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Engineering, Civil
G. J. Pronk, S. F. Stofberg, T. C. G. W. Van Dooren, M. M. L. Dingemans, J. Frijns, N. E. Koeman-Stein, P. W. M. H. Smeets, R. P. Bartholomeus
Summary: Water reuse has the potential to significantly reduce groundwater extraction volume and alleviate pressure on groundwater systems. Integrated analysis of water quality demands, health and safety aspects, technological requirements, regulations, public perception, and environmental impacts is crucial for successful implementation of water reuse.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhongwei Huang, Xingcai Liu, Siao Sun, Yin Tang, Xing Yuan, Qiuhong Tang
Summary: This study examines the potential of applying adaptive inner-basin water allocation measures (AIWAM) to mitigate water scarcity in the future, finding it can significantly reduce water scarcity for nonagricultural sectors but may increase it for irrigated cropland. AIWAM provides useful scenarios for designing strategies to reduce future population exposure to water scarcity, particularly in densely populated basins and regions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chung-Siong Tang, Mori Kogid, James Alin, Brian Dollery
Summary: This study analyzes the sectoral energy consumption in Malaysia using a non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) approach. The findings show that macroeconomic variables have a significant impact on sectoral energy consumption, and different sectors have asymmetric responses to these variables.
Article
Ecology
Maria Theresia Konrad, Line Block Hansen, Gregor Levin, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen, Hans Estrup Andersen, Louise Martinsen, Berit Hasler
Summary: Eutrophication in coastal areas of Denmark is a major challenge in meeting the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive. Excessive nitrogen loads from agricultural production are the main cause, and implementing abatement measures is crucial. Spatial heterogeneity of costs and effects significantly impacts the cost-effectiveness of land use policies, and it is important to reconsider abatement measures in sectors beyond agriculture due to increased marginal costs.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Felix Frischmuth, Philipp Haertel
Summary: Achieving climate neutrality in Europe requires transformations in all parts of the economy, with a focus on power, building, industry, and transport sectors. Flexibility potentials and sourcing strategies for renewable energy carriers are crucial for the future energy system, highlighting the importance of hydrogen and e-fuel imports for a less flexible system in Europe.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Philipp Haertel, Debraj Ghosh
Summary: This study investigates different modeling approaches for flexible heat pump systems at the power and heat sector interface of the long-term energy system and highlights the implications of using model aggregation techniques through a comparative case study.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Lu Xiao, Jianyue Liu, Jinwen Ge
Summary: Agriculture in developing countries is heavily subsidized, with minimal environmental restrictions, leading to water pollution from excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Research shows that when agricultural and industrial sectors work together to reduce water pollution, the level of common pollutants decreases, while damage is lower when both sectors participate in mitigation measures independently.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Lian Francesca Thomas, Jonathan Rushton, Salome A. Bukachi, Laura C. Falzon, Olivia Howland, Eric M. Fevre
Summary: Research on collaboration between the human and animal health sectors at the sub-national level in Kenya highlights the importance of defining common objectives, driving collaborative actions, and making adjustments in operational structures and resource support to improve cross-sectoral cooperation.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ines Dombrowsky, Andrea Lenschow, Franziska Meergans, Nora Schuetze, Evelyn Lukat, Ulf Stein, Ali Yousefi
Summary: Coherence and coordination are crucial for implementing the 2030 Agenda, but the causal relationship between policy coherence and coordination has not been thoroughly studied. Findings indicate that the functioning of a coordination body plays a significant role in translating functional and policy coherence into coordination at the process level. In addition, functional and policy incoherencies may lead to coordination problems or compensate with a high level of process-level coordination.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Jana Polakova, Josef Holec, Jaroslava Janku, Mansoor Maitah, Josef Soukup
Summary: This article focuses on the role and use of agri-environment measures in Central and Eastern Europe in providing ecosystem services. It discusses the importance of soil conservation and examines the implementation of agri-environment schemes in arable land systems. The study found that while subsidies for agri-environment measures have increased moderately over time, they are still overshadowed by generic farm-level subsidies.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ulf Stein, Benedict Bueb, Christian Knieper, Jenny Troeltzsch, Rodrigo Vidaurre, Fausto Favero
Summary: In the search for solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), decision-makers often face governance-related challenges such as institutional fragmentation and overlapping competences. Digital tools can offer context-specific assessment of water governance systems and provide recommendations to address identified deficits. This paper introduces the Diagnostic Water Governance Tool (DWGT), which presents specific instrument recommendations and has been tested in case studies in Spain and Germany, showing potential for enhancing water governance and management.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ling Zhou, Wenchao Sun, Quan Han, Satish Bastola, Guoqiang Wang, Sangam Shrestha, Runze Tong, Baolin Xue
Summary: Many lakes in semiarid regions rely on environmental water allocation to maintain their ecosystems. This study developed a lake water level prediction model to understand the effects of environmental water allocation on Baiyangdian Lake. The results showed that water allocation dominates the variation in lake water level and that more detailed allocation plans are needed to improve water quality and ecosystem health.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Business
Asmita Dessai, Vahid Javidroozi
Summary: The research developed a framework for City Process Modelling (CPMo) to guide smart city developers when modelling city processes. Through literature analysis and interviews, it was found that existing Business Process Modelling (BPMo) approaches mainly fail to meet many requirements related to inputs and visualisation, highlighting the need for innovative CPMo approaches.
