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Producing a Diverse Set of Near-Optimal Reserve Solutions with Exact Optimisation
Reserves are at the heart of global policies to stop the erosion of biodiversity. Optimisation is increasingly used to identify reserve locations...
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Combined use of BWM-TOPSIS methods in the selection of thermal power plant installation site in the Karapinar/Turkiye Region, at risk of sinkhole formation
With the rapidly increasing world population and the need for industrialization, energy supply has become an important global problem. A significant...
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Integrating fuzzy-AHP and GIS for solid waste disposal site selection in Kenitra province, NW Morocco
Selecting an optimal solid waste disposal site is one of the decisive waste management issues because unsuitable sites cause serious environmental...
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A new method for subsea tunnel site selection based on environmental bearing capacity
Engineering site selection is an essential and systematic work in the early engineering construction stage. At present, the subsea tunnel site...
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Feeding habits and foraging patch selection strategy of the giant panda in the Meigu Dafengding National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China
Despite retaining a digestive system with carnivorous characteristics, the giant panda has now specialized to eat bamboo. Therefore, research on its...
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A GIS-based multi-criteria decision-making approach (GIS-MCDM) for determination of the most appropriate site selection of onshore wind farm in Adana, Turkey
Energy stands as an indispensable global need, yet the finite nature of rapidly depleting fossil fuel reserves poses environmental challenges. To...
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Designing an Extensive Conservation Reserve Network with Economic, Ecological and Spatial Criteria
This paper presents a two-stage optimization approach that involves linear integer programming models in each stage for determining optimal expansion...
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Geographic information system and system dynamics combination technique for municipal solid waste treatment station site selection
The rapid growth of municipal solid waste put pressure on the end treatment facilities, and the site selection of MSW treatment facilities needs to...
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A multi-criteria performance assessment of concentrated solar power plants for site and technology selection in Egypt
The objective of this research is to investigate the implementation of two concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies in the 28 devoted locations in...
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The range and habitat suitability of François’ langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) in Mayanghe Nature Reserve, China
The François’ langur ( Trachypithecus francoisi ) is an endangered primate living in limestone forests in Vietnam and China. From October 2017 to...
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Modelling groundwater vulnerability in a vulnerable deltaic coastal region of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India
Groundwater is the most reliable source of freshwater for human well-being. Significant toxic contamination in groundwater, particularly in the...
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Desalination plant feasibility and site selection on the southern Caspian Sea coasts using SAW and TOPSIS multi-criteria analysis
Regarding the development of the northern provinces of Iran, which are considered the most populated part of the Caspian coast, the provision of...
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Analytical hierarchy process and economic analysis for optimal renewable sites in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has a huge potential for utilizing renewable energy with the availability of sources for solar, wind, hydro, and biogas. This paper...
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BREMi—A New Tool for the Evaluation of UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Management Effectiveness: Case-study in the Arab Man and Biosphere (ArabMAB) Regional Network
Scholars and practitioners have been striving to develop straightforward and effective tools to measure protected area management effectiveness...
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Identification of groundwater pollution sources based on optimal layout of groundwater pollution monitoring network
The accuracy of pollution source identification significantly depends on the amount of effective information derived from monitoring data. Currently,...
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Strategies for Industrial Structure Adjustment to Achieve Near-Optimal Trade-Off Between Gross Domestic Product and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
To cope with the potential threat caused by climate change, reducing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, which are mainly derived from fossil fuels, is...
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A biochar selection method for remediating heavy metal contaminated mine tailings
Approximately 390,000 abandoned mines across the US pose considerable, pervasive risks to human and environmental health; world-wide the problem is...
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An integrated groundwater vulnerability and artificial recharge site suitability assessment using GIS multi-criteria decision making approach in Kayseri region, Turkey
Groundwater resources worldwide face significant challenges that require urgent implementation of sustainable measures for effective long-term...
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A reserve is not always so good: change in landscape management after protection negatively affects the floristic diversity of an urban park
The aim of this study is to analyze the floristic changes occurred between 1991 and 2018 in the “Pineto Urban Regional Park” (Rome) as a result of a...
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Wood Vault: remove atmospheric CO2 with trees, store wood for carbon sequestration for now and as biomass, bioenergy and carbon reserve for the future
BackgroundWood harvesting and storage (WHS) is a hybrid Nature-Engineering combination method to combat climate change by harvesting wood sustainably...
