Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 26 Issue 3

Geogenic contamination of groundwater in shallow aquifers in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria

Amobichukwu Chukwudi Amanambu, Christiana Ndidi Egbinola

The purpose of this paper is to examine the presence of geogenic contaminants in groundwater from shallow aquifers of the crystalline basement complex rocks of Ibadan…

Urban technology analysis matrix

Pablo Emilio Branchi, Carlos Fernández-Valdivielso, Ignacio Raúl Matías

The purpose of this paper is to develop a method for better analyzing the utility and impact of new technologies on smart cities. The authors have designed a tool that will…

Modelling transition policy to a sustainable regional transport system: A case study of the Baltic States

Aiga Barisa, Marika Roša

The purpose of this paper is to address the difficulty of implementing the European Union renewable energy policy in the transport sector. The authors describe a case study…

Sustainable transportation strategies for decoupling road vehicle transport and carbon dioxide emissions

Luis Velazquez, Nora E Munguia, Markus Will, Andrea G Zavala, Sara Patricia Verdugo, Bernd Delakowitz, Biagio Giannetti

– The purpose of this paper is to identify research priorities to guide transportation stakeholders in their practice, education, and research.

The use of the risk assessment in the life cycle assessment framework: Human health impacts of a soy-biodiesel production

Maria Francesca Milazzo, Francesco Spina

– The purpose of this paper is to quantify the human health impacts of soy-biodiesel production with the aim to discuss about its environmental sustainability.

Measuring electric energy efficiency in Portuguese households: A tool for energy policy

Thomas Weyman-Jones, Júlia Mendonça Boucinha, Catarina Feteira Inácio

There is a great interest from the European Union in measuring the efficiency of energy use in households, and this is an area where EDP has done research in both data collection…

Local attitudes towards natural resources management in rural Ghana

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

Local support is fundamental in natural resources management (NRM). However, recent studies indicate that NRM in protected areas in developing countries is often faced with local…

Field burning practices in a southern region of Brazil: A path dependence analysis

Roberto Birch Gonçalves, Eric Charles Henri Dorion, Cristine Hermann Nodari, Fernanda Lazzari, Pelayo Munhoz Olea

The practice of field burning has been used for many years in the south regions of Brazil as an ideal way to maintain pastures. The purpose of this paper is to understand if such…

Preservation and preemption in Japan’s Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Area

Robert J Mason

The purpose of this paper is to examine developments in Japan with regard to protected-area management. The focus is on ecological protection, citizen engagement, and the…

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