Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Energy; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Radar Remote Sensing - Chapter 7 - Terrestrial water budget through radar remote sensing

J. Indu, Akhilesh S. Nair, Ankita Pradhan, Rohit Mangla, Sooraj Krishnan, Kaushlendra Verma, Vinayak Huggannavar; Radar Remote Sensing, 2022, Pages 123-148

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by using radar remote sensing to measure terrestrial water budget elements such as precipitation, soil moisture, and surface water levels.

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Asia

Outdoor playgrounds and climate change: Importance of surface materials and shade to extend play time and prevent burn injuries

Building and Environment,
Volume 223,
2022,
109500

[2-column fit]. Normal red-green-blue (A, C, E) and infrared (B, D, F) images of in-situ playground surface temperatures at 3 of the 10 playgrounds visited within metropolitan Sydney (NSW, Australia).

Selection of appropriate material type and colour-tone, together with the provision of shade can remove the hazard risk for contact skin burns from outdoor playgrounds. Results of this work will assist playground designers and managers to provide safer places for our children to play longer in increasingly warmer summers.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Can’t see the wood for the trees? An assessment of street view- and satellite-derived greenness measures in relation to mental health

Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 214, October 2021, article 104181

The research suggests that even though Street View and remotely sensed measures capture different aspects of greenness, these differences across exposure metrics did not translate into an association with mental health outcomes.

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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

How perceived sensory dimensions of urban green spaces are associated with teenagers’ perceived restoration, stress, and mental health?

Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 214, Ocotber 2021, article 104185

The findings suggest that providing characteristics of ‘nature’, ‘refuge’, and ‘prospect’ in urban green spaces (UGSs) may provide restorative effects and mental benefits to teenagers.

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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Metal Metalloids in Soil Plant Water Systems - Chapter 15 - Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water

Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by providing up-to-date information on microbial mechanisms for removing metals from contaiminated soils and water.

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Global

Metal Metalloids in Soil Plant Water Systems - Chapter 15 - Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water

Wajid Umar, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Asif Naeem, Muhammad Rizwan, Husnain Zia, Rama Rao Karri,

Chapter 10 - Use of nanotechnology for wastewater treatment: potential applications, advantages, and limitations,

Editor(s): Janardhan Reddy Koduru, Rama Rao Karri, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Erick R. Bandala,

In Micro and Nano Technologies,

Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation,

Elsevier,

2022,

Pages 223-272,

ISBN 978012824547

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by providing up-to-date information on microbial mechanisms for removing metals from contaiminated soils and water.

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Water and sanitation, Global

Critical life cycle assessment of the innovative passive nZEB building concept ‘be 2226’ in view of net-zero carbon targets

Building and Environment,
Volume 223,
2022,
109476

The objective of this paper is to critically analyse the innovative passive nZEB building concept ‘2226’ regarding its climate impact via the initial prototype building ‘be 2226’.

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Energy; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Collaboration and capacity for climate change and health research: An analysis of stakeholders in the Philippines

The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
Volume 6,
2022,
100107

The Philippine government included the health impacts of climate change as a priority area for research funding. An analysis of stakeholders was done to assist the government in engaging research and government stakeholders in producing climate change and health research.

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National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Health and wellbeing, Pacific

Development of a gamma ray dose rate calculation and mapping tool for Lagrangian marine nuclear emergency response models

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 181, August 2022

This paper discussed the development and testing of a gamma radiation dose rate calculation model for the marine environment, and evaluates the potential use for such a model in both short term nuclear emergency response management and emergency response planning.

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