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Upcycling of Disposable Face Masks into Water‐Resistant and Flame Retardant Foams

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Disposable mask waste is upcycled into lightweight polypropylene‐based foams with tunable porosity and composite architectures reinforced by ear‐loop fibers. The sustainable solvent‐based process enables upcycling rates of 91% and solvent recovery of >90%.
Jingjing Pan, Erlantz Lizundia, Hao Jia, Lennart Bergström   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Documentation of Historical Forest Fires and Hazard: Case of Gironde and Les Landes, France [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Forest fire is becoming an important research topic because of climate change and its impact on population. In this study, historical database about forest fire incidents was created for Gironde and Les Landes (1989 to 2022).
J. Sarrau, M. M. Yagoub
doaj   +1 more source

Externalities in urban sustainability [PDF]

Ecological Economics, 2002
This paper studies urban sustainability from the perspective ofexternalities. We develop a general spatialequilibrium model of a monocentric city, in which two types ofexternalities occur. On the one hand, pollution inthe industrial centre leads to a spatially differentiateddeterioration of the environmental quality in the residentialarea. On the other
Erik T. Verhoef, Peter Nijkamp
openaire   +2 more sources

The role of sustainability assessment in sustainability management for urban redevelopment [PDF]

, 2015
Sustainability assessment has the potential to influence decision making and hence to improve the management of sustainability. This paper presents the development and reporting of benchmark sustainability indicators and discusses the challenges of ...
Blackwood, David, Falconer, Ruth, Gilmour, Daniel, Isaacs, John, Simpson, Edward   +4 more
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Urban Sustainability Strategies Guided by the SDGs —A Tale of Four Cities

Sustainability, 2019
The United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, signed in 2015 and backed-up with its seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mentions cities as key players for evolving actively towards more sustainability.
K. Krellenberg, Hannah Bergsträßer, D. Bykova, Nele Kress, K. Tyndall   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bio‐Inspired Molecular Events in Poly(Ionic Liquids)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Originating from dipolar and polar inter‐ and intra‐chain interactions of the building blocks, the topologies and morphologies of poly(ionic liquids) (PIL) govern their nano‐ and micro‐processibility. Modulating the interactions of cation‐anion pairs with aliphatic dipolar components enables the tunability of properties, facilitated by “bottom‐up ...
Jiahui Liu, Marek W. Urban
wiley   +1 more source

CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF AN EXAMPLE OF BEST PRACTICE IN URBAN SUSTAINABILITY

Central European Journal of Geography and Sustainable Development, 2021
Urban centers are key to achieving the global goals of sustainability. Urban sustainability entails having thriving cities that fulfill their needs without impacting the long-term sustainability of the ecosystem.
Adaku Jane Echendu
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing sustainable urban transformation [PDF]

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2011
Despite increased awareness of the urgency to respond to climate change and to promote sustainable development, there are few powerful initiatives that are decisively shifting urban development in a sustainable, resilient and low-carbon direction.
McCormick, Kes, Anderberg, Stefan, Coenen, Lars, Neij, Lena   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Visualising urban sustainability [PDF]

, 2008
Developing sustainable urban environments is complex and requires a number of factors – including social, economic and environmental sustainability - to be taken into account.
Blackwood, David J., Falconer, Ruth E., Fullwood, P., Isaacs, John P., McNeish, Wallace, Romilly, P.   +5 more
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Spin‐Dependent Generation of Surface‐Bound Radicals Toward Selective and Long‐Lasting Water Purification

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study develops a novel atomic engineering strategy to fine‐tune the spin state of α‐Fe2O3 catalysts toward a medium‐spin state, thereby modulating peroxymonosulfate activation and selectively yielding surface‐bound radicals. Compared with free radicals, surface‐bound radicals exhibit moderated oxidation potential, extended lifespan, surface ...
Shuyu Wang, Zhonglin Chen, Jimin Shen, Pengwei Yan, Jing Kang, Binyuan Wang, Shengxin Zhao, Xiaoguang Duan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source