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhibin Hu, Guangdong Wu, Huanyu Wu, Limao Zhang
Summary: The study reveals the limited scope of urban disaster management in the current context and emphasizes the importance of considering the cascading effects of multiple disasters. By using a complex network approach, the research identified key hazard events and vulnerability paths for urban areas, highlighting the essential role of rainstorms in typhoon disasters in Japan and the Philippines. The findings underscore the significance of cross-sector collaboration networks in enhancing disaster management efficiency and improving urban sustainability and resilience.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dongfang Wang, Fanxin Meng, Qiuling Yuan, Gengyuan Liu, Hui Li, Yuanchao Hu, Jiansu Mao, Marco Casazza
Summary: Energy, water, and land are finite and critical resources in urban systems, and their management is crucial for urban sustainable development. This study introduced a framework that integrates the interconnections between different sectors within the urban economic system to analyze the energy, water, and land nexus. The results show that urban consumption-oriented behavior has impacts beyond city boundaries and different sectors play different roles in resource consumption.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Simona Pedde, Paula A. Harrison, Ian P. Holman, Gary D. Powney, Stephen Lofts, Reto Schmucki, Marc Gramberger, James M. Bullock
Summary: As the pressure to address global warming intensifies, scenarios that incorporate various social, economic, and environmental factors are crucial to support climate change mitigation or adaptation actions by governments and stakeholders. While climate models have widely applied RCPs for producing climate scenarios, the scaling of SSPs for geographic and sectoral applications is still relatively new, with the UK lacking its own version of SSPs. Therefore, developing UK-specific SSPs has become a pressing need to balance consistency and legitimacy in addressing climate change impacts.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Szabolcs Nagy, Frank T. Breiner, Mira Anand, Stuart h. m. Butchart, Martina Florke, Etienne Fluet-chouinard, Antoine Guisan, Lammert Hilarides, Victoria R. Jones, Mikhail Kalyakin, Bernhard Lehner, James W. Pearce-higgins, Olga Voltzit
Summary: Climate change poses a complex challenge for the conservation of migratory bird species, requiring coordinated action by multiple countries. A study found species in the Afrotropical biogeographic realm and Arctic breeding waders to have the smallest proportion of suitable areas by 2050. Adaptation measures for climate change should be implemented at the landscape scale.
BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Imran Sajid, Bernhard Tischbein, Christian Borgemeister, Martina Floerke
Summary: Century-old infrastructure causes substantial water loss and triggers groundwater abstractions, leading to low irrigation efficiency. The study suggests prioritizing improvements to field water application rather than canals with better water quality, and storing surplus water from the Mungi canal for later use in November and December.
