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SUP R DSS: A sustainability-based decision support & system for road pavements

2019

Road pavement community members are increasingly becoming aware of the need to incorporating the principles of sustainable development into the sector. Policies are also going in this direction and as a consequence in the recent years researchers and practitioners are coming up with new materials, technologies and practices designed to reduce the negative impacts of their activities in the surroundings. Within this framework the road pavements sector is witnessing a paradigm shift towards the development of pavement technologies incorporating high-content of recycled materials, as well as best practices to decrease the overall carbon footprint. These are all promising solutions that to the …

Decision support systemCHAUSSEEComputer science020209 energyStrategy and ManagementStrategy and Management1409 TourismContext (language use)02 engineering and technologyIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering12. Responsible consumptionTransport engineeringLife cycle thinking; Multi-criteria decision analysis; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable design; Sustainable engineering; Sustainable pavements; Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment; 2300; Strategy and Management1409 Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics]11. Sustainability0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringSustainable designSettore ICAR/04 - Strade Ferrovie Ed AeroportiSustainable engineeringRenewable EnergySUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT0505 lawGeneral Environmental ScienceSustainable developmentSUSTAINABLE DESIGNSustainability and the Environment2300Renewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentSustainability assessment Sustainable pavements Sustainable design Sustainable engineering Life cycle thinking Multi-criteria decision analysisLeisure and Hospitality Management05 social sciencesMULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSISMultiple-criteria decision analysisSUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING13. Climate actionSustainability050501 criminologyMATERIAU RECYCLEDEVELOPPEMENT DURABLESUSTAINABLE PAVEMENTSLIFE CYCLE THINKINGDecision analysis
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Evaluating the structure and use of hiking trails in recreational areas using a mixed GPS tracking and graph theory approach

2014

Abstract Recreational trails encourage numerous outdoor leisure activities in a variety of urban, rural, and natural environments. Understanding the way trails function is crucial for the designers and managers of recreational sites to balance the needs of visitors and site capacities. This paper presents a new approach to evaluate the structure and use of hiking trails by combining GPS tracking and analytical methods based on graph theory. The study is based upon empirical data (N = 482 GPS tracks) collected in the Lobau, which is part of the Danube Floodplains National Park in Austria. The physical structure of trails (structural network; undirected graph) and their usage (functional netw…

Degree (graph theory)Node (networking)Geography Planning and DevelopmentForestryGraph theoryDirected graphTransport engineeringGeographyBetweenness centralityTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementPath (graph theory)CentralityCartographyRecreationGeneral Environmental Science
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Nitrous oxide emission in a University of Cape Town membrane bioreactor: The effect of carbon to nitrogen ratio

2017

Abstract The effect of the carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio in the influent on the nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emission from a University of Cape Town Membrane BioReactor pilot plant was investigated. The membrane was located in a separate tank to single out the production of N 2 O due to the biological processes from N 2 O stripping as a result of the extra aeration needed for the mitigation of membrane fouling. The experimental campaign was divided into two phases, each characterized by a different C/N ratio (namely, 10 and 5 mgCOD/mgTN, Phase I and Phase II, respectively). The decrease of the C/N ratio promoted the increase of N 2 O emissions in both gaseous and dissolved phases, mainly due to a…

DenitrificationCarbon-to-nitrogen ratioStrategy and Management0208 environmental biotechnologyAnalytical chemistrychemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesMembrane bioreactor01 natural sciencesIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMBRAmmoniachemistry.chemical_compoundClimate changeWWTP0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGeneral Environmental ScienceNitrous oxide2300Settore ICAR/03 - Ingegneria Sanitaria-AmbientaleRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentMembrane foulingNitrous oxideNitrogen removalC/N variationNitrogen020801 environmental engineeringStrategy and Management1409 Tourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementchemistryEnvironmental chemistryNitrificationJournal of Cleaner Production
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The effect of the solids and hydraulic retention time on moving bed membrane bioreactor performance

2018

Abstract The aim of the present paper was to investigate the effect of solids (SRT) and hydraulic (HRT) retention time on Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) University of Cape Town (UCT) membrane Bioreactor (MBR). In particular, three different pairs of SRT and HRT values were analysed, namely, Phase I 56 d/30 h, Phase II 31 d/15 h and Phase III 7 d/13 h. The short-term effect of these three SRT/HRT conditions was assessed by analysing several system performance indicators: organic carbon and biological nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) removal, biomass respiratory activity, activated sludge filtration properties and membrane fouling. The results showed that the decrease of SRT/…

