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Energy consumption and economic growth have been of great interest to researchers and policy-makers. Knowing the actual causal relationship between energy and the economy with respect to environmental degradation has important implications for modeling environmental and growth policies. The eleven chapters included herein aim to help researchers, academicians, and especially decision-makers to understand relevant issues and adopt appropriate methods to tackle and solve relevant environmental problems. Various methods from different disciplines are proposed and applied to various environmental and energy issues.

expected utility maximization --- decoupling theory --- urban utility tunnel --- sensitivity analysis --- environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) --- economic systems --- structural decomposition analysis --- thermodynamic cycles --- sustainable wind energy management --- environmental engineering --- energy commodities --- hedging strategies --- energy consumption --- industrialization --- energy --- waste --- Analytic Hierarchy Process --- panel data --- rank reversal --- economy --- industrial CO2 emission --- sustainability --- sustainable development --- energy-related carbon emissions --- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis --- Shapley value --- Kaya identity --- circular economy --- minimum-variance hedge ratio --- MESSAGE model --- fixed assets investment --- life cycle cost --- Analytic Network Process --- environmental efficiency --- Pakistan --- data envelopment analysis --- embodied energy --- carbon emissions --- district distributed power plants --- economic benefit evaluation --- differential GMM estimation --- linearization --- effectiveness --- dynamic hybrid input–output model --- environment quality cointegration --- cost allocation --- risk aversion --- environment --- 3E --- financial development --- LMDI approach --- differential games --- energy recovery --- resource dependence theory --- open-loop control systems --- Tapio decoupling model --- uncertain dynamic systems

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This Special Issue was created to collect the most recent and novel research on seismic performance evaluation of building structures. This issue includes three important topics on seismic engineering for building structures: (1) seismic design and performance evaluation, (2) structural dynamics, and (3) seismic hazard and risk analysis. To protect building structures from earthquakes, it is necessary to conduct seismic performance evaluations on structures with reliable methods and to retrofit these structures appropriately using the results of the seismic performance evaluation.

History of engineering & technology --- strength --- yielding capping and ultimate deformation --- RC column --- cyclic test database --- artificial neural network --- bi-linear and tri-linear lumped plasticity model --- columns --- cyclic behavior --- low height-to-depth ratio --- modeling parameters --- calibration --- SPSW --- axial compression ratio --- hole size --- thickness of stiffening plate --- hole position --- hysteretic performance --- FEM (Finite Element Method) --- DYNA6 --- soil-structure interaction --- soil-pile dynamic stiffness --- retrofitting --- viscous dampers --- optimum design --- collapse-resistant capacity --- economic benefit --- sustainability --- steel reinforced concrete --- joint --- post critical --- moment-curvature --- nonlinear --- frame model --- multi-story steel frames --- self-centering bracing elements --- buckling-restrained brace (BRB) --- seismic analysis --- earthquake/seismic forces --- seismic damage --- mold transformer --- shaking table test --- non-structural elements --- dynamic characteristics --- ground motion --- earthquake --- response history analysis --- station --- seismicity --- machine learning --- structural types --- decision forest --- self-training procedures --- city-scale seismic damage simulation --- numerical models --- model parameter --- analysis algorithm --- seismic performance evaluation --- seismic risk --- seismic hazard --- seismic force resisting system --- energy dissipater --- seismic design --- nonlinear response

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Agricultural diversification can occur in many forms (e.g., genetic variety, species, structural) and can be created temporally and over different spatially scales (e.g., within crop, within field, and landscape level). Crop diversification is the practice of growing more than one crop species within a farming area in the form of rotations (two or more crops on the same field in different years), multiple crops (more than one crop in the same season on the same field) or intercropping (at least two crops simultaneously on the same field).Various cropping strategies and management practices, such as diversification of cropping systems by crop rotation, conservation tillage, and the use of cover crops, have been promoted to enhance crop productivity and ecosystem services. However, the opportunities and means differ among regions and the actual effects of diversification on cropping system sustainability still need more investigation.This Special Issue covers the state-of-the-art and recent progress in different aspects related to agricultural diversification to increase the sustainability and resilience of a wide range of cropping systems (grassland, horticultural crops, fruit trees) and in a scenario of environmental challenges due to climate change: Crop production and quality; Impact of crop diversification on soil quality and biodiversity; Environmental impact and delivery of ecosystem services by crop diversification.

