2025 September-2 - 429 articles
This study investigates the paradoxical water security challenges in western Chilean Patagonia, where the regional abundance of water resources masks significant vulnerabilities of drinking water systems. We conducted an integrated socio-hydrological...
This study examines the effectiveness of the strategic session format in teaching sustainable development within a university ecology course, with a particular focus on fostering student engagement. A pedagogical experiment was conducted with first-y...
Digital transformation is increasingly recognized as a key mechanism for enterprise upgrading, facilitating innovation, enhancing resource efficiency, and sustaining competitive advantage. This study investigates the influence of environmental, socia...
Advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral systems offer robust technical support for the precise and efficient estimation of japonica rice yield in cold regions within the framework of precision agriculture. These innovations also p...
This study evaluates the causal impact and mechanisms of China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy (LCCPP) on urban Green Total Factor Energy Efficiency (GTFEE) by using a multi-period Difference-in-Differences (DID) model with a comprehensive panel...
The global freshwater scarcity crisis demands sustainable solutions aligned with circular economy principles. Solar-driven steam generation (SSG) has emerged as a promising approach to obtain freshwater from seawater or wastewater using solar energy....
Natural gas, a key low-emission energy source with significant strategic value in modern energy systems, necessitates accurate forecasting of its market price to ensure effective policy planning and economic stability. This paper proposes an ensemble...
At present, although there are a variety of assessment systems to rate the financing ability of enterprises, these systems suffer from the problems of outdated indicators and subjective weighting methods. In this paper, the impact of ESG performance...
Zinc (Zn) deficiency affects over 30% of the global population, with the highest burdens in developing countries reliant on cereal-based diets. As a major dietary staple in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, common bean (Phaseolus ...
The pursuit of alternative ingredients with improved environmental sustainability, nutritive value, and cost efficiency is crucial for modern pork production systems. Replacing soybean meals has the potential to reduce environmental impacts. This stu...
The valorization of local plant cover, particularly through the integration of indigenous knowledge, is central to Tunisia’s economic development strategies. These approaches focus on diversifying agriculture by enhancing local natural and cult...
Government-managed urban green spaces in Bangkok produce large quantities of leaf waste, which are typically sent to landfills, incurring considerable costs. This study assessed a novel method for valorizing this waste by converting dried, ground lea...
The primary objective of this study is to assess the techno-economic feasibility of an innovative solar energy generation system with a rainwater collection feature to generate electrical energy and meet irrigation needs in agriculture. The proposed...
The object of the research is the process of intelligent monitoring and diagnosis of animal health using IoT technology in the context of a digital farm. The problem lies in the absence of an integrated approach that can provide near-real-time assess...
Summer sea breezes provide cooling in coastal cities; however, their temporal cooling distribution and inland penetration distance remain inadequately studied. This study employed the mesoscale Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to analyze...
The rapid growth of the aging population, alongside functional decline and more older adults living independently, has increased demand for age-friendly infrastructure and walkable communities. This study proposes a quantitative framework to assess h...
Groundwater fluoride contamination poses a significant threat to sustainable water resources and public health, yet conventional water quality analysis is both time-consuming and costly, making large-scale, sustainable monitoring challenging. Machine...
Increasing food consumption and waste generation are today’s most difficult economic and environmental challenges. In line with the sustainable production and consumption concept, wasted food, as a source of valuable resources, can be reused to...
This study presents the development and implementation of an integrated survey system designed to evaluate the impact of MaaS in the context of Cairo’s rapidly evolving urban landscape. The research employs a dual-survey methodology, combining...
Fisheries and aquaculture are crucial for global food security, supporting over 60 million livelihoods worldwide, predominantly in developing countries. This paper presents a perspective on the socioeconomic impacts of the expanding seafood trade and...
The floating photovoltaic (FPV) power generation technology in water has made up for some of the shortcomings of traditional inland photovoltaics and has developed rapidly in the past decade, enabling truly sustainable solar energy exploitation. Mult...
In the context of the digital economy reshaping the global competitive landscape, digital industry clusters have become the key driving force to overcome the diminishing returns of traditional inputs and realize sustainable economic development in th...
This study addresses a key challenge in Additive Manufacturing (AM): while it promises sustainable production, manufacturing defects often lead to significant material and energy waste. The purpose of this research is to apply the Decision-Making Tri...
The circular economy (CE) supports sustainable development through local action, with municipalities playing a central role in governance, service provision, and citizen involvement. This paper presents a systemic analysis of public attitudes, behavi...
