Public Project Repository
The following list covers all outputs (deliverables, products and publications) allocated to the UNCNET project. As much as possible and useful in the context of project development, documents are made accessible via direct download or links. We expect the repository to be maintained beyond the duration of the project (April 1, 2019 – February 28, 2022, 35 months).
Deliverables:
D1/1: Kick-off meeting report including project inception report (not publicly available)
D1/2: Report from the first project plenary – CLICK HERE
D1/3: Report from the second project plenary – CLICK HERE
D1/4: Report from third project plenary & stakeholder event – CLICK HERE
D1/5: Final Report – CLICK HERE
D2/1: Draft concept of urban nitrogen flows. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D2/2: Final concept of urban nitrogen flows including uncertainty considerations. To download this document – CLICK HERE
Erratum D2/2: Correction of the final concept of urban nitrogen flows including uncertainty considerations. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D2/3: Using probability approaches to inform, revise and improve contributions on the respective nitrogen flows. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D3/1: Estimates of ammonia emissions from urban agricultural activities. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D3/2: A quantitative estimate of the impacts of ammonia emissions on urban PM2.5 air quality. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D3/3: A quantitative estimate of the impacts of different urban agriculture mitigation pathways on PM2.5 air pollution (not publicly available)
D4/1: Development of high-resolution N inputs and irrigation datasets from agricultural soils. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D4/2: Land surface modeling simulation of N leaching and health effects assessment. (not publicly available)
D4/3: Optimization of urban agriculture management to mitigate groundwater N pollution under different climate changes. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D5/1: Draft concept of urban agricultural nitrogen flows. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D5/2: Clear concept of urban agricultural nitrogen flows. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D5/3: Final urban agricultural N flows with uncertainties and relationship with urban sustainable development goals. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D6/1: General guidance to quantify N in waste and waste water. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D6/2: Waste uncertainty. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D6/3: Extrapolation of methods on waste to human dwellings/constructions and circular economy concepts. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D7/1: Conceptual Nitrogen Budge. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D7/2: Final urban nitrogen budget. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D7/3: Report on comparison between cities and alternative nitrogen flows. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D8/1a: Report from stakeholder workshops I. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D8/1b: Report from stakeholder workshops II. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D8/2, D8/3, D8/4: Combined report on the Final Stakeholder workshop – CLICK HERE
D9/1: Dissemination concept. To download this document – CLICK HERE
D9/2: Policy considerations of nitrogen budgets (not publicly available)
D9/3: Outreach report and summary. To download this document – CLICK HERE
Publications:
Adalibieke et al. (2021). “Decoupling between ammonia emission and crop production in China due to policy interventions” [Global Change Biology]
Bai et al. (2019). “Further Improvement of Air Quality in China Needs Clear Ammonia Mitigation Target” [Environmental Science & Technology – open access]
Bai et al. (2022). “Relocate 10 billion livestock to reduce harmful nitrogen pollution exposure for 90% of China’s population” [nature food]
Chen et al. (2021). “Interannual variation of reactive nitrogen emissions and their impacts on PM2.5 air pollution in China during 2005-2015” [Environmental Research Letters – open access]
Greinert et al. (2020). “The Use of Plant Biomass Pellets for Energy Production by Combustion in Dedicated Furnaces” [Energies – open access]
Gu et al. (2021). “Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for global mitigation of particulate matter air pollution” [Science]
Jakubaszek (2021). “Nitrogen and Phosphorus Accumulation in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland” [Agronomy – open access]
Jiang et al. (2021). “Is rice field a nitrogen source or sink for the environment?” [Environmental Pollution]
Jin et al. (2020). “Spatial Planning Needs to Drastically Reduce Nitrogen and Phosphorus Surpluses in China’s Agriculture” [Environmental Science & Technology]
Kaltenegger et al. (2023). “Urban nitrogen budgets: Evaluating and comparing the path of nitrogen
through cities for improved management” [Science of the Total Environment – open access]
Liu et. al. (2020). “The nonlinear response of fine particulate matter pollution to ammonia emission reductions in North China” [Environmental Research Letters]
Lu et. al. (2021). “The underappreciated role of agricultural soil nitrogen oxide emissions in ozone pollution regulation in North China” [Nature Communications – open access]
Liu et al. (2023). Optimal reactive nitrogen control pathways identified for cost-effective PM2.5 mitigation in Europe. [Nature Communications – open access]
Shang et al. (2019). “Weakened growth of cropland‐N2O emissions in China associated with nationwide policy interventions” [Global Change Biology – open access]
Suchowska-Kisielewicz, M. & Nowogonski, I. (2021), “Influence of storms on the emission of pollutants from sewage into waters” [scientific reports – open access]
Wang H. et al. (2021). “Strategies to reduce ammonia emissions from livestock and their cost-benefit analysis: A case study of Sheyang county” [Environmental Pollution]
Wang Q. et al. (2019). “Data-driven estimates of global nitrous-oxide emissions from croplands ” [National Science Review]
Winiwarter et al. (2020). “Urban nitrogen budgets: flows and stock changes of potentially polluting nitrogen compounds in cities and their surroundings – a review” [Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences – open access]
Zhan et al. (2020). “Improved Estimates of Ammonia Emissions from Global Croplands” [Environmental Science & Technology]
Zhou et. al. (2020). “Deceleration of China’s human water use and its key drivers” [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
Conference Presentations
Greinert, A. (2021, September). “Anthropogenic soils in the context of water and chemical elements circulation in urban environment” [Presentation, book contribution]. Plant productivity and food safety: Soil science, Microbiology, Agricultural Genetics and Food quality, online.
Gueret, S. (2022, October). “From Urban Nitrogen Budgets to Sustainable Development Goals: N Governance in Urban Context” [presentation]. The XXI International N Workshop, Madrid.
Kaltenegger, K. (2022, October). “Urban Nitrogen Budgets: Comparison Across Cities” [presentation]. The XXI International N Workshop, Madrid.
Suchowska-Kisielewicz, M. (2022, October). “The fate of nitrogen in the urban area – the case of Zielona Góra, Poland” [poster]. The XXI International N Workshop, Madrid.
Winiwarter, W. (2021, June). “Nitrogen balances in urban areas: purpose and potentials” [Presentation]. INI 8th Global Nitrogen Conference, online.
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