Environmental capability: a Bradley–Terry model-based approach to examine the driving factors for sustainable coal-mining environment

Hasanuzzaman, Hasanuzzaman; Bhar, Chandan; Srivastava, Varnita

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“…The Bradley–Terry model is a widely accepted statistical model to judge the parameters in pairs. It has been applied in different fields like multivariate paired comparison and ranking of parameters causing environmental danger (HasanuzzamanBhar and Srivastave, 2018). However, more sophisticated methods, namely decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) and technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), can perform similar types of operations (Pourjavad and Shahin, 2020).…”

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“…To compute the global rank of the parameters (i.e. relative rank), the parameters' local weight has been multiplied by the weight of the parameters at the immediately higher level in the hierarchy (HasanuzzamanBhar and Srivastave, 2018). This global weight indicates the relative position of the parameters to pose an environmental threat.…”

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Environmental analysis of coal mining using Bradley–Terry model

Hasanuzzaman

Bhar

2021

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PurposeEnvironmental pollution and corresponding adverse health impacts have now become a significant concern for the entire planet. In this regard, analysts and experts are continually formulating policies to reduce environmental pollution and improve natural ecological conditions. To aid in coping with the ecological predicament, a framework has been developed in the present study to inspect the adverse environmental impacts and related health issues of coal mining.Design/methodology/approachThe parameters for this study have been identified through a review of the literature and finalized 23 critical parameters of air, water, land and soil, and noise related to coal mining by consultation with experts from industry and academia. Finally, the parameters have been categorized in accordance with the level of threat they pose to the environment by assigning weight using the Bradley–Terry model considering attitudinal data acquired by a questionnaire survey.FindingsIt is found that coal mining has a relatively higher impact on four attributes of “air pollution” (suspended particulate matter [SPM], respiratory particulate matter [RPM], sulfur dioxide [SO2] and oxides of nitrogen [NOx]), followed by “land and soil pollution” (deforestation and surface structure diversion), “noise pollution” (vehicle movement) and “water pollution” (water hardness, total solids (TSS/TDS) and iron content). It is also found that raising the air concentration of SPM and RPM results in increased respiratory and cardiopulmonary mortality. Therefore, reducing dust concentrations into the air generated during coal mining is recommended to reduce air pollution caused by coal mining, which will reduce contamination of water and land and soil.Research limitations/implicationsThe model built in this study is a hypothesized model that relied on the experts' opinions considering the parameters of coal production only. However, the parameters related to the usage of coal and its consequences have been excluded. Further, only industrial and academic experts were considered for this study; however, they excluded local people, coal mining personnel, policy authorities, etc. Therefore, the study findings might differ in real circumstances. The research can further be reproduced by considering the parameters related to the use of coal and its consequences, considering the opinions of the local people, coal mining personnel and policy authorities.Practical implicationsCategorizing the parameters according to the threat they pose to the environment due to coal mining can help the decision-maker develop an effective policy to reduce environmental pollution due to coal mining by considering the parameters on a priority basis. In addition, the results further help the decision-makers to assess the environmental impact of coal mining and take necessary action.Originality/valueThe study has developed a framework using the Bradley–Terry model to categorize the environmental parameters of coal mining to develop effective environmental policies, which are original and unique in nature.

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Environmental analysis of coal mining using Bradley–Terry model

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Bhar

2021

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“…Coal has become the main source of energy; it can supply 29.6% of the world's energy requirements and 42% of the world's electricity requirements (Hasanuzzaman et al, 2018).…”

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Carbon Neutral Management in Sport Marinas (Maribel)

Cerezal¹,

Ioraş²,

Cruz‐Pérez³

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Chapter 1. Climate change impacts and adaptation. Technology, process and maintenance 1.1 Climate Change Impacts Índex 4.2 Small scale wind turbines 4.2 References and on-line tools 4.3 Appendix Chapter 5. Leisure sports marina management and logistics 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Marina planning 5.3 Infrastructures 5.4 Services logistics References Authors' profile Executive summaryMaritime transport emits around million tonnes of CO2 annually and is responsible for about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions (3rd IMO GHG study). Shipping emissions are predicted to increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 -depending on future economic and energy developments. For nautical boats the "end of use" (in Europe 80,000 boats, reach their 'end of use's each year) is one of the main challenges for the industry which poses a threat to the environment and a recycling challenge.Staff qualifications, the inability to attract young workers remain one of the crucial points in Europe. To boost the recruitment of highly prepared staff requires initiatives addressing learning to make the Environmental management and security related sectors attractive and to transform both the academic knowledge and high-level basic and transversal competences to be useful and applicable. This book seek to offer an adaptedcurriculum to equip the young generation with the specific, basic and transversal competences currently re-quired in the planning, climate change mitigation and vested industries. Book has been designed with the aim to support the development and the implemen-tation of an innovative practice, a new training path for the carbon neutral management of sport marinas.This initiative complies with one of the principal aims of the Erasmus+ program: Promoting synergies and cross fertilisation throughout the different fields of education, training and youth, removing artificial boundaries between the various actions and projects formats, fostering new ideas, such as a sec-toral multi campus, promoting cross border cooperation by attracting new ac-tors from the world of work to collaborate with universities and VET, but above all, with the target of stimulating new forms of cooperation Chapter 1 Climate change impacts and adaptation. Technology, process and maintenance Indrachapa Bandara & FlorIn Ioras

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“…It is well known that the energy consumption structure with coal as the core is the crucial source of air pollution in China. Apart from conventional air pollutants such as NO x , SO 2 , and CO 2 , other hazardous substances, e.g., dust (Tong et al, 2019a), heavy metal (Sun et al, 2019), and noise (Hasanuzzaman & Srivastava, 2018) also bring about a stubborn threat to public health in and around the coal-based energy industry. What's more, the coal-based clean energy industry is characterized by various machinery equipment and complex working environment.…”

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Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Chinese Coal-Based Clean Energy Industry: LCA-Based and WTP-Oriented Modeling

Zhang

Yang

Tong

2021

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The evolution of energy system occupies an important position in economic development and quality of life. Influenced by the energy endowment in China, developing the coal-based clean energy industry has been regarded as a guaranteed path to realizing the clean and efficient use of coal resources. However, an evaluation paradigm could systematically assess the health impacts of airborne pollution in this industry is still lack, which is our concern. Combining with life cycle analysis, probabilistic risk models, and health impacts models, this study proposes a series of models which are consistent enough to unite pollutant concentration, health risk, and health impact, and equip assessment results with more intuitive significance using life and economic loss. Further, case studies for three typical coal-based clean energy processing, namely, coal mining, coal-fired power generation, and coal liquefaction are presented to verify the reliability of these models. It is proved that this evaluation paradigm can help to find out the worksite, substage, and airborne pollutant with the most severe impact, and more importantly, the application of evaluation indicators with life and economic meaning is more profitable to provide references for minimizing or eliminating the health impacts, moreover, explicit the developing directions of the national energy industry.

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Environmental capability: a Bradley–Terry model-based approach to examine the driving factors for sustainable coal-mining environment

Cited by 11 publications

References 76 publications

Environmental analysis of coal mining using Bradley–Terry model

Environmental analysis of coal mining using Bradley–Terry model

Carbon Neutral Management in Sport Marinas (Maribel)

Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Chinese Coal-Based Clean Energy Industry: LCA-Based and WTP-Oriented Modeling

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