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Ecohydrological resilience to short-term warming in a high-altitude peatland under different water table levels 不同地下水位下高海拔泥炭地对短期变暖的生态水文恢复力
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108065
Paul P.J. Gaffney , Qiuhong Tang , Jinsong Wang , Chi Zhang , Ximeng Xu , Ruibo Zhang , Tianya Yin , Yuan Li , Mengyu Ge , Xiangbo Xu , Fei Wu , Yuan Yuan Zhou , Quanwen Li , Joshua L. Ratcliffe
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Prerequisites for the adoption of nature-based solutions in local communities using the NbS Assessment Tool (NAT): A case study of Lahore, Pakistan 利用国家统计局评估工具(NAT)在当地社区采用基于自然的解决方案的先决条件:以巴基斯坦拉合尔为例
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108066
Aimen Feroz , Irfan Ahmad Rana
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Balancing act: How community measures shape environmental risk perceptions and preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic 平衡行动:社区措施如何在COVID-19大流行期间塑造环境风险认知和预防行为
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108062
Zonghan Li , Qiang Zhang , Chunyan Wang , Fang Zhang , Yi Liu , Lei Zhang , Dan Xie
{"title":"Balancing act: How community measures shape environmental risk perceptions and preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Zonghan Li ,&nbsp;Qiang Zhang ,&nbsp;Chunyan Wang ,&nbsp;Fang Zhang ,&nbsp;Yi Liu ,&nbsp;Lei Zhang ,&nbsp;Dan Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Residential communities play a crucial role in decelerating public health crises. The perceived risk of viral infection via environmental media may change dynamically, leading to heterogeneous interactions between individuals and communities intended to prevent an epidemic. However, it remains unclear how community-level measures influence individual preventive behaviours. Taking COVID-19 as an example, three rounds of surveys were conducted across different stages of the pandemic in Beijing, China, from March 2020 to August 2021. The results show that individuals maintained high levels of environmental risk perceptions (3.97 out of 5 on average) and a high likelihood of engaging in preventive behaviours (72.1 % on average) across different stages. Droplet- and aerosol-related environmental risk perceptions and preventive behaviours were promoted most actively in environmental media and exceeded perceptions and behaviours related to buildings' sanitary plumbing systems and wastewater by 25.5 %. By establishing a series of structural equation models, we analysed the decision-making process for preventive behaviour influenced by environmental risk perceptions (average <em>β</em> = 0.32). Individual mentalities on community measures mediated this decision-making process by 16.7 % ∼ 25.7 %. Additionally, we found that the mediating effects increased with the stringency of community measures and varied across different environmental media. The findings highlight the significance of community-level governance in reshaping individuals' environmental risk perceptions and preventive behaviours to enable more effective public health strategies and enhance the resilience of cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108062"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144501251","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}
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The role of carbon sinks and renewable energy in the allocation of China's provincial carbon emissions allowance: From the perspectives of equity, efficiency, and continuity 碳汇和可再生能源在中国省级碳排放限额分配中的作用:基于公平、效率和连续性的视角
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108058
Jiandong Bai , Jiating Zhou , Chen Zhao , I-Shin Chang , Jing Wu
{"title":"The role of carbon sinks and renewable energy in the allocation of China's provincial carbon emissions allowance: From the perspectives of equity, efficiency, and continuity","authors":"Jiandong Bai ,&nbsp;Jiating Zhou ,&nbsp;Chen Zhao ,&nbsp;I-Shin Chang ,&nbsp;Jing Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108058","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108058","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbon sinks and renewable energy are crucial natural endowments for achieving net-zero emissions and should be integral to carbon control strategies, including carbon emissions allowance (CEA) allocation. However, the roles of these endowments in CEA allocation remain unclear. This paper presents a comprehensive allocation framework, examining 43 decision scenarios to assess how carbon sinks and renewable energy endowments influence the allocation process for China's carbon abatement target in 2030. These scenarios' equity, efficiency, and historical continuity are evaluated to reveal the influence through the Gini coefficient, EBM-DEA model, and social network analysis. Results indicate that the modified efficiency criterion scenario, where carbon sinks and renewable energy endowments are integrated with the SBM-DEA model, offers the best equity and efficiency. Under this optimal scenario, the capacity of renewable energy endowments to drive economic development and the total amount of carbon sinks directly influence provincial CEA, favoring eastern and southern provinces, which receive higher allowances than northern regions. Conversely, scenarios based directly on natural endowments are less equitable with lower efficiency scores, where the interprovincial differences in CEA are exacerbated. To avoid abrupt fluctuation in provincial development orientations, the historical continuity of each allocation scenario shall be improved. By rationally utilizing the compensatory interactions of multiple allocation criteria, policymakers can enhance allocation equity, efficiency, and continuity. This study aids policymakers in understanding the impact of natural endowments on CEA allocation and carbon emissions reductions from various perspectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108058"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490242","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}
