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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0394.v1

Parametric Optimization Analysis of Pinwheel and Savonius Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbines Performance with Moment Balancing Method

Yixiao Zhang, Eddie YK Ng, Mittal Shivansh

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbine; Computational Sustainability; Turbomachinery Moment Analysis; Savonius; Pinwheel

Online: 6 June 2023 (07:15:46 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0272.v1

Investigating the Potential Adoption of Product-Service Systems in the Luggage Industry To Promote Sustainability

Donald Wilson, Eleni Iacovidou

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Product-Service System (PSS); Circular economy; Luggage; sustainable travel; sustainable con-sumption; sustainable production

Online: 5 June 2023 (08:30:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0230.v1

Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

Pasan Dunuwila, V.H.L. Rodrigo, Ichiro Daigo, Naohiro Goto

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: social life cycle assessment; crepe rubber; concentrated latex; ribbed smoked sheets; corruption

Online: 5 June 2023 (03:59:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0104.v1

Developing a Tool for Calculating the Carbon Footprint in SMEs

Iordanis Eleftheriadis, Evgenia Anagnostopoulou

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Circular Economy; Life Cycle Assessment; Carbon Footprint; Information Systems

Online: 1 June 2023 (15:22:06 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0018.v1

New Products from Wood Fibre and Their Potential Role in Carbon Sequestration

Michael Jarvis

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: carbon footprint; embodied carbon; biomass; composite materials; material substitution

Online: 1 June 2023 (03:43:38 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1926.v1

Purpureocillium lilacinum for Biocontrol, Bioremediation and Biofertilization

Carlos Henrique Barbosa Santos, Luana Alves De Andrade, Edvan Teciano Frezarin, Luziane Ramos Sales, Everlon Cid Cid Rigobelo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Sustainability; plant production; fungus; crop production

Online: 26 May 2023 (10:56:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1847.v1

Study on Emission Control of Berthing Vessels-Based on Non-cooperative Game Theory

Qin Wang, Minhang Jiang, Shiyao Man, Jiajie Zhou

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: ship emissions; air pollution; ship emission control policies; emission reduction; non-cooperative game; green shipping; low sulfur fuel

Online: 26 May 2023 (04:29:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1826.v1

A General Rule-Based Framework for Generating Alternatives for Forest Ecosystem Management Decision Support Systems

Silvana Ribeiro Nobre, Marc Eric McDill, Luiz Carlos Rodriguez, Luis Diaz-Balteiro

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Forest Ecosystem Management Decision Support System; Rule-Based System; Forest Planning; Harvest Scheduling; Forest optimization

Online: 26 May 2023 (03:23:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1763.v1

Energy Audit as an Instrument to Tackle Internal Barriers to Energy Efficiency: Lessons from Moroccan Industrial Firms

Mehdi Bensouda

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Energy Efficiency; Energy Audit; Internal barriers; Competing interests; Lack of information; Low technical competence

Online: 25 May 2023 (08:06:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1727.v1

Attention Mechanism Combined Lstm for Grain Yield Prediction in China Using Multi-Source Satellite Imagery

Fan Liu, Xiangtao Jiang, Zhenyu Wu

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: grain yield prediction; remote sensing image; deep learning; CBAM; LSTM

Online: 25 May 2023 (03:41:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1618.v1

Investigating Anaerobic Digestion of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) Sourced from Hartbeesport Dam in South Africa

Charles Rashama, Trevor S Malambo, Riann Christian, Tonderayi S Matambo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: water hyacinth; cow manure; codigestion; biomethane potential; biofertilizer manure

Online: 23 May 2023 (08:19:27 CEST)

