Biodiversity conservation and construction industry: Impacts, regulatory frameworks, and challenges DOI
Fredrick Ojija,

Leticia P. Lutambi,

Marco E. Mng’ong’o

et al.

CABI Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 7, 2025

Abstract The construction industry plays a crucial role not only in economic development but also presents significant challenges to environmental sustainability. Construction activities frequently result habitat destruction, pollution, land degradation, fragmentation, and the spread of invasive species, all which pose severe threats ecosystems biodiversity. These impacts contribute climate change, accelerate biodiversity loss, endanger vulnerable species habitats. Without proper mitigation strategies, projects can lead irreversible ecological damage. However, integrating biodiversity-friendly practices into planning execution help minimize negative effects enhance ecosystem resilience. A balanced approach that incorporates conservation processes is essential for achieving sustainable goals. To address these challenges, regulatory frameworks policies have been established prevent or mitigate loss caused by activities. effectiveness regulations varies across regions, often due gaps enforcement, inadequate assessments, insufficient stakeholder engagement. This review critically examines existing governing construction-related impacts, assessing their strengths weaknesses. It identifies areas where policy improvements stricter enforcement are needed protection. Furthermore, this study explores harm, such as green infrastructure, restoration, nature-based solutions. highlights aligning rapid urbanization infrastructure with conservation, including conflicting interests between growth By analysing opportunities, provides insights how well-implemented conservation. Strengthening legal frameworks, fostering cross-sector collaboration, incorporating scientific research decision making will be key balancing proactive ensure future support both progress integrity.

Language: Английский

Citationchaser: A tool for transparent and efficient forward and backward citation chasing in systematic searching DOI Creative Commons
Neal Haddaway, Matthew Grainger, Charles T. Gray

et al.

Research Synthesis Methods, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 533 - 545

Published: April 26, 2022

Systematic searching aims to find all possibly relevant research from multiple sources, the basis for an unbiased and comprehensive evidence base. Along with bibliographic databases, systematic reviewers use a variety of additional methods minimise procedural bias. Citation chasing exploits connections between articles identify records review by making explicit mentions one article within another. is popular supplementary search method because it helps build on work primary authors. It does so identifying potentially studies that might otherwise not be retrieved other methods; example, they did authors' terms in specified combinations their titles, abstracts, or keywords. Here, we briefly provide overview citation as reviews. Furthermore, given challenges high resource requirements associated chasing, limited application rigorous reviews, potential benefit terminologically disconnected but semantically linked studies, have developed describe free open source tool allows rapid forward backward chasing. We introduce citationchaser, R package Shiny app conducting starting set articles. sources data, backend code functionality, user interface provided app.

Language: Английский

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251
Marine invertebrates and noise DOI Creative Commons
Marta Solé, Kenzo Kaifu, T. Aran Mooney

et al.

Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: March 7, 2023

Within the set of risk factors that compromise conservation marine biodiversity, one least understood concerns is noise produced by human operations at sea and from land. Many aspects how other forms energy may impact natural balance oceans are still unstudied. Substantial attention has been devoted in last decades to determine sensitivity mammals—especially cetaceans pinnipeds—and fish because they known possess hearing organs. Recent studies have revealed a wide diversity invertebrates also sensitive sounds, especially via sensory organs whose original function allow maintaining equilibrium water column sense gravity. Marine not only represent largest proportion biomass indicators ocean health but many species important socio-economic values. This review presents current scientific knowledge on invertebrate bioacoustics (sound production, reception, sensitivity), as well affected anthropogenic noises. It critically revisits literature identify gaps will frame future research investigating tolerance ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, disservices, and impacts on well-being in urban environments DOI
Paulo Pereira, Caichun Yin, Ting Hua

et al.

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33, P. 100465 - 100465

Published: March 24, 2023

Language: Английский

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Toward a Framework for the Design of Interactive Technology for Nature Recreation DOI
Michael Jones, Tuomas Kari, Daniel S. Reich

et al.

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21

Published: Jan. 8, 2025

Interactive technology has a complicated relationship with recreation in nature. Many people have praised, and many lamented the impact of interactive on Because nature important wellness benefits is likely to remain part recreation, there need design for recreation. Unfortunately, little generalized knowledge exists how such technology. We create new intermediate by drawing from others' work, our prior specifically Borgmann Verbeek's philosophies Our contribution framework based decomposition engagement into nine facets related place, time, community. Four examples demonstrate descriptive generative power framework. This may enable creation systems that complement rather than compete better preserve

Language: Английский

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Future pathways for decarbonization and energy efficiency of ports: Modelling and optimization as sustainable energy hubs DOI Creative Commons
Annamaria Buonomano, Gianluca Del Papa, Giovanni Francesco Giuzio

et al.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 420, P. 138389 - 138389

