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{"title":"Assessment of environmental product declaration and databases: Towards ensuring data quality assurance practices","authors":"Oludolapo Ibrahim Olanrewaju,&nbsp;Wallace Imoudu Enegbuma,&nbsp;Michael Donn,&nbsp;Oluwatobi Nurudeen Oyefusi","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107803","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107803","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental product declaration (EPD) is a vital tool for sustainable decision-making. However, limited studies have considered electronic databases' importance in shaping EPD adoption's future. The rise in EPDs globally has raised concerns about data quality assurance issues. Therefore, assessing the current EPD and its databases is important to provide a robust pathway for ensuring data quality assurance practices. This study adopted a mixed research approach to address the concerns, including desk research, focus group discussion, and the use of natural language processing (NLP) for analysis of sample EPDs. The desk research includes data scrapping of EPD data from the ECO Platform and expert ranking agreement based on pre-defined attributes. The study revealed a need to improve the current EPD databases to enhance user experience and the structure of construction EPDs due to the poor association between EPDs published by different programme operators. It is also important to note that the top three EPD databases based on expert ranking agreement are: ECO Platform, EPD Norway, and EPD Ireland. The study proposed a conceptual framework and system architecture aimed at improving data quality assurance practices. The findings from this study have direct implications for EPD programme operators, manufacturers, EPD data users, and policy-makers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107803"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143132534","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":"Sustainability on the plate: Unveiling the environmental footprint of pasta supply chain through Life Cycle Assessment","authors":"Eleonora Catellani ,&nbsp;Sophia Manfredini ,&nbsp;Clarissa Amico ,&nbsp;Federica Ciccullo ,&nbsp;Roberto Cigolini","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The sustainability transition of the agri-food supply chain presents numerous challenges, with agriculture alone contributing significantly to climate change, water use, and soil degradation. Cereals represent the largest share of people's dietary patterns, and their production is connected to diverse environmental challenges, which require a holistic approach that encompasses the entire agri-food supply chain. Life Cycle Assessment has been extensively employed to estimate the environmental impacts of agri-food supply chain and more specifically of dry durum wheat pasta. However, no studies have been developed yet for gluten-free pasta and fresh stuffed pasta with increasing consumption patterns that might reshape the environmental sustainability of the food supply chain. This study applies Life Cycle Assessment technique to assess – through a cradle-to-grave approach – the sustainability of gluten-free and fresh stuffed pasta produced in Northern Italy and makes use of 18 Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) on durum wheat pasta to compare the environmental impacts of different pasta recipes. Results reveal that gluten-free pasta is characterized by a strong negative impact in the cultivation stage, due to water-demanding practices adopted to grow rice and corn. Fresh stuffed pasta production is associated to higher impacts both in the distribution phase, due to the energy needed for refrigeration, and in the production of ingredients, because of the additional animal-based products in the recipe. This study could offer a quantitative baseline to pave the way to implement specific mitigation actions and sustainability strategies aimed at improving the environmental performance of pasta supply chain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107821"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143132548","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":"Does land management scale influence farmers' utilization of straw resources? Empirical evidence from rural China","authors":"Jialan Zhang ,&nbsp;Ruohan Zhang ,&nbsp;Kuan Zhang ,&nbsp;Dingde Xu ,&nbsp;Yanbin Qi ,&nbsp;Xin Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107820","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Non-resource utilization, such as burning straw, exacerbates the frequency of extreme climate events and presents significant obstacles to global sustainable development. Identifying methods to enhance straw resource utilization (SRU) is essential for achieving environmentally sustainable agricultural development and mitigating climate change. Large-scale land management has become a cornerstone of contemporary agriculture. