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{"title":"The Social Justice and Human Rights Benefits of Domestic Renewable Energy","authors":"P. Fagan","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301021","url":null,"abstract":"Focusing upon the United Kingdom reveals that centralised provisions of energy have historically failed to uphold standards of human rights. Even if a transition is made to renewable energy, existing centralised distribution systems cannot promise improvement. This work would recommend the transition to domestic renewables, whereby energy is harnessed and used in situ, as it may support the more desirable notion of social justice with regard to energy usage. Domestic renewables are likely to become an inevitability, as the equipment becomes both more affordable and efficient; this may already be occurring in some developing societies, where domestic renewables are attractive to sectors of the society who are off-grid.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134488947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Review of the Effects of Anthropogenic Activities during the Pandemic Lockdown Period Timeline on Water Quality","authors":"Aini Hidayati Shahrir, G. Hayder","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301020","url":null,"abstract":"The pandemic has shown its effect on the world regarding health, economy, society, and environment. Whether it is a negative or positive impact, the period of this pandemic has a vast open platform for further studies. This review focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on water quality. It is hypothesized that due to the reduced amount of anthropogenic activity due to the global lockdown, the water quality of water resources increased and rejuvenated. This review showed the study period, methods and parameters used by past researchers in this area. The research methods in this review have proven to be reliable in producing coherent results. The data presented showed a dependable indicator for the pollution and water quality standard whether it is based on the country’s standard or World Health Organization (WHO). The review focused on 23 articles from China, India, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, and Turkey. Findings from this review showed that the trend between the lockdown period and water quality is not rigid and may be affected by how the area is managed throughout the period. Moreover, this review gives definite suggestions for future studies and highlights the need for actions taken by policymakers.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116920799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk Matrix of Hydrological Disasters Combining Rainfall Thresholds and Social-Environmental Criteria","authors":"Leonardo Magalhães, A. Peixoto, G. Manzato, B. Bezerra","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301019","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a procedure for risk assessment for hydrological disasters considering the threshold rainfall and environmental and social criteria. A case study was carried out to test its feasibility in the northern region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The advantage of this procedure is that it only uses data available on government institutions and websites. For this reason, other regions and countries can easily adapt the procedure to their reality. Initially, the hydrological disasters were obtained including date, type of disaster, geographical coordinates and the number of victims. Next, for each disaster, the daily rains corresponding to the dates of the events were obtained from government websites, to establish the rainfall thresholds. Social criteria weighted the poverty index, population density, and the elderly population. The Environmental criteria weighted hydrology, geomorphology and geology factors. An open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) enabled the spatial distribution of disasters through the characterization of the physical environment in hydrology, geomorphology and geology features. The risk assessment was then obtained by combining the rainfall-triggering event with the environmental Susceptibility with social vulnerability. As a result, 31 of the 138 studied municipalities suffered from hydrological disasters, accounting for 99 occurrences between 2002 and 2017.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115108626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Dynamics of the Oceanic Air-Sea Boundary Layer","authors":"J. Bye","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301018","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a model for the similarity structure of the velocity profiles in air and water in the wave boundary layer, which provides predictions in terms of two parameters, F and R, of all its important properties, including the Charnock parameter, the surface drift velocity and the condition for the cancellation of the surface Stokes velocity by the surface current. The parameter, F, arises from the fetch variability of the wave field, and the parameter, R, arises from the duration variability of the wave field. In the analysis two regimes emerge, namely the Ekman regime and the Hasselmann regime. In the Ekman regime, which occurs for R > ½(1 + F), there is a net loss of energy from the wave field to the deep ocean, and in the Hasselmann regime which occurs for R < ½(1 + F), there is a net gain of energy from the atmosphere to the wave field. The predictions are compared with observations from classical wave formulae, wind-wave studies, and also ROMS and SWAN modelling in the South Australian Basin. A general conclusion is that the condition, F = 1, which was used in the original inertial coupling model of Bye [1], is a good approximation for large scale theoretical ocean studies, and hence the wind-wave interaction is determined principally by R.