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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF OIL EXPLORATION IN THE NIGER DELTA TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CITY: THE NIGERIA CASE IN OIL AT MY BACKYARD 尼日尔三角洲石油勘探的环境管理走向可持续城市:我家后院的尼日利亚石油案例

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.2495/sc220081

Alexander A. Onwumere

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ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND SEASONAL VARIATION AT THE TANNERY AREA IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH 孟加拉国达卡制革厂地表和地下水污染及季节变化评估

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220091

Asia Akter, Afrose Sultana Chamon, Md. Nadiruzzaman Mondol, S. M. A. Faiz

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HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF USING RECLAIMED WATER IN AGRICULTURE 全面探讨农业中使用再生水的经济效益

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220131

María José López Serrano

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ENSEMBLE DEEP LEARNING FOR CLASSIFICATION OF POLLUTION PEAKS 用于污染峰值分类的集成深度学习

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220031

P. N. Chau, R. Zalakeviciute, Y. Rybarczyk

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NUTRIENTS IN MARGINAL LAND SOILS AND THEIR POTENTIAL EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT 边缘土地土壤养分及其对环境的潜在影响

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220021

Nicole Rodriguez, Timothy Ho, Zhongwei Shi, Julia Y. Lu

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WATER MANAGEMENT IN COLOMBIA FROM THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK 从社会生态系统框架看哥伦比亚的水资源管理

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220101

M. D. Luque-Villa, Mauricio González-Méndez

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LOCAL MONITORING OF TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION AROUND SCHOOLS IN SOUTH EAST LONDON, UK 英国伦敦东南部学校周围交通相关空气污染的局部监测

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220071

Ho Yin Wickson Cheung, L. Malki-Epshtein

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EVOLUTION OF THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE COMMUNITY OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES 工业废水处理厂活性污泥群落的演变

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220121

Ángela Baeza-Serrano, F. Sempere, N. Oliver, Pilar Gutiérrez, G. Fayos

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION OF ODOR DISPERSION EMITTED FROM PIG FARMS: A CASE STUDY FROM ALBAN, CUNDINAMARCA, COLOMBIA 养猪场散发气味的环境影响评价&以哥伦比亚昆迪纳马卡阿尔班市为例

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220061

Gerardo ROMERO-TOVAR, H. Granda-Rodríguez, M. A. De Luque-Villa

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DESIGN OF THE INTERCEPTOR-COLLECTOR AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR POLLUTION MITIGATION: A CASE STUDY 减少污染的截流收集器和废水处理系统的设计:一个案例研究

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.2495/awp220111

Bethy Merchán-Sanmartín, P. Carrión-Mero, Fernando Morante-Carballo, Josué Briones-Bitar, Adrián GONZALEZ-RUGEL, Hairo VERA-DEMERA

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