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Cremin E, Ladd CJT, Balke T, Banerjee S, Bui LH, Ghosh T, Large A, Thi Van Le H, Nguyen KV, Nguyen LX, Nguyen TTN, Nguyen V, Pal I, Szabo S, Tran H, Sebesvari Z, Khan SA, Renaud FG. Causes and consequences of tipping points in river delta social-ecological systems. AMBIO 2024; 53:1015-1036. [PMID: 38613747 PMCID: PMC11101396 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01978-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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The sustainability of social-ecological systems within river deltas globally is in question as rapid development and environmental change trigger "negative" or "positive" tipping points depending on actors' perspectives, e.g. regime shift from abundant sediment deposition to sediment shortage, agricultural sustainability to agricultural collapse or shift from rural to urban land use. Using a systematic review of the literature, we show how cascading effects across anthropogenic, ecological, and geophysical processes have triggered numerous tipping points in the governance, hydrological, and land-use management of the world's river deltas. Crossing tipping points had both positive and negative effects that generally enhanced economic development to the detriment of the environment. Assessment of deltas that featured prominently in the review revealed how outcomes of tipping points can inform the long-term trajectory of deltas towards sustainability or collapse. Management of key drivers at the delta scale can trigger positive tipping points to place social-ecological systems on a pathway towards sustainable development.
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- Emilie Cremin
- School of Social and Environmental Studies, The University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, Rutherford/McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL, Scotland, UK.
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- School of Geography and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- University of Swansea, Swansea, UK
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- School of Geography and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Research Center for Rural Development, An Giang University, An Giang, Vietnam
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- Research Center for Rural Development, An Giang University, An Giang, Vietnam
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- VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Department of Development and Sustainability, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea
- Ostrom Center for the Advanced Study in Natural-Resource-Governance, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
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- United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany
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- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Social and Environmental Studies, The University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, Rutherford/McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL, Scotland, UK
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Han L, Zhou W, Li W, Qian Y. Global synergy of carbon and pollution emissions among countries with different income levels and development stages. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 922:171322. [PMID: 38428598 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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The world was drift away on the sustainable development goals (SDGs), whatever global countries claimed fighting for. It's thus essential to illustrate the status of development and environmental quality simultaneously. Resource consumption and energy consumption as the basic needs in supporting human societal development, are commonly used, because they come from the same source and are most directly observed in the open air. We thus examined nexus of carbon and pollution emissions, which also directly indicate residents' livelihood and lifestyle. The possibility of the nexus shifts among income levels with population stack analysis was further investigated. Our findings indicate that the diverse nexus is strongly correlated with development levels, with urban areas being the primary contributor to high carbon and/or pollution emissions despite occupying only 0.5% of global territory. We conclude that expecting leapfrog stages of the nexus is unrealistic, as cross-income-level change requires approximately 80% of the population to significant change its livelihood and lifestyle. Therefore, we recommend setting science-based targets for decoupling carbon and pollution emissions from development are necessary, but should be adapted and tailored to each country's local practice.
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- Lijian Han
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Beijing Urban Ecosystem Research Station, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Megaregion National Observation and Research Station for Eco-Environmental Change, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Naughton M, Salmon PM, McLean S. Where do we intervene to optimize sports systems? Leverage Points the way. J Sports Sci 2024; 42:566-573. [PMID: 38767324 DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2024.2352681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Sport and sports research are inherently complex systems. This appears to be somewhat at odds with the current research paradigm in sport in which interventions are aimed are fixing or solving singular broken components within the system. In any complex system, such as sport, there are places where we can intervene to change behaviour and, ideally, system outcomes. Meadows influential work describes 12 different points with which to intervene in complex systems (termed "Leverage Points"), which are ordered from shallow to deeper based on their potential effectiveness to influence transformational change. Whether research in sport is aimed at shallow or deeper Leverage Points is unknown. This study aimed to assess highly impactful research in sports science, sports nutrition/metabolism, sports medicine, sport and exercise psychology, sports management, motor control, sports biomechanics and sports policy/law through a Leverage Points lens. The 10 most highly cited original-research manuscripts from each journal representing these fields were analysed for the Leverage Point with which the intervention described in the manuscript was focused. The results indicate that highly impactful research in sports science, sports nutrition/metabolism, sports biomechanics and sports medicine is predominantly focused at the shallow end of the Leverage Points hierarchy. Conversely, the interventions drawn from journals representing sports management and sports policy/law were focused on the deeper end. Other journals analysed had a mixed profile. Explanations for these findings include the dual practitioner/academic needing to "think fast" to solve immediate questions in sports science/medicine/nutrition, limited engagement with "working slow" systems and method experts and differences in incremental vs. non-incremental research strategies.
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- Mitchell Naughton
- School of Biomedical Science and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
- Applied Sports Science and Exercise Testing Laboratory, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
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Xie P, Duan Z, Wei T, Pan H. Spatial disparities and sources analysis of co-benefits between air pollution and carbon reduction in China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 354:120433. [PMID: 38417360 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Spatial misallocation of resource elements impedes the coordination in regional co-benefit in carbon emission and pollution reduction. Guided by scope economy principles, this study aims to quantifies co-benefits and explores spatial variation patterns to facilitate mutual synergy. The findings offer valuable insights for identifying optimal focus points and shaping targeted collaborative policies. Based on the multi-source provincial panel data spanning 2000 to 2021, this paper quantitatively assesses the co-benefit through the lens of marginal abatement cost. Then, the Dagum Gini coefficient was employed to investigate the disparities at the spatial level. Additionally, geographical detector is introduced to analyze the source of disparities at the factor level. Results indicate: (1) Under joint reduction, the marginal abatement cost reduces by 57.86% and 79.97% respectively, with an overall 68.77% increase in co-benefit fluctuation. (2) Provinces with low co-benefit significantly decreased after 2007, while provinces with high co-benefit concentrated in the northwest, southwest, and east. (3) Overall disparities decreased, east-central regions hold the lowest spatial disparities in co-benefit and east-west hold the most; intragroup differences and supervariable density primarily contributes to the disparity. (4) FDI significantly influence the co-benefit over the past two decades, with spatial disparities influenced by both endogenous and exogenous factors across development stages.
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- Pin Xie
- School of Business, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- School of Business, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
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- School of Business, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; Guangxi Development Research Strategy Institute, Nanning, 530004, China.
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- School of Business, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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Xu L, Fan Y, Zheng J, Guan J, Lin J, Wu J, Liu L, Wu R, Liu Y. Impacts of climate change and human activity on the potential distribution of Aconitum leucostomum in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168829. [PMID: 38030008 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Aconitum leucostomum is a poisonous grass that disturbs grassland populations and livestock development, and its spread is influenced by climate change and human activities. Therefore, exploring its potential distribution area under such conditions is crucial to maintain grassland ecological security and livestock development. The present study initially selected 39 variables that may influence the spatial distribution of A. leucostomum, including bioclimate, soil, topography, solar radiation, and human footprint data; the variables were screened by Spearman's correlation coefficient and the jackknife method. Twenty variables were finally identified, and three types of models based on the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model were constructed to predict the distribution of A. leucostomum within China under three shared economy pathways (SSP126, SSP245, and SSP585): A: prediction of environmental variables under the current climate model; B: prediction of environmental variables + human footprint under the current climate model; and C: prediction of environmental variables under the future climate model (including the 2030s, 2050s, and 2070s). The effects of human activities and climate change on the potential geographic distribution of A. leucostomum were explored separately. The results show that precipitation seasonality, human footprint, solar radiation and mean diurnal range are the main factors affecting the distribution of A. leucostomum. Human activities inhibit the spread of A. leucostomum, and climate change promotes its growth, with areas of high suitability and area variation mainly in northern Xinjiang and northern Yunnan. With climate change, in the future, the distribution center of A. leucostomum shows a tendency to migrate to the southeast on the horizontal gradient and to move to higher altitudes on the vertical gradient. This study provides a positive reference value for the control of A. leucostomum and the maintenance of grassland ecological security.
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- Li Xu
- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; College of Tourism, Xinjiang University of Finance & Economics, Urumqi 830012, China
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- Xinjiang Office of Locust Control and Rodent Eradication Command, Urumqi 830001, China
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- Xinjiang Office of Locust Control and Rodent Eradication Command, Urumqi 830001, China
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi 830046, China
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Molina GA, Mendes LFS, Fuzo CA, Costa-Filho AJ, Ward RJ. Mapping secondary substrate-binding sites on the GH11 xylanase from Bacillus subtilis. FEBS Lett 2024; 598:363-376. [PMID: 38253842 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Xylanases are of significant interest for biomass conversion technologies. Here, we investigated the allosteric regulation of xylan hydrolysis by the Bacillus subtilis GH11 endoxylanase. Molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) in the presence of xylobiose identified binding to the active site and two potential secondary binding sites (SBS) around surface residues Asn54 and Asn151. Arabinoxylan titration experiments with single cysteine mutants N54C and N151C labeled with the thiol-reactive fluorophore acrylodan or the ESR spin-label MTSSL validated the MDS results. Ligand binding at the SBS around Asn54 confirms previous reports, and analysis of the second SBS around N151C discovered in the present study includes residues Val98/Ala192/Ser155/His156. Understanding the regulation of xylanases contributes to efforts for industrial decarbonization and to establishing a sustainable energy matrix.
