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Accelerated reduction in China's cropland fires against the background of policy enhancement Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Chenqin Lian, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng
Cropland fires contribute significantly to the emission of air pollutants, with implications for the atmospheric environment, public health, and climate change. However, the development of cropland fires in response to straw burning policy interventions has not been fully explored. With the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Collection 6 (MODIS C6) active fire products and China land-cover
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Exploring paths underpinning the implementation of municipal waste sorting: Evidence from China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Shizheng Tan, Wei Li, Xiaoguang Liu, Yaqi Wang, Mengxin Wang
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Exploring energy security in China: our distance to energy justice Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Yanling Zhi, Fan Zhang, Jinle Kang, Zhou Fang
Energy justice serves as a pivotal factor in the global shift towards energy transition. A comprehensive evaluation of energy security necessitates the integration of energy justice principles. Accordingly, this study introduces an energy security index (ESI) from the perspective of energy justice and assesses the energy security of 30 provinces in mainland China. The analysis, covering data from 2001
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Agricultural non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Northern China from crop and livestock systems Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Yiqiong Du, Ziqiang Du, Fan Zhang
Carbon control involves more than just reducing carbon dioxide (CO). Since the industrial revolution, approximately 35% of greenhouse gas (GHG) radiation has been from non-CO emissions. In this study, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change coefficient method was used to calculate the agricultural non-CO GHG emissions in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Northern China. The study clarified the spatial
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US-China trade friction and agricultural nitrogen loss in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Juanli Wang, Shuao Yu, Levan Elbakidze, Yaru Xin, Shixiong Song, Yongxi Ma
Agricultural production, trade and environmental quality are interdependent. The US and China have been the world largest trade partners. However, trade tensions and interest in protectionist policies intensified in recent years. We use a price endogenous partial equilibrium model to systematically examine the impact of increased Chinese tariff on agricultural imports from the US on nitrogen (N) loss
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Environmental life cycle assessment of underground metro rail: A case study in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Amar Mohan Shinde, Anil Kumar Dikshit, Arti Soni
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Study on carbon footprint evaluation and carbon reduction path of cross-basin water transfer project – A case study of the Yellow River East diversion project in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Yujie Zhang, Qingsong Wang, Jiong Zhang, Yue Xu, Shu Tian, Shuo Yang, Yuan Xu, Huibin Zhang, Xueliang Yuan, Qiao Ma, Chengqing Liu, Ziyang Li, Yunlong Dong
Inter-basin water transfers have become an important means of water allocation to address imbalances in regional water distribution. Inter-basin water transfers often have a huge amount of engineering efforts and are accompanied by a large amount of carbon emissions generated during the life cycle. Previous studies usually suffer from problems such as rough data lists, difficulty in obtaining some
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Construction of a large road infrastructure in a metropolitan area; what can the analysis of community complaints to noise tell us? Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Alexis Pinsonnault-Skvarenina, Véronique Guay, Renaud Leblanc-Guindon, Mathieu Carrier, Annelies Bockstael, Jean-Pierre Gagné, Tony Leroux
Few studies have investigated the association between noise complaints and construction noise. Reviewing complaint data could help better understand community annoyance to noise and help plan future major construction work. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between noise complaints and noise levels, and to develop a tool to analyze the complaints lodged by citizens concerning
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Just trade-offs in a net-zero transition and social impact assessment Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Yuwan Malakar, Andrea Walton, Luk J.M. Peeters, David M. Douglas, Dan O'Sullivan
Countries around the world are prioritising net zero emissions to meet their Paris Agreement goals. The demand for social impact assessment (SIA) is likely to grow as this transition will require investments in decarbonisation projects with speed and at scale. There will be winners and losers of these projects because not everyone benefits the same; and hence, trade-offs are inevitable. SIAs, therefore
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SEA for better climate adaptation in the face of the flood risk: Multi-scenario, strategic forecasting, nature-based solutions Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Xiaoling Qin, Shifu Wang, Meng Meng
Numerous scholars have warned that many cities in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) are threatened by severe flood risk, which is often underestimated. Considering this, we provide a scenario-based Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) approach to analyse the roles of adaptation strategies on the environment in response to climate change and flooding risk. Three strategies are proposed including a non-Nature-based
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The impact of specialization and large-scale operation on the application of pesticides and chemical fertilizers: A spatial panel data analysis in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Zhenhua Zhang, Chao Hua, Ramamoorthy Ayyamperumal, Mengmeng Wang, Shaobo Wang
