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Alam, M.F. (author), McClain, M.E. (author), Sikka, Alok (author), Pande, S. (author)Increased variability of the water cycle manifested by climate change is a growing global threat to agriculture with strong implications for food and livelihood security. Thus, there is an urgent need for adaptation in agriculture. Agricultural water management (AWM) interventions, interventions for managing water supply and demand, are...review 2022
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Norouzi, F. (author), Hoppe, T. (author), Ramirez Elizondo, L.M. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Smart MicroGrids (SMGs) can be seen as a promising option when it comes to addressing the urgent need for sustainable transition in electric systems from the current fossil fuel-based centralised system to a low-carbon, renewable-based decentralised system. Unlike previous studies that were restricted to a limited number of actors and only took...review 2022
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Sektani, Hawar Himdad J. (author), Khayat, Mahmood (author), Mohammadi, Masi (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)This research aims to reveal and discuss state-of-the-art research addressing the relation between built heritage and individuals’ subjective wellbeing (SWB). Through a systematic literature review, fifty-one studies were analyzed. Even if limited, past research confirms the substantial relation between built heritage and subjective wellbeing...review 2022
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van der Werf, Job (author), Kapelan, Z. (author), Langeveld, J.G. (author)Real Time Control (RTC) is widely accepted as a cost-effective way to operate urban drainage systems (UDS) effectively. However, what factors influence RTC efficacy and how this might change in the long term remains largely unknown. This paper reviews the literature to understand what these factors likely are, and how they can be assessed in...review 2022
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Vijay, V. (author), Shreedhar, S. (author), Adlak, Komalkant (author), Payyanad, Sachin (author), Sreedharan, Vandana (author), Gopi, Girigan (author), Sophia van der Voort, Tessa (author), Malarvizhi, P. (author), Buisma-Yi, S.C. (author), Gebert, J. (author), Aravind, P.V. (author)Increasing pressure on farming systems due to rapid urbanization and population growth has severely affected soil health and fertility. The need to meet the growing food demands has also led to unsustainable farming practices with the intensive application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, resulting in significant greenhouse gas...review 2021
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Goyal, N. (author)Although India has made significant progress towards the sustainable development goal on energy (SDG 7), further policy innovations are essential for closing the gap, addressing geographic disparities, and harnessing energy for transformative change. Research can support this process by creating policy-relevant knowledge regarding the energy...review 2021
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Greco, F. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Jarquin Laguna, A. (author)Desalination is a well-established technology used all over the world to mitigate freshwater scarcity. Wind-powered reverse osmosis plants are one of the most promising alternatives for renewable energy desalination, particularly for coastal areas and islands. Wind energy can satisfy the high energy consumption of desalination while reducing...review 2021
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Dedoussi, I.C. (author)Aviation emissions lead to degraded air quality and adverse human health impacts, making air quality one of the leading environmental externalities associated with aviation. Aviation emissions have been growing steadily over the past decades, and, despite the current hindrance in air traffic due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, they are forecasted to...review 2021
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Schifferstein, Hendrik N.J. (author), de Boer, Alie (author), Lemke, M. (author)Although governments have implemented regulations to inform consumers on important product properties and protect consumers from deceptive information, empirical research on how consumers perceive, interpret and experience food packages have shown frequently that consumers may be misled by how information is presented and packages are...review 2021
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Chen, Jiaqi (author), Dan, Hancheng (author), Ding, Yongjie (author), Gao, Y. (author), Guo, Meng (author), Guo, Shuaicheng (author), Han, Bingye (author), Hong, Bin (author), Hou, Yue (author), Hu, Chichun (author), Hu, Jing (author), Huyan, Ju (author), Jiang, Jiwang (author), Jiang, Wei (author), Li, Cheng (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Liu, Yu (author), Liu, Zhuangzhuang (author), Lu, Guoyang (author), Ouyang, Jian (author), Qu, Xin (author), Ren, Dongya (author), Wang, Chao (author), Wang, Chaohui (author), Wang, Dawei (author), Wang, Di (author), Wang, Hainian (author), Wang, Haopeng (author), Xiao, Yue (author), Xing, Chao (author), Xu, Huining (author), Yan, Yu (author), Yang, Xu (author), You, Lingyun (author), You, Zhanping (author), Yu, Bin (author), Yu, Huayang (author), Yu, Huanan (author), Zhang, Henglong (author), Zhang, Jizhe (author), Zhou, Changhong (author), Zhou, Changjun (author), Zhu, Xingyi (author)Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly supports the rapid development of the global social economy. New theories, new methods, new technologies and new materials related to pavement engineering are emerging....review 2021