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- Gustavo Avelar Molina
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Department of Clinical Analyses, Toxicology and Food Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Zhang P, Zhang L, Hao Y, Xu M, Pang M, Wang C, Yang A, Voinov A. Food-energy-water nexus optimization brings substantial reduction of urban resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. PNAS NEXUS 2024; 3:pgae028. [PMID: 38725530 PMCID: PMC11079490 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Urban sustainability is a key to achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Secure and efficient provision of food, energy, and water (FEW) resources is a critical strategy for urban sustainability. While there has been extensive discussion on the positive effects of the FEW nexus on resource efficiency and climate impacts, measuring the extent to which such synergy can benefit urban sustainability remains challenging. Here, we have developed a systematic and integrated optimization framework to explore the potential of the FEW nexus in reducing urban resource demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Demonstrated using the Metropolis Beijing, we have identified that the optimized FEW nexus can reduce resource consumption and GHG emissions by 21.0 and 29.1%, respectively. These reductions come with increased costs compared to the siloed FEW management, but it still achieved a 16.8% reduction in economic cost compared to the business-as-usual scenario. These findings underscore the significant potential of FEW nexus management in enhancing urban resource efficiency and addressing climate impacts, while also identifying strategies to address trade-offs and increase synergies.
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- Pengpeng Zhang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- School of Geographical Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Economics and Management and Research Center for Soft Energy Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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Vestby J, Schutte S, Tollefsen AF, Buhaug H. Societal determinants of flood-induced displacement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2206188120. [PMID: 38190537 PMCID: PMC10801835 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2206188120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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What explains human consequences of weather-related disaster? Here, we explore how core socioeconomic, political, and security conditions shape flood-induced displacement worldwide since 2000. In-sample regression analysis shows that extreme displacement levels are more likely in contexts marked by low national income levels, nondemocratic political systems, high local economic activity, and prevalence of armed conflict. The analysis also reveals large residual differences across continents, where flood-induced displacement in the Global South often is much more widespread than direct human exposure measures would suggest. However, these factors have limited influence on our ability to accurately predict flood displacement on new data, pointing to important, hard-to-operationalize heterogeneity in flood impacts across contexts and critical data limitations. Although results are consistent with an interpretation that the sustainable development agenda is beneficial for disaster risk reduction, better data on societal consequences of natural hazards are critically needed to support evidence-based decision-making.
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- Jonas Vestby
- Peace Research Institute OsloNO-0134Oslo, Norway
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- Peace Research Institute OsloNO-0134Oslo, Norway
- Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,NO-7491Trondheim, Norway
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Xiao H, Bao S, Ren J, Xu Z, Xue S, Liu J. Global transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective. Nat Commun 2024; 15:500. [PMID: 38216549 PMCID: PMC10786910 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44679-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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Domestic attempts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a country can have synergistic and/or trade-off effects on the advancement of SDGs in other countries. Transboundary SDG interactions can be delivered through various transmission channels (e.g., trade, river flow, ocean currents, and air flow). This study quantified the transboundary interactions through these channels between 768 pairs of SDG indicators. The results showed that although high income countries only comprised 14.18% of the global population, they contributed considerably to total SDG interactions worldwide (60.60%). Transboundary synergistic effects via international trade were 14.94% more pronounced with trade partners outside their immediate geographic vicinity than with neighbouring ones. Conversely, nature-caused flows (including river flow, ocean currents, and air flow) resulted in 39.29% stronger transboundary synergistic effects among neighboring countries compared to non-neighboring ones. To facilitate the achievement of SDGs worldwide, it is essential to enhance collaboration among countries and leverage transboundary synergies.
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- Huijuan Xiao
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Otto Poon C. F. Smart Cities Research Institute, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Research Center for Resources Engineering Towards Carbon Neutrality, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Research Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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Jiang Y, Yang L, Hu T, Hou W, Luo H, Pan H, Liu X, Zheng X, Zhang X, Xiao S, Sun L. Measuring ecosystem services supply and demand in rural areas: cases from China's key counties to receive assistance in pursuing rural revitalization. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:785-802. [PMID: 38017212 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31208-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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There is a considerable challenge to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of ending poverty and maintaining ecosystems' function in rural areas, largely due to that the rural people's livelihood relied heavily on fragile ecosystems. China is ambitious to solve this issue by enacting economic stimulus policies such as ecological protection compensation and payment for ecosystem services (ESs). However, these interventions are generally based on stockholders' willingness and lack of scientific basis. Here, we firstly combined InVEST model and social-economic data to evaluate the ecosystem services supply and demand (ESSD), by taking 25 key counties to receive assistance in pursuing rural revitalization in Sichuan province as the study cases. The coupling coordination degree model was then employed to measure the coordination relationship of ESSD. Finally, the driving factors were analyzed based on correlation analysis and stepwise regression method. The results showed that all ESs, except carbon sequestration, were oversupplied with significant spatial heterogeneity. From 2000 to 2020, the supply of all ESs increased, in which the food production had the most notable increase ratio amounting to 48.20%, while the demand of water retention and air purification decreased substantially. Due to the inconsistency between cultivated land area and population changes, significant spatial heterogeneity existed in the coordination relationship of food production. The counties with the highest and the lowest annual average coordination index were Yanyuan (0.9950) and Rangtang (0.1208), respectively. The rural employees and the agricultural gross output value were the key positive factors influencing the quantity and coordination of ESSD, while ecological compensation and financial expenditure had no significant impact, further indicating that these policies were not linked to the performance of ecosystems' function. Finally, policy implications were raised. This study provides a scientific framework for enacting the interventions towards ecological sustainability and poverty ending from ESSD perspective.
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- Yaqin Jiang
- College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University-Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, People's Republic of China
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- SJTU-UNIDO Joint Institute of Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, People's Republic of China
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- School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, 710049, People's Republic of China
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Wang L, Wang E, Mao X, Benjamin W, Liu Y. Sustainable poverty alleviation through forests: Pathways and strategies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 904:167336. [PMID: 37748615 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Forests are the most productive terrestrial ecosystems across the world. They can play both a direct and indirect role in global poverty alleviation through their social, economic and environmental functions. However, the potential of forests in poverty alleviation is underestimated to a great extent. Sustainability, the most essential advantage and characteristic of forests for poverty alleviation, has not been fully recognized. To that end, we propose the concept of sustainable poverty alleviation through forests (SPAF). This concept shifts the vision of poverty alleviation through forests from a narrow focus on subsistence and livelihood to a sustainable poverty alleviation that promotes all dimensions of human development. There is abundant evidence that forests can at least contribute to sustainable poverty alleviation through a synergy of seven pathways: subsistence materials, health, income, employment, women's empowerment, climate change mitigation and biodiversity, which are highly consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. SPAF also faces enormous implementation challenges, so a sustainable global strategy is urgently needed to provide direction for worldwide poverty alleviation at the crossroads of nature and humanity.
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- Ling Wang
- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China; Research and Development Center of Big Data for Ecosystem, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
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- College of Foreign Languages, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Yang L, Chen W, Zeng J, Pan S. Regional differences in spatial determinants of land urbanization in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:119260-119274. [PMID: 37925374 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30765-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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China has entered a critical stage of urbanization transition but still faces unbalanced regional development and uncoordinated urban-rural integration. Studying the regional differences in spatial determinants of land urbanization (LU) is crucial to achieving coordinated regional development of urbanization. However, the spatial determinants of LU remain unclear, especially in terms of their regional differences. Therefore, this study introduced dynamic distribution and spatial analysis to measure regional differences in spatial determinants of LU in China. During 1990-2020, the imbalance of LU in China was constantly decreasing, and the differences in LU among different regions were also decreasing. LU in China had significant spatial dependence and spatial spillover effects, and the trend of group development was gradually becoming obvious. LU in eastern region was more affected by natural factors than in central and western regions, while central and western regions were more affected by socioeconomic factors than in eastern region. This study can provide a scientific reference for understanding the spatial disequilibrium of LU and promoting the regional implementation of LU coordinated development.
