The use of UAVs for landslide disaster risk research and disaster risk management: A literature review

RJ Garnica-Peña, I Alcántara-Ayala - Journal of Mountain Science, 2021 - Springer
On a global scale, from 2005 to 2019, there were 275 high-magnitude, low-frequency
disasters that involved 14,172 fatalities and four million affected people. Similar patterns …

Groundwater-based drinking water supply in Sri Lanka: Status and perspectives

S Indika, Y Wei, T Cooray, T Ritigala, K Jinadasa… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drinking water is largely from groundwater in Sri Lanka, so quality management is of great
concern. In order to achieve the 6th goal of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development …

UAV-based landfill operation monitoring: A year of volume and topographic measurements

CC de Sousa Mello, DHC Salim, GF Simões - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for photogrammetry operations configures a
technology capable of extracting quantitative information from land surface in a fast …

Review of Groundwater Nitrate Pollution from Municipal Landfill Leachates: Implications for Environmental and Human Health and Leachate Treatment Technologies

M Fida, P Li, SMK Alam, Y Wang, A Nsabimana… - Exposure and …, 2024 - Springer
Inadequate management of solid waste stands out as a primary cause of environmental
contamination, leading to a decline in groundwater quality in the vicinity of landfill sites …

Effect of gas pressure on municipal solid waste landfill slope stability

S Shu, Y Li, Z Sun, J Shi - Waste Management & Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Slope failure in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills is a common environmental disaster
that poses serious ecological and health risks. Landfill slope stability (SS) is sensitive to …

Sustainable waste management through eco-entrepreneurship: an empirical study of waste upcycling eco-enterprises in Sri Lanka

R Jayasinghe, N Liyanage, C Baillie - Journal of Material Cycles and …, 2021 - Springer
The key aim of a transition to a Green Economy is to enable economic growth and
investment while increasing environmental quality and social inclusiveness. In this context …

A case study on establishing the state of decomposition of municipal solid waste in a bioreactor landfill in India

A Mohammad, P Osinski, E Koda… - Waste Management & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Estimation of temporal changes undergone by municipal solid waste (MSW) in its physico–
chemico–geomechanical properties in a bioreactor landfill (BLF) is essential for:(i) efficient …

Managing the low carbon transition pathways through solid waste electricity

MA Raza, MM Aman, G Abbas, SA Soomro… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The potential of solid waste as an energy source is clear, owing to its wide availability and
renewable properties, which provide a critical answer for energy security. This can be …

Public perceptions of waste management in Sri Lanka: A focus group study

S Gudmann Knutsson, T Asplund, G Höst… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse of waste is promoted by the United Nation's
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but many countries lack both necessary …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of emerging and persistent organic pollutants in dumpsite environments: A review

FB Awino, G Garland - Environmental Challenges, 2025 - Elsevier
With the increasing global population and demand for food, many low-income earners turn
to dumpsite farming, or the practice of cultivating edible crops on or near waste dumpsite …