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TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT

BRENT, ALAN COLIN - In: International Journal of Innovation and Technology … 09 (2012) 05, pp. 1250035-1

investigates how the understanding of the principles of sustainability science may lead to better assessment practices that can be …

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Sustainability: characteristics and scientific roots

Quental, Nuno; Lourenço, Júlia; Silva, Fernando da - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 13 (2011) 2, pp. 257-276

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Renewable rural electrification: Sustainability assessment of mini-hybrid off-grid technological systems in the African context

Brent, Alan Colin; Rogers, David E. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 1, pp. 257-265

The investigation summarised in this paper applied a sustainability assessment methodology on a renewable energy technological system in a rural village project that was commissioned by the South African Department of Minerals and Energy. The project comprised of wind, solar and lead-acid...

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Systems analyses and the sustainable transfer of renewable energy technologies: A focus on remote areas of Africa

Brent, Alan C.; Kruger, Wikus J.L. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 7, pp. 1774-1781

methods that are utilised in practise do not incorporate the concepts of sustainability science adequately; this must be …

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SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT: DRESSING UP SEA? — EXPERIENCES FROM SOUTH AFRICA

GOVENDER, KOGI; HOUNSOME, ROB; WEAVER, ALEX - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 03, pp. 321-340

of sustainability science as an underpinning body of knowledge is introduced. …

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Economic Modelling in Sustainability Science: Issues, Methodology, and Implications

Islam, Sardar - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 7 (2005) 3, pp. 377-400

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Sociology, Science and Sustainability: Developing Relationships in Scotland

Blackstock, Kirsty L.; Kirk, Elizabeth A.; Reeves, Alison D. - In: Sociological Research Online 10 (2005) 2

This paper considers the application of the sociological imagination during the analysis of data collected during an ethnographic study of an environmental regulator, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). SEPA is tasked with implementing the European Water Framework Directive (WFD)...

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Social learning and sustainability science: which role can stakeholder participation play?

Siebenhuner, Bernd - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 2, pp. 146-163

sustainability science and new modes of scientific research. Their participation is seen as a means for empowerment and education as … well as for increasing the legitimacy of scientific research. In addition, proponents of sustainability science regard … discussions around sustainability science. It is the objective of the paper to deduce lessons for future approaches to …

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Social learning and sustainability science: which role can stakeholder participation play?

Siebenhuner, Bernd - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 2, pp. 146-163

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The global sustainability challenge: from agreement to action

Juma, Calestous - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2 (2002) 1/2, pp. 1-14

The United Nations General Assembly will hold the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002. The aim of the summit is to review progress in the implementation of sustainable development goals adopted in 1992 at the historic United Nations Conference on Environment...

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