Listar por tema "Environmental impact"
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Assess and prognosticate green house gas emissions from agricultural production of EU countries, by implementing, DEA Window analysis and artificial neural networks
(2017)One of the most important policy reforms for the European Union (EU) agriculture was the implementation of the Agenda 2000, which establishes a new framework for subsidies management, decoupled from both crop and animal ... -
Assessing the impacts of energy storage on the electricity market-clearing algorithms
(2021)This work presents a generic optimization framework based on linear Mixed Integer Programming to assess energy storage options' influence on the operational scheduling and the economic performance of a given power system ... -
Assessing traffic and environmental impacts of smart lockers logistics measure in a medium-sized municipality of Athens
(2019)Home deliveries and e-commerce activities have increased substantially in the recent years. This fact led to the increase of the number of last mile trips in urban areas contributing immensely to the overall impacts on the ... -
Beach Erosion and Consequential Impacts Due to the Presence of Harbours in Sandy Beaches in Greece and Cyprus
(2015)Harbours with protruding breakwaters that are built on coasts cause alterations to the wave field, which attacks the coastline adjacent to the structures. As a result, sandy beaches often start eroding. Examples from Greece ... -
Coastal and marine tourism: A challenging factor in Marine Spatial Planning
(2016)Coastal and marine space is "home" to a constantly growing number of human activities and facilities, the most important of which are those related to coastal and marine tourism. Being one of the largest segments of the ... -
Connected & autonomous vehicles – Environmental impacts – A review
(2020)Over the last decades the vehicle industry has shown interest in integrating new technologies on vehicles’ design. Such technologies are used in autonomous, connected and electrical vehicles with the primary hope of improving ... -
Coping with energy poverty: Measurements, drivers, impacts, and solutions
(2021)Energy is required for socioeconomic development, and the world’s energy needs have significantly increased in the last decades. The lack of energy can have severe impacts on a person’s well-being; therefore, energy access ... -
Cultural heritage, local resources and sustainable tourism
(2008)Tourism is a complex socio-economic phenomenon based on the growing needs of modern societies for recreation and leisure. It has become a major economic activity worldwide and a priority field in policy making at local, ... -
The development of an index for assessing the circularity level of eco-labels
(2022)The Circular Economy concept is recognized as a promising instrument to address sustainability goals related to production and consumption patterns. This concept can be promoted through product labels which provide consumers ... -
THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CASTOR SUPPLY CHAIN: A GREEK CASE STUDY
(2022)Castor is a candidate crop that grows in marginal lands in the Mediterranean area. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts under the Mediterranean climate and farming ... -
The effect of railway local irregularities on ground vibration
(2015)The environmental effects of ground-borne vibrations generated due to localised railway defects is a growing concern in urban areas. Frequency domain modelling approaches are well suited for predicting vibration levels on ... -
Effects of a B70 biodiesel blend on the ECU and fuel system operation during steady-state and transient performance of a common rail diesel engine
(2011)The results of steady state and transient engine bench tests of a 2.0 l common-rail passenger car diesel engine fuelled by B70 biodiesel blend are compared with the corresponding results of baseline tests with standard EN ... -
Environmental aspects of fiber crops cultivation and use
(2015)Bioenergy and biomaterials from fiber crops are regarded as promising substitutes for conventional ones, considering the growing concern about oil and other non-renewable resources depletion and the environmental impacts ... -
Environmental assessment of precision farming techniques in a pear orchard
(2017)Pears require a substantial number of inputs for satisfactory yield and quality. High inputs increase costs, reducecompetitiveness and induce environmental problems. In thecurrent study the environmental profile of a pear ... -
Environmental noise and air pollution monitoring in the athens ring road ('attiki odos') an important parameter for a sustainable urban development
(2015)Attica Tollway (Attiki Odos), a modern motorway extending along 65 km, constitutes the ring road of the greater metropolitan area of Athens and the main road network of the Attica Prefecture with over 4.5 million inhabitants. ... -
Environmental noise as an important legal factor in the rehabilitation of the acoustic urban environment
(2009)Noise is an important environmental factor affecting all problems related to the degradation of the urban environment and the quality of life. In Greece, quality of life has been established as a legal conception protected ... -
Environmental noise measurements and dtm modeling in dense urban conditions in volos city center according to the 2002/49/eu directive
(2011)The wide growth of the transportation means, as well as the development of productive activities or even leisure activities in urban areas of large cities, has evaluated the problem of "environmental noise pollution" and ... -
The environmental pressures and perspectives of tourism on coastal and insular zone. The case of Greece
(2016)Tourism is widely known as one of the most enterprising branches of the tertiary sector of economy in many countries. Nevertheless, over the time, touristic activities have resulted in a significant number of environmental ... -
Exergy analysis of a hybrid micro gas turbine fuel cell system based on existing components
(2012)A hybrid system based on an existing recuperated micro-turbine and a pre-commercially available high temperature tubular solid oxide fuel cell is modeled in order to study its performance. Individual models are developed ... -
FutureFarm: Addressing the needs of the European farm of the future: Findings of the first two years
(2010)In the future, European farmers will have to effectively manage information on and off their farms to improve economic viability and to reduce environmental impact. To this end, an integrated information system is needed ...