Article
Agronomy
Imran Sajid, Bernhard Tischbein, Christian Borgemeister, Martina Floerke
Summary: This study assessed the problems and potential barriers related to irrigation water provisions in Punjab, Pakistan, focusing on rotational canal water distribution. Surveys were conducted with farmers, officials, and academicians, and the findings showed that limited water allocation was a major concern for farmers, while inflexibility and lack of discussion among neighbors were identified by academicians and officials, respectively. The study also revealed that low awareness, lack of training, and financial constraints were the main barriers to adopting interventions such as soil moisture sensors, on-farm water storage facilities, and the drip method. Farmers' education and collaboration with scientists and farmers' associations were identified as important factors for improving water use efficiency.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Magnus Merkle, Peter Alexander, Calum Brown, Bumsuk Seo, Paula A. Harrison, Zuzana Harmackova, Simona Pedde, Mark Rounsevell
Summary: This paper projects urban land use and population distribution in the UK using a computational algorithm. It highlights the uncertainties and impacts of urbanization on land competition, and emphasizes the importance of planning policies.
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aline Mosnier, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Michael Obersteiner, Sarah Jones, Valeria Javalera-Rincon, Fabrice DeClerck, Marcus Thomson, Frank Sperling, Paula Harrison, Katya Perez-Guzman, Gordon Carlos McCord, Javier Navarro-Garcia, Raymundo Marcos-Martinez, Grace C. Wu, Jordan Poncet, Clara Douzal, Jan Steinhauser, Adrian Monjeau, Federico Frank, Heikki Lehtonen, Janne Ramo, Nicholas Leach, Charlotte E. Gonzalez-Abraham, Ranjan Kumar Ghosh, Chandan Jha, Vartika Singh, Zhaohai Bai, Xinpeng Jin, Lin Ma, Anton Strokov, Vladimir Potashnikov, Fernando Orduna-Cabrera, Rudolf Neubauer, Maria Diaz, Liviu Penescu, Efrain Antonio Dominguez, John Chavarro, Andres Pena, Shyam Basnet, Ingo Fetzer, Justin Baker, Hisham Zerriffi, Rene Reyes Gallardo, Brett Anthony Bryan, Michalis Hadjikakou, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Miodrag Stevanovic, Alison Smith, Wanderson Costa, A. H. F. Habiburrachman, Gito Immanuel, Odirilwe Selomane, Anne-Sophie Daloz, Robbie Andrew, Bob van Oort, Dative Imanirareba, Kiflu Gedefe Molla, Firew Bekele Woldeyes, Aline C. Soterroni, Marluce Scarabello, Fernando M. Ramos, Rizaldi Boer, Nurul Laksmi Winarni, Jatna Supriatna, Wai Sern Low, Andrew Chiah Howe Fan, Francois Xavier Naramabuye, Fidele Niyitanga, Marcela Olguin, Alexander Popp, Livia Rasche, Charles Godfray, Jim W. Hall, Mike J. Grundy, Xiaoxi Wang
Summary: There is an urgent need to transition national food and land-use systems towards global sustainability targets. A collaborative approach developed with the FABLE consortium is presented, which includes global targets, country-driven multi-objective pathways, and iterative refinement informed by national and international impacts. This approach strengthens policy coherence and identifies the need for greater national and international ambition to achieve global goals.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kashif Mehmood, Bernhard Tischbein, Martina Florke, Muhammad Usman
Summary: This study investigates the spatiotemporal changes in groundwater storage in the Indus River Basin and identifies the main drivers of these changes. The findings highlight the significance of sustainable water resource management in ensuring the sustainability of groundwater resources.
