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Carlos M. Duarte, Annette Bruhn, Dorte Krause-Jensen
Summary: Seaweed aquaculture, accounting for over half of global mariculture production, provides various ecosystem services and food/natural products for industries. It is seen as a versatile solution for climate change and biodiversity crisis. Scaling up seaweed aquaculture as an emission capture and utilization technology is crucial to support a circular bioeconomy and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals for a growing global population by 2050.
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Long Liu, Zhichao Li, Xinyi Fu, Xuan Liu, Zehao Li, Wenfeng Zheng
Summary: This study analyzed the urban built-up area changes in Chengdu, one of the largest cities in Western China, using open access satellite data and a stratified support vector machine method. The results revealed a northwest-southeast spatial expansion pattern in the city's built-up area changes from 2015 to 2019, indicating an accelerated uneven development in 2018 and 2019. The proposed methodology offers a practical way for cities with tight budgets to monitor uneven development and suggests further improvements using higher-resolution remote sensing images and field experiments.
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Environmental Studies
Linfeng Xu, Xuan Liu, De Tong, Zhixin Liu, Lirong Yin, Wenfeng Zheng
Summary: This study utilized the PLUS model to simulate the urban land expansion in the metropolitan area of Hangzhou. The accuracy of the simulation, measured by kappa coefficient, was high, especially in short-term predictions of urban expansion.
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Kavitha Haldorai, Woo Gon Kim, R. L. Fernando Garcia
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Jinning Zhang, Yanwei Lyu, Yutao Li, Yong Geng
Summary: The positive impact of the digital economy on low-carbon development is important and should not be overlooked. This study develops an evaluation system to measure China's digital economy and finds that it is becoming an essential driver for regional low-carbon development. Environmental governance, technological innovation, and industrial structure upgrade are the primary channels through which the digital economy influences low-carbon development.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
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Environmental Studies
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Hummera Saleem, Malik Shahzad Shabbir, Huobao Xie
Summary: This study reveals a significant deterioration in environmental quality in the South Asian region, with countries like Bangladesh having a significant impact on CO2 emissions. Additionally, the study confirms the EKC hypothesis.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Economics
Ming Yi, Yafen Liu, Mingyue Selena Sheng, Le Wen
Summary: This study utilizes models and data analysis to find that the development of the digital economy has a significant impact on carbon emission reduction, as it can indirectly affect carbon emissions through the transformation of energy structures. Additionally, this impact varies across regions, with the digital economy in the eastern regions showing more pronounced effects on carbon emission reduction. These findings provide valuable empirical evidence for policymakers in promoting digital economy development and coordinating regional environmental governance.
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Economics
Li Xia, Shuo Gao, Jiuchang Wei, Qiying Ding
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between government subsidies and corporate green innovation in China's new energy vehicle industry, and explores the impact of board governance on this relationship. The findings suggest a U-shaped relationship between government subsidies and corporate green innovation, with certain aspects of board governance enhancing this relationship. The study recommends policymakers to incorporate diversity indicators, such as the proportion of female directors, into investment evaluation standards to promote environmental benefits, social equality, and women's empowerment.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meidi Wang, Penghui Zhang, Xu Liang, Junyi Zhao, Yawei Liu, Yu Cao, Hongjian Wang, Yu Chen, Zhiming Zhang, Fusheng Pan, Zhenjie Zhang, Zhongyi Jiang
Summary: The lack of access to clean water for billions of people is a global sustainability challenge, which can be addressed by membrane technologies. The use of covalent organic framework (COF) membranes can achieve ultrafast desalination and excellent fouling resistance, offering great potential in practical applications.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
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Environmental Studies
Qiming Zhong, Huwei Wen, Chien-Chiang Lee