Research. --- Environmental economics. --- blue prawn --- black tiger shrimp --- economic efficiency --- farming systems --- salinity intrusion --- soil salinity --- white-legged shrimp --- big blue stem --- Cave in rock --- claypan --- forbs --- legumes --- intercropping --- cropping systems --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- millet and sorghum --- diversification --- monocultivar --- mixed-species plantation --- biodiversity --- arthropod --- soil --- on-farm biodiversity indicators --- lupin --- triticale --- weeds --- nitrogen --- convolutional neural network --- light competition --- transfer learning --- growth stages --- mixed cropping --- accumulate growing degree days --- phyllochron --- grass regrowth --- leaf sheaths --- blades --- agricultural sustainability --- crop rotation --- rice --- eco-economic benefit --- externality --- perennial cropping systems --- grape production --- medicinal and aromatic plants --- grapevine yield --- must quality --- experimental design --- aboveground mass --- black medick --- Egyptian clover --- grain yield --- nutrients --- white clover --- foodshed --- archipelago --- city region --- food modelling --- food self-sufficiency --- self-reliance --- food security --- agricultural diversification --- food planning --- regional food system --- crop diversification --- small farms --- HHI-Index --- Poland --- biochar --- sunflower husk --- soil respiration --- soybean --- n/a

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This Special Issue was created to collect the most recent and novel research on seismic performance evaluation of building structures. This issue includes three important topics on seismic engineering for building structures: (1) seismic design and performance evaluation, (2) structural dynamics, and (3) seismic hazard and risk analysis. To protect building structures from earthquakes, it is necessary to conduct seismic performance evaluations on structures with reliable methods and to retrofit these structures appropriately using the results of the seismic performance evaluation.

History of engineering & technology --- strength --- yielding capping and ultimate deformation --- RC column --- cyclic test database --- artificial neural network --- bi-linear and tri-linear lumped plasticity model --- columns --- cyclic behavior --- low height-to-depth ratio --- modeling parameters --- calibration --- SPSW --- axial compression ratio --- hole size --- thickness of stiffening plate --- hole position --- hysteretic performance --- FEM (Finite Element Method) --- DYNA6 --- soil-structure interaction --- soil-pile dynamic stiffness --- retrofitting --- viscous dampers --- optimum design --- collapse-resistant capacity --- economic benefit --- sustainability --- steel reinforced concrete --- joint --- post critical --- moment-curvature --- nonlinear --- frame model --- multi-story steel frames --- self-centering bracing elements --- buckling-restrained brace (BRB) --- seismic analysis --- earthquake/seismic forces --- seismic damage --- mold transformer --- shaking table test --- non-structural elements --- dynamic characteristics --- ground motion --- earthquake --- response history analysis --- station --- seismicity --- machine learning --- structural types --- decision forest --- self-training procedures --- city-scale seismic damage simulation --- numerical models --- model parameter --- analysis algorithm --- seismic performance evaluation --- seismic risk --- seismic hazard --- seismic force resisting system --- energy dissipater --- seismic design --- nonlinear response

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This book collects research activities focused on the development of new processes to replace obsolete practices that are often highly invasive, unsustainable, and socially unacceptable.Taking inspiration from real problems and the need to face real cases of contamination or prevent potentially harmful situations, the development and optimization of ‘smart’ solutions, i.e., sustainable not only from an environmental point of view but also economically, are discussed in order to encourage, as much as possible, their actual implementation.

Environmental science, engineering & technology --- water resources --- virtual water trade --- input-output method --- Gansu province --- ecological consumption --- influencing factors --- panel regressions --- ecological footprint --- innovative envelope --- building components --- green roofs --- indoor comfort --- energy consumption --- building modelling --- simulation models --- chitosan --- chromium --- heavy metals --- adsorption --- kinetics --- low-cost adsorbent --- tannery --- ion exchange --- nanobubbles --- contaminated soil --- electrokinetic --- in situ --- remediation --- Spinacia oleracea microbiota --- electrochemically activated solution --- peroxyacetic acid --- sanitization --- 16s rRNA pyrosequencing --- amplicon sequence variants --- alpha diversity --- bacterial community composition --- sedimentation --- drag --- fractal aggregates --- shear-thinning --- non-Newtonian fluids --- suspensions --- numerical simulations --- environmental impact --- waste management --- industrial production --- investment project --- risk evaluation --- multicriterial approach --- production planning --- carbon regulation --- reconditioning --- green logistics --- optimization --- drinking water treatment plant --- advection–diffusion–reaction --- chlorine dosage --- simulator validation --- industrial application --- biodegradation --- dehalogenase-producing bacteria --- haloalkanoic acids --- trichloroacetic acid --- 16S rRNA --- Lysinibacillus --- building energy efficiency --- European environmental brands --- tourism sector --- agritourism --- nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) --- submerged marine debris --- economic valuation --- contingent valuation --- economic benefit --- willingness to pay --- proecological behavior --- circular economy --- environmental management --- survey --- nonparametric methods --- serpentinite --- magnesium oxide --- calcination --- particle size distribution --- specific surface area --- magnesium potassium phosphate matrix --- radioactive waste --- immobilization --- hydrolytic stability --- strength --- pH-neutral electrochemically activated solution --- total bacterial count --- Salmonella Enteritidis --- egg cuticle integrity --- soil remediation --- soil contamination --- greenhouse --- phytoextraction --- mobilizing agents --- photosynthetic efficiency --- photovoltaics --- luminescent dyes --- energy savings --- sustainability --- cork–graphite electrode --- electrochemistry --- lead --- environmental application --- environmental pollution and remediation --- hazardous waste management --- soil and water reclamation --- nanomaterials --- sustainable processes