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Development Studies
Xiaoqing Song, Qi Feng, Fangzhou Xia, Xinyi Li, Juergen Scheffran
Summary: The study reveals that the dynamics of urban population density are influenced by changes in urban land-use structure, with high economic returns of land use and land scarcity being key factors. The holistic theoretical framework helps in understanding these impacts and considering them in the structural reform of urban land supply is crucial for promoting sustainable city growth.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Abebe Mengaw Wubie, Walter T. de Vries, Berhanu Kefale Alemie
Summary: The discussion on peri-urban land management frameworks involves different scientific domains and government levels, with the complexities of constructing effective frameworks leading to increased land use conflicts, high rates of informal settlement patterns, frequent illegal land acquisitions, land access inequality, and social unrest in peri-urban areas. The study aims to conceptualize and synthesize existing land management frameworks to support the design of a new effective peri-urban land management alternative.
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Environmental Sciences
L. Ledieu, A. Simonneau, T. Thiebault, L. Fougere, E. Destandau, O. Cerdan, F. Laggoun
Summary: This study investigated the distribution of pharmaceutical products (PPs) in different particulate compartments, with results indicating that the occurrences of PPs in particles were mainly controlled by their wastewater sources and charges. The spatial distributions of PPs in the particulate phases followed the stream sedimentary dynamics.
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Environmental Sciences
Mohd Waseem Naikoo, Mohd Rihan, Shahfahad, Arshid Hussain Peer, Swapan Talukdar, Javed Mallick, Mohammad Ishtiaq, Atiqur Rahman
Summary: The rate of LULC transformation to built-up areas is high in peri-urban areas of Indian metropolitan cities, with Delhi NCR experiencing significant increase in built-up area from 1990 to 2018. Migration and tertiary sector employment are identified as key drivers of built-up expansion in the region. Spatial heterogeneity in explanatory variables is observed throughout the study area. This study can provide valuable insights for urban policy makers and planners in developing master plans for cities like Delhi NCR.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Environmental Studies
Kehinde Hassan Babalola, Simon Hull, Jennifer Whittal
Summary: This article evaluates land management interventions in the peri-urban areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria, using the 8Rs framework for responsible land management. The study finds that improvements are needed in the structures, processes, and impact of these interventions.
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Environmental Sciences
Mohammad Nayeb Yazdi, David J. Sample, Durelle Scott, Xixi Wang, Mehdi Ketabchy
Summary: This study measured nutrient loadings in runoff from six different urban land uses to address the lack of recent runoff quality data for urban watershed models. Results showed significant impacts of different land uses on TSS, TP, and TN loadings, with rainfall amount and intensity influencing TSS concentrations regardless of land use. The study developed a generic equation to predict pollutant loadings based on rainfall depth and verified it with a water quality model in another coastal catchment.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
U. Srilok Sagar, Yatharth Singh, Ashwin Mahalingam, Teja Malladi
Summary: Cities in India have undergone significant urban growth and green cover loss in the past two decades. However, there has been a recent increase in interest in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in these cities. This study aims to quantify the impact of UPA on Chennai and Bengaluru in India by predicting future urbanization using CA Markov techniques and conducting a survey on UPA. The results show that UPA can contribute to carbon stock increase and reduction in land surface temperatures, suggesting the need to include UPA in urban development policies.
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Geography
Manisha Jain, Sujit Sikder, Artem Korzhenevych
Summary: This paper introduces and applies an innovative interdisciplinary framework to study the dynamics of peri-urban land use in India, incorporating concepts of land use transition, land change science, and the neoliberalization of nature. Using a mixed methods approach, the framework offers a comprehensive understanding of land use transitions across different scales and time periods. The study confirms the applicability of land use transition theory in India, revealing that the core state Delhi has reached the urbanized/industrialized stage, while peripheral states are transitioning from frontier to agricultural land use. Furthermore, the paper uncovers various logics of nature's neoliberalization derived from political economy, highlighting the exploitation and degradation of natural resources by the state, civil society, and economy for their own interests. The framework's use of local and global open access data makes it transferable to similar regions in the Global South facing data constraints.