Summary: This study, based on the data of China's A-share listed companies in the heavy-polluting industries, examines the effect of economic growth targets on corporate environmental investment. The findings suggest that corporates tend to reduce their investment in environmental conservation when local governments are under pressure to achieve growth targets.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2022)
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Summary: This study analyzes the engagement of 1370 organizations from 97 countries with the SDGs, finding that the majority of organizations' engagement with the SDGs is superficial, indicating a process of SDG-washing to some extent.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Muhammad Imam Ammarullah, Gatot Santoso, S. Sugiharto, Toto Supriyono, Dwi Basuki Wibowo, Ojo Kurdi, Mohammad Tauviqirrahman, J. Jamari
Summary: The choice of ceramic-on-ceramic coupling in total hip prosthesis offers advantages such as high hardness, scratch resistance, low wear rate, and improved lubrication performance compared to other material combinations. Selecting ceramic materials for such coupling reduces the risk of postoperative failure. This study analyzed commonly used ceramic materials (zirconium dioxide, silicon nitride, and aluminium oxide) for ceramic-on-ceramic coupling and evaluated their stress distribution using a finite element-based computational model. The results showed that using ZrO2-on-ZrO2 coupling reduced Tresca stress by 17.34% compared to Si3N4-on-Si3N4 and Al2O3-on-Al2O3 couplings, which resulted in a 27.23% reduction in Tresca stress.
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Environmental Studies
Desiree Fields
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
(2022)
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Hakseung Shin, Juan Luis Nicolau, Juhyun Kang, Abhinav Sharma, Hoon Lee
Summary: This study explores the impact of various factors on travel decisions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using three theoretical frameworks. Data collected from a survey of 1451 Korean travelers is analyzed to identify specific factors influencing travel decisions and intentions. The research provides important theoretical and practical insights for developing successful COVID-19 recovery strategies in the tourism industry.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Meng Lingyan, Ze Zhao, Haider Ali Malik, Asif Razzaq, Hui An, Marria Hassan
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between fiscal decentralization, environmental innovation, and carbon emissions in decentralized countries. The findings suggest that fiscal decentralization has a greater impact on reducing carbon emissions at lower to medium levels, while environmental innovation is more effective at medium to higher levels. Additionally, economic growth and population increase contribute to higher carbon emissions, with varying effects across different emission levels.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Economics
Jing Lan, Sufyan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Sadiq, Fengsheng Chien, Zulfiqar Ali Baloch
Summary: The objective of this study is to develop a multidimensional energy poverty index (EPI) and examine its impacts in five Asian countries. The results show that Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh are the most affected nations by energy poverty, while India and Pakistan have the least energy poverty. Factors such as electricity availability, time to obtain electricity, access to clean energy, and cooking technology have a significant positive relationship with the EPI of the region.
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Business
Saira Begum, Muhammad Ashfaq, Enjun Xia, Usama Awan
Summary: The study found that green transformational leadership plays a crucial role in green innovation, with green thinking and creative process engagement acting as mediators. This highlights the importance of green thinking and creative processes in fostering green innovation.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhihan Li, Chaoji Chen, Hua Xie, Yuan Yao, Xin Zhang, Alexandra Brozena, Jianguo Li, Yu Ding, Xinpeng Zhao, Min Hong, Haiyu Qiao, Lee M. Smith, Xuejun Pan, Robert Briber, Sheldon Q. Shi, Liangbing Hu
Summary: The study presents a top-down approach for producing high-performance natural macrofibres from bamboo stems that outperform wood-derived fibres and are comparable to synthetic carbon fibres. The use of these natural fibres could lead to substantial reduction in carbon emissions, offering a pathway towards sustainability in various industries such as automotive, aeronautics, and construction.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
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Business
Mingbo Zheng, Gen-Fu Feng, Ren-Ai Jiang, Chun-Ping Chang
Summary: This research reveals a bidirectional long-term relationship between ESG performance and corporate green innovation among Chinese listed firms. It also demonstrates a causal link from ESG performance to green innovation output in both short and long terms.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
