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Uptake and implementation of nature-based solutions: an analysis of barriers ...
Abstract Cities increasingly have to find innovative ways to address challenges arising from climate change and urbanization. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been gaining... -
A Decision Analytic Approach to Exposure-Based Chemical Prioritization
The manufacture of novel synthetic chemicals has increased in volume and variety, but often the environmental and health risks are not fully understood in terms of toxicity and,... -
Linking constructive and energy innovations for a net zero-energy building
INTRODUCTION This article explains the design, construction and energy strategies of LINQ, a netzero energy building that was successfully entered into the Solar... -
Standards not that standard
There is a general assent on the key role of standards in Synthetic Biology. In two consecutive letters to this journal, suggestions on the assembly methods for the Registry of... -
Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the...
The western Amazon continues to be an active and controversial zone of hydrocarbon exploration and production. We argue for the urgent need to implement best practices to reduce... -
Effectiveness of deposit-refund systems for household waste in the Netherlands
Deposit-refund schemes (DRS) are basically a combination of two instruments: a tax on the purchase of a certain product, and a subsidy on the separate collection of the same... -
Heat risk assessment for the Brussels capital region under different urban pl...
Urban residents are exposed to higher levels of heat stress in comparison to the rural population. As this phenomenon could be enhanced by both global greenhouse gas emissions... -
Global nitrogen and phosphorus in urban waste water based on the Shared Socio...
This paper presents global estimates of nutrient discharge from households to surface water based on the relationships between income and human emissions represented by protein... -
Economic evaluation of stormwater capture and its multiple benefits in Califo...
Urban stormwater is increasingly being considered a viable alternative water supply in California and throughout the southwestern U.S. However, current economic analyses of... -
Toward building recommender systems for the circular economy
The growth in the number of industries aiming at more sustainable business processes is driving the use of the European Waste Catalogue (EWC). For example, the identification of... -
Documenting the density of subtidal marine debris across multiple marine and ...
Marine debris is recognised globally as a key threatening process to marine life, but efforts to address the issue are hampered by the lack of data for many marine habitats. By... -
A systematic review of the reliability and validity of discrete choice experi...
While discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are increasingly used in the field of environmental valuation, they remain controversial because of their hypothetical nature and the... -
What point-of-use water treatment products do consumers use? Evidence from a ...
Background: There is evidence that household point-of-use (POU) water treatment products can reduce the enormous burden of water-borne illness. Nevertheless, adoption among the... -
All science should inform policy and regulation
In the context of a recent proposal to exclude research from consideration at the Environmental Protection Agency, John Ioannidis points out that "perceived perfection is not a... -
The example of a botanic garden and a forest park
Creation and conservation of urban parks is challenging in arid environments where daily thermal extremes, water scarcity, air pollution and shortage of natural green spaces are... -
Elevated mercury concentrations in humans of Madre de Dios, Peru.
The enormous increase in practically unregulated mining in Madre de Dios Peru is leading to massive release of liquid elemental mercury to the environment. Rapidly increasing... -
Bioremediation of chromium contaminated water by diatoms with concomitant lip...
Hexavalent chromium compounds such as chromate and dichromate, commonly designated as Cr (VI) compounds, are widely used heavy metals in different industries and are considered... -
Summer Rains and Dry Seasons in the Upper Blue Nile Basin: The Predictability...
peer-reviewed During the last 100 years the Ethiopian upper Blue Nile Basin (BNB) has undergone major changes in land use, and is now potentially facing changes in climate.... -
Carbon pricing, co-pollutants, and climate policy: Evidence from California
In a Perspective, James Boyce and Michael Ash discuss Lara Cushing and colleagues' research study on the implications of California's policy on carbon trading. -
Catching the right wave: evaluating wave energy resources and potential compa...
Many hope that ocean waves will be a source for clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy, yet wave energy conversion facilities may affect marine ecosystems through a variety...
