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{"title":"Urban light pollution in multi-spectral lighting environments: A rapid colorimetric-based assessment","authors":"Peiyu Wu ,&nbsp;Qi Yao ,&nbsp;Dong Wang ,&nbsp;Zhihong Zhao ,&nbsp;Wenqian Xu ,&nbsp;Kexin Hao ,&nbsp;Ziyi Wang ,&nbsp;Yuhui Zhang ,&nbsp;Jiawei Feng ,&nbsp;Zhiyuan Yan ,&nbsp;Shenfei Chen ,&nbsp;Nuoqi Wang ,&nbsp;Bang Qin ,&nbsp;Bao Cao ,&nbsp;Yedong Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The widespread use of multi-spectral light emitting diodes (LEDs) in landscape lighting has led to increasing ground-level light pollution and potential ecological risks, highlighting the need for improved spectral assessment tools. However, spectral measurements are expensive and time-consuming, while non-spectral measurements are limited to specific bands. This study introduces a novel colorimetric-based metric for evaluating ecological light pollution from multi-spectral lighting. By analyzing spectral data, we identified a linear relationship between the spectral responses across various species and tristimulus values of different LEDs. Our method, validated with in situ hyperspectral imaging measurements of lighting facades in downtown Shanghai, China, achieves acceptable precision, with maximum errors under 15 % for human circadian rhythms and under 10 % for plant photosynthesis, moths, and bees. To support practical applications, this study presents a general model for light pollution assessments and addresses the issue of metamerism, which affects prediction accuracy in multi-spectral lighting. The innovation of the model proposed in this study lies in its focus on predicting the absolute intensity of ecological light pollution and its applicability across different LED spectra. This colorimetric-based estimation helps to quickly predict the ecological consequences and thus mitigate the increasing light pollution under the development of lighting technologies. It is a preliminary but valuable attempt to integrate ecological light pollution research with multi-spectral lighting practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107718"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial-temporal variations of cultivated land compensation and its compensation mechanism in mainland China","authors":"Shulin Chen,&nbsp;Ben Pei","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107712","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107712","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultivated land compensation can alleviate the conflict between cultivated land protection and socio-economic development. Exploring the spatial-temporal trends of cultivated land compensation, and formulating a scientific and reasonable compensation mechanism are important to achieve sustainable development. To analyze the spatial-temporal changes of the area, comprehensive non-market value, and compensation amount of cultivated land in mainland China, this paper constructed a comprehensive non-market value evaluation framework including positive ecological, negative ecological, and social values, and designed a feasible cultivated land compensation model. In terms of cultivated land area, the cultivated land area indicated an overall surplus condition, and the total net surplus area during 2000–2021 was 54.4 million hectares per year. On a spatial scale, the net surplus districts were concentrated in the north and the center of China, while the net deficit districts were in the developed areas along the southeast coast. In terms of comprehensive non-market value, except for negative ecological value, all other non-market values had increased. On a spatial scale, the coupling relationship between comprehensive non-market value and regional economic development was obvious, presenting a higher value observed in the southeastern coastal developed provinces, and a lower one in the developing inland provinces. In terms of compensation amount, the total payment amount of the payment districts was difficult to cover the total compensation amount of the compensated districts, a certain compensation gap between the two appeared, averaging 6.03 trillion RMB during 2000–2021. On a spatial scale, the payment districts were mainly distributed in the southeastern coastal area, and the number of the payment districts was smaller than that of the compensated area. It is suggested that we should clarify the subject of cultivated land compensation and identify its rights and responsibilities, highlight the leading role of the central government and give full play to the main role of all levels of government, adopt diversified market financing instruments according to local conditions, and formulate relevant supporting security systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107712"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Green merger and acquisition and green technology innovation: Stimulating quantity or quality?","authors":"Yan Zhang ,&nbsp;Ziyuan Sun ,&nbsp;Yiqiang Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>An increasing number of heavy pollution enterprises are enthusiastically involved in green merger and acquisition<span> (GMA), but the impact on green technology innovation (eco-innovation) has yet to be explored. Does it stimulate the quantity or quality of eco-innovation? By manually collecting GMA engagements of China's heavy pollution enterprises from 2010 to 2020, this study employed the staggered DID method to explore this issue. The empirical results show that: (1) GMA significantly improves the quantity rather than the quality of eco-innovation. After a </span></span>battery<span> of robustness checks, such as the parallel trend test, placebo test, substitution variables, and an adjusted sample interval, the conclusion remains valid. (2) Through analyzing the motivation of GMA, we find that the desire to obtain government green innovation subsidies and enjoy tax preferences prevails, which results in the scale and quality of GMA tending to be smaller and worse, respectively. (3) Moreover, the decline in the quality of environmental disclosure and CSR provides further evidence that the quality of eco-innovation did not improve. Briefly, this study enriches theoretical grounding regarding strategies of GMA in heavy pollution enterprises and provides implications for governments in emerging economies to guide enterprises to sincerely promote both the quantity and quality of eco-innovation via GMA deals.