Over the last two decades, scientific communities have been more interested in turning
organic waste materials into bioenergy. Microbial fuel cells (MFC) can degrade organic …

Executive summary Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural
systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly …

Most research on hydrological risks focuses either on flood risk or drought risk, whilst floods
and droughts are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle. To better design disaster risk …

Since last century or so anthropogenic activities have intensely metamorphosed the earth's
ecosystem and resulted into major environmental changes. Widespread interference of …

The relationship between the tourism economy and the ecological environment is under
pressure, and balancing this relationship is crucial for promoting regional sustainability. In …

Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching
implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization. This …

Growing requirements of freshwater and unsustainable nature of fossil fuels are driving the
interest in using renewable energy for desalination applications. Due to their less energy …

This paper analyzes the temporal and spatial characteristics of the coordination of
urbanization and eco-environment of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2015, using the …

The missing link between cross-sectoral resource management and full-scale adoption of
the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has been the lack of analytical tools that provide …

Coordinating the relationship between urbanization and ecological environment quality
(EEQ) is crucial to achieving sustainable development. With the development of …