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In the context of regional development, coastal reclamation is expected to increase the overall carrying capacity and environmental carrying capacity of the area. However, along the way, the reclamation project did not always succeed as expected. Several
Yustiana D. +3 more
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ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT (ERA) APPLICATION FOR THE EVALUATION OF IMPACTS ON NATURAL AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS [PDF]
The present research employs the Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) method to evaluate the probability of adverse effects in the water supply of Bom Repouso (MG), a city where the agriculture has caused an advanced degree of degradation of its sources. The
ÉRIC CESAR PAGLIARINI +2 more
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Environmental impact assessment systems are preventive management instruments whose main objective is to include environmental considerations in the processes and activities accompanying economic growth in a nation.
Virginia Carter Gamberini +2 more
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Environmental Impact Assessment of Autonomous Transportation Systems
The transportation industry has led efforts to fight climate change and reduce air pollution. Autonomous electric vehicles (A-EVs) that use artificial intelligence, next-generation batteries, etc., are predicted to replace conventional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) in the coming years.
Samantha Heiberg +7 more
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Plastic waste (PW) mishandling is an ever-growing global conundrum that can negatively impact the environment and human health. A circular plastic economy is introduced for a sustainable systemic transition in the PW value chain. Nevertheless, life-cycle
Zhen Xin Phuang +4 more
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A systematic approach to the assessment of the water facility influence zones ecological state as a factor of environmental safety [PDF]
The purpose of this article is to assess the ecological state in the considered space and time in basin geosystems as the most important factor of environmental safety in the influence zones with the technogenic component, which includes various types of
Bondarenko Vladimir +3 more
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Geothermal Environmental Impact Assessment: Subsurface Environmental Assessment for Four Geothermal Systems [PDF]
Geothermal systems are described for Imperial Valley and The Geysers, California; Klamath Falls, Oregon; and the Rio Grande Rift Zone, New Mexico; including information on location, area, depth, temperature, fluid phase and composition, resource base and status of development.
Sanyal, Subir, Weiss, Richard
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Systems for Genetic Assessment of the Impact of Environmental Factors
One of the most important components of environmental protection is the development of hygiene standards aimed at shielding the human population from the adverse effects of environmental pollution. The European and American Chemical Societies have reported approximately 800,000 chemicals, with no available information on potential risks to human ...
Sergey Kislyak +2 more
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Environmental Impact Assessment of Building Energy Systems
This chapter deals with energy/exergy and environmental analyses of a low exergy heating system. A building with a volume of about 392 m3 and a floor area of 140 m2 is presented as a case study. For this building, four different heating options are investigated, namely, (1) electric boiler, (2) ground heat pump system, (3) standard boiler, and (4 ...
Balta, M.T., Dincer, I., Hepbasli, A.
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Multi-agent modeling for water policy impact assessment: a road map
Water policies have a great impact upon different types of resources (water, land and soil resources; infrastructure and facilities; financial resources; environmental knowledge and information; etc.).
Pierre Mazzega, Daniel Sant'Ana
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