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Gangoli Rao, A. (author), Yin, F. (author), Werij, H.G.C. (author)Aviation is the backbone of our modern society. In 2019, around 4.5 billion passengers travelled through the air. However, at the same time, aviation was also responsible for around 5% of anthropogenic causes of global warming. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation sector in the short term is clearly very high, but the long-term...review 2020
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Marques, Ana C. (author), Mocanu, Alexandra (author), Tomić, Nataša Z. (author), Balos, Sebastian (author), Stammen, Elisabeth (author), Lundevall, Asa (author), Abrahami, Shoshan T. (author), Günther, Roman (author), de Kok, John M.M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author)Using adhesives for connection technology has many benefits. It is cost-efficient, fast, and allows homogeneous stress distribution between the bonded surfaces. This paper gives an overview on the current state of knowledge regarding the technologically important area of adhesive materials, as well as on emergent related technologies. It is...review 2020
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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Silvestre, José Dinis (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)This research addresses the performance gap between intentions towards a sustainable conservation of built heritage and its actual implementation. Socio-psychological models of human behaviour, such as the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), have been studying this dissonance between intention and behaviour, and allow to recognise latent...review 2020
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Pourebrahimi, Mohammad (author), Eghbali, Seyed Rahman (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)Purpose: Obsolescence is a decline or loss of utility of an object, building or product. Different types of building obsolescence decrease buildings’ utility and shorten their service life. The purpose of this paper is identification of building obsolescence types and the relevant factors that affect buildings to become obsolete. It is also...review 2020
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Baldassarre, B.R. (author), Keskin, Duygu (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Calabretta, G. (author)The intensification of industrial activity within an unsustainable development paradigm caused an alarming environmental crisis intertwined with societal problems on a global scale. Sustainable design theory contains an extensive body of knowledge on how these environmental and societal issues can be addressed by rethinking industrial...review 2020
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Yin, F. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author)Society is going through transformations at a rate that is unprecedented in human history. One such transformation is the energy transition, which will affect almost every facet of our society. Gas turbine engines are state of the art machines, a backbone of modern society, and used in various applications, right from power generation to...review 2020
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Reda, Abel Kebede (author), Gebresenbet, Girma (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Ljungberg, David (author)Urban logistics policies have become instrumental in achieving sustainable transport systems. Developing and emerging countries still lag far behind in the implementation of such policies when compared with developed countries. This exposure gap provides an opportunity for policy transfer, but this is a complex process requiring knowledge of...review 2020
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Sustainability of underground hydro-technologies: From ancient to modern times and toward the futureValipour, Mohammad (author), Ahmed, Abdelkader T. (author), Antoniou, Georgios P. (author), Sala, Renato (author), Parise, Mario (author), Salgot, Miquel (author), Sanaan Bensi, N. (author), Angelakis, Andreas N. (author)An underground aqueduct is usually a canal built in the subsurface to transfer water from a starting point to a distant location. Systems of underground aqueducts have been applied by ancient civilizations to manage different aspects of water supply. This research reviews underground aqueducts from the prehistoric period to modern times to...review 2020
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Sheldon, R.A. (author)The pressing need for climate change mitigation has focused attention on reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide by effectuating the transition from fossil-based chemicals manufacture to a carbon neutral alternative based on lignocellulosic waste. The first step involves fractionation of the lignocellulose into cellulose, hemicellulose,...review 2018
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Arthington, Angela H. (author), Bhaduri, Anik (author), Bunn, Stuart E. (author), Jackson, Sue E. (author), Tharme, Rebecca E. (author), Tickner, Dave (author), Horne, Avril C. (author), Kendy, Eloise (author), McClain, M.E. (author)A decade ago, scientists and practitioners working in environmental water management crystallized the progress and direction of environmental flows science, practice, and policy in The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda (2007), during the 10th International Riversymposium and International Environmental Flows Conference held in...review 2018