Asuka Miura,1 Takashi Kikkawa,2,3 Ryo Iguchi,2 Ken-ichi Uchida,2,4,5,6,* Eiji Saitoh,2,3,6,7 and Junichiro Shiomi1,8,* 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan 2Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan 3WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan 4National Institute for M...

As a kind of mode and stage, Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs) is of great importance in developing circular economy. Therefore, inquiring deeply into the theory of EIPs and devoting great efforts into its practice constitute primary projects of developing circular economy. This paper analyzes the interrelationship between circular economy and eco-industry, i.e. the intrinsic quality of circular econ...

The upper reaches of Minjiang River-valley, located on the eastern edge of Qinghai–Tibet Plain, is characterized by the complex distribution of hills and valleys. It is a typical and key mountainous region with apparent upland ecosystem vulnerability and sensitivity according to National Eco-environmental Renovating Scheme of china. In order to analyze eco-environmental vulnerability, remote se...

OBJECTIVES The main goal of the study was to assess possible association between fetal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and exhaled carbon monoxide (eCO) measured in non-asthmatic children. MATERIAL AND METHODS The subjects include 118 children taking part in an ongoing population-based birth cohort study in Kraków. Personal samplers of PM2.5 were used to measure fine particle mass...

MEI is a project for DG Research of the European Commission (Call FP6-2005-SSP-5A, Area B, 1.6, Task 1) about measuring eco-innovation. The project is done in collaboration with Eurostat, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission. MEI offers a conceptual clarification of eco-innovation (developing a typology) and discusses possible indi...

Ecological destruction in human-dominated landscapes has significant impacts on environment sustainability internationally. Landscape planning can play a role in mitigating the effects of human-related activities. One element of landscape planning involves the analysis of the biological, spatial and social arrangement of areas in an urban environment and identifying characteristics that are und...