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Mangrove restoration and coastal flood adaptation: A global perspective on the potential for hybrid coastal defenses. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Tiggeloven T, van Zelst V, Mortensen E, van Wesenbeeck BK, Worthington TA, Spalding M, de Moel H, Ward PJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Socio-economic Impacts—Coastal Protection [PDF]

, 2016
Niemeyer, Hans D., Beaufort, Gé, Mayerle, Roberto, Monbaliu, Jaak, Townend, Ian, Toxvig, Holger, de Vriend, Huib, Wurpts, Andreas   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
wiley   +1 more source

High-capacity nations can unlock momentum for quality marine protection. [PDF]

iScience
Favoretto F, Kumagai JA, López-Sagástegui C, Brannigan D, Driedger A, Sletten J, Colegrove C, Vincent T, Zetterlind V, Guidetti P, Aburto-Oropeza O.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reliability and Degradation Mechanisms of Photovoltaic Modules in Pakistan

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Reliability of the PV module. ABSTRACT The number of photovoltaic (PV) installations has grown rapidly in the last 10 years in Pakistan due to the growing electricity demand, the availability of favourable solar resources, and the national renewable energy objectives.
Zafar Ullah Khan, Adnan Daud Khan, Muhammad Ahsan Amjed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From fish to invertebrates: multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding for monitoring wetland biodiversity and non-indigenous species in Macao SAR China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Leong MK, Lau IH, Costa FO, Cabezas MP, Tagulao KA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Resource Endowment and Digital Transformation on the Efficiency of Energy Transition

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Resource endowment has a significant positive direct effect and a stronger spatial spillover effect on ETE, while digital transformation can improve local efficiency but has some negative spillover effects on neighboring regions. ABSTRACT In contemporary society, improving energy transition efficiency (ETE) has become a necessary measure to ensure the ...
Junding Yang, Yanfeng Guan, Rong Wang, Tong Zhao, Guilan Huang, Ming Ding   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep vision-based framework for coastal flood prediction under sea level rise and shoreline protection. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Karapetyan A, Chow ACH, Madanat S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Smart Solar Power Site Selection Through a Hybrid Computational Framework of Neuro‐Fuzzy With Genetic Algorithm Optimization

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Solar Power plants at various locations a: Pavagada SPP, Karnataka b: Bhadla SPP, Rajasthan c: West Bengal Solar Park ABSTRACT This paper presents a new neuro‐fuzzy multi‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) framework designed to optimize the selection of solar power plant (SPP) sites across India.
Rajkumari Malemnganbi Devi, Benjamin A. Shimray, Ingudam Chitrasen Meitei, Khelchandra Thongam, Shuma Adhikari, Anuradha Laishram, Subir Datta, Ahmed Al Mansur, Taha Selim Ustun   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source