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Environmental Sciences
Mahmoud Gad, Liyuan Hou, Meixian Cao, Bob Adyari, Lanping Zhang, Dan Qin, Chang-Ping Yu, Qian Sun, Anyi Hu
Summary: Microeukaryotes in a peri-urban watershed in China were studied to understand the community assembly and immigration patterns between terrestrial and riverine habitats. The study found that sewage effluents, influents, and river sediments were major exogenous sources of riverine microeukaryotes, with downstream areas receiving higher proportions of exogenous microeukaryotic OTUs compared to upstream reservoirs. Additionally, the presence of Apicomplexa in wet season only suggests that rainfall runoff may enhance the spread of parasitic microeukaryotes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Development Studies
George Kwadwo Anane, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
Summary: This paper compares everyday land administration systems and planning practices in peri-urban areas in Ghana, focusing on the power relations between traditional authorities and statutory planning officials. It analyzes the conflicts that arise during local plan preparation and highlights the negative consequences of unbalanced roles in hybridized land use planning and management systems.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Veronica Ogolla Wayayi Wanjeri, Eric Okuku, Anthony Gachanja, Jane Catherine Ngila, Patrick Gathura Ndungu
Summary: This study aimed to determine the levels and distribution of pharmaceutical residues in selected peri-urban creeks in Mombasa and Gazi bay, revealing that these creeks had high concentrations of pharmaceutical residues and posed medium to high ecological risks to the local ecosystems.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Peter Csorba, Krisztina Banoczki, Zoltan Turi
Summary: The changes in land use in peri-urban open spaces of seven small Hungarian towns were studied, highlighting the significant increase in built-up areas in towns that form the suburbs of the main city. In contrast, settlements further away from the major city either experienced stagnant or decreasing populations, with minimal increase in built-up areas.
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Environmental Studies
H. Kinuthia, C. Majale, S. Letema
Summary: The study highlights the prevalence of land speculation in infrastructure planning and development in urban and peri-urban areas. Infrastructure planning is influenced by both political and institutional factors, emphasizing the need for enforcement to ensure smooth implementation of plans.
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Environmental Sciences
Zemenu Awoke Andualem, Derege Tsegaye Meshesha, Ebrahim Esa Hassen
Summary: Since the 1980s, watershed management interventions have been implemented in Ethiopia to combat land degradation and enhance agricultural productivity. However, little research has been done on the effects of watershed management on land use/cover changes and landscape greenness. This study used satellite images and remote sensing techniques to analyze the changes in land use/cover and landscape greenness in the Yezat watershed from 1990 to 2021. The results showed that watershed management interventions led to an increase in built-up areas, plantations, natural forests, shrublands, and grasslands, while cultivated land decreased. The study also found a significant improvement in landscape greenness due to changes in vegetation cover. These findings have important implications for soil moisture, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem services.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Rahul Bhadouria, K. S. Rao
Summary: The study investigated the spatial variability in soil physicochemical parameters of the surface soil in the peri-urban landscape of Ghaziabad district in India. The research found significant differences in soil properties across land use types and their distribution across different sites. The results suggest that anthropogenic disturbances significantly affect soil characteristics and may have serious implications on soil structure and function.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jing Sun, Qian Luo, Donghong Wang, Zijian Wang
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2015)
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Engineering, Environmental
Saihong Yan, Miao Wang, Jinmiao Zha, Lifei Zhu, Wei Li, Qian Luo, Jing Sun, Zijian Wang
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
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Biochemical Research Methods
Geng Leng, Qiong Hu, Wen-Feng He, Zhe Liu, Wen-Jin Chen, Wen-Bo Xu, Qiu-Hong Yang, Jing Sun
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
(2019)
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Environmental Sciences
Jianfeng Tang, Jing Sun, Ziyan Ke, Hongling Yin, Lei Yang, Haw Yen, Xinhu Li, Yaoyang Xu