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 107265"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42652396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regionalized environmental damages and life cycle cost of chickpea production using LC-IMPACT assessment","authors":"Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei,&nbsp;Anders Damgaard","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107259","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107259","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Modern intensive agriculture worldwide is generating increasing environmental and economic pressures that hinder its sustainable development. This study proposes the joint use </span>life cycle assessment<span> (LCA) and life cycle costing<span> (LCC) to evaluate irrigated chickpea production (ICP) and the eco-environmental situation of dry farming (DFCP). Data are collected from 625 chickpea farmers in in the Kermanshah province of Iran. The most updated approach, LC-IMPACT, is applied for the first time globally in agricultural activity LCA. Results indicate that most impact categories of ICP have higher rates than DFCP. On-Field emissions and pesticides in DFCP, and nitrogen and phosphate in ICP, are identified as the main hotspots. The LCC analysis reveals that the total emissions cost (EC) for DFCP and ICP is 130 and 53 $ per one tone of chickpea (1TCP</span></span></span>⁻¹), respectively. Additionally, the LCC for DFCP and ICP is computed as 837 and 666 $ 1TCP⁻¹. The eco-efficiency rate of damage categories in DFCP shows a better situation compared to the ICP scenario. The findings indicate that the DFCP scenario exhibits a higher level of environmental friendliness compared to the ICP scenario. Finally, it can be concluded that the joint use of LC-IMPACT assessment method and LCC can contribute to achieving better eco-environmental conditions in chickpea production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 107259"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42161313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of farmland use transition on CO2 emissions and its spatial spillover effects from the perspective of main function-oriented zoning: The case of Huang-Huai-Hai plain","authors":"Mengcheng Wang, N. Lin, Youming Dong, Xianjin Huang, Yuxiang Ma, Yifeng Tang, Xiangqian Tao, Xinhai Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42798081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Testing the effectiveness of deploying distributed photovoltaic power systems in residential buildings: Evidence from rural China","authors":"Lu Tong ,&nbsp;Yong Geng ,&nbsp;Yunyun Zhang ,&nbsp;Yang Zhang ,&nbsp;Hui Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107300","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>It is critical to promote photovoltaic<span> (PV) power since it helps build up an efficient energy system<span> and facilitates the achievements of China's carbon peak and carbon neutrality targets. However, there are several challenges to deploy distributed PV power in rural areas. In order to uncover the key influencing factors and measure the associated environmental and economic benefits of deploying distributed </span></span></span>PV systems in rural China, we conducted a questionnaire survey and interviews in 296 villages with 913 rural households from 2019 to 2023. An </span>econometric<span> model was established to uncover the factors influencing the installation of distributed PV systems in rural China. The results show that those households living in the PV pilot policy areas are more inclined to accept distributed PV systems. Better understanding of relevant policies, more active involvement of village committees and higher educational level of villagers led to their higher enthusiasm for installing PV systems. We also find that distributed PV power can result in significant energy savings and emission reduction. Based on these findings, we propose several policy recommendations from the perspectives of system construction, governmental regulations, and capacity building efforts. We expect that these findings can help promote rural energy transition through the application of distributed PV power in rural households.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 107300"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41083843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can network analysis ascertain SDGs interlinkages towards evidence-based policy planning? A systematic critical assessment","authors":"Lea Issa,&nbsp;Toufic Mezher,&nbsp;Mutasem El Fadel","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107295","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The UN Sustainable Development Goals<span> (SDGs) are set on the principle of leaving no one behind, emphasizing their integrated and indivisible nature that requires a holistic approach to achieve sustainable development. While a general consensus persists, that SDGs are closely interlinked, the tools to define or quantify interlinkages remain debatable and challenging with network analysis being advocated as an integrated approach that may offer such guidance. Past efforts explored the potential of network analysis in identifying SDGs interactions however, many gaps remain evident. Relying on a systematic critical assessment, this study identified such gaps through a system's approach that encompassed several sequential steps, including the selection of the geographic location followed by the definition of SDGs goals-targets-indicators and data gathering from accessible data sources. Interactions are then identified with corresponding methods and qualifiers based on network analysis, ending with the synthesis and interpretation for gap identification. Besides identifying existing gaps, the analysis revealed that only a small percentage of reported efforts argued policy implications with limited to no evidence of translation into policymaking. In closure, we proposed a network analysis framework integrating SDGs interactions with evidence-based policymaking towards enhancing SDGs achievement.