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The biodegradability of water hyacinth for biogas and biofertiliser production was studied under mesophilic conditions. The effects of water hyacinth pre-treatments were also included in this investigation. It was found that water hyacinth has a low biodegradability of 27% when monodigested while at a 3:1 ratio with cow manure, the biodegradability increases to 46%. At this elevated biodegradability, the water hyacinth biomethane potential was 185 LCH4/kgVS, while that of cow manure was 216 LCH4/kgVS. The Gompertz kinetic model had superior parameters than the Logistic model for most of the water hyacinth-cow manure combined substrate digestion. Based on the Gompertz model, the lag phase and daily maximum methane production rate were 5.5 days and 22.9 ml /day respectively for the 3:1 codigestion (R2 of 0.99). These values were 6.7 days and 15.2 ml/day respectively, in the case of water hyacinth monodigestion (R2 = 0.996). The dominant microbial species detected in the digestates were Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. A few microbial species were indigenous to water hyacinth but a more diverse consortia which is key to efficient substrate biodegradation, came from cow manure. The digestate contained ammonium nitrogen at 68 mg/kg with phosphorous and potassium at 73 and 424 mg/kg respectively. Nitrogen was lower but phosphorous and pottasium were comparable to previously studied digestates of other substrates. Only water hyacinth pretreated through aerobic composting proved to unlock a higher methane yield that matched a 3:1 codigestion with cow manure. Other pretreatments induced better biodegradation performance than that observed on untreated water hyacinth but this improvements were not as good as that of the 3:1 codigestion scheme. It was concluded that water hyacinth sourced from the Hartbeespoort dam, could be treated through anaerobic digestion to recover biogas and biofertilizer. However, more experiments are required to fully understand and harness the optimisation opportunities available in applying this technology to manage water hyacinth.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1341.v1

Optimization of Thermodynamic Parameters of the Biological Hydrogen Methanation in a Trickle-Bed Reactor for the Conditioning of Biogas to Biomethane

Elena Holl, Anastasia Oskina, Urs Baier, Andreas Lemmer

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Biological methanation; trickle-bed reactor; biogas upgrading; high pressure; biomethane; optimization of thermodynamic parameters

Online: 18 May 2023 (11:08:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0110.v2

Rate of Adoption and Determinants of Climates Smartagriculture Adoption Among Small Holder Farmers: The Case of Welmera Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Mesay Hailu Gudina, Esubalew Abate Alemu

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Climate change; perception; Climate smart agriculture; Adoption

Online: 12 May 2023 (11:31:38 CEST)

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Abstract: Climate change is one of the main barriers for agricultural production and productivity globally. Hence, understanding farmers’ adoption level of CSA practices and determinants is of highly important for policy decisions. Consequently, the study's purpose was to assess adoption level of multiple CSA practices and determinants of climate-smart agriculture practices in the study area. The study was conducted in Welmera Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. From the Woreda, three kebeles were identified, and 306 respondent farmers were selected. A cross-sectional household survey, focus group discussion, and key informant interviews were used. Multivariate probit model was used to examine adoption determinants of multiple climate-smart agriculture practices. According to the result, Conservation agriculture, integrated soil fertility management, and crop diversification are the most commonly practiced CSA techniques in the study area. Demographic factors result indicated that being male as compared with female farmers, has positive and significant effect on crop diversification and improved livestock feed and feeding practices. Age of farmers significantly and negatively affecting the probability of adoption of improved soil fertility management practices and crop diversification. However, it affects the adoption of agroforestry practices positively and significantly. Based on the result of economic factors, having relatively large farm land size significantly increases the adoption of conservation agriculture, improved soil fertility management, crop diversification, improved livestock feed and feeding practices, and postharvest technology practice. Better farm income increases the likelihood of uptake of improved livestock feed and feeding. Having a large number of livestock positively influences adoption of conservation agriculture and having access to credit services positively influences the implementation of agroforestry, crop diversification, and postharvest technology. In addition, institutional factors such as access to agricultural extension service and training found that significantly and positively influences the adoption of crop diversification; access to participation on farmers’ field day similarly significantly and positively influence the adoption of both conservation agriculture and improved soil fertility management practice. Awareness creation for farmers and experts about climate change and including location specific CSA practices in to agricultural program is crucial.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0143.v1

Resource-Oriented Sanitation: On-Farm Septage Treatment and Nutrient Recycling for Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippine

