Environmental inequality has been the focus of European scientists and policymakers in the past decades. This database is prepared to provide researchers with a multiscale, multivariate database on environmental inequality across different scales, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe dataset combines and aggregate five data types of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area in a polygon GIS shapefile with 79 three-digit postcode areas, and a csv file, including the outcome of an origin-destination analysis. The dataset area includes 1661 residential zones ("wijken", in the terminology used by the Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics) of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA), and the data aggregated was originally generated between 2017 and 2019. The first dataset, in format of GIS shapefile, contains data on mobility, parking capacity, electricity demand, census data and cadaster data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFood waste represents the largest fraction of the municipal solid waste generated in Europe and its management is associated to suboptimal performance in environmental, health, and social dimensions. By processing detailed multi-fold local data as part of a comprehensive and broadly understandable sustainability framework, this study quantifies the environmental and socio-economic impacts of household food waste management in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area based on priorities set by local stakeholders. Five alternative short-term management options have been assessed against the current system, relying on poor separate collection and incineration.
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