Summary: The study investigated the occurrence and risks associated with OPE contamination in surface soils of an urbanized region in the Yangtze River Delta, revealing high total OPE concentrations and ecological risks but insignificant risks to human exposure. Human activities were found to significantly contribute to OPE pollution in the region.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jing Sun, Ziyan Ke, Yujie Zhang, Qin Wu, Yihua Chen, Jianfeng Tang
Summary: This study investigated the occurrence, spatial distribution, and ecological risks of 34 pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) in Xiangshan Bay, China. The study found that PhACs were widely detected in the coastal waters of the bay, with at least 29 compounds detected in one or more samples. Marine aquacultural discharge and effluents from sewage treatment plants were identified as the most influential sources of PhACs in the study area.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Attila Csaba Kondor, Anna Viktoria Vancsik, Laszlo Bauer, Lili Szabo, Zoltan Szalai, Gergely Jakab, Gabor Maasz, Marta Pedrosa, Maria Jose Sampaio, Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro
Summary: This review provides a critical overview of research on the removal efficiency of priority substances and compounds of emerging concern through bank filtration, discussing influencing factors and future challenges. The findings show that the efficiency of bank filtration is influenced by multiple factors and varies for different substances.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinyan Wang, Shuai Zhang, Huihui Yan, Zhao Ma, Yunshan Zhang, Haining Luo, Xueli Yang
Summary: This study investigated the association between ambient PM2.5, O3 pollution, and ovarian reserve in reproductive-aged Chinese women. The results showed that increased exposure to PM2.5 and O3 was associated with decreased AMH levels, indicating reduced ovarian reserve. Notably, the effects of O3 exposure on ovarian reserve were different from those of PM2.5 exposure.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tingting Ma, Yanjuan Ding, Fengjiao Xu, Chen Zhang, Min Zhou, Ya Tang, Yanrong Chen, Yating Wen, Rufei Chen, Bin Tang, Shigui Wang
Summary: The dragonfly species Orthetrum albistylum can accumulate heavy metals, and its heat shock protein genes have the potential to serve as biomarkers for monitoring environmental pollutants.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Naoto Ishiwaka, Koya Hashimoto, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa, Francisco Sanchez-Bayo, Taku Kadoya, Daisuke Hayasaka
Summary: Systemic insecticides and rising temperatures have combined effects on the abundance of Odonata nymphs in paddy fields. The standalone effect of insecticide exposure decreased the Odonata community, while nymphs decreased synergistically with temperature rise in paddy water. However, the impacts of each stressor alone varied among species.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marco Vecchiato, Carlo Barbante, Elena Barbaro, Francois Burgay, Warren R. L. Cairns, Alice Callegaro, David Cappelletti, Federico Dallo, Marianna D'Amico, Matteo Feltracco, Jean-Charles Gallet, Andrea Gambaro, Catherine Larose, Niccolo Maffezzoli, Mauro Mazzola, Ivan Sartorato, Federico Scoto, Clara Turetta, Massimiliano Varde, Zhiyong Xie, Andrea Spolaor
Summary: The Arctic region is facing contamination from long-range pollution and local human activities. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are used as environmental indicators for emission, transport, and deposition processes. Research conducted in the Arctic surface snow in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard from October 2018 to May 2019 shows that long-range inputs of PAHs mainly occur in winter, while the most abundant analyte retene exhibits opposite seasonal trends.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Maoshui Zhuo, Zhijie Chen, Xiaoqing Liu, Wei Wei, Yansong Shen, Bing-Jie Ni
Summary: This paper discusses the application of three catalytic processes (photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and biocatalysis) in the management of microplastic pollution, and introduces the efficiency and catalytic mechanisms of different catalysts. It also proposes the development prospects for sustainable management of microplastic pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shiyu Chen, Zhenzhen Shi, Qiang Zhang
Summary: In this study, a human physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of diethyl phthalate (DEP) was developed to assess its toxicity. The model considers the distribution and metabolism of DEP and its active metabolite monoethyl phthalate (MEP) in different tissue compartments. Sensitivity analysis and Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations were performed to evaluate the uncertainty and variability of the model parameters. The results suggest that dermal absorption is an important route of exposure to DEP in the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bangguo Wang, Lijing Wang, Wenxi Cen, Tao Lyu, Peter Jarvis, Yang Zhang, Yuanxun Zhang, Yinghui Han, Lei Wang, Gang Pan, Kaili Zhang, Wei Fan
