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Closed-Loop Crop Cascade to Optimize Nutrient Flows and Grow Low-Impact Vegetables in Cities

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Urban agriculture systems can significantly contribute towards mitigating the impacts of inefficient and complex food supply chains and increase urban food sovereignty.
Martí Rufí-Salís   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The new urban paradigm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper argues in favor of a new urban model that harnesses the power that cities have to curb global warming. Such a model tackles fundamental management challenges in the energy, building and transport sectors to promote the growth of diverse and ...
Bauer, Steffen   +4 more
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Strategic Innovation for Sustainability: A Conceptual Model Linking Digitalization, Social Dynamics, and Climate Change Mitigation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses a significant research gap in the literature by systematically reviewing and synthesizing the interplay between social dynamics, environmental changes, and organizational innovation. Although prior research has explored these dimensions in isolation, the integrative framework remains lacking.
Gagan Deep Sharma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors and Nuclear Receptors Gene Expression in Infertile and Fertile Men from Italian Areas with Different Environmental Features [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Internal levels of selected endocrine disruptors (EDs) (i.e., perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), di-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP), mono-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (MEHP), and bisphenol A (BPA)) were analyzed in blood/serum of ...
Bergamasco B   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

Family's socioeconomic and demographic factors on elements of children's dental and oral health: A scoping review

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Dental Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Family plays a significant role in children's dental and oral health (DOH) elements, such as children's DOH knowledge and practice, the development of children's dental fear and anxiety (DFA), children's dental visits, and children's DOH status.
Wisnu Fadila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and natural resource implications of sustainable urban infrastructure systems

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2017
As cities grow, their environmental and natural resource footprints also tend to grow to keep up with the increasing demand on essential urban services such as passenger transportation, commercial space, and thermal comfort.
Joseph D Bergesen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Échelles territoriales et politiques du métabolisme urbain : la structuration des filières de biodéchets et l’intégration de l’agriculture urbaine à Rennes

open access: yesVertigO, 2018
This article underlines the circular economy’s issues related to the framework of urban metabolism, focusing the organic material and waste chain. It is about of combining the analysis of flows and their governance.
Jean-Baptiste Bahers, Giulia Giacchè
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Settlement Criteria, Eco-cities and Prospects in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Eco-city movements constitute a special segment of the sustainable settlement aspirations. Using the classification devised by Mark Roseland, the paper established that the eco-city movement aims at achieving a new, consistent urban solution, while ...
Fleischer, Tamás
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Perspectives on subnational carbon and climate footprints: A case study of Southampton, UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Sub-national governments are increasingly interested in local-level climate change management. Carbon- (CO2 and CH4) and climate-footprints—(Kyoto Basket GHGs) (effectively single impact category LCA metrics, for global warming potential) provide an ...
Osborne, Patrick E.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Powerful yet challenging: mechanistic niche models for predicting invasive species potential distribution under climate change

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Risk assessments of invasive species present one of the most challenging applications of species distribution models (SDMs) due to the fundamental issues of distributional disequilibrium, niche changes, and truncation. Invasive species often occupy only a fraction of their potential environmental and geographic ranges, as their spatiotemporal dynamics ...
Erola Fenollosa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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