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Urban Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

Journal of the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2016
Masahiro Oseko, Akio Ishii
openaire   +2 more sources

Sustainable Utilization and Fire Protection of Wood‐Based Composites in Buildings: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing use of wood and wood‐based composites in construction reflects a global shift toward renewable materials that support sustainable development objectives, including carbon reduction and responsible resource use. While wood offers substantial environmental benefits compared to conventional materials such as concrete and steel, its
Qaisar Munir, Marko Hyvärinen, Timo Kärki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping and quantifying the spatial and temporal composition of waste piles in informal settlements of urban Malawi. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Mwapasa T, Robertson T, Kazembe D, Mnkhwamba A, Kalonde PK, Feasey N, Quilliam RS, Morse T, Chidziwisano K.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Environmental Footprint of Diffuse Emissions in European Functional Urban Areas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper quantifies the environmental footprint of diffuse air emissions across 776 European functional urban areas (FUAs) from 2005 to 2022 by coupling Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) gridded inventories with the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 framework.
Iñaki Sasia, Gorka Bueno, Iker Etxano
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and opportunities for plastic versus mixed waste enterprises in Greater Accra and Kisumu: A qualitative study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hornuvo R, Boafor EE, Okotto LG, Okotto-Okotto J, Dzodzomenyo M, Asamoah M, Wright J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Urban Heat and Spatial Statistics, Toward Sustainable Cities and Society: A PRISMA‐Based Systematic Review and Empirical Assessment (2020–2025)

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the intensification of global warming has brought increased attention to urban thermal dynamics, particularly regarding Land Surface Temperature (LST) and the Urban Surface Heat Island (SUHI) effect. This study conducts a systematic literature review alongside a bibliometric analysis of 123 peer‐reviewed articles ...
David Hidalgo‐García, Hamed Rezapouraghdam, Antonio Jesús Aguilar‐Aguilera, María Luísa de la Hoz‐Torres, Rubén López‐Cantero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Insecurity and Occupational Risk Factors Among Urban Waste Collectors in Dhaka City, Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Koli K, Begum S, Efat MAG.
europepmc   +1 more source

Water‐Energy Nexus: Benchmarking the Energy Efficiency of Drinking Water Treatment Plants Accounting for Heterogeneity

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The assessment of energy efficiency in water facilities is receiving increasing attention as a key strategy in the transition toward an energy‐neutral urban water cycle. This study evaluates the energy efficiency of 146 drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) in Chile by applying a latent class stochastic frontier analysis (LCSFA) to account ...
Alexandros Maziotis, Maria Molinos‐Senante   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toxic heavy metals distribution in urban soils of Africa: a systematic review. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Mkhonza NP, Zondo S, Vilakazi S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing National Sustainability Transitions in Europe: A Dynamic MCDA and Clustering‐Based Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study evaluates the sustainable development of 42 European countries using a multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach, based on 29 indicators covering the economic, social, and environmental pillars. All three pillars are assessed both individually and in consolidated form to provide a comprehensive view of countries ...
Una Smailbegovic, Džana Kadric, Edin Kadric, Simon Glöser Chahoud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source