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- Liyan Yang
- Department of Geography, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Geography, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Department of Geography, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- College of Land Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Meng F, Wang D, Liu G, Giannetti BF, Agostinho F, Almeida CMVB, Yang Z. How robust are current narratives to deal with the urban energy-water-land nexus? JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118849. [PMID: 37657293 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Current energy, water, and land (EWL) nexus research treats all resources equally, causing bias in complicated nexus studies. To make the analysis robust, we consider resource endowment and significance. Here, we provide a methodological framework where the urban industrial resource nexus strength is constructed and assign weights to resources according to policies, describing resource efficiency and representing it in ternary diagrams to assess the urban industrial nexus innovatively. Results showed that energy drives urban development under all weights, with energy resource efficiency exceeding 60%. From consumption-based accounting, energy continues to dominate most industries under physical weightings but emphasizes the significance of water and land. While, under economic weightings, land supplants energy's dominance in specific sectors. Setting weights helps understand resource interaction, establish synergy based on urban development objectives, and minimize robustness. Our findings provide quantitative evidence for assessing urban resource efficiency to highlight priority sectors for intervention in urban decision-making.
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- Fanxin Meng
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Post-Graduation Program in Production Engineering, Paulista University, São Paulo, 04026-002, Brazil
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Post-Graduation Program in Production Engineering, Paulista University, São Paulo, 04026-002, Brazil
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Post-Graduation Program in Production Engineering, Paulista University, São Paulo, 04026-002, Brazil
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Ge Y, Hu S, Song Y, Zheng H, Liu Y, Ye X, Ma T, Liu M, Zhou C. Sustainable poverty reduction models for the coordinated development of the social economy and environment in China. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2023; 68:2236-2246. [PMID: 37604723 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Sustainable development in impoverished areas is still a global challenge owing to trade-offs between development and conservation. There are large poverty-stricken areas (PSAs) in China, which overlap highly with ecologically sensitive areas. China has made great efforts to alleviate poverty over the years. The coordinated relationship between the social economy and the environment in PSAs, however, remains under-recognized. This study developed a county-level index system encompassing the socioeconomic and environmental sectors of China's PSAs. The integrated indexes of the two sectors were developed to reveal the spatial-temporal socioeconomic and environmental patterns and coupling coordination degree (CCD) levels were calculated to assess the coordinated relationships between them. The CCD indicated the increasingly coordinated development of socioeconomic and environmental conditions in China's PSAs from 2000 to 2020. Meanwhile, although the socioeconomic index achieved considerable growth with a growth rate of 58.4%, the environmental index was mildly improved with a growth rate of 19.6%, instead of a reduction. PSAs still have a large gap in socioeconomic development compared to non-poor areas; however, PSAs perform better in environmental index. Overall, the increased coordinated development between the social economy and the environment from 2000 to 2020 can be attributed to China's long-term, large-scale, and targeted interventions in poverty reduction and environmental conservation. Further, benefiting from the geodiversity of China, we identified four poverty reduction models which include advantageously, sustained, periodic, and limited effective models, on the basis of CCD change patterns. The four models can provide valuable experience for the rest of the world in tackling similar trade-offs of poverty reduction and environmental challenges.
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- Yong Ge
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research Ministry of Education, School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519015, China.
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth WA 6102, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77940, USA
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Shakya AW, Allgeier JE. Water column contributions to coral reef productivity: overcoming challenges of context dependence. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2023; 98:1812-1828. [PMID: 37315947 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Coral reefs are declining at an unprecedented rate. Effective management and conservation initiatives necessitate improved understanding of the drivers of production because the high rates found in these ecosystems are the foundation of the many services they provide. The water column is the nexus of coral reef ecosystem dynamics, and functions as the interface through which essentially all energy and nutrients are transferred to fuel both new and recycled production. Substantial research has described many aspects of water column dynamics, often focusing on specific components because water column dynamics are highly spatially and temporally context dependent. Although necessary, a cost of this approach is that these dynamics are often not well linked to the broader ecosystem or across systems. To help overcome the challenge of context dependence, we provide a comprehensive review of this literature, and synthesise it through the perspective of ecosystem ecology. Specifically, we provide a framework to organise the drivers of temporal and spatial variation in production dynamics, structured around five primary state factors. These state factors are used to deconstruct the environmental contexts in which three water column sub-food webs mediate 'new' and 'recycled' production. We then highlight critical pathways by which global change drivers are altering coral reefs via the water column. We end by discussing four key knowledge gaps hindering understanding of the role of the water column for mediating coral reef production, and how overcoming these could improve conservation and management strategies. Throughout, we identify areas of extensive research and those where studies remain lacking and provide a database of 84 published studies. Improved integration of water column dynamics into models of coral reef ecosystem function is imperative to achieve the understanding of ecosystem production necessary to develop effective conservation and management strategies needed to stem global coral loss.
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- Anjali W Shakya
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1105 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1105 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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Ansari SN, Saraf M, Abbas Z, Mobin SM. Heterostructures of MXenes and transition metal oxides for supercapacitors: an overview. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:13546-13560. [PMID: 37551924 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr01755a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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MXenes are a large family of two dimensional (2D) materials with high conductivity, redox activity and compositional diversity that have become front-runners in the materials world for a diverse range of energy storage applications. High-performing supercapacitors require electrode materials with high charge storage capabilities, excellent electrical conductivity for fast electron transfer, and the ability of fast charging/discharging with good cyclability. While MXenes show many of these properties, their energy storage capability is limited by a narrow electrochemically stable potential window due to irreversible oxidation under anodic potentials. Although transition metal oxides (TMOs) are often high-capacity materials with high redox activity, their cyclability and poor rate performance are persistent challenges because of their dissolution in aqueous electrolytes and mediocre conductivity. Forming heterostructures of MXenes with TMOs and using hybrid electrodes is a feasible approach to simultaneously increase the charge storage capacity of MXenes and improve the cyclability and rate performance of oxides. MXenes could also act as conductive substrates for the growth of oxides, which could perform as spacers to stop the aggregation of MXene sheets during charging/discharging and help in improving the supercapacitor performance. Moreover, TMOs could increase the interfacial contact between MXene sheets and help in providing short-diffusion ion channels. Hence, MXene/TMO heterostructures are promising for energy storage. This review summarizes the most recent developments in MXene/oxide heterostructures for supercapacitors and highlights the roles of individual components.
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- Shagufi Naz Ansari
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Khandwa Road, Indore 453552, India.
- Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering, Presidency University, Bangalore, 560064, India
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- A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Khandwa Road, Indore 453552, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Khandwa Road, Indore 453552, India.
- Center for Advance Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Khandwa Road, Indore 453552, India
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Moreno Vargas DC, Quiñones Hoyos CDP, Hernández Manrique OL. The water-energy-food nexus in biodiversity conservation: A systematic review around sustainability transitions of agricultural systems. Heliyon 2023; 9:e17016. [PMID: 37519675 PMCID: PMC10375560 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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The Water Energy Food nexus is a powerful topic in agricultural systems to elucidate threats to biodiversity conservation and culture. This paper aimed to recapitulate nexus thinking research, focusing on social-ecological transitions of agriculture systems and biodiversity management within the Water-Energy-Food nexus. We developed a systematic review and a bibliometric analysis derived from 529 documents in the Scopus database. The ToS method identified a total of 81 relevant information in the sample of documents (529) categorised into roots (10), trunks (9) and leaves (62). This review paper situates types, focus, and highlights regarding biodiversity and prevalent thematic research areas such as "Food Nexus", "Environmental Flows", "Sustainability", "Transitions", and "Governance". Our results suggest that future research should focus on the nexus of "Water-Energy-Food-Biodiversity" and propose a transdisciplinary approach to elucidate the state of sustainability transitions in the agricultural systems at the landscape level. It could increase stakeholder interest in conservation, and sustainability management, to reverse biodiversity losses in ecosystems.
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- Diana C. Moreno Vargas
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
- Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability – TRAJECTS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
- Ph.D. Student in Environmental Studies, Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, Faculty of Engineering. Research Group in Economy, Environment, and Development Alternatives, Colombia
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change - BC3, Bilbao, Spain
- Red de Investigadores en Ecohidrología y Ecohidráulica (REDECOHH), Bogotá, Colombia
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Liu J. Leveraging the metacoupling framework for sustainability science and global sustainable development. Natl Sci Rev 2023; 10:nwad090. [PMID: 37305165 PMCID: PMC10255777 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024] Open
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Sustainability science seeks to understand human-nature interactions behind sustainability challenges, but has largely been place-based. Traditional sustainability efforts often solved problems in one place at the cost of other places, compromising global sustainability. The metacoupling framework offers a conceptual foundation and a holistic approach to integrating human-nature interactions within a place, as well as between adjacent places and between distant places worldwide. Its applications show broad utilities for advancing sustainability science with profound implications for global sustainable development. They have revealed effects of metacoupling on the performance, synergies, and trade-offs of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across borders and across local to global scales; untangled complex interactions; identified new network attributes; unveiled spatio-temporal dynamics and effects of metacoupling; uncovered invisible feedbacks across metacoupled systems; expanded the nexus approach; detected and integrated hidden phenomena and overlooked issues; re-examined theories such as Tobler's First Law of Geography; and unfolded transformations among noncoupling, coupling, decoupling, and recoupling. Results from the applications are also helpful to achieve SDGs across space, amplify benefits of ecosystem restoration across boundaries and across scales, augment transboundary management, broaden spatial planning, boost supply chains, empower small agents in the large world, and shift from place-based to flow-based governance. Key topics for future research include cascading effects of an event in one place on other places both nearby and far away. Operationalizing the framework can benefit from further tracing flows across scales and space, uplifting the rigor of causal attribution, enlarging toolboxes, and elevating financial and human resources. Unleashing the full potential of the framework will generate more important scientific discoveries and more effective solutions for global justice and sustainable development.
