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{"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":"Solastalgia and public environment-friendly behaviors in the urbanization context","authors":"Junpeng Chen ,&nbsp;Wenjia Zhao ,&nbsp;Guoping Yuan ,&nbsp;Liting Wang ,&nbsp;Yue Zhou ,&nbsp;Xingyu Xiao ,&nbsp;Liuna Geng","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Incorporating broader health determinants (e.g., solastalgia) into Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been recommended to better understand its social impacts. Whether such negative feelings prompt positive responses (e.g., environment-friendly behaviors) among residents has received limited attention and remains a subject of debate. The present work, therefore, examines the relationship between perceived environmental risks, solastalgia, internal environmental locus of control, and public environment-friendly behaviors, particularly in the context of urbanization-induced environmental risk perception. Valid data from 702 residents were analyzed through structural equation modeling. Findings confirmed that, perceived environmental risks due to urbanization are positively associated with public environment-friendly behaviors through the chain mediating roles of solastalgia and internal environmental locus of control. The study thus validated a shortened solastalgia scale in the urbanization context through psychometric analysis and contributes to the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and the Attribution Theory framework. Specifically, it highlights the importance of considering locus of control from Attribution Theory when predicting individuals' protection motivation in response to perceived risks, reflecting both threat appraisal and coping appraisal as emphasized in PMT. Moreover, the findings revealed significant age differences in feelings of solastalgia, with older participants reporting higher levels of solastalgia. Gender differences were also observed, with men reporting significantly greater engagement in public environment-friendly behaviors than women. These findings offer practical implications for designing interventions that prioritize human well-being and promote sustainable behaviors. They also provide insights for policymakers seeking to enhance public acceptance of environmental policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107714"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592685","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":"Environmental assessment of cenosphere and GGBFS-based geopolymers: A path to greener construction materials","authors":"Muhammad Usama Salim ,&nbsp;Aamar Danish ,&nbsp;Anthony S. Torres ,&nbsp;Carlos Moro","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107711","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107711","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the viability of utilizing cenospheres as an alternative precursor material for geopolymer formulation, comparing their performance against ground-granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) across various parameters such as strength, durability, cost, and environmental impacts. A cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment was performed to evaluate the environmental impact of geopolymer mixtures containing varying proportions of cenosphere and GGBFS, relative to conventional cement mortar (CM). Additionally, a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) analysis was employed by assigning varied importance levels to identify the optimal formulation derived from performance (strength and durability), cost, and environmental impact. The findings demonstrate that GGBFS/cenosphere-based geopolymers lower global warming potential (GWP) by 24–33 % compared to CM. Moreover, incorporating 25–75 % cenospheres in geopolymers reduces GWP by 4–7 % and energy consumption by 5 % compared to purely GGBFS-based geopolymers. The eutrophication potential (EP) and acidification potential (AP) were also reduced by 3–10 % and 5–15 %, respectively, by adding 25–75 % cenospheres in geopolymers. However, the cost is also increased by 6–18 %. Based on the MCDM analysis, geopolymers containing cenosphere possess higher overall sustainability than conventional cement-based mortars.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107711"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142586496","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":"Interactive and dynamic insights into environmental impacts of a neighborhood: A tight coupling of multi-agent system and dynamic life cycle assessment","authors":"Shu Su ,&nbsp;Jingyi Ju ,&nbsp;Jingfeng Yuan ,&nbsp;Yuan Chang ,&nbsp;Qian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107708","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107708","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Neighborhoods consume large amount of energy and generate substantial pollutant emissions worldwide, and assessment of the environmental impacts (EIs) has garnered particular attention. Nevertheless, the traditional life cycle assessment (LCA) method fails to account for the local variability in non-homogeneous systems due to spatiotemporal dynamics and interactions. Hence, this study integrated the multi-agent system (MAS) with the dynamic LCA (DLCA) model to develop an intelligent EIs assessment model at the neighborhood scale from an interactive and dynamic perspective. MAS was employed to simulate the interactions in neighborhoods and generate foreground elementary flow data considering dynamics. DLCA provides an impact assessment framework. The proposed model was applied to a university campus to demonstrate its operability, and the enhancement effectiveness of integrating MAS with DLCA can be observed. The interactions among the climate, people, and built environment agents on the campus were simulated.10 temporal dynamic factors and four kinds of case-specific dynamic parameters were