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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a Greener Future: The Compelling Sustainability Case for Mass Timber Construction

Journal of Sustainable Development
The global construction industry is a major contributor to carbon emissions and resource depletion, necessitating the urgent adoption of sustainable building practices. This paper presents a compelling case for mass timber construction (MTC) as a viable and environmentally superior alternative to traditional materials like concrete and steel.
Azzeddine Oudjehane, Jasir Hamad
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A Methodological Approach for Structural Health Monitoring of Mass-Timber Buildings Under Construction

As mass-timber building construction rises around the globe, there exists the need to verify the long-term, in-situ behavior and performance of these structural systems. Structural health monitoring (SHM), generally defined as a damage detection strategy
Baas, Esther J.
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Using dendroclimatic analysis of exotic deciduous conifers in an arboretum to document tree growth in response to climate change, Northeast Ohio, USA

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Rising temperatures and wetter conditions in the Midcontinent of North America are influencing climate responses in trees. Dendroclimatological analyses of four exotic deciduous conifer species from Secrest Arboretum, Northeast Ohio help identify past, present and future climate‐tree interactions.
Gregory Wiles, Nicholas Wiesenberg, Srushti Chaudari, Wenshuo Zhao, Mazvita Chikomo, Benjamin Gaglioti, Meagen Pollock   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass Timber Construction: Products, Performance and Design

Due to their high strength, dimensional stability and positive environmental performance, mass timber building products are quickly becoming materials of choice for sustainably‐minded designers.
Harvey, Anthony
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Mass Timber Construction:Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals

, 2019
This research project aims to assess the status of mass timber construction in the San Francisco Bay Area, based on the perspective of local building design and construction professionals.
Gaedicke, Cristian, Leonard, Clayton T, Castronovo, F.; id_orcid   +2 more
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Close‐to‐nature management regulates ecosystem carbon storage through its effects on vegetation community structure in Pinus massoniana plantations

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Forest plantations play an increasingly important role in climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration, yet management strategies that enhance long‐term ecosystem carbon storage remain insufficiently understood. We investigated the effects of more than a decade of close‐to‐nature management on community structure and ecosystem carbon storage ...
Yuwen Luo, Yunliang Ni, Zongzheng Chai
wiley   +1 more source

Application of a Presumptive Standards Approach to Evaluate Environmental Flows in a Highly Regulated River Basin

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The presumptive standards approach to environmental flows offers a method to develop interim guidelines for ecological and social‐cultural flow needs. The approach is based on deriving acceptable percent‐of‐flow limits based on naturalised flows (the absence of depletion or alteration of flow), and it can be an effective precursor to a full ...
Jennifer Lento, Wendy A. Monk, Fuad Yassin, Mustakim Ali, Hayley Carlson, Saman Razavi, Timothy D. Jardine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Feasibility of Mass Timber as a Mainstream Building Material in the US Construction Market: Industry Perception, Cost Competitiveness, and Environmental Performance Analysis

Mass timber has been considered as a promising building material because of its structural rigidity, environmental sustainability, and renewability nature.
Ahmed, Shafayet
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Outlook for Mass Timber: A Saskatchewan Case Study

, 2021
Mass timber, an engineered wood product, is an environmentally acclaimed technological development that aims to compete with concrete and steel as the structural component in mid-rise and tall building construction.
Dandridge, Lindsay
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