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Harnessing nature: Evaluating cost-effective and globally sustainable solutions for Africa's environmental resilience 利用自然:评估非洲环境复原力的成本效益和全球可持续解决方案
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108064
Michael Asiedu Kumi , Jinyan Zhan , Linyu Xu , Louis Addae-Wireko , Wei Liu , Zheng Yang , Fredrick Kwame Yeboah , Samuel Yeboah , Susana Addae-Wireko , Dakurah Collins Kyefondeme
{"title":"Harnessing nature: Evaluating cost-effective and globally sustainable solutions for Africa's environmental resilience","authors":"Michael Asiedu Kumi ,&nbsp;Jinyan Zhan ,&nbsp;Linyu Xu ,&nbsp;Louis Addae-Wireko ,&nbsp;Wei Liu ,&nbsp;Zheng Yang ,&nbsp;Fredrick Kwame Yeboah ,&nbsp;Samuel Yeboah ,&nbsp;Susana Addae-Wireko ,&nbsp;Dakurah Collins Kyefondeme","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Africa faces pressing ecological challenges, making the evaluation of nature-based solutions essential for sustainability across the continent. This review article assessed prevailing trends, identified key ecological issues, and outlined the benefits of NbS within the African context. This study conducted a systematic literature review in accordance with the protocol outlined by the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) focusing on ecological issues and the application of nature-based solutions. The results revealed climate change as the most pervasive and complex ecological challenge facing Africa. Additionally, nature-based solutions applied in Africa leveraged inherent resilience, provided a diverse array of ecosystem services, and covered diverse spatiotemporal scales, supporting the continent's sustainability and resilience. These solutions were categorized into three distinct groups: cost-effective, globally friendly, and local stewardship, each highlighting diverse strategies such as afforestation, sustainable farming methods, innovative water management, and climate adaptation initiatives and concluded with the top-rated and widely embraced nature-based solutions. This study offers a pathway to sustainable development by integrating resilience, biodiversity conservation, and community-driven approaches tailored to the continent's unique environmental and socio-economic contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108064"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144501249","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}
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Clearer flow, lower glow: Reassessing water valuation amid water quality improvement 水流更清,辉光更低:水质改善中的水价值重估
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108056
Xun Fan , Mengdi Liu , Bing Zhang , Qianqian Wang
{"title":"Clearer flow, lower glow: Reassessing water valuation amid water quality improvement","authors":"Xun Fan ,&nbsp;Mengdi Liu ,&nbsp;Bing Zhang ,&nbsp;Qianqian Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108056","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108056","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is an implicit assumption in most regulatory analyses that baseline environmental conditions are static. In developing countries, rapid environmental improvements resulting from regulation can amplify the biases created by this assumption. This paper is the first attempt to link water quality as a baseline environmental condition with the marginal value of clean water. Leveraging positive shocks to water quality through the dissemination of water quality information to governments in an experiment in China, this paper estimates the effect of water quality on willingness to pay (WTP) for clean water. With an instrumental variable (IV) model, we find that a one-unit increase in water quality index would lead to an approximate 34.2 % decrease in WTP for clean water. Our findings highlight the diminishing marginal value of clean water in developing countries with tightening regulations and rapidly improving water quality. This suggests that overlooking the relationship between water quality and marginal value of clean water may lead to an overestimation of policy benefits. In addition, we provide suggestive evidence that our findings of a negative WTP effect are likely attributable to the reduction in perceived water quality risks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108056"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490240","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}
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Systematic review of life cycle assessment of thermoelectric materials and devices to identify knowledge gaps and sustainability perspectives 系统回顾热电材料和器件的生命周期评估,以确定知识差距和可持续性观点
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108060
Unza Jamil , Nicholas M. Holden