Published: Aug. 8, 2023

The increasing energy demand in harbour areas, coupled with the need to reduce pollutant emissions, has led development of renewable energy-based polygeneration systems face carbon footprint ports and ships at berth. In this way, coming years, can be converted into modern hubs. From point view, paper presents a new dynamic simulation model for assessing optimizing economic impact ports. Here, sources designed connected national electricity natural gas grids include also alternative fuels (hydrogen, biomethane, etc.) thermal networks, as well different biomass fluxes (to exploited aims). Energy availability/demands near towns port buildings/infrastructures, on-shore power supply is are included assessments. Hourly weather data prices all considered carriers taken account hour by hour. A multi-objective optimization approach implemented considering indexes optimized. whole computer tool written MATLAB. For showing capability developed model, novel case study referred Naples (South-Italy) presented. several considered, including an anaerobic biodigester producing biogas from organic waste docked cruise ships. combined heat system (fed biogas) hub supplying absorption chiller. PV panels, marine generators included. conducted analysis, targets maximization self-consumption self-sufficiency minimum simple payback period. proposed effectively contribute decarbonization harmful emissions. Results showed that very high rate produced on-site (up 84%) facilities, ensuring independency utility grid (self-sufficiency index up 40%). By obtained results through simulation/optimization tool, design operating criteria achieved future hubs featured renewables bi-directional exchange between port.

Language: Английский

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How chronic anthropogenic noise can affect wildlife communities DOI Creative Commons
Annebelle C. M. Kok, Boris W. Berkhout, Nora V. Carlson

et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: April 5, 2023

Anthropogenic noise is a major pollutant in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Since the industrial revolution, human activities have become increasingly noisy, leading to both acute chronic disturbance of wide variety animals. Chronic exposure can affect animals over their lifespan, changes species interactions likely altering communities. However, community-level impacts are not well-understood, which impairs our ability for effective mitigation. In this review, we address effects on communities explore possible mechanisms underlying these effects. The limited studies topic suggest that by changing behavior and/or physiology community, results direct or knock-on consequences other ecosystem. Major knowledge gaps remain due logistically complex financially expensive nature long-term needed questions. By identifying suggesting approaches answer them, provide road map toward mitigating noisy world.

Language: Английский

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Plastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems: Current knowledge on impacts of micro and nano fragments on invertebrates DOI Creative Commons
Chloé M.C. Richard,

Elsa Dejoie,

Claudia Wiegand

et al.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 477, P. 135299 - 135299

Published: July 22, 2024

The increasing accumulation of small plastic particles, in particular microplastics (>1 µm to 5 mm) and nanoplastics (< 1 µm), the environment is a hot topic our rapidly changing world. Recently, studies were initiated better understand behavior micro- (MNP) within complex matrices like soil, as well their characterization, incorporation potential toxicity terrestrial biota. However, there remains significant knowledge gaps understanding wide-extent impacts MNP on invertebrates. We first summarized facts global pollution generation MNP. Then, we focused compiling existing literature examining consequences exposure diversity investigated biological endpoints (from molecular individual levels) compiled get comprehension effects according different factors such shape, polymer type, organism, concentration duration. sublethal are acknowledged literature, yet no general conclusion was drawn highly dependent characteristic experimental design. Finally, synthesis highlighted some research remediation strategies, protocol standardize ecotoxicological studies.

Language: Английский

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Positive global environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a review DOI Creative Commons
Hong Chuan Loh, Irene Looi, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng

et al.

GeoJournal, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 87(5), P. 4425 - 4437

Published: July 23, 2021

Language: Английский

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Ten questions concerning soundscape valuation DOI Creative Commons
Like Jiang, A Bristow, Jian Kang

et al.

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 109231 - 109231

Published: May 26, 2022

The past two decades have seen an ongoing paradigm shift from noise control to soundscaping, and soundscape approaches been applied in management projects. However, cost-benefit analysis (CBA), which is widely used for economic appraisal of projects that would impact on the sound environment, remains noise-based residential-location-focused. As a result, benefits wanted sounds are omitted appraisal. While there wealth literature seeking place value/cost changes exposure, little research has done valuation. Consequently, evidence monetary value soundscape, essential developing soundscape-based CBA. This paper initiates systematic discussion this emerging topic, by addressing ten questions covering definition scope valuation, potential valuation methods primary required data, special concerns private public contexts, non-monetary soundscapes cultural and/or historical significance, eventual application values CBA beyond. Answers based reflection existing environmental visionary opinions authors research, practice policy sectors, can help establish framework support future relevant areas.

Language: Английский

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Advancing sustainability in the maritime sector: energy design and optimization of large ships through information modelling and dynamic simulation DOI Creative Commons
Annamaria Buonomano, Gianluca Del Papa, Giovanni Francesco Giuzio

et al.

Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 235, P. 121359 - 121359

Published: Aug. 19, 2023

This paper introduces a new design methodology for the naval sector to face challenges of reducing GHG emissions and related environmental impact. The proposed is based on application novel Building Information Modeling (BIM) Energy (BEM) technique large ships. To do so, information model modern cruise ship developed with aim automatically create 3D physics-based simulate energy performance ships under real dynamic conditions. Compared other approaches adopted in literature performance, one this less complex because advanced tools BIM handling high number thermal zones surfaces. Furthermore, since improves project management process, can streamline design-to-delivery procedure by supporting HVAC waste heat recovery systems. show effectiveness approach improving sustainability ships, more general shipping industry, Allure Seas, 6000-passenger operating Caribbean Sea, analysed means simulation tool. accuracy verified comparing results respect actual measured data achieving overall electricity consumption differences around 1%. Two different commonly used strategies are assessed flexibility highlight that lower primary consumptions be obtained optimizing system (up 600 MWh per trip), proving importance exploit modelling early when level efficiency required.

Language: Английский

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