considered. The effects of several optimization strategies were simulated, and valuable directions, like raising energy conservation awareness, regulating public devices, and improving the campus layout, were proposed. This study established a comprehensive integrated MAS-DLCA model at the neighborhood scale, providing a methodology and practical application process for future studies. It can be used to promote green neighborhood management and sustainable city practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107708"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572709","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":"Multilevel analysis of land reallocation and carbon emissions through food trade","authors":"Zhiyu Zhu ,&nbsp;Shengfu Yang ,&nbsp;Wenjie Fu ,&nbsp;Peng Zhang ,&nbsp;Shougeng Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107710","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107710","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The globalization of food consumption represents that one country mitigate domestic land resources scarcity by trading food. Land for production is actually being reallocated among countries, and the consequent carbon emissions are flowing across regions. However, it remains unclear what the patterns and features of land reallocation and carbon emission at the diverse levels globally. This study applied physical trade flow and agglomerative clustering analysis to elucidate the patterns and connection of land reallocation and carbon emission transfer though food trade from 2001 to 2021. The results show that global land reallocation increased from 1.67 to 3.10 million km², primarily provided by America. The global land reallocation is classified into five patterns, China is classified as the “dependents” in the global land reallocation patterns, while the United States and Brazil are the “monopolists”. The “suppliers” is comprised of five countries which are the main providers of land reallocation. Fifteen land-reliant countries are classified as “demanders”, while most of countries are classified as “balancers” self-sufficient in land. Carbon emissions from land reallocation have risen by 136 million tons during two decades, with Asia and Europe transfer pollution to South America, and Brazil becoming the largest emitter. Moreover, the arable land, government investment in agriculture and population are the major drivers of embodied carbon emissions. This study underscores the redistributive effects of food trade on land, which is significant for optimizing the global allocation of land resources and achieving the sustainable agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107710"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572710","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":"Structural evolution of CO2 emissions outsourcing within the global ICT multinational investment network","authors":"Xiaoping Zhang ,&nbsp;Tao Zhao ,&nbsp;Hao Feng ,&nbsp;Yujie Wei ,&nbsp;Rong Yuan ,&nbsp;Liang Dong","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107703","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107703","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid expansion of ICT-related multinational enterprises (IMNEs) has introduced significant challenges in emissions mitigation. This paper uses a multi-regional input-output model and complex network analysis to examine the global CO₂ emissions transfer network driven by IMNEs (GCNI) from 2000 to 2019. The results reveal that between 2009 and 2019, post-financial crisis interconnectedness increased, raising network density from 0.48 to 0.58. During the period of 2000–2019, the GCNI underwent dynamic cluster adjustments, forming two distinct communities by 2019: an Asian community led by China and a cross-regional community led by the United States (US). China, Hong Kong, the US, Japan, South Korea, Germany, and Taiwan held central positions, with smaller economies acting as connectors in a core-periphery structure. These findings emphasize the need to strengthen global governance and foster cooperative emission reduction in the digital era.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107703"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142561051","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":"Changing sense of place in privately owned public spaces during the pandemic: Evidence from a regression discontinuity in time design","authors":"Eunah Jung","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107706","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107706","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As COVID-19 directly and indirectly affected a wide range of urban living and activity spaces, people's sense of place and human-place interactions in urban public spaces have attracted considerable interest from practitioners and scholars across various disciplines. Using a regression discontinuity in time design combined with natural language processing techniques, this study investigates how people's emotional experiences expressed in tweets within privately owned public spaces (POPS) changed following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan, New York City. The findings indicate that while people using Twitter tended to express heightened negative sentiments overall after the pandemic outbreak, their sentiment levels within POPS exhibited a comparatively muted decline compared to those in other locations outside of the spaces. Recognizing POPS as potential sentimental respites and emotional buffers during such crises, this research provides insights for planning and public health interventions aimed at enhancing community well-being and resilience across geographically and socioeconomically diverse contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107706"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552861","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":"Environmental assessment of the