The abuse of pesticides and Chemical fertilizers seriously affects human health and the ecological environment. This study constructed an absolute specialization index and a relative specialization index, investigating the effects of agricultural large-scale operations and two types of specialization on the application of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in China. Considering the vast and differentiated
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Are rice systems sustainable in Sri Lanka? - A case of Deduru Oya reservoir irrigation scheme Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 M.M.J.G.C.N. Jayasiri, N.D.K. Dayawansa, Karin Ingold, Sudhir Yadav
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Comparative study of green neighbourhood assessment tools for assessing existing urban form in MENA region Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Moureen Asaad, Ghada Farouk Hassan, Abeer Elshater, Samy Afifi
Urbanisation in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region has led to environmental challenges, particularly in urban form and its relationship with city structure. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) 11 and 13 have actions at the city level to address this issue. They highlight the significance of assessing neighbourhood sustainability as building blocks of the city. However
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Visual impact control of urban waterfront development on the background mountain view: Examining its justifiability through two types of immersive virtual reality experiments Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Baek-Chan Kim, Seung-Nam Kim, Youngha Joo
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Multi-tier life cycle assessment for evaluating low carbon strategies in soil remediation Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Yun Xu, Luyao Wang, Keke Li, Liyuan Wei, Chang Chen, Luojing Xiang, Junxiong Cai, Zhen Wang
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Navigating illegal land use in the quest for a just energy transition Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Jusheng Yang, Fengbo Liang, Guopeng Hu
Illegal land use inhibits available land for renewable resource development and hinders a just energy transition, posing a significant challenge to sustainability. This article utilizes the TOE (Technology, Organization, Environment) framework to examine the impact of under-regulation on illegal land use in China. By employing a multidisciplinary approach, the study navigates the complexities of unscrupulous
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Aggregating midpoint-indicator results from Environmental Product Declarations for comprehensive evaluations of products' profiles, through the Dominance-based Rough Set Approach: An application in the Durum-Wheat Pasta Sector Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Carlo Ingrao, Agata Matarazzo, Giovanni Lagioia, Roman Słowiński
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Dietary shift can enhance the environmental benefits of crop redistribution Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hui Wang, Wenxia Sui, Wen Zhang, Yanhui Guo, Saige Wang, Lin Jiang
Crop redistribution is widely recognized as an effective means of reducing the environmental costs of agricultural production without technological improvements. However, changes in food supply driven by dietary shift are rarely taken into account in crop redistribution. Based on inventory analysis of water consumption, land demand and carbon emission in crops production, this study constructed a linear
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Assessing uncertainties and discrepancies in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions estimation in China: A comprehensive review Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Hanbing Li, Xiaobin Jin, Rongqin Zhao, Bo Han, Yinkang Zhou, Pablo Tittonell
Due to diverse methodologies and data sources, China's agricultural greenhouse gas (AGHG) emissions estimates demonstrate significant variability. A quantitative review was conducted on the prevalence and application of various accounting methods to clarify and reduce discrepancies in AGHG emissions estimation techniques and data application. Using a systematic PRISMA framework, 4257 global studies
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Towards healthy cities: Modeling restorative potential of urban environments by coupling LiDAR-derived 3D metrics with panorama-based online survey Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Xudong Zhang, Jinda Qi, Ervine Shengwei Lin, Puay Yok Tan, Roger Ho, Angelia Sia, Xiao Ping Song, Radha Waykool, Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo
With the growing concern for the psychological well-being of urban dwellers, there has been a recognized need to explore the role of green environments in facilitating mental restorative benefits from the demands of city life. However, a significant gap exists in quantitatively modeling the restorative potential of urban environments, especially in terms of comprehensive 3D characteristics beyond mere
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Spatial correlation network of municipal solid waste carbon emissions and its influencing factors in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yuxin Gao, Ming Gao
Clarifying the provincial spatial correlation network of municipal solid waste (MSW) carbon emissions and its influencing factors is significant for reducing MSW carbon emissions and for ensuring cross-regional coordinated emission reduction. This study used a modified gravity model and social network analysis to explore the structural characteristics of the spatial correlation network of MSW carbon
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How to select the best approach for circular economy assessment? 3D positioning framework, decision support tool and critical analysis for bio-based systems Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Marta Macias Aragonés, Fátima Arroyo Torralvo
