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Local economic resilience and economic specialization in Greece during the crisis
Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This paper scrutinizes the issue of economic resilience, aiming to detect the existence of a systematic link with economic specialization. To this end, the paper conducts an empirical analysis at the local (i.e., municipal) level of Greece during the economic crisis period (2009–2015), providing cartographic visualizations and spatial ...
Panagiotis Artelaris +2 more
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Jingshui jishu【目的】随着现在社会污染物的多样性和复杂性，污水处理厂正面对更大的经营生存压力，在国家和地方“低碳、绿色运营”政策的指引下，东莞市污水处理行业积极实践应用智慧水务工具，进而实现降低运营成本、增量增收的经营目标。【方法】将智慧平台管理、曝气系统、加药调节、智能排泥调节等智能化重点模块嵌入工艺处理中，污水厂可根据进水水质、工艺处理段、现场条件进行选择应用。【结果】根据东莞市数座中大型污水厂已实行3年以上的效益数据，在节约能耗方面，曝气系统可降低10.5%～52.8%的能耗 ...
HUANG Bing
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Epidemiology: a tool for the assessment of risk [PDF]
, 2001 The purpose of this chapter is to introduce and demonstrate the use of a key tool for the assessment of risk. The word epidemiology is derived from Greek and its literal interpretation is 'studies of people'.
Blumenthal, U +3 more
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Land Use Transformation and Climate Resilience in Smart Cities: Role of ICT in Modern Urban Planning
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern urban planning is experiencing a transition from traditional planning to the integration of information technology, which defines the concept of a “smart city”. The study analyses the evolution of urban planning practices with an emphasis on the role of engineering and architecture in the process of urbanization, the transition to the ...
Dariusz Cichoń
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Jingshui jishu【目的】拉萨河流域作为拉萨市重要的饮用水水源地，其水质状况对区域生态安全与居民健康具有直接而深远的影响。为全面掌握流域水体中重金属污染状况及潜在生态风险，本文在流域内布设了25个采样点，系统监测了锌(Zn)、锰(Mn)、铜(Cu)、铁(Fe)、砷(As)、铝(Al)、铅(Pb)、铬(Cr)和镍(Ni)共9种典型重金属元素的含量及其空间分布特征。【方法】采用内梅罗综合污染指数法和潜在生态风险指数法对水体重金属的污染水平与生态风险进行量化评估 ...
Wang Xiaokan +5 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable development transforms production systems, requiring integrated environmental, social, and economic strategies. Energy systems are key agro‐industrial supply chains in developing countries. Brazil's soybean supply chain impacts Gross Domestic Product, mainly through exports.
Aline Veronese da Silva +3 more
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Jingshui jishu【目的】目前，我国已经形成了深度脱水-填埋、好氧发酵-土地利用、厌氧消化-土地利用、干化焚烧-建材利用这4条主流的市政污泥处理处置工艺路线，每种工艺路线都有各自的优缺点和适用条件，但每种路线的碳排放水平尚不明确，致使碳排放难以作为工艺比选测算指标落地应用。【方法】根据联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会指南，采用排放因子法，在确定核算边界后，全面核算了污泥从污水处理厂外运直至最终消纳的全流程碳排放量，包括处理处置过程中因甲烷(CH 4)和一氧化二氮(N 2O ...
Qiao WANG +5 more
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Trade in environmental services: opportunities and constraints [PDF]
The environmental services sector has been growing rapidly during the last two decades. Moreover, privatization and increasing outward-orientation of environmental services during the 1990s has made this sector an important service sector for ...
Aparna Sawhney, Rupa Chanda
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Submarine groundwater discharge: an unseen yet potentially important coastal phenomenon [PDF]
, 2001 In collaboration with researchers from Florida State University, Florida Sea Grant introduces an important but poorly known topic: submarine groundwater discharge. Although nearly invisible, submarine groundwater discharge influences coastal systems.
Burnett, William C. +2 more
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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