Challenges of Bioethanol Production
This chapter discussed the importance of bioethanol as a renewable energy fuel. The underlying factors driving the promotion of renewable fuels were...
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Investigation on the potential of eco-friendly bio-char for amendment in serpentine soils and immobilization of heavy metals contaminants: a review
Serpentine soils are contaminants of naturally occurring metal-rich agricultural and fallow lands due to erosion of the serpentine site with...
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Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Agriculture: Strategies and Their Economic Feasibility
Agriculture has the great potential to make a substantial contribution to net-zero emissions progress. This chapter conducts a comprehensive review...
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Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Agriculture
In this chapter, we explore the impacts of agricultural practices on the properties of the soil, discussing conservation tillage, crop rotation (see...
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Longitudinal study of changes in ecosystem services in a city of lakes, Bhopal, India
Urban landscapes are now the most inhabited places by the majority of global population. The rapid and large-scale land use land cover (LULC) changes...
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Estimating the supply of oilseed acreage for sustainable aviation fuel production: taking account of farmers’ willingness to adopt
BackgroundContinued progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions will require efforts across many industries. Though aviation is estimated to...
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Building-Attached and Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems in Austria
Photovoltaic (PV) systems attached to or integrated in buildings are seen as a very important renewable energy source for electricity generation up...
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Energy Communities and Smart Villages in the Madonie Sicilian Inner Rural Area
In the biggest island of the Mediterranean, Sicily, there are territories that still preserve their original identities and characteristics. At its...
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Asian Cultural Heritage Conservation: Cholon’s Heritage Resources in Vietnam’s Transformation
Saigon was founded by the army commander Nguyen Huu Canh in the seventeen century. It became the capital of the French colony of Cochin-China in...
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We Are Alive Thanks to Fossil-Fueled Fertilizer
This chapter explores how fossil fuels made it possible for food production to increase the population of 500 million people of the Wood World of the...
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Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Agriculture
In this chapter, we explore the impacts of agricultural practices on the properties of the soil, discussing conservation tillage, crop rotation (see...
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Shelterbelt Planning in Agriculture: Application from Bulgaria
The first attempt to build wind protection beltsWind protection belts on the territory of BulgariaBulgaria dates back to the mid-twentieth century....