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Assessing relational values of sacred landscapes through text mining of folktales: Insights from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Assessing relational values of nature through its cultural and spiritual significance is crucial for effective nature conservation. Folktales offer insights into traditional relationships between people and nature, and text mining is a powerful tool for extracting information from textual datasets.
Naoki Saito, Soyo Takahashi, Akira Iguchi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jute mills as restorative landscapes: perceptions of environmental aesthetics in living industrial heritage

Regional Studies, Regional Science
This study explores the potential of industrial heritage sites to contribute to a restorative landscape by analysing the perceptions of the industrial workers towards the environmental aesthetics components.
Abantika Mukherjee, Haimanti Banerji
doaj   +1 more source

Extruder‐based 3D printing of eco‐friendly polymers

Polymer International, EarlyView.
Eco‐friendly polymers, such as biodegradable and recycled materials, offer significant potential for the production of high‐quality 3D‐printed components, provided that their properties and characteristics meet the requirements of extruder‐based 3D printing.
Rui Zhang, Rene Sattler, Paul‐Maximilian Runge, Katalee Jariyavidyanont, Mengxue Du, Holm Altenbach, Mario Beiner, René Androsch   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflict or reconciliation? Industrial heritage practices at a turning point

, 2017
The chapter examines the processes that explain how small communities in Sweden with a conflict-based history around industrial closure and societal decline have used their industrial heritage as assets for local identity and economic renewal.
Lagerqvist, Bosse,
core  

Biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from mining waste: From genomic analysis to development of a polymeric composite for removal of hexavalent chromium

Polymer International, EarlyView.
Biosurfactant was produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa using andiroba waste from Amazonia. A biosurfactant–alginate composite (Alg/BioS) was successfully synthesized via ionotropic gelation, and achieved up to 70% Cr6+ removal from water. Abstract Environmental contamination by heavy metals represents a significant challenge due to their persistence in ...
Paulo Diniz Austriaco, Emilly Cruz da Silva, Glenda Sores Gomes, Joane Almeida Alves, Amanda Vidal, Leandro Argolo, Rafaela Ribeiro, Luciana Souza, José Augusto Pires Bitencourt, Leonardo Brasil Felipe, Leonie Asfora Sarubbo, Sidnei Cerqueira dos Santos   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Space-consciousness layered model as a regeneration approach for rural industrial heritage integrating local planning: a case study on Shecun village in Nanjing, china

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Rural industrial heritage reflects the ongoing changes in natural environmental, socio-economic, and cultural historical processes in the countryside. In the context of urbanization, the study, conservation, and reuse of rural industrial heritage have ...
Xiangrui Xiong, Yanhui Wang, Meehwa Cho, Melisa Pesoa-Marcilla, Joaquín Sabaté-Bel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application and Development of Firefighting Technologies in Industrial Heritage: Experiences and Insights from Macau

Buildings
Due to the irreversible nature of the consequences of fire, fire protection is a major challenge and source of problems for all types of built heritage.
Linsheng Huang, Ying Huang, Yashan Chen, Senyu Lou, Yile Chen, Mengyan Jia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of industry in the industrial heritage

, 2011
This article highlights how the effects of the process of de-industrialization and economic restructuring, intensified in the 1990s, reached large industrial areas which were major economic engines and the main inducers of urban development. Although these areas have brought to the place unmistakable character and identity, and organized
openaire   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heritage Malta’s endeavours on industrial heritage

, 2013
2013 is a truly momentous year for Heritage Malta in many ways, including developments in the sphere of industrial heritage. The curatorial arm within the national agency for museums, conservation and cultural heritage grew stronger with the appointment of a curator for the sector.
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