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Assessing the environmental impact of agricultural production structure transformation — Evidence from the non-grain production of cropland in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Qiao Li, Wei Chen, Haimeng Shi, Sun Zhang
Achieving low-carbon agricultural development is a requirement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A sustainable agricultural production structure not only ensures food security but also promotes efficient resource utilization and environmental protection. However, the current research has not yet assessed the environmental impact of the agricultural production structure transformation
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Life cycle assessment of citrus tree nurseries in Uruguay: Are their environmental impacts relevant? Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 María Inés Cabot, Joanna Lado, Matías Manzi, Neus Sanjuán
Perennial fruit production at the commercial scale, such as citrus fruits, begins with seedling production in a nursery. This stage lasts several months and involves different phases and the use of substrates and infrastructure. As the seedling does not produce fruit but does consume inputs, studying the environmental impacts associated with this stage becomes relevant, especially to understand its
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Understanding China's agricultural non‑carbon-dioxide greenhouse gas emissions: Subnational insights and global trade dynamics Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Licheng Liu, Xintao Hu, Lexin Li, Zhongxiao Sun, Qian Zhang
Methane (CH) and nitrous oxide (NO) are the second and third most important greenhouse gases after carbon dioxide (CO), with 60% and 40% of global CH and NO emissions coming from agriculture, respectively. However, the global nexus of non‑carbon-dioxide greenhouse gas (NCGHG) emissions at the subnational scale in China, the world's largest producer and consumer of agricultural products, remains under-examined
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Multi-dimensional low-carbon assessments of wind-driven seawater desalination system via hybrid life cycle modeling Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Siyuan Liu, Di Song, Mengyao Han, Chao Ai, Quan Shan, Zihan Liu, Gengxin Zhang
Wind-driven desalination is a representative technology of renewable energy that not only alleviates water shortages but also reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by the utilization of fossil fuels. This study examined the GHG emissions from a wind-driven seawater desalination system by using the hybrid input-output life-cycle analysis (IO-LCA) to undertake a comprehensive low-carbon assessment
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Black soil conservation will boost China's grain supply and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in the future Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Wenxuan Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Hongxiao Yue
Black soils, renowned for their natural fertility, hold pivotal significance in global food production and play a crucial role in mitigating and adapting to climate change due to their excellent capacity for organic carbon sequestration. However, they are subject to moderate to severe erosion due to the land use change, overuse of agrochemicals and high-intensity ploughing. Nearly 50% of organic carbon
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Assessing the scale effect of urban vertical patterns on urban waterlogging: An empirical study in Shenzhen Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Yuqin Huang, Jinyao Lin, Xiaoyu He, Zhuochun Lin, Zhifeng Wu, Xinchang Zhang
Waterlogging disasters seriously affect residents' lives. Investigating the factors affecting waterlogging is crucial for mitigating waterlogging. Although waterlogging is closely related to land-use patterns, most of the previous studies have analyzed only the impact of urban horizontal patterns on waterlogging at a single scale. Few studies have focused on the role of urban vertical patterns from
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Assessing ecological conservation redline from element, structure, and function dimensions: A case of Zhejiang Province, China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Wenze Yue, Haoxuan Xia, Yong Liu, Jiren Xu, Jinhui Xiong
Ecological Conservation Redline (ECR) is a national strategy of ecological conservation required by Territorial Spatial Planning in China. Previous studies mainly focused on the techniques and methods of delineating ECR, without an integrated assessment of the rationality of ECR from a large scale like a province. Using Zhejiang as a case, this study attempted to conduct an integrated assessment of
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Modeling and quantification of agricultural waste recycling for agricultural industrial structure optimization in a novelty multi-village industrial complex Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yongsheng Wang, Xiao Cui
The decoupling of crop planting, livestock breeding, and agro-processing has led to substantial agricultural waste discharge. Agricultural waste discharge not only poses a threat to the human and the natural environment but also leads to the abandonment of recyclable resources. Therefore, various regional practices of agro-industrial development and agricultural waste recycling have been explored in
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Allocation of CO2 emission target in China under the “1 + N” policy: Considering natural carbon sinks and wind-solar-hydropower endowments Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Jiandong Bai, I-Shin Chang, Chundan Zhang, Jing Wu
The CO emission control targets (CET) allocation faces the unavoidable issues of “energy equity” and “carbon sink equity”, which are complicated by changing regional characteristics. By combining regional characteristics assessment, energy consumption status in the “1 + N” policy, and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) modeling, two schemes for China's net CET allocation in 2020–2030 are implied to reveal
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Intra-rural inequality of diet-related carbon footprint in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Xiang Kang, Mingxi Du, Xue Zhou, Haifeng Du, Qiuyu Liu, Jingxu Wang, Lulu Chen, Yulong Yin, Wei Zou, Zhenling Cui