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- Jianguo Liu
- Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
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Jamion NA, Lee KE, Mokhtar M, Goh TL, Simon N, Goh CT, Bhat IUH. The integration of nature values and services in the nature-based solution assessment framework of constructed wetlands for carbon-water nexus in carbon sequestration and water security. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:1201-1230. [PMID: 35763170 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-022-01322-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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As the climate change impacts are expected to become increasingly disruptive, affecting water security, environmental health and ecosystem, constructed wetlands receive attention for their functions in delivering various life-sustaining services to human and environmental systems. In this article, a systematic review was conducted through the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses standard to identify the current research on constructed wetlands' nature values and services from 2011 to 2020 of two databases, namely Scopus and Web of Science. The criteria of assessment focus on holistic deliberation of subject matters, namely carbon sequestration and water security as regulating and provisioning services, as well as nature values of constructed wetlands, namely instrumental and intrinsic values. As a result, 38 articles were selected and comprehensively examined. As the lack of an interdisciplinary approach makes data and information integration difficult, this study derived an integrated classification of constructed wetlands' services and mapped with its nature values, guided by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework. Besides, mechanisms and factors affecting carbon sequestration and water security were also discussed. The carbon-water nexus was then conceptualised as interlinkages between engineered and natural physicochemical processes at the interface between carbon and water cycles. To fill the gaps, based on the carbon-water nexus concept, a new framework was synthesised at the end of the deliberation for constructed wetlands in regulating local climate through carbon sequestration and ensuring water security through water treatment and purification as well as influencing socio-cultural values, which needs an integrated approach that is the novelty of this work. The framework integrates the dichotomy of the instrumental-intrinsic nature values of constructed wetlands to evaluate the importance and benefit of the carbon-water nexus. The framework that reveals the vitality of nature values provided by constructed wetlands can help improve the decision-making to prioritise ecosystem services and conservation efforts, particularly in the sustainable management of constructed wetlands.
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- Nurul' Ain Jamion
- Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Pilah Campus, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
- Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- University of Technology and Applied Sciences (Higher College of Technology), Muscat, Oman
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Chen X, Hou Y, Kastner T, Liu L, Zhang Y, Yin T, Li M, Malik A, Li M, Thorp KR, Han S, Liu Y, Muhammad T, Liu J, Li Y. Physical and virtual nutrient flows in global telecoupled agricultural trade networks. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2391. [PMID: 37100817 PMCID: PMC10130181 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38094-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Global agricultural trade creates multiple telecoupled flows of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). The flows of physical and virtual nutrients along with trade have discrepant effects on natural resources in different countries. However, existing literature has not quantified or analyzed such effects yet. Here we quantified the physical and virtual N and P flows embedded in the global agricultural trade networks from 1997 to 2016 and elaborated components of the telecoupling framework. The N and P flows both increased continuously and more than 25% of global consumption of nutrients in agricultural products were related to physical nutrient flows, while virtual nutrient flows were equivalent to one-third of the nutrients inputs into global agricultural system. These flows have positive telecoupling effects on saving N and P resources at the global scale. Reducing inefficient trade flows will enhance resource conservation, environmental sustainability in the hyper-globalized world.
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- Xiuzhi Chen
- National Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, 100083, Beijing, China
- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
- China International Engineer Consulting Cooperation Overseas Consulting Co., Ltd., 100048, Beijing, China
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
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- National Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, 100083, Beijing, China
- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, Shenzhen, China
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- ISA, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Discipline of Accounting, The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Discipline of Accounting, The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, 21881 N Cardon Ln., Maricopa, AZ, USA
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
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- Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, 210098, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA.
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- National Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, 100083, Beijing, China.
- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China.
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Zong J, Wang L, Lu C, Du Y, Wang Q. Mapping health vulnerability to short-term summer heat exposure based on a directional interaction network: Hotspots and coping strategies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 881:163401. [PMID: 37044341 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Health risk resulting from non-optimal temperature exposure, referred to as "systematic risk", has been a sustainable-development challenge in the context of global warming. Previous studies have recognized interactions between and among system components while assessing the vulnerability to climate change, but have left open the question of indicator directional interactions. The question is important, not least because indicator directional association analysis provides guidance to address climate risks by revealing the key nodes and pathways. The purpose of this work was to assess health vulnerability to short-term summer heat exposure based on a directional interaction network. Bayesian network model and network analysis were used to conduct a directional interaction network. Using indicator directional associations as weights, a weighted technique for the order of preference by similarity to ideal solution method was then proposed to assess heat-related health vulnerability. Finally, hotspots and coping strategies were explored based on the directional interaction network and health vulnerability assessments. The results showed that (1) indicator directional interactions were revealed in the health vulnerability framework, and the interactions differed between northern and southern China; (2) there was a dramatic spatial imbalance of health vulnerability in China, with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region and the Yangtze River Basin identified as hotspots; (3) particulate matter and ozone were recognized as priority indicators in the most vulnerable cities of northern China, while summer heat exposure level and variation were priority indicators in southern China; and (4) adaptive capacity could alter the extent of risk; thus, mitigation and adaptation should be implemented in an integrated way. Our study has important implications for strengthening the theoretical basis for the vulnerability assessment framework by providing indicator directional associations and for guiding policy design in dealing with heat-related health vulnerability in China.
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- Jingru Zong
- School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; National Institute of Health Data Science of China, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; National Institute of Health Data Science of China, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; National Institute of Health Data Science of China, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; National Institute of Health Data Science of China, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; National Institute of Health Data Science of China, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
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Cai L, Dang M, Yang Y, Mei R, Li F, Tao X, Palukaitis P, Beckett R, Miller WA, Gray SM, Xu Y. Naturally occurring substitution of an amino acid in a plant virus gene-silencing suppressor enhances viral adaptation to increasing thermal stress. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011301. [PMID: 37011127 PMCID: PMC10101640 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Cereal yellow dwarf virus (CYDV-RPV) encodes a P0 protein that functions as a viral suppressor of RNA silencing (VSR). The strength of silencing suppression is highly variable among CYDV-RPV isolates. In this study, comparison of the P0 sequences of CYDV-RPV isolates and mutational analysis identified a single C-terminal amino acid that influenced P0 RNA-silencing suppressor activity. A serine at position 247 was associated with strong suppressor activity, whereas a proline at position 247 was associated with weak suppressor activity. Amino acid changes at position 247 did not affect the interaction of P0 with SKP1 proteins from Hordeum vulgare (barley) or Nicotiana benthamiana. Subsequent studies found P0 proteins containing a P247 residue were less stable than the P0 proteins containing an S247 residue. Higher temperatures contributed to the lower stability and in planta and the P247 P0 proteins were subject to degradation via the autophagy-mediated pathway. A P247S amino acid residue substitution in P0 increased CYDV-RPV replication after expression in agroinfiltrated plant leaves and increased viral pathogenicity of P0 generated from the heterologous Potato virus X expression vector system. Moreover, an S247 CYDV-RPV could outcompete the P247 CYDV-RPV in a mixed infection in natural host at higher temperature. These traits contributed to increased transmission by aphid vectors and could play a significant role in virus competition in warming climates. Our findings underscore the capacity of a plant RNA virus to adapt to climate warming through minor genetic changes in gene-silencing suppressor, resulting in the potential for disease persistence and prevalence.
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- Lina Cai
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Seoul Women's University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrated Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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Lee S, Nam D, Yang DC, Choe W. Unveiling Hidden Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Guided by Intuition-Based Geometrical Factors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2300036. [PMID: 36759958 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Herein, synthesizable candidate topologies to form zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are efficiently identified from over 2 000 000 hypothetical structures in zeolite databases, using structural descriptors extracted from known ZIFs. A combination of intuition-based structural descriptors, such as ring patterns, node numbers, and TOT bridging angles (T = tetrahedral metal nodes in zeolites and ZIFs), is used as data filters to eliminate topologies infeasible for ZIF formation. Carefully chosen structural descriptors facilitate the prediction of plausible ZIF topologies. To investigate potential applications as porous ZIFs, this work performs hydrogen adsorption screening and suggested notable target ZIFs. The collection of new plausible ZIFs, derived from the combined descriptors, will be a structural blueprint for synthetic chemists.
