An Approach to Assessing the Environmental Impact Tradeoffs from Design, Technology, and Flight Procedures in Airport Area Operations

The limited fossil reserves, spiraling price and environmental impact due to usage of fossil fuels leads the world wide researchers’ interest in using alternative renewable and environment safe fuels that can meet the energy demand. Biodiesel is an emerging renewable alternative fuel to conventional diesel which can be produced from both edible and non-edible oils, animal fats, algae etc. The society is in dire need of using renewable fuels as an immediate control measure to mitigate the pollution level. In this work an attempt is made to review the requisite and access the capability of the biodiesel in improving the environmental degradation.

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Estimation of the environmental impact of Military Exercises on a bombing range by employing radionuclide mapping and drone imaging

Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana ◽

10.3301/rol.2020.07 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 2-8

Author(s):

Jacques Bezuidenhout

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impact ◽

Military Exercises

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Design Capability for Science-based Innovation

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2019.02.275 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

ROTHKÖTTER Stefanie ◽

Craig C. GARNER ◽

Sándor VAJNA

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Scientific Discovery ◽

New Technology ◽

Academic Research ◽

Research Interest ◽

Design Practice ◽

Design Technology ◽

Innovation Potential ◽

Design Integration ◽

Cultural Constraints

In light of a growing research interest in the innovation potential that lies at the intersection of design, technology, and science, this paper offers a literature review of design initiatives centered on scientific discovery and invention. The focus of this paper is on evidence of design capabilities in the academic research environment. The results are structured along the Four Orders of Design, with examples of design-in-science initiatives ranging from (1) the design of scientific figures and (2) laboratory devices using new technology to (3) interactions in design workshops for scientists and (4) interdisciplinary design labs. While design capabilities have appeared in all four orders of design, there are barriers and cultural constraints that have to be taken into account for working at or researching these creative intersections. Modes of design integration and potentially necessary adaptations of design practice are therefore also highlighted.

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A history of botanical collections in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.1998.25.2.283 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 283-291

Author(s):

P.S.M. PHIRI ◽

D.M. MOORE

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Central Africa ◽

Peak Activity ◽

Historical Account ◽

History Of ◽

The 1960S ◽

Made In

Central Africa remained botanically unknown to the outside world up to the end of the eighteenth century. This paper provides a historical account of plant explorations in the Luangwa Valley. The first plant specimens were collected in 1897 and the last serious botanical explorations were made in 1993. During this period there have been 58 plant collectors in the Luangwa Valley with peak activity recorded in the 1960s. In 1989 1,348 species of vascular plants were described in the Luangwa Valley. More botanical collecting is needed with a view to finding new plant taxa, and also to provide a satisfactory basis for applied disciplines such as ecology, phytogeography, conservation and environmental impact assessment.

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Finding Fault with the Nexus Pipeline? Agency Capture and the Public Good

Case Studies in the Environment ◽

10.1525/cse.2017.sc.453098 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Andrew R. Kear

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Public Good ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Environmental Impact Statement ◽

Gas Industry ◽

The Public ◽

Fracturing Process ◽

Natural Gas Industry ◽

Regulatory Commission

Natural gas is an increasingly vital U.S. energy source that is presently being tapped and transported across state and international boundaries. Controversy engulfs natural gas, from the hydraulic fracturing process used to liberate it from massive, gas-laden Appalachian shale deposits, to the permitting and construction of new interstate pipelines bringing it to markets. This case explores the controversy flowing from the proposed 256-mile-long interstate Nexus pipeline transecting northern Ohio, southeastern Michigan and terminating at the Dawn Hub in Ontario, Canada. As the lead agency regulating and permitting interstate pipelines, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is also tasked with mitigating environmental risks through the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act's Environmental Impact Statement process. Pipeline opponents assert that a captured federal agency ignores public and scientific input, inadequately addresses public health and safety risks, preempts local control, and wields eminent domain powers at the expense of landowners, cities, and everyone in the pipeline path. Proponents counter that pipelines are the safest means of transporting domestically abundant, cleaner burning, affordable gas to markets that will boost local and regional economies and serve the public good. Debates over what constitutes the public good are only one set in a long list of contentious issues including pipeline safety, proposed routes, property rights, public voice, and questions over the scientific and democratic validity of the Environmental Impact Statement process. The Nexus pipeline provides a sobering example that simple energy policy solutions and compromise are elusive—effectively fueling greater conflict as the natural gas industry booms.

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