{"title":"Systematic review of life cycle assessment of thermoelectric materials and devices to identify knowledge gaps and sustainability perspectives","authors":"Unza Jamil ,&nbsp;Nicholas M. Holden","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research examines the sustainability of thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices through a systematic review of 15 life cycle assessment (LCA) studies. The review was designed to focus on the significant question, not addressed in the literature, of whether published LCAs of thermoelectric materials and devices collectively enable conclusions to be drawn at the sector scale. The analysis focused on gaps and inconsistencies in the methodologies employed, including a lack of adherence to ISO standards, varying definitions of functional units, and incomplete reporting of environmental impacts. Most studies concentrate on traditional TE materials, such as bismuth telluride, with little emphasis on alternative or emerging materials. The majority of the assessments are based on process-oriented attributional LCAs, while consequential LCAs and cradle-to-cradle approaches are notably underutilized. Key findings suggest that, although TE technologies have the potential to offer environmental advantages—like energy recovery from waste heat and efficient cooling—there are considerable challenges that must be addressed. These include high production costs, dependence on toxic materials, and scalability concerns. The findings of the review illuminate the pathway for future research. It is recommended to focus on the development of sustainable and abundant materials, ensure compliance with standardized LCA methodologies, and incorporate cradle-to-end-of-use assessments to enhance transparency and comparability. There should also be an increased emphasis on case-specific analyses and the use of advanced computational models to better inform decisions regarding environmental sustainability and scalability. While TE technologies are promising, the inconsistencies and gaps in current studies limit a thorough understanding of their environmental impacts and broader acceptance. This review highlights the critical need for consistent methodologies, greater exploration of diverse materials, and geographic inclusivity to build a solid foundation for assessing the sustainability of TE materials and devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108060"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490241","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}
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Understanding lead exposure through data and domain expertise: Insights from New Jersey with a geographically weighted regression analysis 通过数据和领域专业知识了解铅暴露:来自新泽西州的见解与地理加权回归分析
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108063
Danlin Yu, Gift Fabolude, Charles Knoble, Anvy Vu
{"title":"Understanding lead exposure through data and domain expertise: Insights from New Jersey with a geographically weighted regression analysis","authors":"Danlin Yu,&nbsp;Gift Fabolude,&nbsp;Charles Knoble,&nbsp;Anvy Vu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lead contamination remains a persistent and dangerous threat, particularly affecting young children and vulnerable communities. This study aims to develop a comprehensive lead exposure risk map for New Jersey municipalities by integrating diverse lead contamination data and analyzing the spatial distribution and magnitude of lead exposure risks. Utilizing both data-driven and participatory approaches, we employed Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to create distinct multi-criteria lead exposure indices. Then, a Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) analysis was conducted to explore the local variations in lead exposure and the factors influencing these risks using both indices. Our linear models indicate that both PCA and AHP-based indices effectively capture the essence of lead exposure in urban areas, with significant correlations (Adjusted R<sup>2</sup> = 0.225 for PCA and 0.466 for AHP, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.01) observed between the indices and socioeconomic factors, with poverty, percentage of people of color, and housing tenure consistently identified as critical local predictors. The GWR analysis revealed not only the local variability of these factors' influence on lead exposure, but also that incorporating stakeholder knowledge and expert input provides valuable insights that pure data-driven methods may overlook. The study revealed significant spatial variations in lead exposure across New Jersey, identifying localized risk hotspots in urban areas such as Newark. Socioeconomic disparities, particularly poverty levels, percentage of people of color, and rental housing rates, though having spatially varying influences on lead exposure, were found to have significantly influence nonetheless, highlighting important environmental justice concerns. Furthermore, combining expert-driven (AHP) and data-driven (PCA) indices provided complementary insights, emphasizing the value of integrating stakeholder expertise with empirical data for targeted public health interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108063"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144471131","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}