DenitrificationHydraulic retention timeIntegrated fixed film activated sludgeStrategy and Management0208 environmental biotechnology02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesMembrane bioreactor01 natural sciencesIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiological phosphorus removal0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGeneral Environmental ScienceChromatography2300Settore ICAR/03 - Ingegneria Sanitaria-AmbientaleRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentChemistryMembrane foulingBuilding and ConstructionNitrogen removalPulp and paper industryMembrane BioReactor020801 environmental engineeringStrategy and Management1409 Tourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementEnhanced biological phosphorus removalActivated sludgeVolatile suspended solidsNitrificationSolid retention timehuman activitiesHydraulic retention timeJournal of Cleaner Production
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Information sources used for vacation tourists in tourist destinations

2012

En esta investigación se analiza el uso de las fuentes de información y su incidencia en distintas etapas del proceso de decisión, incidiendo en la búsqueda de información realizada por los turistas en destino. Los resultados muestran que tanto el número y tipo de fuentes de información utilizadas, así como la intensidad de la búsqueda y las decisiones tomadas en destino, es muy diferente del que realizan los turistas antes de llegar a su destino vacacional. Basados en los resultados, como parte de las conclusiones, se exponen ciertas directrices de interés para la gestión empresarial, en relación a la utilización de fuentes de información en los destinos turísticos. This research examines …

DestinoDestinationlcsh:Recreation. LeisureTurismolcsh:GV1-1860TourismFuentesInformation sourcesComercialización e Investigación de MercadosinformaciónTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementfuentesturismodestinoSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Información
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Heritage in the digital era: Cinematic tourism and the activist cause

2015

Digital eraTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementPolitical scienceMedia studiesAdvertisingDevelopmentTourismAnnals of Tourism Research
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E-tourism economics: Editorial for the special issue

2019

E-tourism economicsSettore SECS-S/06 -Metodi Mat. dell'Economia e d. Scienze Attuariali e Finanz.EconomyTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementPolitical scienceGeography Planning and DevelopmentSettore SECS-P/06 - Economia ApplicataTourismTourism Economics
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ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS BY ANALYSING DESTINATION EFFICIENCY

2008

The notion and measurement of destination competitiveness have received increasing attention in the economics literature on tourism. The reason for this emerges from both the growing economic importance of the tourist sector and the increasing competition in the tourist market resulting from the transition from mass tourism to a new age of tourism that calls for a tailor-made approach to the specific attitudes and needs of tourists. The central subject of this paper – inspired by the conceptual competitiveness model developed by Crouch and Ritchie – concerns the efficiency of tourist site destinations. Using a data set of 103 Italian regions for 2001, an economic efficiency analysis is car…

Economic efficiencyGeography Planning and DevelopmentSTOCHASTIC PRODUCTION FRONTIERDATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSISDestinationsProduction–possibility frontierTerms of tradeCompetition (economics)DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESSEconomyTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementDESTINATION EFFICIENCYSettore SECS-S/03 - Statistica EconomicaEconomicsData envelopment analysisProduction (economics)Industrial organizationTourismECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS
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Planning in the Era of Information and Communication Technologies. Discussing the "label: Smart" in South-European cities with environmental and soci…

2016

In the last decades, planners have explored various approaches to sustainable urban planning and development. Scholars widely argued the limits to uncontrolled physical growth, to the exploitation of resources, and the necessity of finding alternatives. Within the general framework of sustainability, urban planners are in the search for approaches aimed at coping with current uncertainties that cities have to face, based on the deterioration of natural-socio-cultural environments and uncontrollable economic and financial flows. Notwithstanding, the rise of post-industrial urban economies has introduced Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as successful devices that are proposed…

Economic growthEngineeringSociology and Political ScienceEnergy managementSouth Italy0211 other engineering and technologies0507 social and economic geographyUrbban Planning02 engineering and technologyDevelopmentPanacea (medicine)Empirical researchUrban planningSmart PlanningGovernancebusiness.industryCorporate governance05 social sciences021107 urban & regional planningPublic relationsMetropolitan areaUrban StudiesWork (electrical)Information and Communications TechnologyTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSmart CityGovernance Smart Planning NetworksNetworksbusiness050703 geography
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The Economic Impact of Visitors at Major Multi-sport Events

2005

Abstract This paper examines the economic impact of major multi-sport event on affected people. Their spending increases the economic benefit for the city and region staging the event. Therefore a theoretical differentiation of movements of persons affected by the event was done. A model was worked out to detect the regional primary economic impact through these people. This primary impact can be used in any model of economic impact analysis, such as input–output frameworks or multiplier theory. The complexities in considering the right persons and their spending are analysed and described in detail. A special focus is placed on the evaluation of opportunity costs on people that get crowded…

Economic growthOpportunity costPublic economicsStrategy and ManagementTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementEconomicsEconomic impact analysisBiddingEuropean Sport Management Quarterly
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