Abstract Wood products are seen globally as an important solution to substitute nonrenewable materials in the construction sector enhance life cycle sustainability of buildings. Globally, most prominent opportunities for change housing production lie multistory residential buildings, which built mainly concrete, steel, and bricks. The possibilities achieving multiple benefits from use wood buil...

This paper situates the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 8, and 13 to investigate growth-energy-emissions trilemma. It uniquely contributes discourse by using carbon emissions per (emissions), GDP capita (economic growth), energy use (nonrenewable energy) renewable from seven South Asian countries covering 1990 2019 determine effect of economic growth on if its intera...

In the context of energy security, rural development and climate change, India actively promotes the cultivation of Jatropha curcas, a biodiesel feedstock which has been identified as suitable for achieving the Indian target of 20% biofuel blending by 2017. In this paper, we present results concerning the range of environmental impacts of different Jatropha curcas cultivation systems. Moreover,...

Abnormal growth of population and development enormously increases energy demand. In present scenario utilization of fossils fuels to meet this demand is not enough and also leads to pollution, global warming, climate change as well as natural disaster. Therefore, hydrogen as energy carrier is a major option on these prospects as it is non-polluting and renewable. The renewable hydrogen energy ...

Across the circumpolar North large disparities in the distribution of renewable and nonrenewable resources, human population density, capital investments, and basic residential and transportation infrastructure combine to create recognizable hotspots of recent and foreseeable change. Northern Fennoscandia exemplifies a relatively benign situation due to its current economic and political stabil...

Because radiology has historically not measured its added value to patient care and thus not communicated it in easily understood terms to all stakeholders, the specialty must correct this to prepare for the eventual transition from the current fee-for-service payment schedule to new value-based reimbursement systems. Given the increasing risk for marginalization, radiologists need to engage cl...

The world population will reach 7 billion in late 2011, a demographic milestone that is causing renewed attention to the challenges caused by population growth. This article looks at the last 50 years of demographic change, one of the most extraordinary periods in demographic history. During this period, world population grew at rates that have never been seen before and will almost surely neve...

Developing high-value crop planting industries according to local conditions is an important strategy for targeted poverty alleviation, and it also a momentous solution agricultural structure adjustment. However, previous studies mainly have focused on their spatiotemporal evolution economic benefits instead of environmental impact. An in-depth analysis urgently needed. Taking Linquan County as...