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115740760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Review on Adsorption Process for the Treatment of Oily Wastewater","authors":"Y. H. Teow, Puteri Mimie Isma Nordin, Nur ‘Izzah Ahmad Juanda, Muhammad Afiq Mohd Shafi, Pavithiran Krishnan","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301016","url":null,"abstract":"Oil-contaminated or oily wastewater (OW) is generated from various industrial and domestic premises. It consists of fats, oils, and greases and may contain petroleum fractions such as diesel oil, gasoline, and kerosene. It is regarded as one of the most hazardous wastewaters, causing serious environmental and health threats to ecosystems and human beings. The global increase in the discharge of OW coupled with stringent regulations for effluent discharge and incessant drive for the reuse of treated wastewater necessitate the need for the treatment of the OW. Conventional approaches employed in the past are inept for OW treatment due to low separation efficiency, high operational cost, creating secondary pollution, and long treatment hours. Comparatively, the adsorption process is considered a better alternative because of its simple design and can involve low investment in terms of both initial cost and land required. Thus, the adsorption process is widely applied as a promising alternative to existing treatment methods for OW. The adsorption process is an effective technique for OW treatment. Super adsorbents with ultrahigh adsorption capabilities are highly desired for efficient OW treatment in a new revolution of adsorption technology to meet present and future needs. This review provides insights into advanced and emerging state-of-the-art technologies of the adsorption process as a safe and efficient treatment of OW. Strength, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis was conducted to identify and analyze internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats that shape the current and future operation of the adsorption process for the treatment of oily wastewater for developing strategic goals. Super adsorbents with ultrahigh adsorption capability such as P-GSC and P-PKS discussed are highly desired. The extraordinary properties of P-GSC and P-PKS can provide leap-forward opportunities to revolutionize traditional adsorption technology. However, scale-bridging and optimization study of these innovated super adsorbents is required for the real application. It shows a bright future of P-GSC and P-PKS towards OW treatment.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130267841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating Peer-to-Peer Electricity Markets across the U.S. Using an Agent-Based Modeling Approach","authors":"Jacob G. Monroe, E. Bolton, E. Berglund","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301017","url":null,"abstract":"The diffusion of distributed energy resources can overcome some challenges associated with the historical centralized model of electric power distribution. Decentralized generation by residential solar photovoltaic cells creates the potential for peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity trading, where households can act as consumers and prosumers to buy and sell renewable electricity. P2P energy markets are emerging at locations across the globe, and market performance is affected by various social, economic, and environmental factors. This research applies an agent-based modeling (ABM) framework to simulate electricity trades between heterogeneous households in a decentralized market. The P2P system is tested for 15 locations in the United States that vary in climate parameters and local economic factors. The results from these simulations are compared to assess how differences in climate, demand pattern, retail rate, and irradiance affect market performance. Simulations demonstrate that market outcomes rely on the ratio of prosumers to consumers, environmental factors, and geographic conditions. Battery energy storage overcomes limitations associated with faulty forecasting and improves the flexibility of household-generated solar resources to increase the proportion of production that is sold in the P2P market. The application of the agent-based modeling framework demonstrates how P2P markets can be expected to perform for various locations and can be applied to assess alternative locations for market performance.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125263740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimating CO2 Emissions for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Using Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study in Rio de Janeiro City","authors":"Christiano Lima Machado, C. Andrade","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301015","url":null,"abstract":"The amount of greenhouse gases has been growing dramatically in recent decades, producing global warming and causing climate change that affects the entire planet. To mitigate these emissions, several nations have committed to implementing measures to reduce emissions of these gases, with carbon dioxide being the main one. The transport sector is one of the leading carbon emitters. It needs to be the object of attention from government authorities and private companies so that sustainable solutions are planned and implemented to reduce the fossil fuel consumption. The emerging solutions point to implementing public transport in systems that use large-capacity vehicles, replacing conventional cars and buses. However, such systems require constructing a complex infrastructure, which will also produce emissions. Thus, it is necessary to balance the emissions produced by the new system with the emissions avoided by replacing the old system, for a clear quantification of the carbon reduction. This balance is best accomplished using the system lifecycle assessment approach. This case study presents the life cycle assessment, according to ISO 14040 standards, of the BRT system implemented in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil based on real data collected during the construction of the system. The results show that the system will take 16 years to compensate for the emissions produced, and in the life cycle, the projected reduction is about half a million tons of CO2. The study indicates a path that can be useful to planners seeking to reduce carbon in the public transport sector.