Carla Mae Jabar Pausta, Michael Angelo Baliwag Promentilla, Alberto Longos Jr., Aileen Huelgas Orbecido, Arnel Bas Beltran, Regina Gador Damalerio, Maria Eda Apple Suplido, Devendra Saroj

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: recovered phosphorus fertiliser (RPF); septage; onsite sanitation system; resource-oriented sanitation system; nutrients

Online: 3 May 2023 (11:19:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0110.v1

Climate Smart Agriculture Practices and Factors Affecting Its Adoption the Case of Welmera Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Mesay Hailu Gudina, Esubalew Abate Alemu

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Climate change; perception; Climate smart agriculture; Adoption

Online: 3 May 2023 (07:33:34 CEST)

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Abstract: The study's goal was to assess adoption, and determinants of climate-smart agriculture practices in the study area. The study was conducted in Welmera Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. From the Woreda, three kebeles were identified, and 306 respondent farmers were selected. A cross-sectional household survey, focus group discussion, and key informant interviews were used. Multivariate probit model was used to examine adoption determinants of multiple climate-smart agriculture practices. According to the result, Conservation agriculture, integrated soil fertility management, and crop diversification are the most commonly used CSA practices in the area. Demographic factors result indicated that being male as compared with female farmers, has positive and significant effect on crop diversification and improved livestock feed and feeding practices. Age of farmers significantly and negatively affecting the probability of adoption of improved soil fertility management practices and crop diversification. However, it affects the adoption of agroforestry practices positively and significantly. Based on the result of economic factors, having relatively large farm land size significantly increases the adoption of conservation agriculture, improved soil fertility management, crop diversification, improved livestock feed and feeding practices, and postharvest technology practice. Better farm income increases the likelihood of uptake of improved livestock feed and feeding. Having a large number of livestock positively influences adoption of conservation agriculture and having access to credit services positively influences the implementation of agroforestry, crop diversification, and postharvest technology. In addition, institutional factors such as access to agricultural extension service and training found that significantly and positively influences the adoption of crop diversification; access to participation on farmers’ field day similarly significantly and positively influence the adoption of both conservation agriculture and improved soil fertility management practice. Awareness creation for farmers and experts about climate change and including location specific CSA practices in to agricultural program is crucial.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.1262.v1

Utilization Perspectives of Industrial Biomass Residue

Iliyana Naydenova, Temenuzhka Radoykova, Tsvetelina Petrova, Ognyan Sandov, Ivo Valchev

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Technically Hydrolyzed Lignin; Carbonization; Biochar Characterization

Online: 30 April 2023 (04:48:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0277.v2

A Quantitative Poisitive Energy District Definition with Contextual Targets

Simon Schneider, Thomas Zelger, David Sengl, José Baptista

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Positive energy districts; PED definition; Context Factors; energy balance assessment

Online: 27 April 2023 (02:54:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0817.v1

Digital Agriculture Policies and Strategies for Innovations in the Agrifood Systems: Cases of five West African Countries

Jules DEGILA, Frejus Ariel Kpedetin SODEDJI, Hospice Gerard Gracias AVAKOUDJO, Souand Peace Gloria TAHI, Sèton Calmette Ariane HOUETOHOSSOU, Anne-Carole HONFOGA, Ida Sèmévo TOGNISSE, Achille Ephrem ASSOGBADJO

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Industrial; Revolution; digital; agriculture; smallholder farmers; innovations; Africa

Online: 24 April 2023 (04:13:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0726.v1

Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Waste Management and Industrial Symbiosis through an Innovative Web Platform

Ioannis Varvaringos, Eva Skourtanioti, Georgios Letsos, Evgenia Rizoudi, Ektoras Makras, Margarita Panagiotopoulou, Sofia Papadaki, Katerina Valta

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: agricultural waste; bio-waste; synergies; web platform; bioeconomy; industrial symbiosis; waste management

Online: 21 April 2023 (13:48:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0706.v1

Solar Business in an Oil-Rich Country? A Socio-technical Investigation of Solar PV Businesses in Iran

Leila Aghlimoghadam

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: solar business; solar PV; social acceptance; energy transition; oil-rich country; Iran

