International Journal of Innovation and Industrial Revolution,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
5(15), P. 33 - 44
Published: Dec. 24, 2023
Climate
change
has
emerged
as
a
critical
global
concern,
adversely
affecting
energy
consumption
and
community
living
environments.
Carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
emissions
primarily
contribute
to
warming
climate
change,
necessitating
increased
awareness
adoption
of
low-carbon
lifestyles
among
communities
at
micro-scale.
While
addressing
this
growing
collaborative
effort
involving
ten
university
researchers,
incorporating
faculty
members
from
the
built
environment
department,
professional
landscape
architects,
Masjid
As-Siddiq
congregation,
related
agencies,
culminated
in
development
Recycle
Edible
Garden
(REG)
knowledge
endowment
project
for
communities.
This
paper
delves
into
methodologies
challenges
transfer
developing
REG
project.
It
encompasses
low
carbon
initiatives,
including
recycling
reusing
workshop,
tree
planting
with
community,
maintenance
sharing
sessions
experts.
The
was
accomplished
within
12-month
timeline,
yielding
favourable
results
regarding
well-being,
mosque
enhancement,
heightened
mitigation.
In
summary,
project,
aimed
fostering
sustainable
awareness,
met
its
objectives
initiative
mosque.
However,
there
is
need
continued
follow-up
sustainability
efforts
ongoing
programs.
Vegetation,
as
a
crucial
carbon
sink,
is
facing
extensive
degradation
under
the
mounting
pressures
of
urbanization
and
excessive
resource
exploitation,
exacerbating
imbalance
between
sources
sinks.
In
response,
ecological
spatial
network
has
emerged
comprehensive
conservation
strategy
to
establish
maintain
connectivity
interactions
among
diverse
ecosystems,
ensuring
continuous
provision
services
preservation
biodiversity.
A
pivotal
indicator
in
this
context
vegetation
use
efficiency
(CUE),
which
elucidates
relationship
CO2
assimilation
through
photosynthesis
biomass
growth.
study,
utilizing
remote
sensing
data,
Yellow
River
Basin
(YRB)
was
selected
case
study
analyze
CUE
Carnegie
Ames
Stanford
Approach
(CASA)
Light
Use
Efficiency-Normalized
Difference
Water
Index
(LUE-NDWI)
models.
Furthermore,
Morphological
Spatial
Pattern
Analysis
(MSPA)
method
Integrated
Valuation
Ecosystem
Services
Tradeoffs
(InVEST)
model
were
employed
delineate
for
woodlands,
shrublands,
grasslands,
while
Minimum
Cumulative
Resistance
(MCR)
used
identify
corridors,
forming
an
within
YRB.
Subsequently,
interrelationship
topological
metrics
analyzed,
optimization
strategies
proposed
based
on
significance
structure
function.
The
findings
revealed
that:
(1)
Vegetation
exhibited
spatially
decreasing
trend
from
western
eastern
regions,
with
patterns
correlated
types,
temperature,
precipitation
distribution;
(2)
demonstrated
denser
configuration
upper
middle
reaches
sparser
shorter
pattern
lower
reaches,
seamless
all
regions;
(3)
Significant
correlations
observed
CUE,
prompting
adoption
construction
protection
measures
when
functional
importance
deficient,
enhancing
augmentation
corridors
structural
lacking.
implementation
these
expected
bolster
functions
network,
facilitate
cycling,
exert
positive
far-reaching
impact
sustainable
development
environment
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(1), P. 80 - 96
Published: March 12, 2023
This
paper
examined
the
dynamics
of
urban
land
use
and
cover
change,
their
implications
for
livelihoods
in
peri-urban
Tamale,
Ghana.
The
study
employed
household
data
Landsat
Thematic
Mapper
(TM)
1986,
Enhanced
Plus
(ETM
+)
2004
8
Operationalised
Imager/Thermal
Infrared
Sensor
(OLIS/TIRS)
2019.
findings
show
that
expansion
process
witnessed
a
transition
from
agricultural
livelihood
to
more
complex
monetised
economy,
which
presented
mixed
impacts
on
households.
We
argued
horizontal
areas
into
prime
lands
could
be
halted
by
promoting
vertical
development
form
multi-storey
buildings
rather
than
multiplication
individual
housing
units.
Supporting
households
diversify
portfolios
venturing
beekeeping,
poultry
farming,
livestock
keeping,
do
not
require
large
tracts
is
recommended.
