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Identification of regional water security issues in China, using a novel water security comprehensive evaluation model

Hydrology Research, 2020
In order to solve regional water security issues, such as shortage of water resources, the aggravation of water pollution, the destruction of the ecological environment, etc., this study proposed the flood control security index, resource security index ...
Jiping Yao, Guoqiang Wang, Baolin Xue, Gang Xie, Yanbo Peng   +4 more
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Research on Sponge City Planning Based on Resilient City Concept

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021
Abstract In recent years, China has made great efforts to promote the planning and construction of sponge cities. The State Council also pointed out that the low-impact development mode should be actively carried out to promote the construction of sponge cities in the approval of the overall planning of the pilot cities of sponge city ...
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Changes in Intrinsic Activity of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex Causally Explain Differences in Emotion Perception in Autism

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by certain difficulties in emotion‐related processing. Recent research using electroencephalography (EEG) to measure somatosensory evoked potentials during emotion perception has shown reduced embodiment of emotional expressions in autistic compared to neurotypical individuals, independently from
Martina Fanghella, Danai Dima, Dimitrios Pinotsis, Sebastian B. Gaigg, Beatriz Calvo‐Merino, Bettina Forster   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The perceived barriers to the inclusion of rainwater harvesting systems by UK house building companies [PDF]

, 2010
This work investigates the barriers that exist to deter the implementation of rainwater harvesting into new UK housing. A postal questionnaire was sent to a selection of large, medium and small house-builders distributed across the UK.
Alan Fewkes, Berndtsson J., David Parsons, Edwards B., Goodhew S., Griggs J. C., Heggen R. J., Herrington P., Horton B., Leggett D. J., Leggett D. J., Pieter De Wilde, Read C., Smerdon T., Steve Goodhew, Suzenet G., Sweett C., Townsend A. R.   +17 more
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Becoming Sponge City Berlin: ‘planned scaling’ vs. ‘permanent experimentation’

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
Two opposing perspectives characterize research on urban climate experimentation: ‘planned scaling’ sees experiments as test beds to explore innovative solutions, which are subsequently institutionalized and scaled city-wide. ‘Permanent experimentation’,
Matteo Roggero
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New opportunities for bioscaffold‐enabled spinal cord injury repair

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of bioscaffolds for spinal cord injury repair. We summarize the effects of bioscaffold properties on SCI repair, highlight different types of bioscaffolds, various fabrication strategies, and in vivo transformations for the clinical development of SCI‐repairing bioscaffolds.
Xiaoqing Qi, Yicheng Fu, Zhaoliang Su, Li Li, Subrata Chakrabarti, Peng Li, Yilun Wu, Fang Liu, Teng Gao, Zhifeng Dong, Lei Liu, Pei Cao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rainwater Utilization and Construction of Sponge city [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Rainwater utilization is a technical means of comprehensive utilization of rainwater. These include environmentally and economically friendly methods of irrigating farmland and storing water for flushing. The construction of “sponge city” is also the key point that the society pays close attention to nowadays.
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, October 31, 1984 [PDF]

, 1984
Volume 83, Issue 43https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/7229/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann, Esther Salvi, Frank‐Martin Belz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source