Online: 21 April 2023 (09:49:31 CEST)

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Taking a socio-technical perspective, I focus on solar businesses (niche market actors) in Iran. As one of the key stakeholder groups whose business prosperity is tied to the development of solar PV, they play a crucial role in accelerating the energy transition. Given the incumbent fossil-based electricity sector in Iran and the least enabling policies, I am first interested to find (i) the main drivers and barriers of solar businesses; and (ii) the roles these solar businesses play in bringing solar PV deployment forward in Iran. I collected the data via 20 semi-structured interviews with solar businesses in Golestan, Guilan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Eastern Azerbaijan Provinces in Iran. Taking an inductive approach, I considered sustainability transition and social acceptance theories as sensitising concepts to investigate common and specific points of solar business acceptance in Iran. I find ecological awareness, belief in intergenerational justice, and willingness to innovate, as the main intrinsic drivers and socioeconomic opportunity and tackling the energy imbalance as extrinsic drivers; while the lack of a common vision with the energy governors, and the low knowledge of solar PV among the customers, escalating prices, and challenges to accessing good quality solar equipment are the most prior obstacles. Moreover, I understand educating people, driving the innovative deployment of solar PV, and facilitating the diffusion of it, as the major roles of solar businesses in Iran. I find that the sustainability transition literature overlooked the key role of solar businesses specially in fossil-based and developing economies. My findings suggest that the positive intrinsic mechanisms among the solar businesses, in combination with better-enabling policy frameworks and external factors, like lifting the sanctions and joining the global energy market, climate change mitigation commitments and standards, can help solar businesspeople to lead and accelerate solar PV development in Iran.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0502.v1

Assessment of the Potential to use the Expelled Heat Energy from a Typical Data Centre in Ireland for Alternative Farming Methods

Peter Borland, Mary Harty, Kevin P. McDonnell

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: data centre; vertical farming; energy-saving; sustainability; emission reductions; waste heat energy

Online: 18 April 2023 (07:55:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0499.v1

Estimation of Infiltration and Ventilation Rates in an Office Room with 145mm-Diameter Circular Openings using the Occupant-Generated Carbon Dioxide Tracer Gas Method

Hyeonji Seol, Daniel Arztmann, Naree Kim, Alvaro Balderrama

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: natural ventilation; occupant-generated CO2 tracer gas method; ventilation rates; infiltration rates

Online: 18 April 2023 (07:18:27 CEST)

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Natural ventilation in a building is an effective way to achieve acceptable indoor air quality. Ventilation dilutes contaminants such as bio-effluents generated by occupants, substances emitted from building materials, and water vapor generated by occupants' activities. In a building that requires heating and cooling, adequate ventilation is crucial to minimize energy consumption while maintaining healthy indoor air quality. However, measuring the actual magnitude of the ventilation rate, including infiltration through the building envelope and airflow through building openings, is not always feasible. In this study, the occupant-generated carbon dioxide (CO2) tracer gas decay method was applied to estimate the ventilation rates in an office room in Seoul, South Korea, from summer to winter. Using the method, real-time ventilation rates can be calculated by monitoring indoor and outdoor CO2 concentrations without injecting a tracer gas. 145mm-diameter circular openings on the fixed glass were used for natural ventilation in the test room. As a result, firstly, the indoor CO2 concentrations were used as an indicator to evaluate how much the indoor air quality deteriorated when all the windows were closed in an occupied office room compared to international standards for indoor air quality. Moreover, we found out the estimated ventilation rates varied depending on various environmental conditions, even with the same openings for natural ventilation. Considering the indoor and outdoor temperature differences and outdoor wind speeds as the main factors influencing the ventilation rates, we analyzed how they affected the ventilation rates in different seasons of South Korea. When the wind speeds were calm, the temperature difference played as a factor that influences the estimated ventilation rates. On the other hands, when the temperature differences were low, the wind speed was the primary factor. This study raises awareness about the risk of poor indoor air quality in office rooms that could lead to health problems or unpleasant working environments. This study presents an example of estimating the ventilation rates in an existing building. In the same way, the ventilation rate in an existing building can be simply estimated while using the building as usual, and appropriate ventilation strategies for the building can be determined to maintain desired indoor air quality.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0277.v1