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the influence of land management scale (LMS) on farmers' SRU behavior. Specifically, the mechanisms through which LMS impacts farmers' SRU remain unclear. Utilizing comprehensive survey data from rural revitalization efforts in China in 2020, this study employs an IV-Probit model to investigate the quantitative impact and mechanism of LMS on farmers' SRU. The findings indicate that: (1) LMS significantly enhances farmers' SRU behavior, with a one-unit increase in LMS correlating with a 3.90 % rise in the probability of farmers engaging in SRU. This conclusion holds true even after robustness testing. (2) Heterogeneity analysis reveals that LMS exerts a more pronounced influence on SRU among new-generation farmers, large-scale farmers, high-income farmers, pure farmers, and farmers in the southern region. (3) LMS enhances farmers’ SRU behavior by increasing their awareness of environmental protection and economic considerations. The mediating effects of environmental protection awareness and economic considerations on SRU behavior are 5.45 % and 7.82 %, respectively. These findings offer valuable theoretical guidance for refining and enhancing SRU practices in rural areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107820"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143132547","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":"Mortality attributable to ambient PM2.5 pollution in China's aging population","authors":"Lei Wan,&nbsp;Hilary Bambrick,&nbsp;Michael Tong","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>As China's population is aging rapidly, understanding the shifts in PM_2.5 attributable mortality within this context is crucial for informing future clean air policies.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We adopted a Fusion relative risk model, combined with 100 m resolution age structure data, to better estimate China's age- and cause-specific mortality attributable to PM_2.5 over 2010–2019, and projected attributable mortality in 2030 and 2060 at a 0.1° spatial resolution under three scenarios: Baseline, Carbon-peak and Carbon-neutral. We also assessed the impact of population aging using a decomposition method at the grid level.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>PM_2.5 attributable deaths declined by 9.2 % from 2010 (1.95 million, 95 % UI: 1.80–2.09) to 2019 (1.77 million, 95 % UI: 1.64–1.90), with population aging contributing an increase of 0.48 million deaths. The elderly population constituted over 70 % of total attributable mortality during 2010–2019, and this share is expected to increase to over 90 % in 2060 under three future scenarios. Under Baseline scenario, attributable deaths are expected to increase, with population aging as the major contributor. Under Carbon-peak scenario, the projected mortality declines over 2019–2030 and 2030–2060 will be partly offset by population aging. Under Carbon-neutral scenario, population aging is projected to increase attributable deaths by 0.57 million and 1.27 million over the two periods, largely offsetting the reductions achieved by the declines in PM_2.5 concentrations and cause-specific baseline mortality rates.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Population aging is the main factor that increases PM_2.5 attributable mortality. Specific measures considering the vulnerability of the elderly are needed to further alleviate future health burden from air pollution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107823"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143132546","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":"Unveiling the spatio-temporal patterns of vegetation growth influenced by diverse urban intensity gradients","authors":"Jing Zhong ,&nbsp;Jiafeng Liu ,&nbsp;Limin Jiao ,&nbsp;Christian Geiß ,&nbsp;Ariane Droin ,&nbsp;Hannes Taubenböck","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107810","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107810","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban vegetation plays a pivotal role in mitigating environmental challenges, yet its growth is influenced by both positive and negative impacts of urbanization. The spatio-temporal dynamics of these dual effects, particularly the indirect benefits, remain insufficiently explored. Taking Chengdu as a case study, we applied two complementary urban intensity gradients, a conceptual (local) and a physical (rural-urban) approach, to quantify urbanization's impacts on vegetation, as measured by net primary productivity (NPP), and to investigate temporal and spatial variations. Both approaches indicate that urbanization initially has a negative effect on vegetation, but transitions to positive impact as overall urban intensity increases. The conceptual gradient analysis demonstrates a marked temporal increase in positive indirect effect, rising from 0.99 % in 2000 to 49.51 % in 2010 and reaching 85.15 % in 2018, highlighting significant temporal variability in vegetation enhancement. Meanwhile, the physical gradient reveals pronounced spatial heterogeneity, with stable and prominent indirect compensation effects in suburban areas compared to urban cores. These findings deepen the understanding of urban vegetation dynamics and provide valuable guidance for targeted vegetation management and sustainable urban planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107810"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143132533","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":"Research on improving the quality of groundwater self-monitoring via Blockchain technology","authors":"Haixiang Li ,&nbsp;Dongxue Fu ,&nbsp;Meiyue Yang ,&nbsp;Sijie Lin ,&nbsp;Song Zongzhong ,&nbsp;Wei Jiang Liu ,&nbsp;Qing Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is a serious issue of data distortion in groundwater self-monitoring (GSM) on the basis of