EQUITABLE STORMWATER UTILITY FEES: AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIOECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE FACTORS AT THE COMMUNITY SCALE

Equitable stormwater utility fees: an integrated analysis of environmental, socioeconomic and infrastructure factors at the community scale

Municipalities worldwide implement stormwater management programs to mitigate the hydrological and water quality impacts of stormwater runoff.Stormwater utility fees (SWUF) are often used to fund such important nutella christmas ornament programs by collecting revenue from residential and commercial properties.However, existing SWUFs often solely r

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Magnitude and Correlates of Nicotine Dependence Among Brick Kiln Workers in A Rural Block of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India

Background: Nicotine dependence, a major public health problem, causes respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, pneumoconiosis (e.g.silicosis) and respiratory infections.Occupational exposure of smoke and dust among brick kiln workers, in addition to tobacco addiction result in worsening of lung function and increase the risk 20

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Quantitative assessment of forest ecosystem stress caused by cement plant pollution using in situ measurements and Sentinel-2 satellite data in a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

Anthropogenic industrial dust decreases productivity and slows down the growth of plants.Quantifying the effects of industrial dust on vegetation and determining the distance over which factories scatter dust are of paramount importance for biodiversity conservation and sustaining ecosystem services.This study aims at quantifying the effect of dust

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