Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges

SH Pour, AK Abd Wahab, S Shahid… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have
increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to …

Study of the urban heat island (UHI) using remote sensing data/techniques: A systematic review

CR Almeida, AC Teodoro, A Gonçalves - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban Heat Islands (UHI) consist of the occurrence of higher temperatures in urbanized
areas when compared to rural areas. During the warmer seasons, this effect can lead to …

Cultivating microalgae in wastewater for biomass production, pollutant removal, and atmospheric carbon mitigation; a review

A Shahid, S Malik, H Zhu, J Xu, MZ Nawaz… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water shortage is one of the leading global problems along with the depletion of energy
resources and environmental deterioration. Recent industrialization, global mobility, and …

Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

BJ Van Ruijven, E De Cian, I Sue Wing - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Future energy demand is likely to increase due to climate change, but the magnitude
depends on many interacting sources of uncertainty. We combine econometrically estimated …

Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities

H Chang, A Pallathadka, J Sauer, NB Grimm… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As urban populations continue to grow through the 21st century, more people are projected
to be at risk of exposure to climate change-induced extreme events. To investigate the …

Application of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production from microalgal oil—a review

MO Faruque, SA Razzak, MM Hossain - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
The depletion of fossil fuel reserves and increased environmental concerns related to fossil
fuel production and combustion has forced the global communities to search for renewable …

Climate change impact on short-duration extreme precipitation and intensity–duration–frequency curves over Europe

P Hosseinzadehtalaei, H Tabari, P Willems - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
To build future climate-proof water systems and to reduce the failure risk of infrastructure,
short-duration extreme precipitation design storms must be updated. However, a robust …

Risks to coastal critical infrastructure from climate change

I Pal, A Kumar, A Mukhopadhyay - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Coastal systems are sensitive to direct and indirect impacts of climate change.
Approximately 90% of all coastal areas will be affected by climate change to varying …

Biosequestration of atmospheric CO2 and flue gas-containing CO2 by microalgae

WY Cheah, PL Show, JS Chang, TC Ling… - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
The unceasing rise of greenhouse gas emission has led to global warming and climate
change. Global concern on this phenomenon has put forward the microalgal-based CO 2 …

Internet of things as a sustainable energy management solution at tourism destinations in India

S Tiwari, J Rosak-Szyrocka, J Żywiołek - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of tourist destinations has been determined by sustainable energy
management and the advancement of traditional methods. The rate of development must …