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Resource Recovery and Reuse for Urban Sustainability and Ecological Development (R3USED)

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 4573

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Francesco Di Capua

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Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio, 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: nutrient removal and recovery; biological desulfurization; sludge management; mining water remediation; heavy metals; biorefinery; anaerobic digestion
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Esposito

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Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli “Federico II”, 80125 Napoli, Italy
Interests: aerobic and anaerobic bioprocesses; bioreactors; waste-to-bioenergy and added value products; bio-hydrogen; biorefinery; nutrient removal and recovery from wastewater; sulfur cycle; heavy metals; mathematical modelling
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Pirozzi

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Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio, 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: anaerobic bioprocesses; nutrient removal; soil remediation; asbestos containing waste; photofermentation; advanced chemical oxidation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rapidly increasing population and urbanization demand a more sustainable form of development for cities. The urban area, a complex system of infrastructures including transportation, electrical, drinking water, and sewage networks, needs to be designed in a more efficient and effective way to provide a healthy and sustainable environment for human and natural communities. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to embrace the principles of a circular economy by shifting waste management from dissipative to circular pathways. In the near future, modern cities should be reshaped as zero-waste regenerative urban areas founded on a sustainable management of land, water, air and energy, which calls for innovative technologies to be implemented in waste treatment plants to boost resource recovery and reduce greenhouse gases emissions. This Special Issue welcomes papers proposing practical and ecofriendly solutions promoting resource recovery and recycling from water, gas, and solid waste streams. Papers presenting applications of innovative technologies at pilot- and full-scale level and reprocessing of recovered materials into value-added end-products are highly welcome.

Dr. Francesco Di Capua
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Esposito
Prof. Dr. Francesco Pirozzi
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • resource recovery and reuse
  • wastewater treatment
  • sustainable urban development
  • biochemical conversion
  • waste recycling
  • waste treatment plant upgrading
  • eco-friendly technologies
  • circular economy

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Perceived Value Influencing the Household Waste Sorting Behaviors in Rural China
by Ying Ma, Mansoor Ahmed Koondhar, Shengke Liu, Huiling Wang and Rong Kong
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(17), 6093; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176093 - 21 Aug 2020
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Waste sorting is the cardinal measurement to solve the problem of low efficiency of rural environmental governance and to alleviate environmental pollution by reduction, recycling, and harmlessness in rural areas. However, non-excludable and non-rival features of public goods easily cause a wide free-rider [...] Read more.
Waste sorting is the cardinal measurement to solve the problem of low efficiency of rural environmental governance and to alleviate environmental pollution by reduction, recycling, and harmlessness in rural areas. However, non-excludable and non-rival features of public goods easily cause a wide free-rider problem, which results in a low frequency of participation in the waste sorting of rural people. Based on the theory of the utility maximization of the rational economic man, this paper investigates survey data of 688 farm households in three cities and three counties of Shaanxi Province to explore the effect of the perceived value on the household waste classification behavior based on cost-benefit analysis. The results show that perceived benefit and perceived cost are important perceived value factors affecting farmers’ participation in waste sorting. Specifically, the spiritual benefit of the perceived benefit has a significantly positive impact on classification behavior, while the time cost, physical cost, and material cost of the perceived cost have a negative impact on waste classification behavior. Further study of the heterogeneity of income impact shows that time cost only has a significant impact on the high-income group of farmers’ classification behavior, while spiritual benefit and learning cost only affect the low-income group of farmers’ waste classification behavior. Material cost has different influence directions on high- and low-income groups. In view of the aforementioned findings, this study highlights corresponding policy implications from the perspective of perceived benefit and perceived cost. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Resource Recovery and Reuse for Urban Sustainability and Ecological Development (R3USED))
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