The transition to sustainable diet has mitigated climate risks and improved human health. With the rapidly increasing demand for food and high carbon mitigation pressure, food consumption in rural China has emerged as a pivotal factor in the transition process. Although diet-related carbon footprint (DCF) has been widely discussed worldwide, little is known about intra-group differences in DCFs, particularly
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Regional decomposition and attribution analysis of carbon-emission intensity using an extended approach combined with a meta-frontier non-radial Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Jiaojiao Sun, Jue Cui, Feng Dong, Yajie Liu
Reducing carbon intensity is a key strategy in achieving carbon neutrality. Existing joint methods, including log-mean division index and production-theoretical decomposition analysis, were often linked to the Shepherd distance function to identify factors driving carbon intensity. However, this would overlook the biases in decomposition results caused by the disaggregated efficiency in different orientations
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Spatial-temporal distribution and multiple driving mechanisms of energy-related CH4 emissions in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Liming Yao, Weijin Qian, Hongqiang Jiang
China's energy-related methane (CH) emissions account for >19.03% of global energy sector emissions, posing a significant threat to China's endeavors in mitigating climate change. However, research on the spatial-temporal patterns, drivers, and mitigation policies remains limited. This study aims to address this gap by building an innovative research framework to reveal the spatial and temporal distribution
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How does green communication promote the green consumption intention of social media users? Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Meifen Wu, Ruyin Long
Promoting green consumption is one of the most important ways to realize energy savings and emission reductions. Based on the perspective of green communication, this study focused on the influence mechanisms of green thinking (perception of green communication), social media marketing (way of green communication), and receptivity to green communication (emotional attitude towards green communication)
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Integrating spatial carbon factors into ecological network construction in an energy-intensive megaregion toward multi-objective synergy in northern China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Zhonggui Lu, Yushuang Geng, Wei Li, Rongwu Yue
In terms of achieving the dual goal of nature-positive and climate-neutral, there are more or less weaknesses in linking ecological networks (ENs) and carbon-related factors in both research and practice. Considering the widely recognized multifunctionality of ENs across ecological, economic, social, and aesthetic aspects, we propose to integrate spatial carbon emission as a proxy of human activity
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Decoupling inland navigation-induced risk of phytoplankton: An essay to prospective global-scale impacts on large rivers Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Malay Naskar, Sanjeev Kumar Sahu, Soma Das Sarkar
Inland waterways are heavily exploited for cost-effective navigational use worldwide. Despite several benefits, it has adverse effects on aquatic systems that are of global concern. Among others, the phytoplankton community is the most vulnerable to getting damaged. Quantifying their risk to navigation is significantly important and challenging, particularly using in situ field observation. This article
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A conceptual framework for constructing and evaluating directed ecological networks: Evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Yanchi Lu, Dan Huang, Zhaomin Tong, Yaolin Liu, Jianhua He, Yanfang Liu
Many ecologists have demonstrated that building ecological networks (ENs) can resist habitat fragmentation. However, existing studies have not yet explored the directionality of ENs. In this study, we proposed a research framework for the construction and structural evaluation of directed ENs from the perspective of dynamic biological flows. The framework reveals the operational essence of ENs, which
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Life cycle analysis of bike sharing systems: A case study of Washington D.C. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Yan Chen, Degui Zeng, Muhammet Deveci, D'Maris Coffman
In the past few years, shared bicycles have become a major form of green transport. There are two types of shared bicycle systems: pile-based and pile-less. These two types of systems have different carbon emission profiles when it comes to manufacture, operation and maintenance, and disposal. This research explicates these trade-offs through a thorough life cycle assessment of Capital Bikes' shared
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Assessment and management for future habitat risks under the implementation of China's territorial spatial planning: A case study from Hainan Island Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Xiaolin Zhang, Xiaobin Jin, Xinyuan Liang, Xu Shi, Rui Sun, Wenjie Zhu, Jinhuang Lin, Bo Han, Yinkang Zhou
Land management policies and their spatial planning are crucial factors leading to the rise of future habitat risks. However, the differences in future habitat risks under various spatial policies and their combinations remain unclear, and there is a lack of targeted measures to manage these risks in China's territorial spatial planning. The study developed a feasible framework to tackle this issue
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Reducing carbon footprint of typical coffee consumption from the whole lifecycle viewpoint Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Shujie Zhao, KamLon Chan, Ni Sheng, Qingbin Song, Jinhui Li
