9 articles in this issue
Mohamud Salat and Brent Swallow
To simultaneously enhance agricultural productivity and lower negative impacts on the environment, food systems need to be much more efficient in using resources such as land, water, and fertilizer. This study examines resource use efficiency of maize pro... see more
Cynthia M. Torres, Pedro E. Arce, Francisca J. Justel, Leonardo Romero and Yousef Ghorbani
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Elizabeth A. Samson, Kenneth G. Boykin, William G. Kepner, Mark C. Andersen and Alexander Fernald
The effects of future land use change on arid and semi-arid watersheds in the American Southwest have important management implications. Seamless, national-scale land-use-change scenarios for developed land were acquired from the US Environmental Protecti... see more
David Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Javier Martínez-Vega
Ahmed Ali Hassan, Terry Tudor and Mentore Vaccari
Healthcare waste (HCW) represents a major public health issue, especially in developing countries. Among HCW categories, sharps waste is one of the most hazardous. Exposure to needle-stick injuries can lead to blood-borne pathogens, therefore HCW should b... see more
Peter Ojo and Augustine O. Ifelebuegu
The use of metal salts like aluminium in the precipitation of phosphorus in activated sludge plants has increased considerably in recent years due to the need to achieve tighter discharge consents for phosphorus in treated wastewater effluent. The impact ... see more
Malena Ripken, Xander Keijser, Thomas Klenke and Igor Mayer
The interaction of stakeholders is regarded key in modern environmental and spatial planning. Marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP) is an emerging marine policy domain, which is of great interest worldwide. MSP practices are characterized by diverse appr... see more
Elsie Assan, Murari Suvedi, Laura Schmitt Olabisi and Andrea Allen
The negative impacts of climate change on agriculture could erode gains made toward gender equality in Ghana. Much of the literature on gender dimensions of climate change adaptation has focused on assessing differences in coping and adaptation practices ... see more
Hermano Bernardo and Filipe Oliveira
This paper presents results of work developed in the field of building energy benchmarking applied to the building stock of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, based on a thorough energy performance characterisation of each of its buildings. To... see more