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frameworks, challenges and gaps
Integrated Environmental Models (IEMs) incorporating ecosystem services (ES) can be useful tools to support the decision-making. However, their successful application strongly... -
Mainly a matter of cognitive lock-in?
Agroforestry (AF) is promoted as an environmentally sound farming practice to address the pressing challenges of meeting a rising global demand for agricultural commodities... -
A computational fluid dynamics study in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Heat waves and the related heat stress can increase human morbidity and mortality, decrease human productivity and increase building energy consumption for cooling. There is a... -
Combining tacit knowledge elicitation with the SilverKnETs tool and random fo...
Residential choice behaviour is a complex process underpinned by both housing market restrictions and individual preferences, which are partly conscious and partly tacit... -
Avoiding or mitigating flooding: Bottom-up drivers of urban resilience to cli...
Abstract Coastal areas around the world are urbanizing rapidly, despite the threat of sea level rise and intensifying floods. Such development places an increasing number of... -
A comparison of oil supply risks in EU, US, Japan, China and India under diff...
For many countries, the inflow of energy is essential to keep economies running. Oil is typically considered to be the most critical fuel as an input for the petro-chemical and... -
a case study of combined chelatant-based washing treatment efficiency
Abstract The challenge of sustainable use of MSWI residues such as fly ash is particularly acute. One of the possible uses of these residues in making secondary building... -
Optimising land use allocation to balance ecosystem services and economic ben...
Abstract The optimisation of land use allocation plays an important role in sustainable land use planning. It is crucial to realise the synergy between economic development... -
Financial stability at risk due to investing rapidly in renewable energy
We present novel insights about effective energy policies using an agent-based model. The model describes relevant feedback mechanisms between technological evolution, the... -
the case study of Rafsanjan Plain in Iran
The groundwater system in the Rafsanjan aquifer perpetuated sustainably for decades before 1950s; however, its groundwater resources have been overexploited in the recent... -
Modeling multi-factorial and multi-stakeholder decision-making for water scar...
Abstract Policy making for complex Social-Ecological Systems (SESs) is a multi-factorial and multi-stakeholder decision making process. Therefore, proper policy simulation in... -
The contribution of charcoal production to rural livelihoods in a semi-arid a...
Forest incomes in the form of both timber and non-timber forest products are an important source of livelihood for many communities in Africa. A major forest resource is... -
Nutrient optimization of tree growth alters structure and function of boreal ...
Abstract Nutrient optimization has been proposed as a way to increase boreal forest production, and involves chronic additions of liquid fertilizer with amounts of micro- and... -
Nutritive effect of dust on microbial biodiversity and productivity of the Ar...
The Arabian Gulf is exposed to intensive dust storms during summer until early winter. We investigated the nutritive effect of the dust on microbial biodiversity of the water... -
Scale-up and economic analysis of biodiesel production from recycled grease t...
Abstract Grease trap waste has been considered as a cost-effective feedstock for biodiesel production due to its high lipid content and relatively low cost for collection.... -
Towards a systematic framework for the analysis of environmental policy Integ...
Environmental policy integration (EPI) refers to the incorporation of environmental concerns in non-environmental policy sectors. EPI aims to avoid conflicts between... -
Beyond theory
A new project governance model for infrastructure projects is described in this paper. This model contains causal mechanisms that relate a number of project governance variables... -
Acceptance of sticks, carrots and sermons as policy instruments for directing...
Nowadays, forest policies often address both public and private forest as a means to meet the increasing demand for forest services in densely populated regions. Policy bodies... -
Foliar and woody materials discriminated using terrestrial LiDAR in a mixed n...
Abstract Separation of foliar and woody materials using remotely sensed data is crucial for the accurate estimation of leaf area index (LAI) and woody biomass across forest... -
Forest groups as support to private forest owners in developing close-to-natu...
Abstract To meet public expectations in densely populated regions, forest management should be multifunctional, not solely in public but also in private forests. Governments...
