REVIEW OF THE KINEROS MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF LAND USE ON THE SURFACE RUN-OFF

Topics protection of catchment area relating to land use to support sustainability and environmental capacity is an interesting topic to be discussed scientifically. The increasing frequency of floods, droughts, landslides, and water crises are recently showed that the management of watersheds (DAS) has not been optimal. The Kineros Model for predicting the effect of land use on the surface run-off need to be improve in application. This paper has shown that the protection of natural ecosystems has a better impact than infrastructure development, especially about preventing inundation due to high surface runoff. This journal will strengthen the need for watershed-scale erosion prediction analysis because of its ability to define strategic areas of policy intervention to enable policymakers and the community to carry out recovery programs/activities more effectively and focused. The accuracy of determining the location of the policy has an impact on cost, time, and energy efficiency. Spatial calculation/analysis models combined with social and economic approaches will create a balanced and integrated sustainable development. The reviewer suggests a realistic combination of approaches, which combines the spatial aspects and technocratic calculations aspects of economic instruments that become balanced in a multidisciplinary concept.

An Analytical Approach for Initial Allocation of Discharge Permits with Consideration of the Water Environmental Capacity and Industrial Technical Feasibility

The tradable discharge permit is an efficient marketing twist to deal with negative externality of water pollution, and initial allocation discharge permits (IADP) is a tough prerequisite for a health tradable discharge permit system. However, the allocation rules focusing on both water environment quality attainment and economic-technical feasibility have not been achieved. Therefore, a three-tier analytical framework including control units, industries, and enterprises has been established for satisfying the requirements of water environment quality attainment and technical feasibility. The framework includes three calculation modules and one justification module. A case study of the framework is carried out in the Changzhou City of Taihu Lake, China. Through comparison of the results of industry IADP, the technology-based initial allocation discharge permits scheme in control unit 7 is adopted as the final initial allocation discharge permits scheme, and the reduction plan chemical industry is carried out in control unit 8; finally, the initial allocation discharge permits results after reduction are employed as the final initial allocation discharge permits scheme. This three-tier analytical framework could ensure environmental protection, equality, efficiency, and make the scheme be more acceptable for enterprise stakeholders. In addition, it could support for optimization of industrial layouts and industrial structure upgrading to some degree.

Readiness Assessment of Pasuruan Industrial Estate Rembang (PIER) Towards Sustainable Industrial Estate

Global awareness towards sustainability are putting pressure on industries worldwide to implement procedures to manage the elements of sustainability for an industrial development. This study aims to assess the readiness of Pasuruan Industrial Estate Rembang (PIER) towards sustainable industrial estate. This research was conducted using qualitative methods with the type of research in the form of case studies. Six parameters are assessed based on the concept formulated by Ernest Lowe (2001) that include natural system integration with environmental capacity-bearing capability, sustainable energy and water use, integration of output and waste material flows, efficient industrial estate management, environmentally friendly infrastructure design and integration between industrial estates and social communities, contributing to local economic development. Using a Likert scale of 1 to 3 to assess the level of application of EIP principles in the PIER industrial estate, the results obtained are that two EIP principles have not been applied at all and four principles have not been fully implemented.

Research on water environmental capacity accounting of the Yongzhou Section of Xiangjiang River Basin based on the SWAT-EFDC coupling model

In this paper, a coupling model of SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) and EFDC (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) was established, and the relationship between the pollution source and water quality response was identified. Based on the hydrodynamic water quality simulation results and the one-dimensional WEC (water environmental capacity) theoretical formula, the total nitrogen and total phosphorus WEC and the remaining WEC of the Yongzhou Section of Xiangjiang River Basin under the guaranteed rate of 90% and in 2017 were calculated, respectively. It can be seen from the results that the total nitrogen WEC of the Yongzhou Section of Xiangjiang River Basin in 2017 is 27,673.04 t, the total nitrogen WEC under the guaranteed rate of 90% is 19,497.61 t/a and the total phosphorus WEC of the Yongzhou Section of Xiangjiang River Basin in 2017 is 4,877.22 t. The total phosphorus WEC under the guaranteed rate of 90% is 2,936.64 t/a; in 2017, the remaining WECs of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in the entire basin are 14,646.69 and 3,358.67 t, respectively.

Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Integrated Benefits of Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Technology in the Sanjiangyuan Region of Qinghai Province

Low-carbon energy technology is the most fundamental way to control carbon emissions. The Sanjiangyuan region in Qinghai Province must put environmental conservation in first place during development, because of its important function of national ecological protection. The comprehensive benefits of photovoltaic technology in this area need to be evaluated. In this paper, a new multicriteria decision model (MCDM) is established, with the four dimensions of “environment-society-economy-population”, and 16 specific indicators are developed by combining the coupling coordination degree (CCD) and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method. MCDM can contribute to screening out key indicators that should be of high concern. The evaluation results show that the four dimensions of “environment-society-economy-population” in the Sanjiangyuan region are highly correlated, and the PPAT is creating a coordinated development; the elements of population and environment play a decisive role in the comprehensive benefits based on five key indicators and three indicative indicators. The paper provides suggestions for the local government to further implement the PV poverty alleviation industry, under the condition that the natural environmental capacity of the region and the natural ecosystem are fully respected and undisturbed.

Environmental Management Zoning of Coal-Fired Power Plants in China in the Context of Carbon Neutrality

The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions directly or indirectly generated by thermal power enterprises at any given time can be offset through afforestation, energy conservation and emission reduction. The present situation and control methods of CO2 emission in China's coal-fired thermal power industry are introduced. The complex ecosystem is a unity of ecological functions composed of human society, economic activities and natural conditions. In the context of carbon neutrality and based on the theory of composite ecosystem, this paper divides the coal-fired thermal power plants in China into environmental management zones, calculates the atmospheric environmental capacity, and puts forward the concept of regional atmospheric environmental capacity, classification and zoning control. Finally, the management and control units are classified, and differentiated management and control requirements are put forward to provide a reference for regional air quality standard planning.

An Analytical Study of the External Environment of the Coevolution between Manufacturing and Logistics Based on the Logistic Model

This paper focuses on the external environmental capacity of the coevolution system of the manufacturing industry and logistics industry. This paper first constructs a dynamic model of the external environmental capacity of the coevolution system by using the logistic model and then simulates the effects of two factors: one factor is the institutional environment affected by the random interference factors of policy and the other factor is the industrial environment affected by the random interference factors of the industrial economy on the coevolution system. This paper discusses the cooperative mechanism of external random interference factors on system evolution, analyzes the nonlinear variation of external environmental factors with time, and gives the estimation method. Finally, we provide an example to prove our findings.

A Methodology for the Definition of the Acoustic Capacity of a Road Infrastructure

In this paper, a new methodology for the assessment of the so-called “acoustic capacity” of a road infrastructure is proposed. This aspect is very important in the field of transportation planning as, currently, road infrastructures are verified only in terms of physical capacity; at most, the environmental capacity due to atmospheric pollutants is taken into account, while the acoustic capacity is completely neglected. The acoustic capacity is assessed based on the Harmonoise model, which is widely recognized at the European level. The Harmonoise model, starting from traffic data, such as traffic flows, average speed, and typologies of vehicles, provides the levels of noise emissions and immissions, which can be compared to the noise limit levels established by law. The validity of the proposed methodology was assessed on a test network. The results of this analysis show that, generally, the acoustic capacity is actually a capacity constraint, which involves several traffic flows: this occurs in particular in the case of an intersection, but also in the case of a bi-directional road. Furthermore, the acoustic capacity of a road infrastructure is generally lower than its physical capacity.