use of ground olive stones in mortars. Reduction of CO2 emissions and production of sustainable mortars for buildings","authors":"Jorge Los Santos-Ortega,&nbsp;Esteban Fraile-García,&nbsp;Javier Ferreiro-Cabello","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107709","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107709","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current construction sector needs to include sustainability in the near future. The use of recycled aggregates (RA) instead of natural aggregates (NA) is proving to be an effective strategy to achieve more sustainable materials. In the case of Spain and within the agricultural sector, olive stones have great potential for use as RA, justified by several studies on their technical feasibility. This research evaluates environmentally through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology the incorporation of ground olive stone (GOS) as a partial substitute for natural fine aggregate in 1m³ of mortar in different percentages. In a first phase, the environmental impacts are analysed with the scope of production of 1m³ of mortar (cradle to gate). Subsequently, a long-term assessment is carried out in the use phase to determine the environmental benefits of using the doped mortar in a façade for a new building. Among the most significant and innovative results, it is shown that for a doping percentage of 20 %, CO₂ emissions are reduced by 137.9 % for a simulation period of use of 35 years. This translates into preventing the net emission of 319.43 kg CO₂ eq/m³ of doped mortar into the atmosphere. In addition to avoiding the consumption of 3221.10 MJ/m³ of fossil fuels. All these results support the medium- and long-term environmental profitability of doping the mortar with GOS. Globally, it brings new environmental knowledge to the use of GOS as RAs over NAs and, jointly, to the sector's environmental sustainability objective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107709"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing environmental governance: A text-based artificial intelligence approach for project evaluation involvement","authors":"Alonso Leal ,&nbsp;Sebastián Maldonado ,&nbsp;José Ignacio Martínez ,&nbsp;Silvia Bertazzo ,&nbsp;Sergio Quijada ,&nbsp;Carla Vairetti","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107707","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107707","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of text analytics through deep learning has unlocked a myriad of possibilities for automating administrative tasks within both corporate and governmental settings. This paper presents a novel framework designed to enhance environmental impact assessment systems. Specifically, we focus on predicting the involvement of environmental regulatory agencies in industrial projects based on project content. To tackle this challenge, we develop advanced transformers within a multilabel framework, incorporating class weights to address class imbalance. Experimental results using the Chilean environmental impact assessment system show the efficacy of the framework, achieving an excellent F1 score of 0.8729 in a 14-class multilabel scenario. By eliminating the labor-intensive manual process of inviting government agencies and allowing them to opt out of evaluating specific projects, we significantly reduced project assessment times.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107707"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552860","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":"A call for strategic assessments of regional applications of solar radiation management: Exploring the challenges and opportunities from marine cloud brightening and albedo surface modification","authors":"U. Baresi ,&nbsp;C.M. Baum ,&nbsp;T.B. Fischer ,&nbsp;S. Lockie ,&nbsp;A. Piggott-McKellar ,&nbsp;V. Graham ,&nbsp;E. Bohensky ,&nbsp;L.B. Fritz ,&nbsp;N. Shumway ,&nbsp;D.P. Harrison ,&nbsp;R. Foster ,&nbsp;B.K. Sovacool ,&nbsp;K. Vella ,&nbsp;Z. Ristovski","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107701","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107701","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Technological advancements offer the opportunity for interventions to reduce and potentially even counteract the impacts of climate change. However, advancements that can facilitate the adaptation of human and natural ecosystems to climate change, and possibly lessen the intensity and damaging impacts of extreme weather events, come with social, technical, and environmental challenges. These challenges are triggered by the complexity and uncertainty associated with their deployment in real-world settings. In this paper, we consider Solar Radiation Management interventions aiming to limit the heat absorbed by our planet's surface and trapped in its atmosphere, focusing on Marine Cloud Brightening and Albedo Surface Modification, particularly to protect ice surfaces, as examples of regional-scale interventions. Building on the need for more socially inclusive decision-making around these interventions, as highlighted by the Australian case study of the Great Barrier Reef's Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, this paper proposes a policy framework with worldwide potential to assist with regional Solar Radiation Management. To this end, we suggest the use of Strategic Environmental Assessment, a United Nations recognised policy framework that is applied internationally to support environmentally sustainable strategic decision-making and planning. We consider Strategic Environmental Assessment's performance criteria in relation to Solar Radiation Management and discuss how these align with much-needed assistance in developing socially inclusive Solar Radiation Management interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 107701"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142540342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}