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- Soochan Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
- Graduate School of Carbon Neutrality, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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Li J, Huang K, Yu Y, Qu S, Xu M. Telecoupling China's City-Level Water Withdrawal with Distant Consumption. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:4332-4341. [PMID: 36857490 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Trade causes the geospatial separation of production and consumption, which drives telecoupling between resource utilization and distant consumption. While benefiting the economy, trade can also exacerbate resource use inequality among regions. Here, we propose telecoupled water withdrawal (TWW) to examine the impact of distant consumption on local water resources, defined as local water withdrawal driven remotely by consumption in other regions. We characterize the TWW in China in 2015 at the city level (350 cities) using a nested multiregional input-output model. We find that approximately 20% of TWW is linked to foreign consumption, more than a quarter of which is driven by the United States. Moreover, cities with high TWW are concentrated on the Southeast coast and in Northwest China. Cities in Xinjiang province (Northwest China) account for 12% of the national TWW but only 0.7% of China's GDP. Our findings shed light on the telecoupling of pressure on local water resources in China cities and distant consumption at the global scale, calling for joint efforts by the contributors and beneficiaries of TWW to ensure the synergistic sustainability of water resources and trade.
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- Jixuan Li
- Beijing Key Lab for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Lab for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Cheng S, Qu G. Research on the Effect of Digital Economy on Carbon Emissions under the Background of "Double Carbon". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20064931. [PMID: 36981840 PMCID: PMC10049650 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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(1) Background: In light of the global economy's digitalization and the "double carbon" target constraint, the digital economy is essential to fostering scientific and technological innovation, green growth, and lowering energy emissions. (2) Methods: This paper measures the digital economic index and carbon emission intensity and analyzes their characteristics in spatial and temporal dimensions using 282 Chinese urban panel data by improving various statistical methods of panel data, such as the entropy method, fixed effect model, multi-period DID model, moderating effect model and intermediary effect model. This paper examines the extent and mechanism of the digital economy's impact on urban carbon emissions. (3) Results: During the sample period, the overall trend of the digital economy in China was one of constant growth, showing an unbalanced distribution pattern of "high in the eastern regions, lower in the central regions and lowest in the western regions" in the spatial dimension. Carbon emissions can be significantly decreased by the digital economy, which has a dynamic effect and an inverted U-shaped trend in its influence. The digital economy plays a significant role in reducing carbon emissions through the rational layout of industrial structures. The transmission mechanisms for the digital economy's goal of reducing carbon emissions include environmental regulation and green technology innovation. (4) Conclusion: The research findings provide a reference for multiple decision makers to better formulate carbon emission policies and realize carbon emission decrease in the digital economy.
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- Sainan Cheng
- School of Business Administration, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Management Science and Engineering, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Li F, Liu H, Wu S, Wang Y, Xu Z, Yu P, Yan D. A PES framework coupling socioeconomic and ecosystem dynamics from a sustainable development perspective. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 329:117043. [PMID: 36563446 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are becoming a global ecological protection strategy used to promote sustainable social and economic development. However, the current PES research and applications are often local and one-sided. The lack of a unified framework for PES results in a high policy cost and low ecological and social benefits. A large number of local PES experiences need to be comprehensively analyzed to construct a unified PES framework, which can provide support for the implementation and optimization of nature conservation policy in different regions of the world. Here, we combined natural language processing methods to analyze 1919 global studies on PES. We obtained the topics and spatiotemporal distributions of PES, as well as the compensation modes of hotspot ecosystem services in 114 countries worldwide. PES have been studied in 80% of the world (excluding Antarctica), but the research topics and distributions are very uneven. We found a disconnection between PES socioeconomic strategies and knowledge of natural ecosystem dynamics. Therefore, the knowledge and experience of PES must be exchanged globally, and PES need to be further integrated with the sustainable development goal (SDG) framework. We propose a PES framework that couples socioeconomic and ecosystem dynamics and be oriented toward sustainable development to make comprehensive management decisions. On this basis, a consistent PES solution may be provided for future theoretical research and implementation strategies of conservation.
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- Fufu Li
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Institute of Land and Urban-Rural Development, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, 18 Xueyuan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, China.
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- Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Haidian District, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
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- Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Haidian District, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China.
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Li W, An M, Wu H, An H, Huang J, Khanal R. The local coupling and telecoupling of urbanization and ecological environment quality based on multisource remote sensing data. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 327:116921. [PMID: 36463845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Coordinating the relationship between urbanization and ecological environment quality (EEQ) is crucial to achieving sustainable development. With the development of globalization, the pattern of remote interaction between urbanization and EEQ has gradually increased. However, the current study on the coupling of urbanization and EEQ lacks a remote perspective, and the remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) model has not yet considered the environmental pollution caused by population agglomeration. For these reasons, this study proposes the remote sensing ecological environment index (RSEEI) model and measures the local coupling and telecoupling coordination degree (LTCCD) of urbanization and EEQ in China from 2000 to 2020. According to the results, the rate of change of EEQ in China was -0.00011a-1. RSEEI widens the gap between the east and west of EEQ, differentiated by the Heihe-Tengchong Line. China's urbanization is growing at a 0.0008a-1 rate, with a spatially driven radiation potential with Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Macao as the core. LTCCD follows an increasing trend from inland to coastal and west to east. Over 70% of provinces experienced a shift in adjacent LTCCD levels, and 14 provinces moved from disorder to coordination after 2010. The telecoupling strengthens the correlation between urbanization and EEQ among regions compared with traditional coupling. In addition, the eastern coastal areas, the northern and central-south inland areas, and the northwest face different coordination problems.
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- Wenjia Li
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Construction and Management in Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China; College of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Construction and Management in Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China; College of Economics & Management, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Construction and Management in Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China; College of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Construction and Management in Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China; College of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China
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- College of Economics & Management, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China
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- College of Economics & Management, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, Hubei Province, PR China
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Pfeifer M, Sallu SM, Marshall AR, Rushton S, Moore E, Shirima DD, Smit J, Kioko E, Barnes L, Waite C, Raes L, Braunholtz L, Olivier PI, Ishengoma E, Bowers S, Guerreiro-Milheiras S. A systems approach framework for evaluating tree restoration interventions for social and ecological outcomes in rural tropical landscapes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20210111. [PMID: 36373913 PMCID: PMC9661959 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The science guiding design and evaluation of restoration interventions in tropical landscapes is dominated by ecological processes and outcomes and lacks indicators and methods that integrate human wellbeing into the restoration process. We apply a new systems approach framework for tree restoration in forest-agricultural landscapes to show how this shortcoming can be addressed. Demonstrating 'proof of concept', we tested statistical models underlying the framework pathways with data collected from a case study in Tanzania. Local community perceptions of nature's values were not affected by levels of self-reported wildlife-induced crop damage. But mapped predictions from the systems approach under a tree restoration scenario suggested differential outcomes for biodiversity indicators and altered spatial patterns of crop damage risk, expected to jeopardize human wellbeing. The predictions map anticipated trade-offs in costs and benefits of restoration scenarios, which we have started to explore with stakeholders to identify restoration opportunities that consider local knowledge, value systems and human wellbeing. We suggest that the framework be applied to other landscapes to identify commonalities and differences in forest landscape restoration outcomes under varying governance and land use systems. This should form a foundation for evidence-based implementation of the global drive for forest landscape restoration, at local scales. This article is part of the theme issue 'Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'.
