10 articles in this issue
Anyela Ramirez-Canon, Yahir F. Muñoz-Camelo and Paul Singh
The disposal of discarded tyres represents an environmental challenge for solid waste management entities. The need to reduce solid waste in urban areas along with the depletion of natural resources have made it necessary to reincorporate used materials i... see more
Carmela Conidi, Francesca Macedonio, Pietro Argurio, Alfredo Cassano and Enrico Drioli
Reverse osmosis (RO) was studied to reduce salinity of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewaters after softening with Na2CO3·H2O and ultrafiltration (UF). Two commercial thin film composite polyamide RO membranes (SWC-2540 and ESPA-2540, from Hydranautic... see more
Hideki Takebayashi
In recent years, adaptation measures such as awnings, louvers, directional reflective materials, mist sprays, and evaporative materials, have been developed with the expectation that they will serve as effective solutions to outdoor human thermal environm... see more
Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Mentore Vaccari, Alessandro Abbà, Matteo Canato and Sabrina Sorlini
The aim of this experimental study was to assess the feasibility of using a wet oxidation (WO) process for treating fine soil with a high level of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs). Two samples of soil were spiked with two different contaminants (motor ... see more
Sam Abdollahian, Hamidreza Kazemi, Thomas Rockaway and Venkata Gullapalli
Green infrastructure (GI) stormwater control measures (SCMs), such as permeable pavement systems, are common practices used for controlling stormwater runoff. In this paper, two permeable pavement strips were studied to quantify their water quality perfor... see more
Christina Vogel, Malena Ripken and Thomas Klenke
Marine spatial planning temporally and spatially allocates marine resources to different users. The ecosystem approach aims at optimising the social and economic benefits people derive from marine resources while preserving the ecosystem’s health. M... see more
Hen Friman, Yafa Sitbon, Ifaa Banner, Tal Shauli and Yulia Einav
An action learning course is an academic course which involves academic learning and social activities, and has an impact on the community. In the last year, students from the HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, participated in the action learning course ... see more
Phetyasone Xaypanya, Jiro Takemura, Chart Chiemchaisri, Hul Seingheng and Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling
In this study, leachate and sediment samples were collected from the leachate drains, ponds and waste pits of three landfills in the Indochina peninsula to investigate the level of contamination of biochemical parameters, especially heavy metals. In-situ ... see more
Konstantinos Vogiatzis and Nicolas Rémy
Within the frame of European directive 2002/49 for Strategic Noise Mapping and the relevant environmental Noise Action Plans, which included preparation for the management of environmental noise and the rehabilitation of the sound environment, Greece had ... see more
Kubra Betul Solmaz, Yusuf Ozcan, Nazime Mercan Dogan, Omer Bozkaya and Semra Ide
We aimed to determine the effect of Luria-Bertani (LB) medium, nutrient broth (NB) and tryptic soy broth (TSB), pH, temperature, and incubation time on the production of extracellular polysaccharides (EPS). The effect of glucose, whey and glycerol on bact... see more