With around two billion cups consumption daily worldwide, the coffee industry faces pressures to improve its sustainability. Currently, coffee culture has gradually integrated into the lives of global people. However, very few studies have focus on how to reduce its lifecycle carbon emissions. This study is designed to establish a scientific benchmark to evaluate and compare the carbon footprint of
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A novel approach for environmental impact assessment of road construction projects in India Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Abhishek Chaudhary, Amaan Akhtar
The road sector is one of the basic pillars for national economic growth owing to its role in movement of goods and people and can contribute positively towards several sustainable development goals (SDGs). On the other hand, road construction using conventional methods can jeopardize the global progress towards climate action and other environmental related SDGs owing to large raw material requirements
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Automating building environmental assessment: A systematic review and future research directions Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 T.A.D.K. Jayasanka, Amos Darko, D.J. Edwards, Albert P.C. Chan, Farzad Jalaei
Building environmental assessment (BEA) is critical to improving sustainability. However, the BEA process is inefficient, costly, and often inaccurate. Because automation has the potential to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the BEA process, studies have focused on automating BEA (ABEA). Updated until now, a comprehensive analysis of prevailing literature on ABEA remains absent. This study conducts
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Life cycle assessment of perovskite solar cells with alternative carbon electrode Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Supawinee Chaosukho, Sorrawit Meeklinhom, Sasiphapa Rodbuntum, Nuttaya Sukgorn, Anusit Kaewprajak, Pisist Kumnorkaew, Viganda Varabuntoonvit
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs), a promising third-generation photovoltaic technology, have drawn considerable attention. Yet, their conventional metal back electrode layer, often composed of gold or silver, presents environmental and stability challenges. In this study, we conducted a lab-scale optimization of perovskite solar cells utilizing gold and carbon electrodes. A cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment
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From aging to greener homes: Understanding the link between population aging and household carbon emissions in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Xing Ge, Xiaoxi Liu, Min Zhong
Population aging has indeed emerged as a significant challenge for China. Using data from four waves of the China Family Panel Studies, this paper explores the impact of population aging on household carbon emissions and its underlying mechanisms. Results show that population aging significantly decreases per capita household carbon emissions, and this conclusion is robust with respect to sample selection
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How does cultural diversity determine green innovation? New empirical evidence from Asia region Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Runguo Xu, Umar Farooq, Mohammad Mahtab Alam, Jiapeng Dai
National culture and environmental sustainability are fundamental topics within the realms of social and environmental economics. These subjects have been extensively discussed in contemporary literature as standalone themes. However, it's worth noting that there is a noticeable gap in the existing literature. Specifically, there is limited exploration regarding the influence of national culture on
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Virtual land trade and associated risks to food security in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Lan Luo, Zhencheng Xing, Bowen Chu, Haibo Zhang, Haikun Wang
International trade can help alleviate the scarcity of arable land by importing agricultural and food products. In the context of climate change and socioeconomic development, the patterns in economic and resource flow embodied in the global food trade may be subject to further changes that present risks for economies with scarce land resources, such as China. These conditions exacerbate ongoing food
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Enhancing the social outcomes from restrictions on arrivees during global public health emergencies: A Social Impact Assessment perspective Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Chen Chen, Yanxu Zheng, Frank Vanclay, Yi Zhang
Restrictions on travel and quarantine on arrival are typical strategies imposed by public health authorities during pandemics. While much research has analyzed the consequences of policies about global public health emergencies including COVID-19, to date there has been little discussion of the social consequences of these policies. We undertook an exploratory study using qualitative research to understand
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Exploring the impact of livestock on air quality: A deep dive into Ammonia and particulate matter in Lombardy Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Jacopo Lunghi, Maurizio Malpede, Lara Aleluia Reis
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Research in action -tourism and its impacts on the environmental soundscape- A community-initiated pilot study Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Nina Franzen Lee, Erica D. Walker
In this study we conducted a spatial and temporal environmental noise assessment of an urban downtown, and a residential island community in Portland, Maine to analyze the differences between the winter tourism off-season and the summer tourism on-season. We collected 320 5-min samples of 1-s data, repeated equally across 40 measurement sites, during daytime and nighttime, weekdays, and weekends, and
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The role of alternatives analysis in proponent decision-making about hydropower Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Claire Gronow
The alternatives analysis section in ESIA reports has both a procedural function of providing information to support statutory and financial decision-makers and a substantive function of prompting proponents to select lower impact alternatives that avoid or minimise negative environmental and social impacts. The contribution of the alternatives analysis section in ESIA reports to these procedural and
