The Energy-saving Measurements of On-land Transportation in Taiwan: An Advanced Study | Chapter 4 | Issues and Development in Health Research Vol. 3

 The optimization of energy-saving and carbon-reduction techniques is addressed and discussed in this article. For a country's economy, transportation is one of the most essential sources of money and labour. In recent years, the gradual depletion of fossil fuels, as well as the looming threat of global warming, have had an influence on human civilizations and ecosystems. On-land transportation's primary objective is to convey people. According to data, total passenger automobile energy consumption accounts for 70% of total on-land transport energy consumption and 50% of overall energy consumption in the transportation industry in Taiwan.

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Shyi-Min Lu
Energy and Environmental Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu 310, Taiwan, ROC.

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Exploration on Coral Reef Resources, Using Glint Removal and Depth Attenuation Index on Alos Imagery at Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia | Chapter 3 | Modern Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 5

 The coral reef resources at Biak Island were identified and examined using ground truth data collected in July 2007 and Alos imaging analysis with a 10 m resolution recorded on May 25, 2010, with the assumption that nothing has changed for the past three years. The work uses glint removal and depth invariant index techniques to build coral reef ecosystem groups by combining 59 field data with Alos image data. Live corals, dead corals, a mixture of both, and sand are the four classes. The algorithm, which is made up of three visible bands, works best in clear water rather than turbid water. As a result, vegetation covering, as well as seagrass, seaweed, and macroalgae that are only present in small amounts and are frequently covered by fine sand materials and linked with turbid water, is overlooked. Corals on Biak Island are spatially narrow, 50 to 150 m broad, covering an area of 1031 ha., with live corals dominating 38 ha. (3 percent), and 50 – 700 m wide, covering an area of 2161 ha., with live corals dominating 215 ha (9 percent ). The powerful waves from the Pacific Ocean are thought to be preventing corals in the north from thriving. The goal of this study is to create a map of the coral reef ecosystem on Biak Island, Indonesia, which is located between 135o48'E and 136o28'E; 0o41'S and 1o15'S.

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Suyarso
Research Centre for Oceanography - Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Studies on Integrated GIS and AHP for Marine Aquaculture Site Selection in Penghu Cove in Taiwan | Chapter 2 | Modern Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 5

 In Taiwan, government policy has accelerated the transition from land-based to marine cage culture in recent years. As a result, choosing the right location is a crucial principle and determinant for future success in marine cage culture and sustainable development. It has a significant impact on economic viability by deciding capital expenditure and impacting operating expenses, production, and mortality. As a result, climate considerations, geographic environmental elements, bio-environmental factors, and social-economic aspects play a larger role in site selection. With the rapid growth of marine cage culture, there is a growing need for coastal zone environment analyses, which is a difficult task that requires one of the most useful tools for these types of analyses: the Geographic Information System (GIS). The criteria weight for site selection was evaluated using AHP (analytic hierarchy process) in this study. The weights of applicability of the four GIS grid themes were 0.322, 0.410, 0.127, and 0.141, respectively, according to AHP analysis. The findings reveal that geographic environmental elements are the most essential considerations when selecting acceptable marine culture sites in Taiwan's Penghu bay. Meanwhile, a suitable map was created using ArcMap, a GIS software application, based on the specified grid themes. The GIS software and the AHP approach can be used to objectively choose the best sites for marine cage culture development based on the eligible sites discovered on the specific GIS grid themes.

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Dr. Yi-Che Shih
Planning and Training Center of National Academy of Marine Research, Ocean Affairs Council, Taiwan and Department of Maritime Police University and Institute of Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

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