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 107295"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41083793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the effects of market-oriented reforms on industrial land use eco-efficiency in China: Evidence from a spatial and non-linear analysis","authors":"Bingqing Li,&nbsp;Zhanqi Wang,&nbsp;Feng Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107211","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107211","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The abundant supply of industrial land has played an important role in China's large-scale urbanization and industrialization. A large amount of industrial land is characterized by low-efficiency use and high industrial-pollution emissions. To improve industrial land use<span> eco-efficiency (ILUE), the Chinese government is continuously strengthening the market-oriented reforms of industrial land transactions. Different from previous studies that assess the effectiveness of such an effort based on non-spatial and linear perspectives, this study explores the spatial and non-linear effects of the market-oriented reforms on ILUE, using data of 99 cities in China collected from 2009 to 2020. We evaluate the market-oriented reforms with two indicators of industrial land premium rate (ILPR) and the ratio of bidding, auction, and listing (RBAL) in industrial land transactions, then measure the spatial and non-linear effects using the spatial panel data model. The results show that the rising ILPR in adjacent cities negatively affected local ILUE, but the RBAL had no obvious spatial effects. The relationship between ILPR and ILUE showed a U-shaped curve; that between RBAL and ILUE was an inverted U-shape. The effects were heterogeneous across regions. The rising ILPR of adjacent cities positively affected local ILUE in the east, while negatively in the central region. The increasing RBAL had no noticeable spatial effects except in the central region. The western region did not show significant spatial effects. The relationships between ILUE and the two indicators showed U-shaped curves of different shapes in the three regions. The findings help to improve future ILUE by managing the industrial land markets in better ways.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 107211"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42008689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic cycle, labour market and pro-environmental behaviours. The case of separate waste collection in Italy","authors":"Massimiliano Agovino ,&nbsp;Massimiliano Cerciello ,&nbsp;Gaetano Musella","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Pro-environmental behaviours have been studied extensively in the economic literature, with particular regard to the effects induced by unemployment. A key element that was little investigated in previous contributions consists in intrahousehold dynamics. This work provides a novel microeconomic framework describing the interaction between economic cycle and intrahousehold time allocation that is ultimately responsible for the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours. Intrahousehold differences in productivity represent a key assumption in this framework. The theoretical model is then tested empirically on recent Italian observations using </span>Data Envelopment Analysis<span>. Our results indicate that the most efficient allocations are attained in periods when joint drops in unemployment and female labour market participation (added worker effect) lead to intrahousehold specialisation.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 107207"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41510195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moving towards co-benefits of hydropower: Ecological efficiency evaluation based on LCA and DEA","authors":"Xincong Liu ,&nbsp;Yaqin Jiang ,&nbsp;Xiangyu Zheng ,&nbsp;Wenyue Hou ,&nbsp;Xiehang Chen ,&nbsp;Shijiang Xiao ,&nbsp;Xiaohong Zhang ,&nbsp;Shihuai Deng ,&nbsp;Jingjing Hao ,&nbsp;Huawei Luo ,&nbsp;Hengyu Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107208","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107208","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>China is ambitious to develop renewable energy for the commitment of carbon neutralization in 2060. Hydropower has been regarded as one important solution to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by replacing fossil fuels, while the related ecological impacts hinder its sustainable development. This study proposes a framework to integrate life cycle analysis<span><span> and ecosystem service assessment by evaluating 43 case hydropower plants (HPs) in China. Combining with the super slacks-based measurement model, the ecological efficiency of HPs is evaluated to provide optimizing pathways. The results show most </span>environmental impacts<span><span> of the whole HP life cycle are from the preparation and construction stages of HPs. The ecosystem service losses (ESLs) are mainly from the losses of biodiversity and water supply. The first cascade HP generally has a smaller ecological efficiency than downstream HPs. Furthermore, the current pricing structure of the studied HPs does not adequately account for the associated ESLs. It suggests that consumers in transmission destinations should bear a higher cost to address the ecological impacts of HP operations. Consequently, there is a need to revise the pricing mechanisms to reflect and internalize the ecological costs more accurately. Finally, based on the results, policy implications for achieving “co-benefit” of </span>hydropower development and ecosystem protection were raised: (a) conducting the comprehensive and systematic evaluation of HPs including LCA and ESL assessment before HP planning; (b) ensuring the connectivity of natural flow and the preservation of fish areas; (c) revising the pricing mechanisms of hydropower based on the fair price.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 107208"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42105833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}