On November 15, 2019, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development of China held a press conference on the standard release of the classification mark of domestic waste, and announced that the latest standard an...
Today, many developed cities such as San Francisco, Stockholm, and Adelaide are aiming to transform their current waste management practice into a more efficient and sustainable way, called zero waste practice. Increasingly people move from rural to urban environments due to the economic activities an...
More innovative engineering approaches, however, utilize the recycling function of urban soils within the urban ecosys- tem rather than creating emissions by transporting the waste to a rural area. Stormwater management is another soil func- tion traditionally addressed by gray infrastructure. Urban ...
wastelandwasterubblebrownfieldEdinburghLondoncontemporary archaeologyheritageIn this article, I undertake an archaeology of urban "wastelands." In doing so I ask how such places are materially and conceptually "made" and examine the effects that such labeling has on how postindustrial urban sites are ...
What does urban mining mean for local communities? While urban mining is positive on the surface, if it isn’t done in a regulated and sustainable way, it can do more harm than good. Much of the e-waste from developed countries such as the US is shipped to landfills in the developing ...
In ecological environment protection, rural ecological environment protection should be given equal importance to promote the overall improvement of both urban and rural environmental quality. The governance of the rural ecological environment is not only the only means to ecological revitalization in the ...
A warmer planet doesn’t just raise temperatures. From wildfires to flooding to coral bleaching, here are some real-world implications.
hasamuchlowerurbandensity (密度)than mostof theworld?scities.Nowadaysaboutathirdofthecity isgreenspace. InJuly2019,Londonannounceditswillingnessto becometheworld?sfirstNationalParkCity.Nowthe cityismovingtowardthegoalofachieving50% green spacebytheyear2050byconnectingandexpanding publicparks,greeningupunusedpar...
摘要原文 By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.40 billion tons of waste annually, increasing drastically from today’s 2.01 billion tons. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 aggregates extensive solid waste data at the national and urban levels. It ...
Urbanization challenges include managing waste and ensuring sustainable water use. 9 Urbanisation The expansion of urban areas into surrounding lands. The urbanisation of the countryside has raised concerns about loss of agricultural land. 10 Urbanization The shift in population distribution towards cities ...