Environments  

Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah, Rebekka Bärenbold and Olivia Riemer

Biodiversity and species conservation are among the most urgent global issues. Both are under serious threat because of human intrusion and as a result, it is likely that present and future projects will affect threatened and endangered species. Thus, it ... see more

Isabelle Lavoie, Soizic Morin, Vincent Laderriere and Claude Fortin

Sudbury (Ontario, Canada) has a long mining history that has left the region with a distinctive legacy of environmental impacts. Several actions have been undertaken since the 1970s to rehabilitate this deteriorated environment, in both terrestrial and aq... see more

Alida Alves, Jose Patiño Gómez, Zoran Vojinovic, Arlex Sánchez and Sutat Weesakul

An important increase in flood risk levels is expected in future decades in many areas around the globe. In addition, the traditional approaches for flood management offer options with low sustainability. As a response, the use of non-traditional drainage... see more

Paulina Concha Larrauri and Upmanu Lall

This paper presents a statistical model to estimate the volume of released tailings (VF) and the maximum distance travelled by the tailings (Dmax) in the event of a tailings dam failure, based on physical parameters of the dams. The dataset of historical ... see more

Rafal Latawiec, Piotr Woyciechowski and Karol J. Kowalski

The balance of carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases in the life cycle of concrete is one of the important elements affecting the sustainable development of concrete technology. Modifications in the composition in the aim of minimization of ... see more

Saadatu Umaru Baba and Dan van der Horst

Gender relations mediate access to the environment in a variety of ways, through formal institutions such as customary law or informal social norms operating at the household level. This is particularly so in rural areas of the global south that are highl... see more

Iván López and Mercedes Pardo

This paper analyzes the importance of assessing and controlling the social and economic impact of climate change in national parks. To this end, a system of indicators for evaluation and monitoring is proposed for the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, o... see more

Andi Mehmeti, Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis, George Arampatzis, Stephen J. McPhail and Sergio Ulgiati

A common sustainability issue, arising in production systems, is the efficient use of resources for providing goods or services. With the increased interest in a hydrogen (H2) economy, the life-cycle environmental performance of H2 production has special ... see more

Helena Madureira, Fernando Nunes, José Vidal Oliveira and Teresa Madureira

Many studies have argued that a better understanding of people’s preferences about public urban green spaces may inform urban planners to effectively provide and manage urban green spaces to meet users’ needs. The aim of this study is to examine urban res... see more

Sudip Gautam and Rabin Bhattarai

Replacement of many old and aging bridges, culverts, and low-water crossings on rural low-volume roads is an increasing concern throughout the United States. The economic burden for many local bodies can be huge if these structures are to be replaced by a... see more

Filipe Paulino, André Pina and Patrícia Baptista

The road passenger transport is responsible for a large share of energy consumption and pollutants emission in Europe. Efforts have been made in the definition of new policies to reduce the environmental impacts of this sector. However, an integrated and ... see more

Ana Amic and Lidija Tadic

This paper deals with the surface water quality of a small catchment area of the Karašica and Vucica rivers based on the analysis of water physical and chemical parameters according to the national Decree on Water Quality Standards (2013). Water samples w... see more

Vlasta Ondrejka Harbulakova, Martina Zelenakova, Pavol Purcz and Adrian Olejnik

The Framework Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources aims at developing the local and regional electricity market in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A comparison study of the proposed activities of cons... see more