This study reviews the role of Child-Friendly Green Spaces (CFGS) in supporting children’s psychological, physical, and educational recovery following natural disasters. The main research question guiding this review is the following: how do CF...
The challenge of food waste poses significant economic, environmental, and ethical concerns worldwide, with the hospitality sector being particularly affected. This study explores food waste prevention and management practices in five-star hotels in...
The integration of Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems into heritage buildings poses a series of challenges, largely attributable to architectural constraints and conservation requirements. The present study offers an operational...
The article discusses corporate governance, which is a core area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) currently receiving a lot of attention from both researchers and practitioners. The article aims to assess corporate governance in the water and...
The escalating demand for rural domestic wastewater treatment necessitates environmentally sustainable and cost-effective technologies. This study investigated the enhancement of a micro/nano aeration biofilter (MABF) through electric field coupling...
Anodic sludges generated in the production of aluminum profiles pose both an environmental and economic problem due to their accumulation in municipal landfills. This study investigates their valorization as a raw material for industry through leachi...
Economic efficiency plays a crucial role in both resource conservation and food security, which is why numerous scholars have expressed a keen interest in improving production stage efficiency. Nevertheless, only a few have studied allocation stage e...
Access to microbiologically safe water in preschool educational settings constitutes a pressing public health challenge, particularly in rural areas with deficient infrastructure. Repeated exposure to enteropathogens present in contaminated water has...
In order to study the generation, management, and disposal status of waste mineral oil in China’s railway transport industry, this article takes the Beijing Railway Bureau and its subordinate Tangshan Locomotive Depot as the research objects an...
The aim of our study is to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the global distribution of suitable habitats for Sophora alopecuroides L., as well as how these habitats might change in response to climate change. We employed the MaxEnt niche mode...
Nonylphenols (NPs), widely used as emulsifiers in petroleum production and refining, are compounds of environmental concern, with endocrine-disrupting effects. They can be released during oil extraction and processing, carried into petroleum products...
Sugarcane is a globally important C4 crop traditionally bred for sucrose yield. However, its potential as a bioenergy crop depends on understanding lignocellulosic quality across developmental stages and environments. This study investigates the vari...
Brazil is a leading producer of multi-purpose crops—such as corn, soybean, and sugarcane—used for human consumption, animal feed, and biofuel production. This study generated agricultural inventories for these three crops based on state-l...
As cities strive to become smarter and more sustainable, it becomes crucial to understand how residents perceive and engage with smart city initiatives. This study intends to ascertain citizens’ perceptions and priorities regarding smart city i...
The journal retracts the article titled “Sustainability: A Concept in Flux [...]
China is vigorously promoting agricultural energy conservation and carbon reduction and accelerating the transformation of traditional agriculture towards green development, which is a key measure adopted by the Chinese government to advance agricult...
The frozen food industry faces growing pressure for sustainability, requiring significant reductions in energy consumption and environmental impact. A critical, yet often overlooked, challenge is the temperature differential between production equipm...
The global push toward digital transformation in education presents both opportunities and challenges for achieving sustainability goals. While digital technologies promise enhanced learning experiences and reduced environmental impacts, their implem...
Soil nutrient monitoring plays a vital role in advancing sustainable agriculture by maintaining soil health, optimizing crop productivity, and minimizing environmental impacts. This study addresses gaps in unified definitions and standard methodologi...
Corporate boards play a pivotal role in shaping firms’ environmental strategies, yet the influence of board demographics, particularly director age, on sustainability outcomes remains insufficiently understood. This study investigates how the a...
This study models how designable cues in digital heritage promotion shape advocacy through affect and memory. Relying on the stimulus–organism–response paradigm, we argue that three stimuli, Visual Sensory Appeal (VSA), Narrative Immersio...
The authors would like to make the following corrections about the published paper [...]
This study addresses inadequate natural ventilation in low-rise residential areas of Bangi-dong, Seoul, where 46.2% of the area experiences wind stagnation below 0.3 m/s due to buildings being spaced less than 2 m apart. Using SimScale CFD with LBM a...
This study investigates the impact of financial performance and corporate governance mechanisms on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure in Saudi Arabia, a country undergoing significant institutional transformation under Saudi Visio...
Healthcare supply chains operate in highly dynamic environments characterized by fluctuating demand. Digitalization, by enhancing the agility of information systems, can shorten information processing cycles, strengthen environmental sensing, and imp...
In this study, a novel LFP–catalytic microfiltration membrane (LFP@PVDF) was fabricated by loading a lithium-ion battery material LiFePO4 (LFP) onto polymeric micro-porous polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) using a filter press coating method. The...
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