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Analyse de la durabilité des ressources naturelles par la méthode ADSP: cas de la province d’Ain Defla (Algérie) [PDF]

open access: yesCinq Continents, 2017
The province of Ain Defla, located in the northern - Center region of Algeria, extends on an area of 4544,28 km². The objective of our article is to model sustainable development and propose a scenario of sustainable management of natural resources ...
Keltoum Zidane   +1 more
doaj  

Modeling Future Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Environmental Impacts of Electricity Supplies in Brazil

open access: yesEnergies, 2013
Brazil’s status as a rapidly developing country is visible in its need for more energy, including electricity. While the current electricity generation mix is primarily hydropower based, high-quality dam sites are diminishing and diversification to other
Melissa M. Bilec   +5 more
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Youth Is Going to Study in a Metropolis: How Not to Stay Alone

open access: yesВопросы образования
The needs of young people who have moved to study from other cities are often overshadowed by numerous studies of international students, traditionally considered by sociologists and practitioners to be among the most vulnerable groups.
Irina V. Lisovskaya   +2 more
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Integrating Risk Assessment into Spatial Planning: RiskOTe Decision Support System

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018
The way in which risk maps are used in decision support processes for spatial planning at local scale is critical to helping decision makers in the definition of a prevention strategy to minimize risks.
Nelson Mileu, Margarida Queirós
doaj   +1 more source

Scenario’s evaluation by design. A “scenarios approach” to resilience

open access: yesTECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 2018
This contribution describes opportunities and advantages related to the use of the “scenarios” approach in the design of resilient anthropic systems. A methodology that aims to support, from the early stages of the decision-making process, strategical choices concerning complex works and areas by duration, size and interactions with the environment.
Di Giulio, Roberto   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Healthcare Waste Valorisation Alternatives

open access: yesEnvironmental and Climate Technologies
Infectious healthcare waste (iHCW), after microbial inactivation treatment, primarily ends up in landfills. Although the morphological composition of iHCW depends on the type of health facility, predominantly HCW consists of plastic and textile waste ...
Zlaugotne Beate   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory scenario planning in place-based social-ecological research: insights and experiences from 23 case studies

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2015
Participatory scenario planning (PSP) is an increasingly popular tool in place-based environmental research for evaluating alternative futures of social-ecological systems. Although a range of guidelines on PSP methods are available in the scientific and
Elisa Oteros-Rozas   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design of an Improved Method for Task Scheduling Using Proximal Policy Optimization and Graph Neural Networks

open access: yesIEEE Access
Modern computational environments have been getting more and more complex and dynamic; hence, mechanisms of task scheduling are increasingly sophisticated in order to guarantee optimal resource usage and reduced latency.
Nemilidinea Anantharami Reddy   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic Modeling of Kosovo's Electricity Supply-Demand, Gaseous Emissions and Air Pollution

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2015
In this paper is described the developing of an integrated electricity supply–demand, gaseous emission and air pollution model for study of possible baseline electricity developments and available options to mitigate emissions.
Sadik Bekteshi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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