Summary: This study investigates the feasibility and mechanisms of a chemical-free nanobubble-based AOP for treating organic micropollutants in water. The results show that the oxygen nanobubble AOP has a significantly higher removal efficiency compared to air and nitrogen nanobubbles. The treatment performance is not affected by pH and the presence of ions. Higher initial concentrations of the micropollutant lead to slower treatment processes, but similar removal performance is achieved in the end. The presence of organic matter reduces the removal rate of the micropollutant. The results have practical feasibility for water and wastewater treatment.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yingmei Huang, Jicai Yi, Yao Huang, Songxiong Zhong, Bin Zhao, Jing Zhou, Yuxuan Wang, Yiwen Zhu, Yanhong Du, Fangbai Li
Summary: This study investigates the impact of biochar on methylmercury (MeHg) accumulation in rice. The results show that biochar reduces MeHg levels in paddy soils by decreasing bioavailable Hg and microbial Hg methylation. Additionally, biochar decreases the uptake and translocation of MeHg in rice plants, resulting in a reduction of MeHg accumulation in rice grains.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nengde Zeng, Fei Huang, Jiani Du, Chenghao Huang, Qian Yang, Xinhua Zhan, Baoshan Xing
Summary: This study investigates the protein targets and protein-ligand interactions related to PAH contamination in crop xylem sap using computational tools. The results show that phenanthrene has a more pronounced effect on the xylem sap proteins of maize and wheat, with maize DEPs associated with lipid biosynthesis and wheat DEPs exhibiting an increase in ABC transporters. This study provides insights into the regulation and movement of PAHs within plant xylem.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinwei Chen, Hao Ma, Run Wang, Man Wang, Binbin Zhu, Yanqing Cong, Xiayue Zhu, Guoqin Wang, Yi Zhang
Summary: Co3O4/TiO2-NRs electrodes with excellent photoresponse were prepared via plasma-assisted modification of Co3O4 on TiO2. The combination of Co3O4 and TiO2 improved the light utilization efficiency and showed potential for degradation of pollutants.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenjing Ji, Liying Song, Jing Wang, Hongqing Song
Summary: This study conducted a life-cycle assessment to examine the correlation between natural gas consumption and carbon emissions in different end uses in China. The results showed that both natural gas consumption and life-cycle carbon emissions have been increasing since 2017. Significant variations in NG life-cycle carbon emissions were found across different provinces and sectors, highlighting the need for targeted efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Youyi Chen, Boxuan Zhang, Pojun Zhang, Guogui Shi, Hao Liang, Wu Cai, Jingyu Gao, Sumin Zhuang, Kaiyin Luo, Jiaqi Zhu, Chaoxiang Chen, Kunyu Ma, Jinrong Chen, Chun Hu, Xueci Xing
Summary: The synergistic effects of trace sulfadiazine and cast-iron corrosion scales on the formation of disinfection by-products in drinking water distribution systems were investigated. The presence of magnetite resulted in increased concentrations of DBPs due to the higher microbial activity and enhanced microbial extracellular electron transport pathway. The study highlights the importance of considering trace antibiotics pollution and corrosion scales in water sources for DBP control.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Bishwa Raj Pokharel, Vijay Sheri, Manoj Kumar, Zhiyong Zhang, Baohong Zhang
Summary: This review summarizes the interactions, uptake, and transport of aluminum nanoparticles (Al-NPs) in plants, highlighting their negative effects on plant growth and development, as well as their potential to alter plant defense systems and gene expression.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yonglu Wang, Fengsong Zhang, Xiaoyong Liao, Xiao Yang, Guixiang Zhang, Liyun Zhang, Chaojun Wei, Pengge Shi, Jiongxin Wen, Xiaorong Ju, Can Xu, Yang Liu, Ying Lan
Summary: This study aims to explore the effects of thiencarbazone-methyl center dot isoxaflutole on soil microflora and the potential mitigation mechanisms to bacterial communities. It was found that increasing the application of thiencarbazone-methyl center dot isoxaflutole resulted in increased stress on soil bacterial community structure and diversity. Increasing soil pH was recognized as a key factor in improving the diversity and structure of soil microflora. Supplemental use of nitrapyrin or modified attapulgite can increase soil pH and improve bacterial diversity.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2024)