Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Sulfate radical (?SO4?)–based advanced oxidation processes have attracted a great deal of attention for use in water disinfection... 相似文献
Environmental sustainability is the foundation and of great significance for the sustainable development of urban agglomerations. Taking the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration as an example, we developed a method to effectively assess long-term regional environmental sustainability based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. We used the GEE to obtain 5206 Landsat remote sensing images in the region from 1983 to 2016 and developed the comprehensive environmental index (CEI) to assess regional environmental sustainability based on the theme-oriented framework proposed by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. We found that the environmental sustainability of the urban agglomeration showed a trend of first rising, then falling, and then rising again in the past 30 years. The average CEI increased from 0.621 to 0.631 from 1985 to 1990, dropped to the lowest value of 0.618 in 2000, and then rose to the highest value of 0.672 in 2015. In particular, the extent of areas in which environmental sustainability improved (56% of the region) was greater than the extent of areas in which environmental deterioration occurred. The environmental sustainability of Hengshui, Xingtai, and Cangzhou in the southeast of the region has been significantly improved. The method proposed in this study provides an automatic, rapid, and extensible way to assess regional environmental sustainability and provides a scientific reference for improving the sustainability of the regional environment.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - As China’s pollution problems worsen, environmental disputes are increasing rapidly. However, only 1% of environmental disputes can be resolved... 相似文献
A simulation-based interval quadratic waste load allocation (IQWLA) model was developed for supporting river water quality
management. A multi-segment simulation model was developed to generate water-quality transformation matrices and vectors under
steady-state river flow conditions. The established matrices and vectors were then used to establish the water-quality constraints
that were included in a water quality management model. Uncertainties associated with water quality parameters, cost functions,
and environmental guidelines were described as intervals. The cost functions of wastewater treatment units were expressed
in quadratic forms. A water-quality planning problem in the Changsha section of Xiangjiang River in China was used as a study
case to demonstrate applicability of the proposed method. The study results demonstrated that IQWLA model could effectively
communicate the interval-format uncertainties into optimization process, and generate inexact solutions that contain a spectrum
of potential wastewater treatment options. Decision alternatives can be generated by adjusting different combinations of the
decision variables within their solution intervals. The results are valuable for supporting local decision makers in generating
cost-effective water quality management strategies. 相似文献