Article
Forestry
Rannveig M. Jacobsen, Tone Birkemoe, Marianne Evju, Olav Skarpaas, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Summary: Old veteran trees play an important role as biodiversity hotspots, but their numbers continue to decline worldwide. Norway has protected veteran oak trees since 2011, but there is a lack of knowledge on their status and trends. A national monitoring program was started in 2012 to estimate the total number and mortality trends of veteran oaks in Norway, as well as assess recruitment potential and changes in ecological state.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pasquale Spezzano
Summary: This paper evaluates the potential damage of air pollution on different materials throughout Europe, with a focus on UNESCO World Heritage cultural sites. Despite significant improvements in air quality in Europe, air pollution remains a significant factor in the degradation of cultural heritage.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ruiyao Xu, Zhaoping Yang, Xiaoliang Xu
Summary: The analysis and global comparison of World Natural Heritage values are important for the assessment of World Natural Heritage and are relevant for the sustainable development of the nominated potential areas. The Karakoram-Pamir area in Xinjiang has an outstanding universal value for its aesthetics, geology, and biological ecology, and it meets the criteria for declaring world natural heritage. This study lays a scientific foundation for the declaration of Xinjiang Karakoram-Pamir as a World Heritage site.
Article
Environmental Studies
Rafael Navarro, Javier Martinez-Martinez, Jorge Fernandez Suarez, Enrique Alvarez-Areces, Jose Manuel Baltuille
Summary: This study provides an overview of the building stones and historical source quarries associated with UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain. It reveals uneven knowledge of the building stones and quarries, and emphasizes the importance of administrative protection, awareness, and promotion for the conservation of historical quarries within UNESCO WHS.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xiaodong Chen, Zhaoping Yang, Fang Han
Summary: This study proposed an evaluation system for assessing the tourist landscape vulnerability in a mountainous natural area, considering the integration, ecology, and coordination aspects. The results revealed that the factors influencing the landscape vulnerability in Karajun-Kurdening were natural conditions, landscape patterns, and human activities. The forest and grassland landscapes were carriers of aesthetic value, with varying levels of vulnerability. The current tourism development was found to be compatible with the landscape.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Terje Grontoft
Summary: The dry deposition of major air pollutants in the urban background in Oslo, Norway, from 1835 to 2020 shows varying trends, with PM2.5 dominating the deposition and SO2 levels decreasing by around 1990. NOx deposition peaked in the 1960s and had an impact on the environmental Kuznets curves.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Mingjun Zhao, Shengli Yan, Bang Liu, Xinwang Zhong, Qian Hao, Haolan Chen, Di Niu, Bowei Long, Weidong Guo
Summary: Query-based document summarization is important for extracting relevant information from documents based on search queries. The lack of publicly available Chinese datasets in this field led to the creation of QBSUM, a high-quality large-scale dataset with proposed solutions to improve performance. This dataset aims to advance research in this area for future developments and applications.
COMPUTER SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Parya Broomandi, Ali Jahanbakhshi, Aram Fathian, Zhuldyz Darynova, Nasime Janatian, Amirhossein Nikfal, Jong Ryeol Kim, Ferhat Karaca
Summary: This study investigates the erosion rate of cultural heritage materials in 37 cities in East Asian countries and suggests that there is still a risk to cultural heritage resources. Additional measures are required to reduce atmospheric pollution and protect sensitive cultural heritage features successfully.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Luo, Kangning Xiong, Juan Zhang, Dong Chen
Summary: This study conducted a mixed-methods research approach to analyze seven agroforestry planting patterns in the buffer zone of the Shibing Karst Heritage Site. By calculating the net output value, carbon emission, environmental cost, and comprehensive livelihood score of these patterns, the study identified the priority sequence for agroforestry development. The results provide a quantitative evaluation basis for optimizing agroforestry planting patterns and promoting the protection of world natural heritage sites.
Review
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Juan Zhang, Kangning Xiong, Zhaojun Liu, Lixiang He
Summary: In the field of culture and tourism integration, research on world heritage tourism has gained attention in recent years. However, there is a lack of studies on the knowledge system of world heritage tourism research. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting a bibliometric analysis of 567 publications between 1992 and 2020. The results reveal the geographic research regions, theories and methods, themes and contents, trend evolution, and future research directions of world heritage tourism research. The findings show that the number of publications is increasing, with Europe, America, and East Asia being the main contributors. The research themes and methods have become more diversified, but the theoretical system is still incomplete. Future research should focus on strengthening the theoretical system, research innovation, and cooperation in world heritage tourism research.
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Rouran Zhang, Steve Brown
Summary: Heritage practices are highly influenced by politics, as demonstrated by the case of Libo Karst in the South China Karst region. Through interviews with Chinese officials and local residents, it was found that the nomination of Libo Karst as a World Heritage site was shaped by local policy, pragmatism, and a desire for pride. The emphasis on its natural value resulted in neglecting important cultural values and significantly impacting the local residents' cultures and experiences. Furthermore, those living within the World Heritage site boundaries did not benefit economically and socially, but instead bore the burden of conservation actions and practices. This study emphasizes the inadequacy of community engagement in the nomination and management system of World Heritage sites.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HERITAGE STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Da Xiao, Linlin Lu, Xinyuan Wang, Vilas Nitivattananon, Huadong Guo, Wenhua Hui
Summary: This paper develops an Urbanization Intensity Index (UII) to measure urban dynamics around World Heritage sites and evaluates the urbanization level of 79 cultural heritage sites in the Belt and Road region. The results indicate that some heritage sites are exposed to risks caused by urban sprawl and infrastructure expansion.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Julia Diaz-Alonso, Andrea Bernardos, Jose Luis Regidor-Ros, Ramon Martinez-Manez, Pilar Bosch-Roig
Summary: In this study, Tea tree and Thyme essential oils were diffused in unventilated lab and real Cultural Heritage spaces, with Tea tree oil showing the best results in reducing air bacterial and fungi contamination. The diffusion system's risks on CH artworks were studied, with Tea tree oil vaporization reducing air contamination by 77.3% for fungi and 95.0% for bacteria, without any negative impact on the environment.
INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Mohamed Abdalla Elsayed Hassan, Konstantina Zerva, Silvia Aulet
Summary: This study aims to develop a new method for constructing context-driven brand personality categories using a multidisciplinary approach and advances in psychology and natural language processing. By analyzing 1,121 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 9,920 user-generated reviews on TripAdvisor, the study identified a 192-item World Heritage Site personality dictionary organized into five clusters: Exceptionality, Attractiveness, Identification, Responsibility, and Prominence.
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Sharafat Ali, Tyrel Glass, Baden Parr, Johan Potgieter, Fakhrul Alam
Summary: This article introduces a novel sensor node that uses low-cost sensor technology and IoT systems to measure air pollution concentrations in real-time at multiple locations. The sensor node can be calibrated with a reference sensor on-site, showing good correlation and high calibration accuracy.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
(2021)
