This study tackles the growing global concern about municipal waste management,
particularly in cities like the Grand Guayaquil Metropolitan Area (GGA). Through realistic …

What cultural ecosystem services (CES) do people perceive in their immediate
surroundings, and what sensory experiences are linked to these ecosystem services? And …

Lead users are the most valuable innovation sources in crowdsourcing design; how to
identify these users is a research hotspot in the field of design and management. Existing …

Ecuador is a country in which only a third of the municipalities classify their waste before it is
collected by garbage collection services. The country generates 4.06 million metric tons of …

Noise pollution is becoming a critical health risk for city life. In 2020, the COVID-19
pandemic forced many cities to implement several mobility restrictions. These restrictions …

Noise pollution is a variable usually ignored during urban planning; however, it is also
necessary to estimate environmental values adequately in places difficult for humans to …

Millions of tons of polluted personal protective equipment, such as face masks, face shields,
and gloves related to the COVID-19 disease, are becoming dangerous infectious waste …

abstract Noise pollution is becoming a critical health risk for city life. In 2020, the COVID-19
pandemic forced many cities to implement several mobility restrictions. These restrictions …