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Optimizing Household Waste Recycling Centre Network Reorganization in Hampshire

Networks, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local councils across the UK are facing sustained financial pressures, and Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are being increasingly considered for closure to reduce expenditure. In 2024, Hampshire County Council, which operates the largest HWRC network in the UK, proposed closing either five or twelve existing sites.
Montree Jaidee, Zheng Sun, Sher Singh, Thi Nguyen, Bismark Singh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

When the Water Stops: Dialysis Service Disruption During Catastrophic Urban Flooding in Southern Thailand. [PDF]

Kidney Int Rep
Parinyasiri U, Kanjanabuch T, Thammathiwat T, Sangthawan P, Jiwakanon S, Pichaiwong W, Ophascharoensuk V.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using participatory scenario planning to explore the synergies and trade‐offs from upland treescape expansion

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The future of land use in the UK uplands is highly debated, with growing interest in increasing tree cover and other land use changes, alongside a desire to maintain traditional land use patterns and practices. Treescape expansion is likely to result in synergies and trade‐offs between different outcomes, so integrating stakeholder preferences
Melissa Minter, Susan Baker, Euan Bowditch, Sheena Carlisle, Natasha Constant, Alix Syder, Tom Finch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban flooding as a biohazard risk: A call to address environmental and health inequities in tropical cities. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Coral-Almeida M, Ortiz-Prado E, Vasconez-Gonzalez J.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Flood Hazard and Risk in Urban Areas

Geosciences
Floodplains and valleys have always been preferential locations for human presence [...]
openaire   +3 more sources

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ensemble learning for enhancing critical infrastructure resilience to urban flooding. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Bhattarai Y, Chaudhary V, Walker C, Talchabhadel R, Sharma S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Comfort in the canopy: How urban treescapes affect human thermal comfort in a temperate climate

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract People living in urban centres are exposed to higher levels of heat stress than those living outside of these areas; this is intensified by the urban heat island effect. Heat stress is a concern for the more vulnerable members of society and can exacerbate many medical conditions; excessive heat increases morbidity and mortality rates.
James Parker, Catherine E. Scott, James B. McQuaid, Thomas J. Sloan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of emergency logistics for urban flooding with consideration of rainfall effects. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang P, Zhang C, Zhang P, Yan X, Yang H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Combined storytelling and mapping approaches for increasing community engagement with woodland creation and expansion projects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of ...
Sarah Greenwood, Elisa Fuentes‐Montemayor, Catherine Cowie, James Levine, Piran C. L. White, Michael Wilson, Sandra Engstrom   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source