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Vacant Lot Greening Options in Buffalo [PDF]

, 2011
The main goals of PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing) and its development subsidiary, the Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Corporation (BNSC), are to mobilize residents to create strong neighborhoods with quality affordable housing, to expand ...
Grimaldi, Robert
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goals from a Water Perspective [PDF]

, 2016
Efforts to meet human water needs only at local scales may cause negative environmental externality and stress on the water system at regional and global scales.
Afreen Siddiqi, Anik Bhaduri, Anik Bhaduri, Antje Bruns, Charles Vörösmarty, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Fabrice Renaud, Hartwig Kremer, Holm Voigt, Janos Bogardi, Paul Shrivastava, Richard Lawford, Stephen Foster, Stuart E Bunn, Vanesa Rodriguez Osuna   +14 more
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Dual‐Mode Film Based on Highly Scattering Nanofibers and Upcycled Chips‐Bags for Year‐Round Thermal Management

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Intelligent radiative cooling devices, adaptable to various weather conditions, have the potential for year‐round energy savings. This study introduces a sustainable dual‐mode film made from polycaprolactone nanofibers and upcycled chip bags for effective thermal management.
Qimeng Song, Stefan Rettinger, Chengzhang Xu, Ulrich Mansfeld, Markus Retsch   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large-Scale nighttime illuminated road extraction in the BTH region of China using SDGSAT-1 nighttime light data

International Journal of Digital Earth
Nighttime illuminated roads (NTIRs) are closely related to residents' nighttime travel and activities. However, traditional nighttime light (NTL) data are not highly applicable for large-scale NTIR extraction tasks because of challenges such as low ...
Qiyuan Xie, Hui Li, Linhai Jing, Yichen Jiang, Haifeng Ding, Zhongchang Sun   +5 more
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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA: EXPERIENCES IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS [PDF]

Sustainable development builds the vision on the future and it is shaped in goals and appropriate actions for all levels of approach. The progress towards this future necessitates the definition of intermediary plans for objectives and targets that allow
Carmen Valentina RADULESCU, Florina BRAN
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Biodegradable and Recyclable Luminescent Mixed‐Matrix‐Membranes, Hydrogels, and Cryogels based on Nanoscale Metal‐Organic Frameworks and Biopolymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The study presents biodegradable and recyclable mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs), hydrogels, and cryogels using luminescent nanoscale metal‐organic frameworks (nMOFs) and biopolymers. These bio‐nMOF‐MMMs combine europium‐based nMOFs as probes for the status of the materials with the biopolymers agar and gelatine and present alternatives to conventional ...
Moritz Maxeiner, Julian Burkhart, Kateryna Borysova, Chiara Mazzariol, Klaus Müller‐Buschbaum   +4 more
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Electroactive Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrocatalysis is crucial in sustainable energy conversion as it enables efficient chemical transformations. The review discusses how metal–organic frameworks can revolutionize this field by offering tailorable structures and active site tunability, enabling efficient and selective electrocatalytic processes.
Irena Senkovska, Yutong Luo, Ruyan Zhao, Jianjun Zhang, Mingchao Wang, Xinliang Feng, Eike Brunner, Stefan Kaskel   +7 more
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Individual Tree Crown Delineation Using Airborne LiDAR Data and Aerial Imagery in the Taiga–Tundra Ecotone

Remote Sensing
The circumpolar Taiga–Tundra Ecotone significantly influences the feedback mechanism of global climate change. Achieving large-scale individual tree crown (ITC) extraction in the transition zone is crucial for estimating vegetation biomass in the ...
Yuanyuan Lin, Hui Li, Linhai Jing, Haifeng Ding, Shufang Tian   +4 more
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Agenda 2030: Preventing Violence Against Children and the Sustainable Development Goals [PDF]

, 2015
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- ratified by world leaders in September -- provide a blueprint for action to end poverty, protect the environment, and build a safer and more just world through the year 2030.

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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
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