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From global to domestic scales: Do changes in industrial divisions burden sub-national emission reduction? 从全球到国内：产业分工的变化会给地方减排带来负担吗？

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108280

Xinxin Yu , Mingdong Jiang , Guanyu Zhong

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Rethinking aluminum metabolism under China's new “old-for-new” policy: characteristics and environmental implications 重新思考中国“以旧换新”政策下的铝代谢：特征和环境影响

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108332

Wei Liu , Xianlai Zeng

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Sustainable development of photovoltaic industry in China: An innovative multi-driver model 中国光伏产业可持续发展：一个创新的多驱动模式

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108314

Shijia Chong , Jing Wu , I-Shin Chang

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Nudge waste out: Understanding the impacts of green nudges on on-site construction waste management based on metaverse serious game 轻推废物：了解绿色轻推对现场建筑废物管理的影响

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108293

Yaoliang Zhuang , Weisheng Lu , Ziyu Peng , Zhikang Bao , Liang Yuan , Yichen Yin

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Assessing policies for health impact and cost reduction from PM2.5 formation 评估PM2.5形成对健康的影响和降低成本的政策

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108265

Maywalin Jumsai Na Ayudhya , Shabbir H. Gheewala , Vladimir Strezov , Jitti Mungkalasiri , Sirima Panyametheekul , Ekbordin Winijkul , Trakarn Prapaspongsa

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Assessing and improving the resilience of a stakeholder cooperation network for urban waterlogging disaster management from the perspective of social capital: A case study of China 社会资本视角下城市内涝灾害管理的利益相关者合作网络弹性评估与提升——以中国为例

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108305

Keling Liu , Yixiao Yang , Dan Song , Bin Chen

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Revealing the nighttime warm effects of urban water bodies: Evidence from Wuhan, China 揭示城市水体夜间变暖效应：来自中国武汉的证据

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108303

Xiangyun Zeng , Qiaoling Luo , Mingxing Liu , Youcheng Chu , Jiayu Rong , Junfang Zhou

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Elucidating the spatial heterogeneity and its driver factors of land surface temperature responses to solar farm development in China 中国太阳能发电场发展对地表温度响应的空间异质性及其驱动因素分析

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108302

Yuqing Dong , Xin Lyu , Xiaobing Li , Dongliang Dang

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Innovative safety framework and direct load–settlement method to optimize vertical subgrade modulus in sustainable mat foundations 创新安全框架和直接荷载沉降法优化可持续垫基垂直路基模量

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108191

Antonio J. Sánchez-Garrido , José F. Moreno-Serrano , Ignacio J. Navarro , Víctor Yepes

{"title":"Innovative safety framework and direct load–settlement method to optimize vertical subgrade modulus in sustainable mat foundations","authors":"Antonio J. Sánchez-Garrido , José F. Moreno-Serrano , Ignacio J. Navarro , Víctor Yepes","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108191","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work presents a rigorously formulated methodology for directly estimating the vertical subgrade modulus (<em>Ks</em>) in slab foundations, overcoming key deficiencies of conventional indirect and semi-direct approaches. The model integrates elastic half-space theory with multilayer settlement analysis and oedometer-based consolidation mechanics, explicitly incorporating depth of influence and load compensation effects—parameters typically excluded from standard practice. The proposed formulation yields a <em>Ks</em> value of 5.30 MN/m<sup>3</sup>, closely matching the harmonic mean of established upper (17.82 MN/m<sup>3</sup>) and lower (2.91 MN/m<sup>3</sup>) bounds, thereby producing a modulus consistent with elastic energy principles and mechanistically grounded, suitable for advanced soil–structure interaction modeling. A new, application-specific safety coefficient for <em>Ks</em> is introduced, offering a calibrated metric for reliability-based foundation design under spatially variable subsurface conditions. The study implements a life-cycle sustainability assessment across three reinforced concrete slab foundation alternatives, utilizing a hybrid neutrosophic analytic hierarchy process (NAHP-G) in conjunction with the ELECTRE IS multi-criteria decision method. This framework enables integrated evaluation across structural, environmental, and socio-economic dimensions. Results indicate a 2.5-fold enhancement in the social safety index and a 50 % relative improvement in sustainability performance compared with baseline methodologies. The outcomes delineate a unified analytical and decision-making framework for subgrade characterization and foundation optimization, advancing the state of practice in geotechnical design and sustainability integration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"118 ","pages":"Article 108191"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145614942","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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Integrating land degradation states and trends to identify priority areas for ecological restoration in China's drylands 结合土地退化状况和趋势，确定中国旱地生态恢复优先区域

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108269

Yi Han , Wenwu Zhao , Paulo Pereira

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