key soil pollution regulatory units (KSPRUs). In the absence of widespread online multiparameter water quality monitoring devices, traditional blockchain technology (BT) can ensure only the secure transmission and storage of data; however, it cannot effectively improve data quality. Therefore, by categorizing and analysing four types of data distortion—execution deviations, data conflicts, outliers, and data inaccuracies—three main factors contributing to data distortion are identified in this study: operational errors, nonstandard operations, and human falsification. Each factor is further broken down into specific behaviours. On this basis, a BT-based GSM model is proposed. The framework of this model includes four modules: task management and distribution, monitoring process control, intelligent data analysis and sharing, and pollution emergency plan activation. The goal is to gain confirmation from all participants and effectively prevent data disputes. During the monitoring process, BT ensures that all step-by-step information is recorded and stored through methods such as auto-filling, barcode scanning, photo input, and full-process video recording. Subsequent reviews by the system and quality control units can prevent operational errors, non-compliance, and human falsification. Through encryption storage and traceability features, the system can restore modified data without authorization and identify the individuals responsible, thereby reducing the likelihood of data falsification. Finally, data auditing and verification on the basis of Benford's law (BL) demonstrate that the BT-based GSM can effectively improve the quality of groundwater monitoring data in practical applications. After applying this model, issues related to data conflicts, outliers, inaccuracies, and human execution deviations are effectively resolved, and the possibility of human data falsification is significantly reduced.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107811"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143132536","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":"ICT-driven urbanization and energy security risk: Empirical evidence from Group 7 and Emerging 7 economies","authors":"Ahmed Usman ,&nbsp;Syed Muhammad Muddassir Abbas Naqvi ,&nbsp;Ilhan Ozturk ,&nbsp;Ali Hassan ,&nbsp;Asma Arif","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Information and Communication Technology (ICT) allows for real-time monitoring of energy consumption in urban areas. Energy security may be improved by optimizing energy usage, minimizing waste, and improving energy distribution via smart grids, energy management systems, and Internet of Things devices. Thus, this analysis inspects the linkage between ICT, smart urbanization, and energy security risks in Group7 and Emerging 7 economies by employing the Cross-sectionally Augmented ARDL of Chudik and Pesran (2015) for the period of 1995–2020. The results show that increased internet, telephone, and mobile usage help lower the energy security risk in Group 7 and Emerging 7 economies. In contrast, the rising urbanization causes the energy security risk to escalate in both groups of countries. On the other hand, ICT-driven smart urbanization mitigates energy security risk in both Group 7 and Emerging 7; however, these effects are stronger in Group 7 economies. The policymakers in the Group 7 economies should optimize the advantages of ICT-driven urbanization where modern infrastructure and urbanization are more common. On the other hand, policymakers in the Emerging 7 countries should progressively exploit ICT's promise for future energy security while addressing current energy availability and sustainability issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107809"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143131807","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":"Assessment of promotional strategies for construction and demolition waste recycled products based on hybrid simulation system","authors":"Zhikun Ding ,&nbsp;Xinyue Huang ,&nbsp;Xinrui Wang ,&nbsp;Jian Zuo","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107814","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107814","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Construction and demolition waste (CDW) recycling plays a critical role for the construction industry to comply with the circular economy. It predominantly hinges on robust government promotion efforts. However, in practice, challenges such as the high recycling cost of CDW, insufficient awareness of CDW recycled products, and lack of support from policies and standards, lead to bottlenecks in the sales of CDW recycled products. To explore the effects of multiple strategic contexts on the promotion of CDW recycled products, this study innovatively developed a hybrid simulation system with Agent-based modelling (ABM), integrating viewpoint dynamics, infectious disease models, and Back-propagation neural network (BPNN) predictive model from a new perspective of information dissemination and interaction. The proposed hybrid system was verified. It is found that all single strategies show positive effects compared to the baseline context. In terms of promotional impact, strategies are ranked as follows: product enhancement (58.73 %) exerts the greatest influence, followed by enterprise enhancement (42.97 %), marketing promotion (36.94 %), industry rectification (22.16 %), internal promotion (17.37 %), and external publicity (7.00 %) has the least impact. Furthermore, the combined strategy shows the best promotional impact, witnessing a 71.29 % surge in the number of individuals' intention to use CDW recycled products. Therefore, this study highlights the crucial role of enterprise optimization in advancing CDW recycling and underscores the necessity of fostering a synergistic effect with product and enterprise enhancement at its core, bolstered by marketing promotion and governmental guidance as supplementary elements. A multi-dimensional integrated promotion strategy will become an important driving force for the vigorous development of the CDW recycled product market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107814"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143131809","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":"Social life cycle assessment of drinking water: Tap water, bottled mineral water and tap water treated with domestic filters","authors":"Marianna Garfí ,&nbsp;David Requejo-Castro ,&nbsp;Cristina M. Villanueva","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107815","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107815","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this study was to develop a novel Social Life Cycle Assessment framework to assess the social impacts of different drinking water choices in the city of Barcelona (Spain): i) tap water; ii) bottled mineral water (PET bottle); iii) tap water treated with a domestic activated carbon filter (countertop pitchers with activated carbon); iv) tap water treated with domestic reverse osmosis. Their impacts on different stakeholder groups (i.e. workers, consumers, value chain actors, local community, and society) were evaluated. Five impact categories were included (i.e. health and safety, working conditions, human rights, governance and socio-economic repercussions), which comprise 14 different impact subcategories and a total of 21 indicators. Performance Reference Points were used to assess all the indicators. The results showed that tap and bottled mineral water showed good social performance in all the stakeholder impact categories. In particular, tap water showed the best social performance in: i) health and safety (i.e. presence of certifications) for workers; ii) end-of-life responsibility (i.e. no waste production) and transparency (i.e. presence of sustainability reports) for consumers; iii) access to material resources (i.e. presence of certified environmental management systems and no environmental risks) for local communities; and, iv) technological development (i.e. partnerships in research and development) for society. However, its social acceptance is significantly lower than bottled mineral water. In general, domestic devices for tap water treatment (i.e. countertop pitchers with activated carbon and reverse osmosis) did not improve the social performance of tap water, but they significantly enhanced consumers' acceptance up to the level of bottled mineral water.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107815"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143131810","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":"What nudges residents' funding-participation behavior in urban settlement regeneration? A perspective of evolving social network","authors":"Huili Li,&nbsp;Xiaodong Yang,&nbsp;Shuyi Niu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban settlement regeneration faces financial pressures, while the economic participation potential of residents, the primary beneficiaries, remains largely unexploited. Residents are embedded in complex social networks, and their funding-participation behavior is dynamically influenced by network structures. However, developing behavior nudging methods that adapt to evolving social networks remain challenging. This study constructs a conceptual model based on the extended theory of planned behavior, integrating factors from individual psychological cognition and social practice motivation to explain funding-participation behavior. The model was validated through an empirical survey of 505 respondents in Chongqing, China. Subsequently, a scale-free network was employed to characterize the evolving social network formed through opinion interactions. An interaction model was further developed to reveal the dynamic nudging effects of influencing factors embedded in the social network. Simulation experiments were conducted to elucidate the dynamic process of residents adopting funding-participation behavior. Empirical results indicate that stimulating psychological cognitive and practice motivation could significantly influence funding-participation behavior. Simulation results demonstrate that evolving social networks serve as a crucial medium for nudging this behavior. It also advocates leveraging social learning, opinion dissemination, and moral contagion processes within networks to shape funding-participation propensity, and promoting behavior by overcoming path dependence, activating social capital support, and strengthening benefit perception. To nudge funding-participation behavior, policy implications are proposed to advance inclusive settlement regeneration and construct sustainable participation mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 107813"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143131820","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}