Article
Environmental Sciences
C. Brown, B. Seo, P. Alexander, V Burton, E. A. Chacon-Montalvan, R. Dunford, M. Merkle, P. A. Harrison, R. Prestele, E. L. Robinson, M. Rounsevell
Summary: This study uses a globally-embedded agent-based modeling framework to represent a set of stakeholder-elaborated UK-SSP scenarios, linked to climate change scenarios. The study finds that different model designs are needed to account for divergent conditions in the SSPs, which have dramatic impacts on land system outcomes. Changes in social and human capitals can have impacts comparable to those of modeled climate change. The study also provides UK-SSP projections to 2080, revealing large differences in land management intensities and ecosystem services provision.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alison C. Smith, Paula A. Harrison, Nicholas J. Leach, H. Charles J. Godfray, Jim W. Hall, Sarah M. Jones, Sarah S. Gall, Michael Obersteiner
Summary: Agricultural and environmental policies are being reviewed and redesigned in the UK after Brexit to address the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable development. The study shows that dietary changes, improvements in agricultural productivity, and waste reduction can lead to synergistic effects in achieving multiple sustainability targets under limited land availability.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sander Jacobs, Fernando Santos-Martin, Eeva Primmer, Fanny Boeraeve, Alejandra Moran-Ordonez, Vania Proenca, Martin Schlaepfer, Lluis Brotons, Robert Dunford, Sandra Lavorel, Antoine Guisan, Joachim Claudet, Zuzana Harmackova, Inge Liekens, Jennifer Hauck, Kasper Kok, Yves Zinngrebe, Simona Pedde, Balint Czucz, Cosimo Solidoro, Matthew Cantele, Christian Rixen, Anna Heck, Jomme Desair, Tobias Plieninger, Paula A. Harrison
Summary: This study compares the impacts of six future scenarios on sustainable development goals and biodiversity targets in Europe and Central Asia. The findings emphasize the importance of transformative change and provide insights into preferred directions for political transformation. The study also highlights the potential to avoid significant societal losses and generate multiple benefits.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jenny Kupzig, Robert Reinecke, Francesca Pianosi, Martina Floerke, Thorsten Wagener
Summary: Global hydrological models (GHMs) provide important information for simulating water cycles and supporting decision-making. However, inaccuracies in GHM simulations can hinder valuable decision support. In this study, we introduce a transparent and efficient method to understand parameter control in GHMs and improve parameter estimation using global sensitivity analysis (GSA). Our findings show that traditionally neglected model parameters have a significant influence on GHM simulations, and basin attributes explain the spatial variability of parameter importance better than climate zones. Overall, our results demonstrate the effectiveness of GSA in guiding parameter estimation and improving the accuracy of GHM simulations.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Michelle T. H. Van Vliet, Josefin Thorslund, Maryna Strokal, Nynke Hofstra, Martina Floerke, Heloisa Ehalt Macedo, Albert Nkwasa, Ting Tang, Sujay S. Kaushal, Rohini Kumar, Ann Van Griensven, Lex Bouwman, Luke M. Mosley
Summary: Climate change and extreme weather events pose serious challenges for water management due to their impacts on water resources availability and water quality. This review assesses the impacts of these events and climate change on river water quality and identifies the key responses and driving mechanisms. The findings show that river water quality generally deteriorates under droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms, floods, and long-term climate change, while improvements or mixed responses are also reported. The driving mechanisms include hydrological alterations, rises in water and soil temperatures, and interactions among hydroclimatic, land use, and human drivers.
NATURE REVIEWS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zuzana Harmackova, Simona Pedde, James M. Bullock, Ornella Dellaccio, Jennifer Dicks, George Linney, Magnus Merkle, Mark D. A. Rounsevell, Jon Stenning, Paula A. Harrison
Summary: This study develops an iterative approach to stakeholder-based Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) downscaling and co-design, and applies it to extend a set of SSPs for the United Kingdom. The approach enables the development of user-oriented scenario products and provides valuable lessons on online participatory involvement, stakeholder inclusiveness, and representativeness. It contributes to adding detail and nuance, as well as geographic, temporal, and sectoral extension to the scenarios, while also serving as a reproducible and robust roadmap to SSP downscaling.
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anna C. Schomberg, Stefan Bringezu, Martina Floerke, Hannes Biederbick
Summary: Renewable energy generation has potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but may have negative impacts on other environmental factors such as water scarcity. A comparison of concentrated solar power, run-of-river hydropower, biomass burning, and coal-fired power shows that different technologies have various environmental impacts, with water consumption being a critical factor. The examined concentrated solar power plant is found to have the least sustainable energy transition due to its spreading global hotspots which may even exceed those of coal combustion.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Vili Virkki, Elina Alanara, Miina Porkka, Lauri Ahopelto, Tom Gleeson, Chinchu Mohan, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Martina Floerke, Dieter Gerten, Simon N. Gosling, Naota Hanasaki, Hannes Mueller Schmied, Niko Wanders, Matti Kummu
Summary: Human actions and climate change have negatively affected river flows and ecosystems. Assessing environmental flows (EFs) globally is challenging due to uncertainty, but the use of environmental flow envelopes (EFEs) offers a novel solution.
HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2022)