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Green Transition, Extractive Continuities: Lithium Mining and the Environmental Contradictions of Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global decarbonization has positioned lithium as a strategic mineral for electric vehicles, battery storage, and low‐carbon development. Yet its extraction raises serious environmental, political, and justice concerns that complicate dominant narratives of clean energy progress.
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

GIS-based multi-criteria approach for ranking suitable areas for the implementation of PV-Powered MCDI desalination plants in the Rheris Watershed, Southeast Morocco

Scientific African
In Morocco's oases, which rely heavily on surface water from mountain sources, the threat of decreasing rainfall presents a significant challenge, leading to a decline in surface water availability. This study focuses on the Rheris Watershed in Southeast
Ismail Ait Lahssaine, Badre Messaoudi, Lahcen Kabiri, Abdelhakim Kadiri, Badre Essafraoui, Edgardo Cañas Kurz, Ulrich Hellriegel, Jan Hoinkis   +7 more
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The Hidden Harvest: Harnessing Colorado's Geodiversity and Environmental Heterogeneity for Sustainable Agritourism

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
wiley   +1 more source

Secure Enough? Sufficiency and Security in the New Geological and Geopolitical Reality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article advances sufficiency theorizing by examining its relationship with security in the contemporary geopolitical context. It engages three contextually situated discourses: sustainable development, ecological civilization, and degrowth, to explore how concerns over ecological limits intersect with emerging geopolitical and security ...
Pasi Heikkurinen, Kiira Parikka, Herman Stål, Teemu Vaarakallio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CROWDSOURCING AND GEOPROCESSING AS A SUPPORT TO THE ELABORATION OF GEOTOURISTIC ROUTES

Revista Brasileira de Cartografia, 2018
Geotourism presents itself as an important mechanism of valorization and conservation of the geological heritage. However, for the activity to be effective, it is necessary to analyze the context of the landscape in which it is intended to establish ...
Ítalo Sousa de Sena, Pedro Benedito Casagrande, Nicole Andrade da Rocha, Bráulio Magalhães Fonseca, Ruchkys   +4 more
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Dead Capital or Preserved Heritage? Evaluating the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act's Effect on Land Development

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heirs' property, land passed down informally without a clear title, poses significant economic challenges due to the tragedy of the anti‐commons. This study examines the impact of the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act (UPHPA) on land use patterns in U.S. counties with high concentrations of heirs' property.
Peter Calcagno, Andrea Kimpson, Christopher Mothorpe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the suitability for ecotourism in Beira Baixa region using a spatial decision support system based on a geographical information system

Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation of environmental values, as well as to the development of positive synergies between agents in the tourism sector, tourists and the local population. The growing interest in tourism offers with low environmental impact, which support the local economy, translates into a competitive advantage for ...
Luís Quinta‐Nova, Dora Ferreira
wiley   +1 more source

Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Mariane Gama Nabiça, Luciana Pinheiro Santos, Thiago de Melo e Silva, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Heronides Adonias Dantas Filho, Charles Miller de Souza Borges, Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas, Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Ivan Carlos da Costa Barbosa, Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chaúque, Rosinelson da Silva Pena, Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araújo, Alessandra Santos Lopes   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 2: the scientific age and beyond

Weather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the origins of the words we use. In this paper, we will shed light on these origins, including the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the British Empire and, of course, a TV show.
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of climate change on the water-energy-food nexus in southeastern Morocco: a case study of the Wadi Guir watershed

European Journal of Remote Sensing
This study addresses the critical challenge of managing the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus under climate change, focusing on the Wadi Guir Watershed in southeastern Morocco.
Badre Messaoudi, Lahcen Kabiri, Ismail Ait Lahssaine, Mohammed El Hafyani, Badre Essafraoui, Abdelhakim Kadiri, Jean Albergel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source