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- Marion Pfeifer
- Modelling, Evidence and Policy RG, SNES, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York YO10 5NG, UK
- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD 4556, Australia
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- Modelling, Evidence and Policy RG, SNES, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Modelling, Evidence and Policy RG, SNES, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, PO Box 3010, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
- Southern Tanzania Elephant Program, PO Box 2494, Iringa, Tanzania
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- Entomology, National Museums Kenya, PO Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Modelling, Evidence and Policy RG, SNES, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD 4556, Australia
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- IUCN Centre for Economy and Finance, Washington DC, USA
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- Modelling, Evidence and Policy RG, SNES, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
- M.A.P Scientific Services, Pretoria 0145, South Africa
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- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, PO Box 3010, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
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Pang C, Wang H, Zhang F, Patel AK, Lee HP, Wooley KL. Glucose‐derived superabsorbent hydrogel materials based on mechanically‐interlocked slide‐ring and triblock copolymer topologies. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20220639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ching Pang
- Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, and Laboratory for Synthetic‐Biologic Interactions Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, and Laboratory for Synthetic‐Biologic Interactions Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Miami Coral Gables Florida USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, and Laboratory for Synthetic‐Biologic Interactions Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, and Laboratory for Synthetic‐Biologic Interactions Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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Cumming GS, Adamska M, Barnes ML, Barnett J, Bellwood DR, Cinner JE, Cohen PJ, Donelson JM, Fabricius K, Grafton RQ, Grech A, Gurney GG, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Hoey AS, Hoogenboom MO, Lau J, Lovelock CE, Lowe R, Miller DJ, Morrison TH, Mumby PJ, Nakata M, Pandolfi JM, Peterson GD, Pratchett MS, Ravasi T, Riginos C, Rummer JL, Schaffelke B, Wernberg T, Wilson SK. Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 2023; 23:66. [PMID: 37125023 PMCID: PMC10119535 DOI: 10.1007/s10113-023-02051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Nearly a billion people depend on tropical seascapes. The need to ensure sustainable use of these vital areas is recognised, as one of 17 policy commitments made by world leaders, in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 ('Life below Water') of the United Nations. SDG 14 seeks to secure marine sustainability by 2030. In a time of increasing social-ecological unpredictability and risk, scientists and policymakers working towards SDG 14 in the Asia-Pacific region need to know: (1) How are seascapes changing? (2) What can global society do about these changes? and (3) How can science and society together achieve sustainable seascape futures? Through a horizon scan, we identified nine emerging research priorities that clarify potential research contributions to marine sustainability in locations with high coral reef abundance. They include research on seascape geological and biological evolution and adaptation; elucidating drivers and mechanisms of change; understanding how seascape functions and services are produced, and how people depend on them; costs, benefits, and trade-offs to people in changing seascapes; improving seascape technologies and practices; learning to govern and manage seascapes for all; sustainable use, justice, and human well-being; bridging communities and epistemologies for innovative, equitable, and scale-crossing solutions; and informing resilient seascape futures through modelling and synthesis. Researchers can contribute to the sustainability of tropical seascapes by co-developing transdisciplinary understandings of people and ecosystems, emphasising the importance of equity and justice, and improving knowledge of key cross-scale and cross-level processes, feedbacks, and thresholds.
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- Graeme S. Cumming
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- School of Geography, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
- WorldFish, Penang, Malaysia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
- College of Public Health, Medical & Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
- Marine Climate Change Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-Son, Okinawa Japan
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 Australia
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Institute of Marine Research, Floedevigen Research Station, Nis, Norway
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- Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Western Australia Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Perth, Australia
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Delgado MI, Mac Donagh ME, Casco MA, Tanjal C, Carol E. Nutrient dynamics in water resources of productive flatland territories in the Pampean region of Argentina: evaluation at a watershed scale. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2022; 195:236. [PMID: 36574069 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10838-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The Pampean plains in South America are well-known for their livestock and agricultural productivity. The peri-urban watershed of El Pescado Creek (Central-Eastern Argentina) has been significantly modified in the last few years due to local land-use changes. This work aims to analyze the dynamics of nutrient content associated with the surface water-groundwater relationship in this watershed and to define the trophic state of the watercourse. Sampling sites were selected for both surface water and groundwater analyses, and field surveys were carried out during the spring and summer of 2017. Handmade shallow groundwater wells were installed along the floodplain of the watercourse. Deep groundwater was analyzed in agricultural and livestock farms. In situ determinations included dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity, transparency, and temperature measurements. Laboratory analyses included NO3--N, total nitrogen (TN), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), total phosphorus (TP), and phytobenthonic and phytoplanktonic chlorophyll-a. Results showed an increase in EC and nutrient concentration in the summer samples (both in surface water and shallow groundwater), along with higher turbidity of the surface water. Water flow was dissimilar between samplings (spring: 1.735 m3/s, summer: 0.065 m3/s), showing contrasting hydrological scenarios. Low wash-out conditions enhanced phytobenthonic algae biomass growth, turning most of the sites towards a eutrophic state in summer. Our results showed that the dynamics of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds in the watershed of El Pescado Creek depend on the hydrodynamic processes of the watershed, the different land-uses, and the chemical characteristics of these compounds. In order to develop sustainable management strategies, further understanding of nutrient concentrations effects, and the factors affecting them, must be done in this area of the Pampean region.
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- María Isabel Delgado
- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), División Ficología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque S/N, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina.
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- División Ficología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque S/N, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), División Ficología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque S/N, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET-UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, diagonal 113, N° 275, B1904DPK, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET-UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, diagonal 113, N° 275, B1904DPK, La Plata, Argentina
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Zhao XJG, Cao H. Linking research of biomedical datasets. Brief Bioinform 2022; 23:6712704. [PMID: 36151775 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbac373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biomedical data preprocessing and efficient computing can be as important as the statistical methods used to fit the data; data processing needs to consider application scenarios, data acquisition and individual rights and interests. We review common principles, knowledge and methods of integrated research according to the whole-pipeline processing mechanism diverse, coherent, sharing, auditable and ecological. First, neuromorphic and native algorithms integrate diverse datasets, providing linear scalability and high visualization. Second, the choice mechanism of different preprocessing, analysis and transaction methods from raw to neuromorphic was summarized on the node and coordinator platforms. Third, combination of node, network, cloud, edge, swarm and graph builds an ecosystem of cohort integrated research and clinical diagnosis and treatment. Looking forward, it is vital to simultaneously combine deep computing, mass data storage and massively parallel communication.
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- Xiu-Ju George Zhao
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (WIPM), China.,Wuhan Polytechnic University, China
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- Wuhan Polytechnic University, China
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Li Y, Ke Q, Zhang Z. Millennial Evolution of a Karst Socio-Ecological System: A Case Study of Guizhou Province, Southwest China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:15151. [PMID: 36429871 PMCID: PMC9691231 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The dynamic changes in socio-ecological system (SES) have exerted increasing pressures on the natural environment, leading to observable changes in terrestrial surface structure. Therefore, understanding the historical evolution mechanism of social ecosystems is crucial for the future sustainable management of karst regions. However, detailed quantitative analyses of karst socio-ecological system at a long-term scale are lacking. Here, we applied a comprehensive research framework for the SES of karst region to visually analyze the evolution of karst SES over the past 1000 years in Guizhou Province, defining five evolution stages of the karst SES. Concurrently, we characterized the interactive effects of drivers on karst socio-ecological system during every evolutionary stage, and then assess major influences between these stages. Despite rocky desertification as the main effect of karst SES driven by many indicators, the quantitative analysis indicated that human-dominated land-use change explained the expansion of rocky desertification. Although effective implementation of relevant policies partly compensated for increased environmental pressures, continued structure and function shifts in local ecosystem can challenge progress towards sustainability in karst region. Our findings provide scientific references for managers and policymakers to assist them to identify how environmental issues emerged in karst areas and how they should be addressed.
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- Yetong Li
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Xu F, Zou Q, Xiong G, Zhang H, Wang F, Wang Y. Activated Single‐Phase Ti
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- Fan Xu
- The School of Electrical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment &System Security and New Technology Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
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- The School of Electrical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment &System Security and New Technology Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
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- The School of Electrical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment &System Security and New Technology Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
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- The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
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- The School of Electrical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment &System Security and New Technology Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
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- The School of Electrical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment &System Security and New Technology Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
- The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District Chongqing City 400044 P. R. China
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Wang W, Zhuo L, Rulli MC, Wu P. Limited water scarcity mitigation by expanded interbasin physical and virtual water diversions with uneven economic value added in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 847:157625. [PMID: 35901876 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Interbasin water diversion projects and virtual water transfers embedded in exchanged goods and services are two effective solutions to water deficits. However, the associated real responses in water quantity and quality scarcities and the economic efficiencies remain unclear. Here, we tracked the blue water scarcities, water pollution levels, and economic value added through interbasin physical and virtual water diversions across nine river basins by sector in China from 2007 to 2015. The total national blue and grey water footprints were 365 Gm3yr-1 and 592 Gm3 yr-1, in which the Yangtze River basin accounts the most for 32 % and 37 %, respectively, by 2015. The physical water diversions increased by 52 % to 16.9 Gm3yr-1. The blue virtual water transfers increased by 24 % to 176 Gm3yr-1, whereas the grey virtual water transfers decreased by 10 % to 266 Gm3yr-1. Agriculture related interbasin virtual water flows showed opposite directions to those driven by the industry sector. Although with uneven value added while growing, limited effects mitigated water quantity and quality stresses, especially in the drier Yellow, Northwest, and Hai River basins where the capital is located. Half of the basins had low and declining synergy scores, suggesting an urgent need to achieve synergies between resources, the environment, and the economy across basins.
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- Wei Wang
- Institute of Soil and Water Conversation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100 Yangling, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conversation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100 Yangling, China; Northwest A&F University, 712100 Yangling, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China.
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 20134 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conversation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100 Yangling, China; Northwest A&F University, 712100 Yangling, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China.
