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Environments, Volume 5, Issue 10

October 2018 - 7 articles

Cover Story: A three-headed problem: As the population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to quadruple by 2100, powering the region presents a great challenge. This problem is compounded by the need for energy access and economic development. Sub-Saharan Africa has limited fossil fuel reserves, but there is great potential for renewable energy across the continent. A regional approach to community-level projects is recommended that focuses on the issues of population growth, development, and energy demand. View this paper.
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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,509 Views
10 Pages

Voltammetric and Spectroscopic Determination of Rare Earth Elements in Fresh and Surface Water Samples

  • Martin Makombe,
  • Charlton Van der Horst,
  • Bongiwe Silwana,
  • Emmanuel Iwuoha and
  • Vernon Somerset

The increasing demand for rare earth elements in green technology, electronic components, petroleum refining, and agricultural activities has resulted in their scattering and accumulation in the environment. This study determined cerium, lanthanum an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,039 Views
9 Pages

Ecotoxicity of In-Situ Produced Compost Intended for Landfill Restoration

  • Magdalena Daria Vaverková,
  • Dana Adamcová,
  • Maja Radziemska,
  • Jan Zloch,
  • Martin Brtnický,
  • Ondřej Šindelář,
  • Alžbeta Maxiánová and
  • Zbigniew Mazur

Municipal solid waste (MSW) has become a matter of increasing global concern. Biological conversion is considered to be the most applicable disposal method, especially for the organic fraction of MSW. The aim of this study was to evaluate composting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,427 Views
11 Pages

Land Use Planning and Wildlife-Inflicted Crop Damage in Zambia

  • Mitelo Subakanya,
  • Gelson Tembo and
  • Robert B. Richardson

28 September 2018

Damage to crops from wildlife interference is a common threat to food security among rural communities in or near Game Management Areas (GMAs) in Zambia. This study uses a two-stage model and cross-sectional data from a survey of 2769 households to d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,654 Views
16 Pages

26 September 2018

The article describes the premises and conditions for the implementation of a pro-landscape spatial policy in rural areas in Poland. It presents the erosion of spatial order in a large part of the country’s territory. Firstly, the state of prot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,366 Views
19 Pages

25 September 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to several of the world’s least developed economies. Additionally, forty percent of the nearly one billion people in this region lack access to basic electricity. There are several initiatives and programs aimed at in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,105 Views
17 Pages

Holistic Assessment of Carbon Capture and Utilization Value Chains

  • Tryfonas Pieri,
  • Alexandros Nikitas,
  • Arturo Castillo-Castillo and
  • Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis

25 September 2018

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) is recognized by the European Union, along with carbon, capture and storage (CCS), as one of the main tools towards global warming mitigation. It has, thus, been extensively studied by various researchers around t...

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Environments - ISSN 2076-3298