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Showing 1 to 20 of 248 for “"Environmental Benefits"”.
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The Potential Environmental Benefits of Hybrid Rice Varieties
… The purpose of this study is to estimate the environmental benefits of cultivating hybrid rice varieties as opposed to conventional and Clearfield rice varieties. To accomplish this goal, water use and GHG emissions were estimated on per acre (ac) and per bushel (bu) basis for most commonly …
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Sustainable conservation of Sakumo wetlands for social and environmental benefits.
… activities within human-dominated wetlands. The benefits and values of wetlands to humankind are varied, with highly diverse ecosystems that provide essential goods and services to human well-being. Studies about wetland degradation identify urbanisation and population explosion as contributing …
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Estimating the environmental benefits of aviation fuel and emissions reductions
With commercial aviation continuing to grow and environmental policymaking activity intensifying, it is becoming increasingly necessary to assess the environmental impact of measures that result in changes in aviation fuel bum levels. For estimating air quality and climate impacts, it is important …
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Assessing environmental benefits and economic costs of aviation environmental policy measures
… is anticipated for aviation with an increasing environmental impact, specifically in the areas of noise, air quality, and climate change. To ensure sustainable growth for aviation, decision-makers and stake-holders need to be armed with information on balancing environmental and economic …
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Quantifying the Service Life and Potential Environmental Benefits of Recycled Asphalt Pavements
… it has become important to document the cost and environmental impacts of different MandR strategies over the life cycle of the pavement to facilitate project selection decisions in the future. Asphalt pavement recycling, while cost-effective and environmentally friendly compared to other …
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Designing landscapes for economy : designing regional landscape infrastructure to enable economic and environmental benefits
… the Erie Canal can generate both economic benefits and ecologic benefits to contribute positively to the surrounding urban region. It applies a systems-based design approach to assess the current conditions of the Canal, and then identifies points of leverage, or catalyst sites, along the …
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Health and Environmental Benefits of Reduced Pesticide Use in Uganda: An Experimental Economics Analysis
… procedures are employed to value both health and environmental benefits from reducing pesticides in Uganda. The first experiment, an incentive compatible auction involves subjects with incomplete information placing bids to avoid consuming potentially contaminated groundnuts/water in a framed …
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ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF PRECISION VITICULTURE. A CASE STUDY FROM MONTEFALCO SAGRANTINO DOCG
… aims to analyse the wine sector from both an environmental and socio-economic perspective. The first chapter presents a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature, published between 2000 and 2022, that investigates the relationship between viticulture and climate change. This allowed …
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Synergistic and Environmental Benefits of Using Cement Kiln Dust With Slag and Fly Ash in Cemented Paste Tailings
Many researchers have validated the phenomenon of internal sulphate attack in ordinary Portland cement (CSA Type GU) based cemented paste tailings containing sulphide minerals and have observed secondary gypsum as an ubiquitous phase in such matrices. The secondary gypsum, due to its soft nature …
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Communicating complexity and informing decision-makers : challenges in the data and computation of environmental benefits of renewable energy
… contrasts the quantification of avoided emission benefits of renewable generation as determined by a marginal emissions analysis and the methodology specified by the Massachusetts Greenhouse Gas Policy and Protocol. Both methodologies are applied to an offshore wind installation that is currently …
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Valuing the Environmental Benefits from GM Products Using an Experimental Procedure: Lessons From the United States and the Philippines
… develops an experimental procedure to value the environmental benefits from two pre-production genetically modified (GM) products, MVR tomatoes and Bt eggplant. The procedure explicitly tells subjects the GM nature of the products, and frames the value as an actual donation to the scientific …
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An Economic Evaluation of the Health and Environmental Benefits of the Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM CRSP) in the Philippines
… If successful, the program should generate benefits that can be measured in economic terms. These benefits include improvements in water quality, food safety, pesticide applicator safety, and long run sustainability of pest management systems. This study was designed to measure the health …
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Productive landscape: Turning vacant and underutilised spaces into urban agriculture, for social, economic and environmental benefits in the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP) site, Cape Town
… inequality. Due to the raising urban poverty and environmental uncertainties, the planning profession globally, has begun to engage with sustainable urban food system and policies. In the past urban agriculture was view as a rural activity hence it was not planned for in cities. Urban agriculture …
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A critical investigation into the barriers and opportunities for environmental management systems ‘EMSs’ implementation for the delivery of environmental benefits to the Industrial City in Jeddah, KSA.
… in Jeddah; it is now suffering from serious environmental problems. Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) represent an internationally recognised tool developed to provide a systematic, self-monitoring approach for making continual improvements to all the environmental aspects of a business …
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Targeting of Ecosystem Goods and Services:Directing Agri-Environmental Policy Innovation
… active development and implementation of agri-environmental policies dealing with the provision of ecosystem goods and services over the years. However, these policies have often not been directed towards certain lands with the greatest potential for producing environmental benefits and those …
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Equivalent CO2 Emissions and Construction Costs of Buildings Designed Using Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Growing environmental concerns and lack of a sustained source of aggregate resources, have resulted in increased research dedicated to concrete produced with a variety of recycled and secondary materials. Despite the environmental benefits of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), compared with …
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Sourcing Cheaper and Greener Capital for Transit Oriented Developments
… for real estate developers by focusing on the environmental benefits in facilitating the modal shift from single occupancy vehicles to greener commuting options. This thesis establishes a hypothesis that if there was a manner in which the environmental benefits of a TOD could be accurately …
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Hydrogen infrastructure: resource evaluation and capacity modeling
… could offer energy stability, economical, and environmental benefits. Several issues are involved in the design and implementation of a hydrogen economy such as the selection of feedstocks, generation and storage technologies, transportation methods, appropriate equipment capacity, …
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Evaluating Determinants of Participation in Voluntary Riparian Buffer Programs: A Case Study of Maryland's Buffer Incentive Program
… policy makers as a way of providing a range of environmental benefits for society, especially prevention of non-point source water pollution from agricultural land. The current emphasis of riparian buffer discussions focuses on voluntary rather than regulatory initiatives, both nationally and in …
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Smart customization : making evidence-based environmental decisions
This thesis examines the environmental benefits created by the manufacture, distribution, and consumer use of products that are mass customized (MC) or produced "on-demand" and tailored to individual end-user preferences. Traditional mass production (MP) models take advantage of economies of scale …
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