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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCarbon Footprint of the Kuwaiti Public Road Transport IndustryNawaf H. Aldaihani, Hamad B. Matar, Khalefah A. Alhumaidah, Nayef Z. Al-MutairiThroughout the last fifty years, Kuwait's population has grown and its oil exploration has produced massive economic changes. That has led to high vehicle demand. As a result, air pollution is increasing in urban areas in particular. The objective of the paper was to estimate carbon emissions from road travel following IPCC guidelines and using national fuel price and sales … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 15 Dec 2020 · 7,108 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractComputational Analysis of Environmental Risk ConditionersBarbara Carla Coelho Batista, João Victor Dutra Balboa, Caio Vincenzo Reis Dima et al.The intense urbanization process since the 1970s, coupled with the lack of adequate housing and social policies, has led large urban centers to disordered occupations and situations of geotechnical risk. These occupations were not implemented in a technically correct manner from the point of view of civil engineering, considering landscaping, drainage and paving, as well as edification. Areas at risk … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 5 · 16 Oct 2020 · 6,794 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInvestigating Commuting Time in a Metropolitan Statistical Area Using Spatial Autocorrelation AnalysisS. Hessam Miri, S. Behnam MiriCommuting is an unavoidable issue as living and working are two spatially separated activities for most people. The most influence of commuting is on land uses and transportation systems and ultimately it poses its consequences to the society. Research on urban commuting is one of the most favorable approaches to lessening the impact and intensity of land use and transportation … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 11 Jan 2020 · 7,421 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUrban Renewal through Sustainable Development: A Case Study in IranS. Hessam Miri, S. Behnam Miri, Mohammad Rasoul MaghsoudiDecayed urban areas, especially those located in the city center, are one of the major problems of cities. These areas, which known as the main nucleus of cities at the time of their emergence, have lost their previous prosperity and importance due to several reasons such as the deterioration of their properties, the immigration of their original residents and the … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 9 Jan 2020 · 8,377 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEnvironmental Assessment of Dust-Holding and Oxygen-Producing Productivity of Hawthorns in KazakhstanBotagoz Kentbayeva, Zhadyra Baigazakova, Mukhtar Baybatshanov et al.The research aimed to study the oxygen productionand the dynamics of the leaf blade dust-collecting ability of hawthorns growingin contrasting ecological and climatic areas. Hawthorns in urban green spacesare a fairly common tree species and play an important hygienic role inpurifying the atmospheric air from dust and harmful impurities and havesufficient oxygen productivity. Hawthorn trunks ensure 70% of all oxygenproductivity … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 22, Issue 3 · 9 Sep 2022 · 5,448 accessesView PDFCite
Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractReview of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Some Selected CountriesTariku Neme Afata, Seyoum Derib, Reda NemoBlue-Green Infrastructures (BGI) integrate solutions implemented to enhance water management and landscape values for more climate-resilient and livable cities. It has created an opportunity to renew the natural structure of water balance in cities and rural through the increase in rainwater retention and enlargement of permeable areas. The objective of this review is to assess the blue-green infrastructures of selected … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 4 · 4 Aug 2022 · 7,096 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExploring Factors Affecting on Willingness to Observe Air Pollution Reduction Policies in Tehran, IranPejman Jafari, Afrooz BotshekanOne of the most important issues of these days is an environmental pollution. Environmental problems such as air pollution and climate changes in urban areas are the results of human behavior. Only change in human behavior can reduce these environmental problems. Thus, studying attitude and behavior of people is a precondition to change this situation. This study aimed to examine … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 1 Jun 2021 · 7,799 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPersonal Exposure to PM2.5 in the Various Microenvironments as a Traveler in the Southeast Asian CountriesSemih Ozler, Karoline K. Johnson, Michael H. Bergin, James Jay SchauerAir pollution has become a pressing issue in today’s society because of its significant effects on humans, animals, plants, air quality, climate and the wider environment. Most urban areas are associated with one or more air pollutants which are emitted from local or regional pollution sources including vehicle exhausts, fossil fuels using in energy production, emissions from industrial and mining … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 4 · 27 Oct 2018 · 9,274 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUrbanization Effect on Air Temperature in Iran's Zayanderud River BasinAli Zahraei, Sara Saadati, Saeid Eslamian et al.: Detection of urbanization effect to understand climate change is important. Urbanization effect on air temperature in Zayanderud river basin was evaluated using weather stations network. Map of the temperature trend was generated using full dataset and rural stations to visualize warming trends. A comparative analysis was carried out to estimate urban heat island effect. The result indicated that overall … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 11 May 2018 · 8,480 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMapping of Flood Risk Zones in Ala River Basin Akure, NigeriaOlajire Olabanji Olatona, O.A. Obiora-Okeke, J.R. AdewumiFloods are water induced disasters that lead to temporary inundation of dry land and cause serious damages in the affected location such as loss of lives and properties and destruction of infrastructures. Nigeria has experienced a lot of flood incidences and the impact of flood has also increased due to population growth coupled with uncontrolled developmental practices. The result of … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 7 Feb 2018 · 9,243 accessesView PDFCite