The seeming dichotomy between the protection of biodiversity and the supply of ecosystem services (ESs) represents an outstanding field of research that requires a structured and detailed analysis. The paper analyzes and discusses the role of ESs within spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) procedures through the content analysis methodology and a logical framework (LF) ...

In this paper we study the regional pattern of municipal business property tax rates in the province of British Columbia. Reduced form tax setting equations produce some evidence that municipal governments respond to tax changes in neighboring jurisdictions. However, a joint investigation of the determinants of tax base and municipal taxation decisions reveals that it is difficult to interpret ...

本研究では，2050 年までの京都市の都市ごみ焼却施設からの温室効果ガス (GHG) 排出量を推計した。都市ごみ組成別の特性値分析と GHG 排出量の試算モデル構築を行なった上で，BaU (S1)，ごみ減少 (S2)，＋バイオマスプラスチック導入 (S3)，＋発電効率向上 (S4)，＋メタンコンバインドシステム導入 (S5) のシナリオ，これらに電力 CO2 排出係数の減少を考慮したシナリオ (S1-6～S5-6) も設定し，将来の 排出量を評価した。この結果，S4 までの対策で 2050 年までに 実質排出量を 0 以下にできると考えられた。しかし S1-6～S5-6 では電力消費および発電による 排出・削減がほぼなくなり，最も低くなった S5-6 であっても S1 比で 15.2 % 減に留まり，2050 年に実質排出量を 以下とするには，CO2 直接排出量のうち少なくとも 20...

Municipal infrastructure is a fundamental facility for the normal operation and development of an urban city and is of significance for the stable progress of sustainable urbanization around the world, especially in developing countries. Based on the municipal infrastructure data of the prefecture-level cities in China, municipal infrastructure development is assessed comprehensively using a FA...

There has been a significant increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in India during the last few decades and its management has become a major issue because the poor waste management practices affect the health and amenity of the cities. In the present study, various physico-chemical parameters of the MSW were analyzed to characterize the waste dumped at Gazipur landfill site in Del...

This study presents the results of a dioxin abatement programme undertaken in the municipal waste incineration plant of Montcada i Reixac (Barcelona, Spain) after the replacement of an obsolete air cleaning device by a new flue gas treatment system. A number of sampling campaigns were conducted with the aim of characterising stack gas emission levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)...

BACKGROUND One of the most problems in developing countries is the integrated waste management and the effects on Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emission, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used in this paper as a decision supporting tool in planning Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) managements. METHODS In this paper the EPA's Waste Reduction Model (WARM) that provide GHG emission factors for waste stream com...

The management of rapidly growing municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the major challenges in developing countries. The current study also estimates the suitability of a site through a geographical information system using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) for landfill sites in National Capital Territory (NCT). The results of the suitability index indicate that only 58.7 km2 of the land...