Innovations in science, technology, engineering, and policy (iSTEP) for addressing environmental issues towards sustainable development
The Innovation Geoscience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2(3), P. 100087 - 100087
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
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Sustainable
development
depends
on
the
integration
of
economy,
society,
and
environment.
Yet,
escalating
environmental
challenges
pose
threats
to
both
society
economy.
Despite
progress
in
addressing
issues
promote
sustainability,
knowledge
gaps
scientific
research,
technological
advancement,
engineering
practice,
policy
persist.
In
this
review,
we
aim
narrow
these
by
proposing
innovation-based
solutions
refining
existing
paradigms.
Reviewing
past
research
actions,
first
elucidate
evolution
sustainability
science
essence
sustainable
its
assessment.
Secondly,
summarize
current
major
issues,
including
global
warming
climate
change,
biodiversity
loss,
land
degradation
desertification,
pollution,
as
well
their
relationships
with
achievement
Development
Goals
(SDGs).
Subsequently,
review
critically
evaluates
role
innovations
science,
technology,
engineering,
(iSTEP)
synergies
advancing
SDGs.
While
sequential
may
vary
based
specific
contexts
or
scenarios
within
iSTEP
framework,
each
component
reinforces
others,
fostering
continuous
improvement.
Finally,
offers
recommendations
future
perspectives
for
formulating
roadmaps.
Recommendations
include
a
vision
promoting
interdisciplinary
collaboration,
encouraging
transboundary
cooperation
among
stakeholders
endeavors.</p></sec>
Language: Английский
Controlling stormwater at the source: dawn of a new era in integrated water resources management
Applied Water Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(12)
Published: Nov. 25, 2024
Abstract
Published
results
on
rainwater
management
systems
revealed
a
lack
of
holistic
science-based
design
principles.
A
new
approach
to
is
proposed.
Its
necessity
and
feasibility
are
discussed.
It
demonstrated
that
quantitatively
harvesting
rainfall
infiltrating
fraction
should
be
mandatory.
Thus,
the
primary
site-specific
parameter
intensity
rainfall.
Clearly,
harvested
used
everywhere
as
valuable
resource.
Under
arid
semi-arid
conditions
large
tanks
maximize
water
storage
for
long
dry
season
while
under
humid
same
helps
minimize
frequency
emptying
avoid
flooding.
The
separates
(and
stormwater)
from
sewage
has
potential
maintain
natural
hydrological
cycle
in
urban
areas
despite
urbanization.
In
already
crowded
slums,
(RWH)
can
also
restore
cycle.
advocates
decentralized
RWH
infrastructures
harvest,
infiltrate,
store
individual
residences,
piping
overflows
semi-centralized
cluster-scale
tanks.
Rooting
integrated
resource
appears
missing
puzzle
in:
(i)
restoring
where
it
been
disturbed
(landscape
restoration),
(ii)
avoiding
flooding,
mitigating
soil
erosion.
This
essential
sustainable
development.
Language: Английский
Revisiting water resources management in the Mandara Mountains
Diane Madomguia,
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Esther Laurentine Nya,
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Emma Laureane Njomou-Ngounou
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et al.
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. e41692 - e41692
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
This
article
evaluates
the
prospects
for
rainwater
harvesting
(RWH)
as
a
means
of
optimizing
water
management
in
Mandara
Mountains.
RWH
is
small-scale
conservation
approach
locally
intercepting
and
storing
rainfall
before
it
enters
usual
hydrologic
cycle.
ancient
practice
has
recently
sustained
lives
semiarid
areas
world
(e.g.
Brazil,
China),
but
not
yet
really
used
Mountains
Cameroon
where
people
are
still
lacking
safe
drinking
water.
Recently,
was
also
demonstrated
missing
puzzle
integrated
resources
(IWRM)
only
facing
scarcity.
The
present
aims
to
prepare
large
scale
Water
yields
estimated
residential
roofs,
administrative
confessional
buildings,
agricultural
farm
scale).
results
show
that
an
affordable,
applicable,
attractive
tool
both
rural
urban
communities
sustainably
solve
long-lasting
problem
lack
Moreover,
despite
short
rainy
season,
may
provide
enough
irrigation
mitigate
dry
spells
increase
livestock
productivity.
study
regarded
blueprint
planning
sustainable
Language: Английский
Ecosystem services and their drivers under different watershed- management patterns in the western Chinese Loess Plateau
Le Chen,
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Wei Wei,
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Bing Tong
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et al.