A Quantitative PED Definition with Contextual Targets

Simon Schneider, Thomas Zelger, David Sengl, José Baptista

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Positive energy districts; PED definition; Context Factors; energy balance assessment

Online: 13 April 2023 (02:36:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0121.v1

Smart Local Energy Systems as a Societal Project: Developing a Theory of Change

Michael Fell, Carol Vigurs, Chris Maidment, David Shipworth

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: smart local energy systems; theory of change; evidence; evaluation

Online: 7 April 2023 (09:40:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0018.v1

Bio-Insecticidal Potential of Tangerine Peel Oil Against Greenhouse Whitefly: A Green Biopesticide Candidate

Nancy Anabel Flores-Mediavilla, Julia Karina Prado-Beltrán, Rosario del Carmen Espín-Valladares, Hortensia María Rodríguez-Cabrera, José Manuel Pais-Chanfrau

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Citrus reticulata L. peels; essential oils; solvent extraction; petroleum ether; n-hexane; natural bio-pesticide; Trialeurodes vaporariorum W. (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Online: 3 April 2023 (08:33:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0516.v1

Microfactory for Valorization of E-waste Plastics (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene, Polycarbonate, and Polypropylene) on Additive Manufacturing Sector

Alejandro Moure Abelenda, Farid Aiouache

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Melt-blend extrusion; 3D filament; brominated flame retardants; solvent extraction; acetone smoothing

Online: 30 March 2023 (02:41:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0380.v1

Characterization of Hydropower Inlet Effect on the Electric Network Frequency

Jesús Álvarez-Higueruela, Francisco-José Gutiérrez-Villalba, José-María Sierra-Fernández, Juan-José González-de-la-Rosa, Olivia Florencias-Oliveros

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: correlation power-frequency; frequency stability; hydropower; power quality analysis

Online: 21 March 2023 (14:29:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0158.v1

Meaning, Evolution, Principles, and Future of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review

Simon Ofori Ametepey, Clinton O Aigbavboa, Samuel Kwame Ansah, William Gyadu-Asiedu, Linda Boamah

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Sustainable Development; Sustainability; Sustainable development goals; Environmental Sustainability; Economic Sustainability; Social Sustainability

Online: 9 February 2023 (08:30:18 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0019.v1

Approach to Applying Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in Community Enterprise Management towards Sustainability

Jakret Mettathamrong, Phetphrairin Upping, Somchad Deeudom

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: sufficiency economy philosophy; community enterprises; sustainability

Online: 2 February 2023 (01:52:25 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0127.v1

Utilizing Homer Power Optimization Software For A Techno-Economic Feasibility, Study of a Sustainable Grid-Connected Design for Urban Electricity in, Khartoum

Zeinab Abdallah Elhassan

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: homer; technoeconomic; urban; sustainable

Online: 6 January 2023 (12:57:55 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0502.v1

GIS and SDM-based Methodology for Resource Optimisation: Feasibility Study for Citrus in Mediterranean Area

Giuseppe Antonio Catalano, Federico Maci, Provvidenza Rita D’Urso, Claudia Arcidiacono

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Vistrails-SAHM software; citrus; spatial distribution; probability of presence; Mediterranean climate; predictor layers

Online: 28 November 2022 (08:10:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0244.v1

Impact of Land System Changes and Extreme Precipitation on Peak Flood Discharge and Sediment Yield in the Upper Jhelum Basin, Kashmir Himalaya

Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Aazim Yousuf

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Soil Erosion; Floods; LULC; KINEROS2; GIS; Remote Sensing

Online: 16 September 2022 (09:23:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0153.v1

Comparing the Environmental Sustainability of Vertical and Conventional Wheat Farming Using Life Cycle Assessment

Morten Gulbrant Sørensen, Stig Irving Olsen, Tracey Colley

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Life Cycle Assessment; Urban agriculture; Wheat; Controlled environment agriculture, Vertical garden