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“Resource-carbon” redistribution caused by Japan's cement production and consumption: a life-cycle based multilayer perspective 日本水泥生产和消费引发的“资源-碳”再分配:基于生命周期的多层视角
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108051
Yueyang Bai , Masatoshi Hasegawa , Hiroaki Shirakawa , Eiji Yamasue , Hiroki Tanikawa
{"title":"“Resource-carbon” redistribution caused by Japan's cement production and consumption: a life-cycle based multilayer perspective","authors":"Yueyang Bai ,&nbsp;Masatoshi Hasegawa ,&nbsp;Hiroaki Shirakawa ,&nbsp;Eiji Yamasue ,&nbsp;Hiroki Tanikawa","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inter-reginal trade of raw materials, energy, and products within Japan's cement supply chain creates substantial telecoupled material and carbon flows. Temporal dynamics in regional cement consumption and supply chain structure have discrepant effects on production regions and resource suppliers. However, existing literature studies primarily focused on single-year carbon flows and obscured transportation impacts. Therefore, this study developed a process-based life cycle multi-layer supply network integrating transport data, trade statistics, and gravity model to quantify material and carbon flows embedded in Japan's prefectural cement supply network from 2010 to 2022. Results reveal that in 2022, up to 88 % of total material requirement (TMR) and 74 % of carbon footprint (CF) impacts attributed to inter-prefectural trade and energy imports, while transportation processes contributed about 5 % to the total impacts. Domestically, TMR and CF transfers primarily flowed from northern regions (Hokkaido, Iwate) and southern regions (Fukuoka, Yamaguchi, Kochi) toward three major economic centers, while smaller transfer networks emerged around Saitama, Niigata, and Mie prefectures. The production-side TMR and CF of major impact-exporting prefectures have recently declined due to reduced remote consumption, while Hyogo demonstrated slight growth driven by supply increases. Internationally, approximately 38 % of TMR impacts were externalized to coal-exporting countries, with Australia and Indonesia replacing Russia's historical dominance following geopolitical changes, leading to a 22 % increase in long-distance maritime impacts. These findings underscore the need for implementing targeted cross-cutting mitigation strategies (i.e., low-carbon fuels and material-efficient design) to achieve a more sustainable and resilient cement industry in Japan.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108051"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144471040","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}
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Assessing the environmental and economic performances of 3D printing processes for manufacturing printed circuit boards 评估用于制造印刷电路板的3D打印工艺的环境和经济性能
IF 9.8 1区 社会学
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108057
Yingying Ke , Fu Gu , Jingxiang Lv , Jianfeng Guo
{"title":"Assessing the environmental and economic performances of 3D printing processes for manufacturing printed circuit boards","authors":"Yingying Ke ,&nbsp;Fu Gu ,&nbsp;Jingxiang Lv ,&nbsp;Jianfeng Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Though extensive efforts have been invested in developing 3D (3-dimensional) printing processes to produce printed circuit boards (PCBs), the environmental and economic aspects of such processes remain underexamined. To bridge this knowledge gap, we investigate the environmental and economic performances of four 3D printing processes (i.e., fused deposition modeling [FDM], direct ink writing [DIW], inkjet printing [IJP], and aerosol-jet printing [AJP]) for PCB production employing an ex-ante life cycle assessment (LCA) method and a traditional life cycle costing (LCC) method, in comparison with the most widely-used PCB manufacturing process, i.e., the subtractive process. Our findings indicate that in general, the environmental performance of the four 3D printing processes is superior to that of the subtractive process, and substantial environmental benefits occur in the preprocessing stage of the 3D printing processes due to lower energy and material consumptions. However, in terms of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emission, only FDM is environmentally beneficial, as the carbon emission of this process is less than 40 % of those of the other four processes, while the other 3D printing processes emit more CO<sub>2</sub> than the subtractive process. Additionally, only FDM is economically feasible to replace the subtractive process in terms of life cycle cost, as its life cycle cost is merely less than 20 % of those of the other four processes. Again, the life cycle costs of DIW, IJP, and AJP are much greater than those of the baseline due to the high costs of silver inks and AJP printers. The sensitivity analysis underscores the influence of circuit density and thickness on the processes' overall environmental and economic performances. Furthermore, based on the observations, we offer practical implications and research perspectives to facilitate the adoption of 3D printing in electronics manufacturing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 108057"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144471128","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}
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