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Macfarlane NB, Adams J, Bennett EL, Brooks TM, Delborne JA, Eggermont H, Endy D, Esvelt KM, Kolodziejczyk B, Kuiken T, Oliva MJ, Peña Moreno S, Slobodian L, Smith RB, Thizy D, Tompkins DM, Wei W, Redford KH. Direct and indirect impacts of synthetic biology on biodiversity conservation. iScience 2022; 25:105423. [DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Huang L, Wang D, He C. Ecological security assessment and ecological pattern optimization for Lhasa city (Tibet) based on the minimum cumulative resistance model. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:83437-83451. [PMID: 35764726 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21511-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The alpine regions of Tibet are biogeographically unique and highly biodiverse. As the political, economic, and cultural center of Tibet, the city of Lhasa's population growth and economic development have further weakened the region's already fragile ecological environment. Coordinating relationships between stable economic development, sustained population growth, rational resource use, and environmental protection has become an urgent issue. This paper establishes an ecological resistance surface based on the ecological resistance factor index to evaluate Lhasa's ecological security level. The obtained results show that the city's ecological security level is good, with high security level in the north, northwest, and northeast, and low-level in the south and the middle of city. High-level ecological security areas accounted for 34.5% of the city's total area, and low-level areas accounted for 9.0%. The overall Moran's I index of the city's ecological security was 0.518. According to a LISA clustering chart, Lhasa's ecological security grades are mainly high-high (HH) and low-low (LL). These two grades showed an apparent flaky spatial clustering in the city. We elected eight large-scale nature reserves in the city as ecological sources, constructed a resistance surface of the ecological accumulation of ecological sources, used the MCR (minimum cumulative resistance) model and gravity model to extract potential ecological corridors, and finally identified potentially important ecological corridors. A total of 51 ecological nodes and 80 potential ecological corridors were extracted, with a total length of about 3449.7 km. The length of the primary and secondary corridors accounted for 32.32% of the total length. Combining the development of Lhasa's ecological economy with tourism and cultural industry planning, a layout of ecological network model with one ring and three belts is proposed. An ecological space development strategy of agglomeration within the ring and axial drive should be implemented. This study provides a decision-making reference for the spatial layout of the ecological industry in Lhasa.
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- Lei Huang
- Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning College, Chengdu University of Technology, No. 239, Section 2, Chenghua Avenue, Chenghua District, Chengdu, 610059, China.
- College of Architecture & Environment, Sichuan University, No. 24 First Ring Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610064, China.
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- Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning College, Chengdu University of Technology, No. 239, Section 2, Chenghua Avenue, Chenghua District, Chengdu, 610059, China
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- Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning College, Chengdu University of Technology, No. 239, Section 2, Chenghua Avenue, Chenghua District, Chengdu, 610059, China
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Ghimire SR, Nayak AC, Corona J, Parmar R, Srinivasan R, Mendoza K, Johnston JM. Holistic Sustainability Assessment of Riparian Buffer Designs: Evaluation of Alternative Buffer Policy Scenarios Integrating Stream Water Quality and Costs. SUSTAINABILITY 2022; 14:1-33. [PMID: 36406588 PMCID: PMC9671129 DOI: 10.3390/su141912278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Riparian buffer zones (RBZs) have been shown to be effective best management practices (BMPs) in controlling non-point source pollutants in waterbodies. However, the holistic sustainability assessment of individual RBZ designs is lacking. We present a methodology for evaluating the holistic sustainability of RBZ policy scenarios by integrating environmental and economic indicators simulated in three watersheds in the southeastern USA. We developed three unique sets of 40, 32, and 48 RBZ policy scenarios as decision management objectives (DMOs), respectively, in Back Creek, Sycamore Creek, and Greens Mill Run watersheds (Virginia and North Carolina) by combining the RBZ-widths with vegetation types (grass, urban, naturalized, wildlife, three-zone forest, and two-zone forest). We adapted the RBZ-hydrologic and water quality system assessment data of instream water quality parameters (dissolved oxygen, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, total suspended solids-sediment and biochemical oxygen demand) as environmental indicators, recently published by U.S. EPA. We calculated 20-year net present value costs as economic indicators using the RBZ's establishment, maintenance, and opportunity costs data published by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The mean normalized net present value costs varied by DMOs ranging from 4% (grass RBZ-1.9 m) to 500% (wildlife RBZ-91.4 m) across all watersheds, due primarily to the width and the opportunity costs. The mean normalized environmental indicators varied by watersheds, with the largest change in total nitrogen due to urban RBZs in Back Creek (60-95%), Sycamore Creek (37-91%), and Greens Mill (52-93%). The holistic sustainability assessments revealed the least to most sustainable DMOs for each watershed, from least sustainable wildlife RBZ (score of 0.54), three-zone forest RBZ (0.32), and three-zone forest RBZ (0.62), respectively, for Back Creek, Sycamore Creek, and Greens Mill, to most sustainable urban RBZ (1.00) for all watersheds.
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- Santosh R. Ghimire
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC 20460, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76502, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76502, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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Complex system management in the post-COVID world: Five research directions. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Jorge-García D, Estruch-Guitart V. Comparative analysis between AHP and ANP in prioritization of ecosystem services - A case study in a rice field area raised in the Guadalquivir marshes (Spain). ECOL INFORM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Elliot T, Goldstein B, Gómez-Baggethun E, Proença V, Rugani B. Ecosystem service deficits of European cities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 837:155875. [PMID: 35568177 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Climate change and biodiversity loss are two pressing global environmental challenges that are tightly coupled to urban processes. Cities emit greenhouse gases through the consumption of materials and energy. Urban expansion encroaches on local habitats, while urban land teleconnections simultaneously degrade distant ecosystems. These processes decrease the supply of and increase the demand for ecosystem services inside and outside urban areas. Most cities are in a state of ecosystem services deficit, whereby demand exceeds local supply of ecosystem services. Methods to quantify this deficit by capturing multi-scale and multi-level ecological exchanges are incipient, leaving scholars with a partial understanding of the environmental impacts of cities. This paper deploys a novel method to simulate future urban supplies and demands of two key ecosystem services needed to combat climate change and biodiversity loss - global climate regulation and global habitat maintenance. Applying our model to eight representative European cities, we project growing ecosystems deficits (demand exceeds supply) between 8% and 214% in global climate regulation and 11% and 431% in global habitat maintenance between 2020 and 2050. Variation between cities stems from differing dietary patterns and electricity mixes, which have large implications for ecosystems outside the city. To combat these losses, urban sustainability strategies should complement local restoration with changes to local consumption alongside promoting remote ecological restoration to tackle the multi-level environmental impacts of cities.
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- Thomas Elliot
- Department of Construction Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), 1100 Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, Canada; MARETEC/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
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- Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), PO Box 5003, Ås, Norway; Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Sognsveien 68, 0855 Oslo, Norway
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- MARETEC/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Environmental Sustainability Assessment and Circularity, Environmental Research & Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux, Luxembourg
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Bao H, Teng T, Cao X, Wang S, Hu S. The Threshold Effect of Knowledge Diversity on Urban Green Innovation Efficiency Using the Yangtze River Delta Region as an Example. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:10600. [PMID: 36078320 PMCID: PMC9518198 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191710600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Green innovation in the Yangtze River Delta is closely related to higher-quality integrated development, and knowledge diversity is crucial to the realization of regional green technology innovation and development. This study measured the green innovation efficiency of cities in the Yangtze River Delta region from 2010 to 2018 utilizing the Super-SBM model based on undesired outputs. In addition, this study used patent data to investigate regional knowledge deversity, including related variety, and unrelated variety, and to examine the spatio-temporal characteristics of green innovation efficiency and the threshold effect of knowledge diversity. The results demonstrated that related variety was positively correlated with the efficiency of urban green innovation, which was in line with extant studies. Unrelated variety was accompanied by an increase in urban science and technology investment and expansion of urban scale, and the negative effect of knowledge unrelated variety was significantly weakened. This study deepened the understanding of the mechanism of action of diversity, which is conducive to the sustainable development goals as regards the formulation of policies related to green innovation and the development of various types of cities.
