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Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X
Special notes

We have included in this issue a number of papers  on  "Climate Change and Societal Adaptation in Indian Subcontinent"

Volume

Issue number
1
Publication month
March

Future climate uncertainty and spatial variability over Tamilnadu State, India

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D. Rajalakshmi et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

The present study analyses future climate uncertainty for the 21st century over Tamilnadu state for six weather parameters: solar radiation, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and rainfall. The climate projection data was dynamically downscaled using high...

Climate uncertainty PRECIS +3 more

Biological decolorization of reactive azo dye by anaerobic/aerobic-sequencing batch reactor system

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Hasan Kocyigit et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

This study aims to investigate the removal of a reactive azo dye (Reactive Red 198) in anaerobic/aerobic sequencing batch reactors (SBR). The total volume of the SBR system used in the study was 10 l. Sludge age was selected as 15 days. The color removal efficiencies varied between 76 to 98% with...

RR198 Azo dye +3 more

Evaluation and Comparison of DPSIR Framework and the Combined SWOT–DPSIR Analysis approach: Towards Embracing Complexity

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Christos A. Karavitis et al. View all

Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management

Natural resources management needs to deal with multiple and usually conflicting issues in order to satisfy equally opposing objectives for the physical systems sustainable development. In such a complex field, decision making may become quite challenging and pressing particularly in times of crises...

Decision Making Decision Support Tools +4 more

A new adsorbent for fluoride removal: The utilization of sludge waste from electrocoagulation as adsorbent

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Alper Erdem Yılmaz et al. View all

General

This work investigated the potential of calcined electrocoagulation sludge (CES) within metals hydroxide generated during removal of boron using Al electrode for adsorption of fluoride from aqueous solution. The effects of contact time, pH of the solution (2-10), stirrer speed (50-450 rpm), initial...

Fluoride Adsorption +2 more

Water management plan for olive orchards in a semi-mountainous area of Crete, Greece

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Kourgialas N.N. et al. View all

Water Resources Management

In the present work the physically based distributed rainfall–runoff modeling system, MIKE SHE, is used to simulate the surface runoff at a semi-mountainous impermeable area of Tavronitis River basin in Crete-Greece. The objective of this surface flow model is to develop an appropriate irrigation...

MIKE SHE model irrigation +3 more

Impact of sludge and wastewater on Lactuca sativa L. growth and on soil pollution

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Ioannis K. Kalavrouziotis et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Two greenhouse pot experiments were conducted in Agrinion, Greece. The impact of treated municipal wastewater (TMWW) and sludge (i) on the growth of Lactuca sativa L. var Longifolia (lettuce) and (ii) on the extent of soil pollution with heavy metals was studied. Soil pollution was assessed by...

Treated municipal wastewater Heavy metals +4 more

Determination of arsenic in Helianthus annuus l. by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry

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Gulay Seren et al. View all

Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis

This study represents new research on the sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.) including new data on arsenic contents in Ergene River Basin. In this study, the concentrations of arsenic in soil and sunflower plant have been investigated. The area has suffered significant pollution as a result of...

Helianthus annuus L. Soil +2 more

Production of renewable energy on closed landfills to compensate for biogas emissions: A case study of the Valdina landfill (Messina, Italy)

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Calabrò P. S. et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

The contribution of integrated municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems to greenhouse gas emissions is not negligible, even though it is moderate compared with other anthropogenic activities. The main emission from landfills that accept biodegradable MSW is methane that escapes from the biogas...

Biogas Giant reed +4 more

Technological interventions for livelihood development and climate change mitigation in Indian North-Western Himalayas

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Kaur M.J. (Dr. Maninder Jeet Kaur) et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

The technology transfer for rural livelihood development had greater impact to protect microclimatic conditions which further affects the microflora and microbial activities to larger extent in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). The technological interventions were made by the Himalayan Research...

Solar passive retrofitting TAP +10 more

Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods -adaptation and vulnerability in Rajasthan

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Garima Kaushik et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

natural resources, is already experiencing the effects of climate change. The region’s climate is projected to become harsher, with increased average temperatures, intensity of rainfall events, and increased variability in space & time of monsoon rains being consistently projected for the region...

Rajasthan Climate change +3 more

Assessment of the climate change impacts on the water resources of the Luni region, India

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Ilias Pechlivanidis et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

Climate change is expected to have a strong impact on water resources at the local, regional and global scales. In this study, the impact of climate change on the hydro-climatology of the Luni region, India, is investigated by comparing statistics of current and projected future fluxes resulting...

Hydrological modelling HYPE +3 more

Climate Change Adaptation in Urban India An Approach for Inclusive Formulation of Local Adaptation Strategies

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Anna C. Jonsson et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

In Kota, the third largest city of Rajasthan, poverty levels are high in many areas and there is a great need to assess the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of different societal groups and sectors to the impacts of climatic variability and change, and to formulate sustainable planning strategies...

climate change adaptation water management +8 more

Assessing the Effects of Participation in IPCC: Implications for Capacity Building of Scientists of Developing Nations in Adaptation and Mitigation Research

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Ajay Singh et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

One of major limitations in getting unbiased and balanced approach towards current climate change problem is inadequate participation of scientists from developing countries in IPCC assessment process. Current shortcomings in involving an adequate number of scientists from developing countries and...

Impact competence building +4 more

Effect of operational conditions on removal of 4-chlorophenol in water using UV/NiO process

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Roya Alimoradzadeh et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

This study present the removal of 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) from water by nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles. Photodegradation was compared using different processes in a batch reactor with medium-pressure mercury lamp irradiation. The effects of operating conditions such as feed concentration of...

4-chlorophenol UV light +2 more

Reservoir operation using hybrid optimization algorithms

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Ioannis Kougias et al. View all

Water Resources Management

In the present paper, the authors present a new hybrid optimization technique toward optimum reservoir planning and operation. The basis of the developed hybrid algorithms is the combination of harmony search (HS) and incremental dynamic programming (IDP). This resulted in the development of a new...

Reservoir Operation water resources management +3 more

Willingness-to-Pay and Preference Heterogeneity for Service Attributes of Solid Waste Management: An Experience in Kolkata, India

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Tumpa Hazra et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

The effects of various socioeconomic characteristics on Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) values for service attributes of Solid Waste Management (SWM) were evaluated in this study. The Stated Choice (SC) data collected from respondents in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area, India were analyzed...

Solid waste management stated choice +3 more

Optimization study of dye removal by cement kiln dust using the central composite design of experiments

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Semra Çoruh et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Designed experiments are used to systematically examine the relationship between response variable and a set of experimental factors. In this study, 2 3 factorial design with center points was used to verify the selected experimental factors influence the removal efficiency and linearity assumption...

Malachite green Adsorption +2 more

Analysis of rainfall and drought in Rajasthan state, India

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NITIKA MUNDETIA et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

Rainfall indices and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) were obtained for Rajasthan State characterized as the most sensitive and vulnerable state in India. Daily rainfall data of 35 years (1971-2005) for 31 well-spread stations were used to generate critical area maps. From the analysis of...

SPI Standardized Precipitation Index +6 more

Searching evidence for the existence of evaporation paradox in arid environments of northwest India

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Dr Deepak Jhajharia et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

Trends in pan evaporation (E pan) and temperature were identified through the Mann-Kendall test over Jaisalmer to probe the existence of evaporation paradox in arid environments of Thar Desert, northwest India. We also analyzed trends in rainfall, relative humidity, wind speed, and sunshine duration...

Trend Evaporation Paradox +4 more