From field surveys of roof runoff conducted in general residential houses in the Lake Biwa basin, the pollution loads of buildings in an urban area were evaluated. The samples were collected from the total roof drainage during a rainfall event, and the water pollutants investigated were total...

This paper discusses the greenhouse gases reductions from the use of bio-liquid fuels. In the future, new bio-liquid fuels that combine new raw materials and processing technologies will be explored, and the superiority of each formula will be actively discussed. The key indicator will be the...

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To verify a statistical model for predicting urban pollutant runoff developed in our previous research, newly obtained runoff data were compared with those predicted by the model. The proposed model previously was a regression model using parameters representing geological, rainfall, and...

Climate change is a significant threat to human health around the world, and represents one of the most important challenges for public health. There is a growing concern that climate change has an impact on the geographical distribution, seasonality, and epidemic scale of emerging and re-emerging...

Making use of relevant Geographic Information System (GIS) data, an attempt was made to analyze the changes in the magnitude and spatial distribution of the land-based sources of nonpoint pollution loads for the entire Lake Biwa-Yodo River Basin over the 18-year period between 1991 and 2009....

Ticks are common vectors of zoonotic infectious diseases in humans. Chemical pesticides have been used to control tick populations for several decades especially in the livestock industry, but those have resulted in the rapid acquisition of resistance to pesticides by ticks. Additionally, because...

A local association, "Wagagawa no seiryu wo mamoru kai" (The Association for Protection of Clean Water of the Waga River), was established by diverse stakeholders to protect the "clean" Waga River in 1972. As a major activity, the association has been monitoring the water quality(pH and...

The Chinese government has been promoting bioethanol programs to address high ending stocks, air pollution problems and energy security since 2002. The government released the goal of Expansion of Ethanol Production and Promotion fbr 77'ansportati0n F uel in 2017. Based on the goal, the government...