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The China groundwater crisis: A mechanistic analysis with implications for global sustainability 中国地下水危机:对全球可持续性影响的机制分析

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100042

Michele Lancia , Yingying Yao , Charles B. Andrews , Xiaoli Wang , Xingxing Kuang , Jinren Ni , Steven M. Gorelick , Bridget R. Scanlon , Yanxin Wang , Chunmiao Zheng

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引用次数: 10

Three-child policy for sustainable population in China 中国人口可持续发展的三胎政策

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100046

Lan Song , Mindai Wang

引用次数: 1

Suitability of rooftop solar photovoltaic at educational building towards energy sustainability in Malaysia 马来西亚教育建筑屋顶太阳能光伏对能源可持续性的适用性

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100032

Nor Hazlina Md Khairi, Yutaro Akimoto, Keiichi Okajima

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引用次数: 10

Urine source separation-based pretreatment: A sustainable strategy for improving methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge 基于尿源分离的预处理:一种可持续的策略，以提高废物活性污泥厌氧消化的甲烷产量

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100043

Lixin Tian, Haixiao Guo, Yufen Wang, Xiaomin Wang, Tingting Zhu, Yiwen Liu

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引用次数: 14

An expert-based evaluation on end-of-life solar photovoltaic management: An application of Fuzzy Delphi Technique 基于专家的太阳能光伏报废管理评价——模糊德尔菲法的应用

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100036

Daniel Oteng, Jian Zuo, Ehsan Sharifi

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引用次数: 10

Emerging Technological Frameworks for the Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management 可持续农业和环境管理的新兴技术框架

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100026

Bhupendra Chaudhary , Vijay Kumar

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引用次数: 5

Anaerobic digestion as a core process for sustainable energy production in the soybean biorefinery: A techno‐economic assessment 厌氧消化作为大豆生物炼制中可持续能源生产的核心过程:技术经济评估

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100024

Ana Paula Paulinetti , Isabela Mehi Gaspari Augusto , Lia Paula Poloni Batista , Arthur Gregorio Barbosa Tavares , Roberta Albanez , Suzana Maria Ratusznei , Giovanna Lovato , José Alberto Domingues Rodrigues

{"title":"Anaerobic digestion as a core process for sustainable energy production in the soybean biorefinery: A techno‐economic assessment","authors":"Ana Paula Paulinetti , Isabela Mehi Gaspari Augusto , Lia Paula Poloni Batista , Arthur Gregorio Barbosa Tavares , Roberta Albanez , Suzana Maria Ratusznei , Giovanna Lovato , José Alberto Domingues Rodrigues","doi":"10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the ever-growing environmental concern about natural resources depletion and the search for alternative energy sources, anaerobic digestion technology emerges as a core process in biorefineries. One of the limiting factors for full-scale use of this process is the scarcity of studies that technically and economically evaluate more flexible and unconventional technologies, such as Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactors (AnSBBR) with immobilized biomass. Therefore, this paper carried out a techno-economic evaluation regarding the implementation of AnSBBR reactors, on an industrial scale, in the treatment of soybean molasses and glycerin. The assessment was based on the best published results presented by this type of reactor on a laboratory scale. The scale-up estimate resulted in a configuration of 8 AnSBBR reactors with 1000 m³ each in the treatment of 59 tons-molasses⋅day<sup>−1</sup>. The energy produced by this system could reach 18.6 GWh⋅year<sup>−1</sup> and would have an initial investment of USD 7.6 million with an annual return of USD 2.2 million. On treating 17 tons-glycerin⋅day<sup>−1</sup>, the estimate resulted in a configuration of 6 AnSBBR reactors with 900 m³ each. The energy produced could reach 6.3 GWh⋅year<sup>−1</sup> and would have an initial investment of USD 5.8 million with an annual return of USD 1 million.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101199,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Horizons","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100024"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772737822000190/pdfft?md5=d3a0609daefefb40c4ccca67b1366f35&pid=1-s2.0-S2772737822000190-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81952398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 14

Downscaling of planetary boundaries and sustainability management: A nexus analysis of water, land and major functions at the national-provincial level 地球边界的缩小和可持续性管理:国家-省一级的水、土地和主要功能的联系分析

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100028

Nairong Tan, Xiaolei Wang, Hao Wang, Zhuoqun Gao, Xiaoying Chang, Tao Ma

{"title":"Downscaling of planetary boundaries and sustainability management: A nexus analysis of water, land and major functions at the national-provincial level","authors":"Nairong Tan, Xiaolei Wang, Hao Wang, Zhuoqun Gao, Xiaoying Chang, Tao Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study introduces planetary boundaries as a global sustainability benchmark to expand the evaluation of the major function zoning. We established the relationship between the resource boundaries and China's sustainability management system while calculating the national and provincial indicators of land and water boundaries and major functions. The results showed that the efficiency of land resources was related to the distribution of forest, grassland, and wetland ecosystems; the efficiency of water resources was related to the basin and economic distribution. Linear downscaling methods are less applicable and effective in studies of planetary boundaries. The provincial water and land boundary are not consistent with the top-down decomposition results of planetary boundaries. The spatial mismatch between regional development and population will lead to the overexploitation of national resources and the environment. For basin regions rich in water resources and biome regions rich in ecological resources, the boundary threshold should be increased for major function clustering based on efficiency advantages. For main agricultural production zones and key ecological function zones beyond the water boundary, water allocation should reduce industrial and residential water use, and improve agricultural and ecological water efficiency to ensure food security and ecological safety. For optimization development zones, industrial transfer to the surrounding areas would optimize the industrial water structure and reduce virtual water consumption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101199,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Horizons","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100028"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772737822000232/pdfft?md5=c6239bc9746b1cf5b7c5687e83b312ba&pid=1-s2.0-S2772737822000232-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88609149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Machine Learning and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Water Quality Monitoring 机器学习和无人机在水质监测中的应用

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100019

Bharat Sharma Acharya, Mahendra Bhandari

引用次数: 2

Sustainable Horizons welcomes new editorial board members 《可持续视界》欢迎新的编委会成员

Sustainable Horizons Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2022.100038

Chunmiao Zheng, Lan Song, Mindai Wang, Shuyang Zheng, Haoyu Chen

引用次数: 0