Despite the last decades have seen a progressive increase in environmental consciousness worldwide, market shares of green products are still rather low and a deep understanding of eco-friendly purchasing behaviour seems still a long way off. Adopting the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the...

The main aim of this research is to analyze the innovation within the tourism sector due to the big lack in the literature. Particular attention is paid on a new form of hospitality called Albergo Diffuso (AD). It seems to be very appreciate by a new generation of consumers more informed and...

Drawing on historical research in the northern highlands of Ecuador, the authors summarize how 75 years of state-supported agricultural modernization and subsequent food policies have led to diverse, wide-scale socio-environmental decline. Despite this global trend, they find considerable...

The present work is a literature review on the short food supply chain, interpreted as a concrete example of sustainability, in which various economic, social and environmental topics are linked in a way that interprets the short food supply chain as a new form of dynamism in the market for...

Quantity and quality food production is a key component of well-being in its most modern and complete meaning. In this view, it has a significant impact on all aspects of social, cultural, environmental and economic development. For the future, the great challenge of agri-food sector is to carry...

The paper suggests that the diverse livelihoods could properly be taken into account to endeavour the effort for more sustainable, flexible and adaptive small-scale fisheries. Diversification contributes to increase income and well-being, thereby providing an adaptive model that is consistent...

In questo lavoro viene presentata una valutazione del territorio italiano al rischio di desertificazione come fenomeno ambientale potenzialmente legato al tema dello sviluppo sostenibile delle regioni Mediterranee. Il tema è particolarmente rilevante per le implicazioni ecologiche e...

La sostenibilità ambientale è un concetto da sviluppare maggiormente nel settore agroalimentare per le implicazioni su suolo, acqua e biodiversità e per l’impatto ambientale della produzione agroindustriale. Per aumentare il livello di sostenibilità appare importante applicare un nuovo...

Il forte incremento dei consumi di energia e delle emissioni di CO2, la crescente dipendenza da aree molto instabili politicamente, l’aumento del prezzo dei combustibili fossili e il loro progressivo esaurimento sono problemi che mettono in evidenza l’insostenibilità dell’attuale sistema...

Ecological footprint (EF) is an important measure in calculating the human demands and impacts on our global environment. In this respect, the ecological footprint is a function of all the parameters that interact between the power of ecosystem productivity and human interactions and activities...