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What level of monitoring is enough to detect displacement effects of offshore wind farms? Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Rebecca Hall, Julie Black
Offshore renewable energy developments have grown substantially over the last 20 years, yet there remains a large knowledge gap in the effect they have on the movement of seabirds. Being able to detect seabird movements and changes in abundance is a crucial step in understanding the impact to populations of sensitive and vulnerable species. Careful survey design is one way of enhancing the detectability
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Exploring biodiversity’s impact on mental well-being through the social-ecological lens: Emphasizing the role of biodiversity characteristics and nature relatedness Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Lingshuang Meng, Shuhua Li, Xudong Zhang
The benefits of nature on mental well-being are extensively acknowledged, yet the role of biodiversity is often overlooked, with nature being treated as a homogeneous entity. Recognizing the complexity of perception and experiential processes, our study, grounded in a social-ecological framework, explores how various biodiversity characteristics shape its perception and subsequently contribute to mental
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Do model cities play a leading role? Evaluating the carbon abatement effects of energy saving and emission reduction demonstration cities in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yangyang Cheng, Zhenhuan Xu
Numerous demonstration policies have been implemented in China to reduce carbon emissions. However, the leading role of such policies is rarely evaluated. Using the energy saving and emission reduction (ESER) demonstration city policy as an example, this study utilizes the spatial difference-in-differences (SDID) model to examine the local, spatial spillover, and policy withdrawal effects of carbon
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The impacts and instruments of energy transition regulations on environmental pollution Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Yan Dong, Youwen Zhang, Shijie Liu
This study examines the influence of energy transition regulations on environmental pollution, exploring both the impact and instruments employed in regulatory frameworks. Focusing on the global shift towards cleaner energy sources, the research evaluates the effectiveness of regulations in reducing pollution levels. Through a concise analysis of literature and regulatory mechanisms, the study highlights
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An evaluation of the hydropower planning alternatives at the upper reaches of Yellow River by considering carbon footprints Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Rui Huang, Wei Li
As a precautionary tool for decision-makings towards sustainable development, strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is quite promising in coping with climate change by taking the advantage of alternatives evaluation as early intervention and planning optimization. Despite of the acknowledged merits, the current alternatives evaluation has presented a weakness when tackling with the climate factors
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Environmental sustainability and Beautiful China: A study of indicator identification and provincial evaluation Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Yang Guan, Ye Qiang, Yuanyuan Qu, Wentao Lu, Yang Xiao, Chengjun Chu, Shangao Xiong, Chaofeng Shao
Beautiful China is a national strategic initiative targeting 2035 for environmental protection and green development. This study investigates the commonalities and differences between Beautiful China and sustainable development from the perspective of environmental issues. The logical relationships and concerning indicators are compared and discussed. We further establish the indicator systems for
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Investigating communication of findings in Environmental Impact Assessment and developing a research agenda for improvement Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Alan Bond, Francois Retief, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope, Reece C. Alberts, Claudine Roos, Dirk Cilliers
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to embed consideration of the significance of predicted environmental consequences (the findings) of proposed developments into approval decision making. Achieving this aim relies on adequate communication of the findings of the EIA to the stakeholders, especially the decision makers responsible for the approval decision. However, the naïve assumption that
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A new transboundary EIA mechanism is called for: Legal analysis and prospect of the disposal of Fukushima ALPS-treated water Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Ran An, Xiaohui An, Xuetong Li
Japan's ALPS-treated water disposal plan represents a novel environmental risk for humanity, challenging the existing international environmental legal framework. Consequently, the international community needs to establish a new legal mechanism for response. The core dispute of Japan's ALPS-treated water disposal plan revolves around the safety of ALPS-treated water. The only way to ascertain its
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Spatial suitability evaluation of the conversion and utilization of crop straw resources in China Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. (IF 6.122) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Binghong Qian, Chaofeng Shao, Feng Yang
Crop straw—a carbon-neutral bio-based resource—is gaining attention because of its scalable and sustainable conversion and utilization modes amid the coordinated pollution control and carbon reduction efforts. Building on prior research with limited scope, this study introduces a multidimensional evaluation framework for spatial suitability encompassing the entire chain of conversion and utilization