Background and purpose: Disposing sludge from industrial wastewater treatment plants (IWWTPs) is a serious issue because it can affect human and animals health, and also environmental quality. In this study, sludge from an IWWTP was analyzed regarding its physicochemical characteristics and disposal options. Materials and Methods: Grab sampling was used to collect 12 sludge samples biweekly (Ma...

In recent years, Chinese housing policies have been shifting from encouraging homeownership toward developing the private rented sector, especially in superstar cities. Nevertheless, what are target groups and characteristics of rental cities, whether is capable meeting tenants' needs remain unclear. This paper attempts to bridge this gap tenant perspective by examining determinants residential...

COVID-19 has continuously influenced energy security and caused an enormous impact on human life social activities due to the stay-at-home orders. After Omicron wave, economy system are gradually recovering, but uncertainty remains virus mutations that could arise. Accurate forecasting of consumed by residential commercial sectors is challenging for efficient emergency management policy-making....

Within the Anglo-American literature, commercial, along with residential, gentrification has often been treated as an attendant neighborhood phenomenon. This study aims to uncover distribution of areas for emerging consumption that indicate occurrence commercial gentrification, well explain development process and spatial correlations in Chengdu, a large Chinese city. With data points interest ...

This paper develops an estimation strategy for and then applies a spatial autoregressive multinomial probit (SAR MNP) model to account for both spatial clustering and cross-alternative correlation. Estimation is achieved using Bayesian techniques with Gibbs and the generalized direct sampling (GDS). The model is applied to analyze land development decisions for undeveloped parcels over a 6-year...

The management of household biowaste in the UK has undergone significant changes during the last decade. Legislation and policy have promoted the rapid development of a diverse composting sector. The sector can be divided into three categories: home composting; community composting; and commercial composting. This paper explores the growth in, and nature of, the commercial and community compost...

Background & Aims of the Study: Industrial wastewater sludges must be disposed in a safe way because they have hazardous effects on the human and environment. The aim of this study is to investigate the physicochemical characteristics and disposal options of sludges from oil-water separator (OWS) and dissolved air flotation (DAF) clarifier of a Refinery wastewater treatment plant. Material...