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Daniel L. Mendoza, Erik T. Crosman, Corbin Anderson and Shawn A. Gonzales
The combination of extreme heat waves and ozone pollution is a major health hazard for urban populations in the summertime, particularly for the most sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, the unsheltered, and those with pre-existing health cond...
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Miniyenkosi Ngcukayitobi, Lagouge Kwanda Tartibu and Flávio Bannwart
Waste heat recovery stands out as a promising technique for tackling both energy shortages and environmental pollution. Currently, this valuable resource, generated through processes like fuel combustion or chemical reactions, is often dissipated into th...
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Maasago Mercy Sepadi and Vusumuzi Nkosi
According to the best of our knowledge, there are no critical studies to date about associations between the work environment and prevalence of respiratory diseases and their symptoms among urban informal vendors in South Africa. This study followed a ri...
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Essossinam Beguedou, Satyanarayana Narra, Komi Agboka, Damgou Mani Kongnine and Ekua Afrakoma Armoo
The process of making cement clinker uses a lot of energy and produces a lot of pollution. Currently, cement companies use a combination of traditional fossil fuels and alternative fuels (AF-Fuels) to lower their energy consumption and environmental foot...
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Zhaoyi Zhuang, Jin Zhao, Fengfeng Mi, Teng Zhang, Yuguo Hao and Shangyue Li
Heat pump technology can extract low-level heat energy from urban sewage to heat or cool buildings, which can alleviate the two major problems of energy shortage and environmental pollution to a certain extent. This paper introduces the principle of wast...
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Rehab O. Abdel Rahman, Ahmed M. El-Kamash and Yung-Tse Hung
Permeable concrete is a class of materials that has long been tested and implemented to control water pollution. Its application in low-impact development practices has proved its efficiency in mitigating some of the impacts of urbanization on the enviro...
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Kiran Kumar Poloju, Shalini Annadurai, Ram Kishore Manchiryal, Mallikarjuna Rao Goriparthi, Prabu Baskar, Mayakrishnan Prabakaran and Jongpil Kim
Concrete is a versatile construction material used along with a reinforcement. Concrete is made up of binder materials and aggregates. Cement is a primary binder material used to produce conventional concrete. Carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere a...
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Junqi Li, Jing Li, Xiaojing Li and Zimu Li
The thermal pollution of stormwater runoff is an important factor in the degradation of the urban water environment. Bioretention is an effective way to control the thermal pollution of stormwater runoff. To understand the influence of different rainfall...
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Shahir Masri, Yufang Jin and Jun Wu
Major wildfires and heatwaves have begun to increase in frequency throughout much of the United States, particularly in western states such as California, causing increased risk to public health. Air pollution is exacerbated by both wildfires and warmer ...
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Aiman Mazhar Qureshi and Ahmed Rachid
Urbanization, anthropogenic activities, and social determinants such as poverty and literacy rate greatly contribute to heat-related mortalities. The 2003 strong heat wave (Lucifer) in France resulted in catastrophic health consequences in the region tha...
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