Online: 11 October 2021 (10:14:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0138.v1

Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability: ICTs, Freight Transport, and CO₂ Emissions

Walid Chatti

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: ICTs; Freight transport; CO2 emissions; Environment; Panel data

Online: 4 June 2021 (11:23:18 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0618.v1

Can Sustainable Packaging Help to Reduce Food Waste? A Status Quo Focusing Plant-derived Polymers and Additives

Imke Korte, Judith Kreyenschmidt, Joana Wensing, Stefanie Bröring, Jan Niklas Frase, Ralf Pude, Christopher Konow, Thomas Havelt, Jessica Rumpf, Michaela Schmitz, Margit Schulze

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: active packaging; bio-based polymers; bioeconomy; essential oil; food waste; natural additives; permeability; plant extracts; shelf life; sustainable packaging

Online: 25 May 2021 (15:28:12 CEST)

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Working Paper CONCEPT PAPER

Radioactivity as Sustainable Source of Energy: An Oxymoron or a Nature-Inspired Concept of Resources Management?

Maria Letizia Terranova

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: nuclear batteries; radioactivity; melanins; energy

Online: 29 April 2021 (09:11:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0380.v1

Sustainability Transition in Established Corporations: Detailing the Role of Technological Innovation

Rahul Patil, Akriti Jain, Anjula Gurtoo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Sustainability transitions; Transition management; technological innovation

Online: 14 April 2021 (13:51:32 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

“Straw Hat University” Initiated by “Farmer's Professor”, the Tried & Tested Approach to Alleviate Poverty in China

Yong Tan, Fuangfa Amponstira

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Straw Hat University; Farmer's Professor; Rural Transformation; Targeted poverty alleviation in China

Online: 7 April 2021 (17:40:08 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0431.v1

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice

Vasja Roblek, Oshane Thorpe, Maja Meško, Mirjana Pejic Bach, Andrej Jerman

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: sustainability; Industry 4.0; automated content analysis; sustainable investment; corporate social responsibility; sustainable standards; sustainable reporting; smart manufacturing; renewable energy; cleaner production

Online: 18 September 2020 (11:11:47 CEST)

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Background (1) In the time of the 4th Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, a conglomerate of technical and social inventions, political contexts, socio-cultural circumstances, environmental policies, business models, and economic policies has emerged. Sustainability policy in theory and practice aims to deal with the effects of all these factors and to try to make decisions that ensure both social and economic development sustainably. The question is how to familiarize oneself with the current knowledge about the relationship between Industry 4.0 and sustainability?; (2) Methods: This research utilizes an automated content analysis method to analyses scientific journals, newspapers and magazines. The comparison of results of both research group shows that the scientific literature focuses more on changes in business models, production processes and technologies that enable sustainable development; (3) We found that the scientific literature focuses more on changes in business models, production processes and technologies that enable sustainable development. Newspapers and magazines articles write more about sustainable or green investment, sustainable standards and sustainable reporting. Newspapers and magazines articles write more about sustainable or green investment, sustainable standards and sustainable reporting. Newspapers, as well as some latest research journals, include articles of the COVID-19 outbreak and its effect on the economy and the environment. Indeed, the outbreak of the virus brings a new thought to the reorganization of the complex relationships between consumers, businesses and the state; (4) Conclusions: According to the comparison of the analyses of the results, it can is that the analyses of both types of literature, both scientific and professional, shows that there are common topics they write about, which are related to the field of clean production, emissions, renewable energy, climate change, sustainable investments and corporate sustainability. An urgent global issue that extends all over the world is the promotion of energy-saving technologies and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0560.v1

Towards Achieving Sustainability of Coastal Environments: Urban Growth Analysis and Prediction of Lagos, State Nigeria

Temitope Idowu, Rose Waswa, Kayode Lasisi, Kenneth Mubea, Maurice Nyadawa, John Bosco Kiema

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Urbanization growth prediction; Sustainable development, Land Change Modeler; IDRISI Selva; Land use land cover; Coastal cities; Lagos; Markov Chain; Multi-Layer Perceptron; Sustainability; Agenda 2063

