Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 27 Issue 5

Design of a risk assessment methodology for the introduction of invasive species from ship ballast waters: The case of Arzew port

Abderrahmane Bouda, Nour El Islam Bachari, Lylia Bahmed, Ryad Boubenia

Ballast water of merchant ship is a source of introduction of invasive species around the globe. The purpose of this paper is to present a quantitative risk assessment applied to…

Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward urban surface water quality in Accra, Ghana

Ernest Mensah Abraham, Adrienne Martin, Olufunke Cofie, Liqa Raschid-Sally

– The purpose of this paper is to explore people’s perceptions, stated attitudes, and observed and reported behaviour to water and other environmental quality.

Online monitoring of priority and dangerous pollutants in natural and urban waters: A state-of-the-art review

Andrea G Capodaglio, Arianna Callegari, Daniele Molognoni

Advancements in real-time water monitoring technologies permit rapid detection of water quality, and threats from waste loads. Water Framework Directive mandating the…

Optimization of biological transesterification of waste cooking oil in different solvents using response surface methodology

Bharathiraja Balasubramanian, Praveen Kumar Ramanujam, Ranjith Ravi Kumar, Chakravarthy Muninathan, Yogendran Dhinakaran

The purpose of this paper is to speak about the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil which serves as an alternate fuel in the absence of conventional fuels such as…

A concept to combine the different housing alternative advantages

Samuli Rinne, Sanna Syri

A dense urban structure cuts down traffic emissions. It also promotes waste heat use and storage possibilities as a form of district heating. However, quality elements associated…

A perceptual study of users’ expectations of urban green infrastructure in Kalamaria, municipality of Greece

Paraskevi Karanikola, Thomas Panagopoulos, Stilianos Tampakis, Aikaterini Karipidou-Kanari

The purpose of this paper is to investigate residents’ perceptions, preferences and satisfaction concerning the urban green infrastructure of Kalamaria, Greece, to evaluate the…

Factors influencing public transport passengers’ satisfaction: a new model

Sik Sumaedi, I Gede Mahatma Yuda Bakti, Tri Rakhmawati, Nidya J Astrini, Tri Widianti, Medi Yarmen

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the simultaneous effect of perceived value, image, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness on passengers’ satisfaction.

Enhanced pretreatment, characterization and utilization of Prosopis juliflora stem for bioethanol production

S. Sivarathnakumar, G. Baskar, R. Praveen Kumar, B. Bharathiraja

–Prosopis juliflora is a raw material for long-term sustainable production of bioethanol. The purpose of this paper is to identify the best combination of pre-treatment strategy…

WTE plants installed in European cities: a review of success stories

Paraskevi Chaliki, Constantinos S. Psomopoulos, Nickolas J. Themelis

Waste is a resource. Generating energy from waste instead of sending it to landfill avoids methane gas which equals 25 times CO₂ in mass. In combination with the energy efficiency…