Ecological Indicators,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
172, P. 113321 - 113321
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Multi-criteria evaluation for the sustainable use of loess gullies in rural–urban borderline
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: March 28, 2025
The
paper
explores
the
issue
of
sustainable
use
urban
gullies
under
pressure
suburbanization.
objective
this
study
was
to
provide
guidelines
for
land
restoration
in
relation
Polish
case
by
analyzing
(1)
cover
changes,
(2)
their
impact
on
geomorphic
evolution
and
(3)
valuable
plant
associations.
To
end,
GIS
technologies,
identification
soil
sediments
valorization
associations
were
adopted
capture
total
set
impacts.
findings
revealed
that
change
indicators
combined
with
geomorphological
aspects
are
useful
assessing
state
gully
development
and,
basis,
providing
revitalization
recommendations.
Long-lasting
anthropogenic
modifications
main
driving
factors
exhibited
significant
interrelationships
among
all
indicators.
This
need
strengthening
recreational
through
multifunctional
different
citizen
groups
simultaneous
protection
terms
geological
ecological
aspects.
direction
action
enables
accordance
concept,
which
focuses
equal
economic
growth
generates
wealth
without
harming
environment.
Language: Английский
Bibliometric Insights into Terracing Effects on Water Resources Under Climate Change: Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS Applications
Water,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(8), P. 1125 - 1125
Published: April 10, 2025
With
the
increasing
impacts
of
global
climate
change
and
continuous
expansion
population,
scarcity
food
water
resources,
along
with
protection
agricultural
land,
have
become
significant
constraints
to
sustainable
development.
Terraces
plays
a
vital
role
in
controlling
loss
promoting
agriculture,
they
been
widely
adopted
across
globe.
Using
CiteSpace,
this
study
conducted
bibliometric
review
literature
on
application
remote
sensing
GISs
terrace
studies
under
change.
The
dataset
included
publications
from
Web
Science
spanning
years
1992
2024.
Based
systematical
analysis
508
publications,
we
investigated
major
institutions,
cross-author
collaborations,
keyword
co-occurrences,
evolution
research
focus
areas
regarding
applications
studies.
results
show
that
prominent
themes
domain
include
sensing,
erosion,
China
(132,
26%)
United
States
(108,
21%)
are
top
contributors
terms
publication
numbers,
while
European
countries
institutions
more
active
collaborative
efforts.
emphasis
has
transitioned
analyzing
environmental
characteristics
terraces
broader
consideration
ecological
factors
multi-scenario
applications.
Moreover,
analyses
co-occurrence
temporal
trends
indicate
rising
interest
machine
learning,
deep
luminescence
dating
Moving
forward,
it
is
essential
advance
deployment
automated
monitoring
systems,
obtain
long-term
data,
encourage
adoption
conservation
agriculture
technology,
strengthen
early
warning
networks
for
extreme
events
research.
Overall,
underscores
importance
interdisciplinary
approaches
efforts
address
myriad
challenges
faced
by
terraced
an
era
rapid
Language: Английский
Spatio-temporal evolution and driving factors of regulating ecosystem service value: a case study of Poyang Lake Area, China
Yaobin Liu,
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Nan Huang,
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Chenghao Liu
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et al.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Feb. 22, 2024
Clarifying
the
driving
mechanisms
of
spatial
and
temporal
changes
in
regulating
ecosystem
service
value
(RESV)
is
an
important
part
realizing
goal
sustainable
development.
Existing
studies
have
focused
on
specific
factors,
ignoring
complex
interactions
between
factors
their
regional
differences.
In
this
regard,
RESV
its
different
zones
(core
area,
fringe
peripheral
area)
were
explored
Poyang
Lake
Area,
China.
The
results
showed
that
spatially
distribution
characteristics
area
>
core
while
lakes
influenced
provision
services,
showing
per
unit
was
higher
gradually
declined
with
increase
distance
from
lakes,
presenting
decreasing
trend
area.
From
2000
to
2020,
study
lost
70.5988
billion
CNY
for
RESV,
which
most
affected.
Further
analysis
mechanism
areas
found
there
are
differences
paths
factors:
Population
density
mainly
affects
precipitation
GDP
land
Language: Английский