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Italy's urban waste metabolism [PDF]
, 2011 The problem of waste management is causing growing concern due to increasing generation rates, the emissions into soil, water and air, the social conflicts derived from the election of disposal sites and the loss of resources and energy among others.
D'Alisa, Giacomo +3 more
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, 2014 Le città ecologiche e resilienti del futuro chiedono un nuovo sguardo e una rinnovata ecosofia che ne riveli le preziose “riserve di resilienza”, per troppo tempo invisibili agli occhi di chi le ha guardate solo come concentrato della rendita fondiaria o
CARTA, Maurizio
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, 2021 AbstractUrban metabolism (UM) is fundamentally an accounting framework whose goal is to quantify the inflows, outflows, and accumulation of resources (such as materials and energy) in a city. The main goal of this chapter is to offer an introduction to UM. First, a brief history of UM is provided.
Sybil Derrible +3 more
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A review of the flood management: from flood control to flood resilience
Heliyon, 2022 Climate change and socioeconomic developments are increasing the frequency and severity of floods. Flood management is widely recognized as an effective way to reduce the adverse consequences, and a more resilient and sustainable flood management ...
Lihong Wang +7 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 The construction of the sponge city can effectively alleviate the problems of urban waterlogging and pollution and promote the city's sustainable development.
Meng Yang +5 more
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Riverine flood risk assessment with a combined model chain in southeastern China
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Climate change and rapid urbanization have exacerbated the occurrence and impact of floods. It is essential to carry out a quantitative flood risk assessment and manage the flood risk before a disaster occurs.
Lihong Wang +8 more
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, 2023 Urban metabolism Industrial ecology: the material and energetic functioning of cities. This research aims to quantify the metabolic inputs (e.g. biomass, minerals, food, and fuel) and outputs (e.g. waste, atmospheric emissions) (from Wolman 1965), optimise flows and improve their environmental performance.
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Disturbances to forests are getting worse with climate change and urbanization. Assessing the functionality of forest ecosystems is challenging because it requires not only a large amount of input data but also comprehensive estimation indicator methods.
Mei Li +6 more
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Circular Urban Metabolism Framework [PDF]
One Earth, 2020 In our cities, the production and consumption of resources are achieved at an unsustainable rate. Combined with an increasing global population and accelerating urbanization, the absence of a new approach will almost certainly have dramatic environmental consequences.
Lucertini, Giulia, Musco, Francesco
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Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota : experimental evidence from a wild passerine [PDF]
, 2020 Urban sprawl increasingly affects the ecology of natural populations, including host-microbiota interactions, with observed differences in the gut microbiota between urban and rural hosts.
De Neve, Liesbeth +5 more
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