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132460628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Active Tectonic Features of Nandakini River Basin, Lesser Himalaya, India by Using Morphometric Indices: A GIS Approach","authors":"P. Gautam, Ashutosh Kumar Singh","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301014","url":null,"abstract":"Tectonic geomorphology has been evidenced as an essential tool to define and measure recent tectonic deformation. The Nandakini River originates from Nanda Ghunti glacier at 6886 m in Lesser Himalaya. It covers about ~551 km2 basin area, with a fourth-order stream. It confluences with the Alaknanda River near Nand Prayag (at elevation 852 m), Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The drainage pattern is predominantly dendritic in the study area. The morphotectonic indices are measured to know the tectonic activity of the drainage basin. Morphometric indices reflecting hypsometric Integral is 1.07, indicating a deeper incision and a slight erosion. The basin elongation ratio is 0.17, suggesting that the area is tectonically active. The drainage basin asymmetric factor (44) suggest tilting. In addition, the drainage basin shape (3.27) indicates the basin is tectonically strong, the transverse topographic symmetry factor (0.31) indicates the asymmetric nature, the valley floor width to valley height ratio is 0.54 shows the deep, narrow valleys, and Active V-shaped incision. Stream longitudinal profile showing the area tectonically influenced. The Sinuosity Index of 1.12 suggests that low sinuous nature. The Stream length-gradient Index is 10.64, indicating high tectonic activity in valleys and basin areas. The transverse profile helps to understand the tilting of the basin. The Surface profile shows irregularity, and the linear trend of the profile shows the tilting of the basin. River carrying capacity with large boulder-size sediment indicates youth stage and tectonically active environment. The morphotectonic indices suggest that the drainage basin was affected by the regional structures and the present tectonics.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125494090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Coupling Mechanism of the Digital Innovation Ecosystem and Value Co-creation","authors":"Xiaoli Xie, Xiangyang Mu, Nan Tao, S. Yin","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301013","url":null,"abstract":"Value co-creation in the digital innovation ecosystem is of great practical significance for promoting enterprise advantages and high-quality economic development. Digitalization reshapes the logic of value co-creation. Innovation activities are no longer focused only on the internal enterprise but also occur in the ecosystem of interaction and sharing with other heterogeneous and diverse subjects. How can value co-creation be achieved between the digital innovation ecosystems and how can they be coupled between the two? Based on this problem, this paper divides the value co-creation elements of the digital innovation ecosystem into five major elements: digital strategic cognition, digital technology, new digital infrastructure, data resources, and digital innovation capabilities, and explores the coupling mechanism between the digital innovation ecosystem and value co-creation.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"412 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124413457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biogeochemical Technologies for Managing CO2 Flows in Agroecosystems","authors":"V. Bashkin, A. Alekseev, Boris Levin, Evgenia Mescherova","doi":"10.21926/aeer.2301012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/aeer.2301012","url":null,"abstract":"The review article discusses the application of biogeochemical technologies aimed at restoring biogeochemical cycles in agroecosystems, primarily in the microbial link regulating CO2 flows. The factors of management this microbial link when applying mineral and organic fertilizers are shown. The processes of mineralization of soil organic matter and methods of controlling soil's conjugate carbon- and nitrogen-mineralizing ability are considered. The changes in the productivity of agricultural ecosystems under conditions of increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and soil air are considered. Various agrotechnological techniques are considered, including using zero tillage, organic fertilizers of various nature, and various meliorants, including phosphogypsum. Examples of recultivation of disturbed and polluted soils, waterlogged and/or over-drained soils are given and the impact on CO2 fluxes is estimated. Based on numerous data, it is concluded that agroecosystems in most cases are a net source of CO2, and sequestration occurs only when agricultural land is transferred to fallow lands and at afforestation. At the same time, techniques aimed at reducing CO2 fluxes using fertilizers in the \"production–application\" cycle are evaluated. A set of biogeochemical technologies aimed at assessing and stabilizing the microbial link of the biogeochemical cycle in agroecosystems is presented. Examples of the use of these technologies for regulating CO2 emissions in agroecosystems are given. Using one of the biogeochemical technologies, the almost 5-fold decrease in the rate of CO2 flows during the reclamation of disturbed tundra ecosystems is shown. Adopting agricultural low carbon technologies (ALCTs) cannot yet testify to their applicability to ensure both food and environmental safety. It is necessary to further develop and use biogeochemical technologies to restore biogeochemical cycles in agroecosystems, primarily in the microbial link regulating CO2 flows.","PeriodicalId":198785,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116908199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}