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Xi W, Jin J, Zhang Y, Wang R, Gong Y, He B, Wang H. Hierarchical MXene/transition metal oxide heterostructures for rechargeable batteries, capacitors, and capacitive deionization. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:11923-11944. [PMID: 35920652 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02802f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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2D MXenes have attracted considerable attention due to their high electronic conductivity, tunable metal compositions, functional termination groups, low ion diffusion barriers, and abundant active sites. However, MXenes suffer from sheet stacking and partial surface oxidation, limiting their energy storage and water treatment development. To solve these problems and enhance the performance of MXenes in practical applications, various hierarchical MXene/transition metal oxide (MXene/TMO) heterostructures are rationally designed and constructed. The hierarchical MXene/TMO heterostructures can not only prevent the stacking of MXene sheets and improve the electronic conductivity and buffer the volume change of TMOs during the electrochemical reaction process. The synergistic effect of conductive MXenes and active TMOs also makes MXene/TMO heterostructures promising electrode materials for energy storage and seawater desalination. This review mainly introduces and discusses the recent research progress in MXene/TMO heterostructures, focusing on their synthetic strategies, heterointerface engineering, and applications in rechargeable batteries, capacitors, and capacitive deionization (CDI). Finally, the key challenges and prospects for the future development of the MXene/TMO heterostructures in rechargeable batteries, capacitors, and CDI are proposed.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Yousefzadeh H, Amirchakhmaghi N, Naseri B, Shafizadeh F, Kozlowski G, Walas Ł. The impact of climate change on the future geographical distribution range of the endemic relict tree Gleditsia caspica (Fabaceae) in Hyrcanian forests. ECOL INFORM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Urban Sustainability: Integrating Socioeconomic and Environmental Data for Multi-Objective Assessment. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14159142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The large concentration of the world’s population in cities, along with rapid urbanization, have brought numerous environmental and socioeconomic challenges to sustainable urban systems (SUS). However, current SUS studies focus heavily on ecological aspects, rely on SUS indicators that are not supported by available data, lack comprehensive analytical frameworks, and neglect SUS regional differences. This paper develops a novel approach to assessing urban sustainability from regional perspectives using commonly enumerated socioeconomic statistics. It integrates land use and land cover change data and ecosystem service values, applies data mining analytics to derive SUS indicators, and evaluates SUS states as trade-offs among relevant SUS indicators. This synthetic approach is called the integrated socioeconomic and land-use data mining–based multi-objective assessment (ISL-DM-MOA). The paper presents a case study of urban sustainability development in cities and counties in Inner Mongolia, China, which face many environmental and sustainable development problems. The case study identifies two SUS types: (1) several large cities that boast well-developed economies, diversified industrial sectors, vital transportation locations, good living conditions, and cleaner environments; and (2) a few small counties that have a small population, small urban construction areas, extensive natural grasslands, and primary grazing economies. The ISL-DM-MOA framework innovatively synthesizes currently available socioeconomic statistics and environmental data as a unified dataset to assess urban sustainability as a total socio-environmental system. ISL-DM-MOA deviates from the current indicator approach and advocates the notion of a data-mining-driven approach to derive urban sustainability dimensions. Furthermore, ISL-DM-MOA diverges from the concept of a composite score for determining urban sustainability. Instead, it promotes the concept of Pareto Front as a choice set of sustainability candidates, because sustainability varies among nations, regions, and locations and differs between political, economic, environmental, and cultural systems.
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Latin American Cattle Ranching Sustainability Debate: An Approach to Social-Ecological Systems and Spatial-Temporal Scales. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14148924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The significance of Latin America (LA) in the global food supply is large and prominent. The livestock sector at this time faces social-ecological challenges that will be accentuated in the future and will be incredibly challenging for small and medium producers. We conducted a systematic literature review to understand the role of LA cattle ranching in the current sustainability debate. In addition, we identified the main components of cattle ranching social-ecological systems and evaluated the institutional and ecological interactions of livestock studies by identifying spatial and temporal scales. Our results show a broad debate on livestock sustainability in LA; nevertheless, efforts to measure sustainability and analyze cattle ranching systemically are scarce. The study of LA cattle ranching in the 21st century was geographically concentrated on the main producing countries (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina) and was consistently promoted by government and academic institutions aiming to understand management strategies that improve yields. However, it less often focused on analyzing their impacts on ecosystems and climate. The complexity and dynamism of cattle ranching in LA make it necessary to address sustainable planning from a systemic approach to guide viable transformations through spatial scales.
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Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030. Innovation (N Y) 2022; 3:100288. [PMID: 35990172 PMCID: PMC9382565 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Achieving the 17 United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) in China largely depends on the transition of cities toward sustainable development. However, significant knowledge gaps exist in evaluating the SDG index at the city scale and in understanding how to simulate pathways to achieve the 17 SDGs for Chinese cities by 2030. This study aimed to quantify the SDG index of 285 Chinese cities and developed a forecasting model to simulate the performance of each SDG in each city until 2030 using varied scenarios. The results indicated that although the SDG index in Chinese cities increased by 33.97% during 2005–2016, Chinese cities, which continued their past paths, achieved an average of only five SDGs by 2030. To promote the joint achievement of all SDGs, we designed different paths for all SDGs of each of the 285 cities and simulated their SDG index until 2030. Under the scenarios, 216 Chinese cities (75.79%) could achieve 9–13 more SDGs in 2030 and the overall SDG index can improve from 74.57 in 2030 to 97.49 (target score 100) by adopting more intensive path adjustment. We lastly determined a cost-effective path for each SDG of each city to promote joint achievement of all SDGs by 2030. The proposed simulation model and cost-effective path serve as a foundation for other countries to simulate SDG progress and develop pathways for achieving SDGs in the future. The first simulation of the performance of Chinese cities in 17 SDGs by 2030 A scenario-based projection model is proposed to make simulation of SDGs Chinese cities can achieve an average of five SDGs by continuing past paths We present cost-effective integrated paths to promote the achievement of all SDGs
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Does Sustainable Consumption Behaviour Influence Luxury Services Purchase Intention? SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14137906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The current study adds to the literature on the indirect and direct effect of sustainability in luxury services purchase intention. The agenda of researchers and professionals in the luxury industry is constantly changing, and not consensual in the literature, but sustainability has been playing an important role in society. Luxury services have also followed this trend, although studies are still quite limited. The aim of this study is to understand the role of sustainability in a luxury service in purchasing decision-making. The authors employed a quantitative method approach, conducting an online survey with 734 respondents, mainly in Europe, Brazil, and North America. The analysis of empirical research reveals that the bigger the consideration a luxury service has for sustainability, the greater the purchase intention of the consumer. The results confirm the role of hedonism, perceived value, high quality, status-gratification, social image, and perceived self-expression in the purchase intention decision, leading to an indirect and direct influence on the purchase intention. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that sustainable consumption behaviour plays a mediating role in the decision-making when purchasing a luxury service. The study results provide practical guidance for service managers considering sustainability. Practical implications for driving the growth of sustainable consumption behaviour conclude this article.
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Where Will ‘Water-Energy-Food’ Research Go Next?—Visualisation Review and Prospect. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14137751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Research on water, energy, and food (WEF) is gradually becoming a global research hotspot in response to threats caused by the overexploitation of resources. In this study, 13,202 documents were selected from the WoS database and CiteSpace to judge frontier development in WEF research. In this study, visualisation research was carried out in 1547 papers that are most relevant to WEF research. The results show that WEF research has gradually increased during the research period, especially since 2015. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Hoff, and Bazilian have the greatest influence on the promotion of WEF research and there is significant cooperation between institutions and countries. The United States, China, and the United Kingdom were the main contributors. The WEF nexus has become the most important hotspot in WEF research. In this case, 823 papers focused on the WEF nexus were selected to demonstrate the research contents, frontiers and clusters, and methods of the WEF nexus. Applied researches on the WEF nexus, such as security issues and multi-objective optimisation are current frontiers. Some new topics such as the pandemic and geopolitics have not attracted enough attention relative to their potential importance. A comprehensive data platform for the inter-department of water, energy, and food subsystems should be constructed in the near future.
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Evaluation of Regional Water Use Efficiency under Green and Sustainable Development Using an Improved Super Slack-Based Measure Model. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14127149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Enhancing water use efficiency (WUE) is essential for the sustainable and green development of water utilization. The conventional Super Slack-Based Measure (CSSBM) model is commonly employed to measure WUE, however, it is prone to underestimating WUE due its exaggeration of the slack variable. Recognizing the need to deal with problems involving the slack variable without limitation, we propose an improved Super-SBM (ISSBM) model that assigns an upper bound to the slack variables. In addition, the general deprivation index (GDI) of water resource exploitation is then introduced as the output indicator representing the social equality, resulting in a comprehensive set of output indicators related to the economy, society, and ecological environment. The ISSBM and CSSBM models were applied to determine the WUE in Guangdong province, China from 2009 to 2018, and the results indicate that the WUE calculated via CSSBM exhibited relatively extreme performance (i.e., the high and low values were greater than 2 and less than 0.1, respectively), while the ISSBM-estimated WUE showed relatively stable performance (i.e., the majority of the city’s WUE was located in the range between 0.5 and 1). The WUE determined from the output indicators involving GDI thus demonstrated stronger discriminating power compared to that without GDI. Furthermore, the spatial pattern of WUE in Guangdong province presents an essentially radial distribution, with high WUE located in Pearl River Delta and low WUE located North, East, and West of Guangdong. These results verify that the proposed ISSBM model can obtain a relatively appropriate WUE and could potentially be applied to other regions.
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