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Reestablishing United States Hemp as a Fiber Crop for Textiles: Addressing Barriers and Leveraging Financial Opportunities.
(2023-04-20)
A financial model was developed to determine the profitability of hemp fiber farming in the northeastern US. The textile and fashion industry have experienced a sharp increase in demand for more sustainable and traceable ...
Assessing Financial and ESG Outcomes of Sustainable Firms During the COVID-19 Crisis
(2022-05-23)
The COVID-19 crisis is an independent shock that generates a rare opportunity to study how markets and firms react in a short span of time. Although previous research has shown a positive relationship between stock returns ...
Does Taking Simple Physical Actions Drive Engagement? A Study of Gamification for Climate Action
(2022-05-10)
Though the climate crisis has been understood by US and global scientists for decades, action by the US and global public has not matched the urgency of the issue and existing interventions have not induced a majority of ...
University of California Sustainability: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Distance Learning
(2019-03-30)
Achieving sustainability in universities is key to achieving a resilient society. Universities educate students, engage local communities, raise awareness about impacts, and encourage the incorporation of sustainability ...
Monitoring Surface Water Areas Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Cloud Computing: A Case Study of Lake Burdur, Turkey
(2022-12-08)
Currently, there are barriers and limited tools for researchers and stakeholders to use remote sensing data and space-borne imagery to track ecological changes in bodies of water. This research explored the use of satellite ...
The Yellow School Bus and Kids' Health: A Social Cost-Benefit Analysis
(2021-08-26)
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Improving the air quality for schoolchildren riding aboard public school buses in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been the goal of this project from the outset. As the school district mulled whether to transition ...
A Quantitative Approach to Assessing the Impact of the Utility Model “Petty Patent” on Green Technology
(2021-05-25)
Almost all countries in the world have some form of patenting system in which inventors are accorded some form of intellectual property protection for their inventions, but some may be more suited for green technology than ...
A Comparative Analysis of Engagement Methodologies in Community Resilience Initiatives
(2022-05-12)
Millions of dollars, not to mention invaluable community trust and energy, are wasted every year on ineffective community redevelopment programs and projects that fail to live up to their goals due to lack of community ...
Quantifying Benefit-Cost Ratios for a Low Emission Zone against Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region
(2022-05-10)
Unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contribute to significant human disease burden in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR). A Low Emission Zone (LEZ) targeting old heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) can supplement ...
Hunger in Conflict: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Armed Conflict on Food Security in West Africa and Afghanistan
(2022-09-21)
Half of the world’s undernourished population lives in a country experiencing
armed conflict or violence (FAO, 2021). As the main driver of food insecurity,
conflict has pushed some 99.1 million people into acute food ...