Online: 23 July 2020 (12:32:04 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0447.v1

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Far from Achievement for Sub-Saharan Africa

HADSON SITEMBO

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Sustainable development goals (SDGs); Rwanda; South Africa; Zambia; sub-Saharan Africa

Online: 27 May 2020 (08:34:03 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Current State of Sustainability Reporting: A Case of Public Universities in Western Kenya

Patrick B. Ojera, Collins Otieno Odoyo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: corporate sustainability reporting; environmental accounting and reporting; public universities; sustainability reporting; CSR

Online: 23 March 2020 (01:10:51 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0047.v1

Ratio of Land Consumption Rate to the Population Growth Rate- A Case of Metropolitan Gombe

Ishiyaku Abdulkadir, J Sathish Kumar, Monica Noon

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: SDGs; sustainable development goalsl; indicator; sustainable cities

Online: 4 December 2019 (11:16:24 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0234.v1

Livelihoods Sustainability in Agriculture-Intensive Semi-Arid and Dry Sub-Humid Areas of West Africa - Pointers from Nigeria

Usman Muhammad Tsowa, Aishetu Abdulkadir

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Environmental Uncertainties, Agriculture, poverty, insecurity, and sustainable livelihood

Online: 23 January 2019 (09:58:27 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0556.v2

Smart Systems Implementation in UK Food Manufacturing Companies – A Sustainability Perspective

Andrew Thomas, Claire Haven-Tang, Richard Barton, Rachel Mason-Jones, Mark Francis, Paul Byard

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: food manufacturing; digital hub; sustainability profile; smart systems; survey

Online: 11 December 2018 (07:31:51 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0499.v2

The Impact of Urban Inequalities on Monitoring Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: Methodological Considerations

Philipp Ulbrich, Joao Porto De Albuquerque, Jon Coaffee

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: SDGs; urban inequality; urban governance; inclusive development; participatory geospatial methods; citizen-generated data; data practices; urban indicators

Online: 29 November 2018 (03:16:51 CET)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0157.v1

Earth Observation Actionable Information Supporting Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts in a Sustainable Development Framework

Alberto Lorenzo-Alonso, Marino Palacios, Ángel Utanda

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: Disaster Risk Reduction; EO4SD; Official Development Assistance; Actionable Information; World Bank; International Financial Institutions

Online: 7 November 2018 (09:53:46 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0053.v1

Integrating Endemic Medicinal Plants into the Global Value Chains: The Ecological Degradation Challenges and Opportunities

Volenzo Tom, John Odiyo, Offoro Kimambo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: bio-prospecting; biopiracy; collective action; common property resources; ecosystem sustainability; natural resource management; institutions; property rights; value chain

Online: 2 November 2018 (11:06:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0203.v1

Global Recognition that Ecosystems Are Key to Human Resilience in a Warming World

Nathalie Seddon, Elizabeth Daniels, Rowan Davis, Rian Harris, Xiaoting Hou-Jones, Saleemul Huq, Valerie Kapos, Georgina M. Mace, Ali Raza Rizvi, Hannah Reid, Dilys Roe, Sylvia Wicander

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: biodiversity; climate change adaptation; ecosystems; Paris agreement; policy

Online: 10 October 2018 (05:49:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0041.v1

ʻĀina Momona, Honua Au Loli: Productive Lands, Changing World Combining Models of the Human Ecological Footprint with Traditional Knowledge to Inform Future Sustainability in Hawaiʻi

Samuel M. Gon III , Stephanie L. Tom, Ulalia Woodside

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: human ecological footprint; traditional ecological knowledge; biocultural restoration; social-ecological system; Hawaiian islands

Online: 2 August 2018 (08:55:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0054.v1

‘Smart’ Tools for Socially-Sustainable Transport

Mahtot Gebresselassie, Thomas W. Sanchez

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: smart transport tools; ‘smart’ and sustainable; social-sustainability

Online: 3 May 2018 (08:17:38 CEST)

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