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Sheep-for-meat farming systems in French semi-upland area. Adapting to new context: increased concentrates and energy prices, and new agricultural policy
Benoit, Marc; Laignel, Gabriel - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 35-48
We used simulation to study how three French sheep production systems could adapt to a new context created by a surge …
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A numerical study on assessing sustainable development with future genuine savings simulation
Sato, Masayuki; Samreth, Sovannroeun; Yamada, Katsunori - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 4, pp. 293-312
This paper presents a numerical examination of sustainability from the perspective of 'genuine savings', using a … dataset provided by the World Bank. Unlike previously-used criteria of sustainability that focus on observed paths of genuine … savings rates, we consider future sustainability by simulating future paths of genuine savings. This analysis shows that some …
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Efficiency grounds and welfare effects in decoupling farm support. Insights from an AGE model of the Italian economy
Cavalletti, Barbara; Rocchi, Benedetto - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 2, pp. 106-121
to represent the distribution of agricultural income between households. In simulation results the decoupling of farm … towards low-income agricultural households. In terms of possible policy implications, simulation results suggest that …
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Efficiency grounds and welfare effects in decoupling farm support. Insights from an AGE model of the Italian economy
Cavalletti, Barbara; Rocchi, Benedetto - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 2, pp. 106-121
to represent the distribution of agricultural income between households. In simulation results the decoupling of farm … towards low-income agricultural households. In terms of possible policy implications, simulation results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563868
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Leveraging brand value through corporate responsibility
Pakseresht, Ashkan; Mark-Herbert, Cecilia - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 281-297
Measurements of corporate values are associated with a number of challenges. The needs for making measurements relate to making strategic decisions for internal and external stakeholders. Traditionally, these estimates of, for example, brand value, have been expressed purely in terms of...
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Cost efficient low-emission housing: implications for household cash-flows in Melbourne
Moore, Trivess; Morrissey, John; Horne, Ralph - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 4, pp. 374-386
A number of international jurisdictions have articulated a longer term goal of zero emission housing standards. However, in Australia, housing energy efficiency remains a contested policy area. In part, this is due to a lack of clear cost-benefit information on low emission housing standards,...
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Walking the green carpet to work
Zabala, Aiora - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 78-94
political agenda. However, sound theoretical background and methodologies to assess sustainability in the field of transport to … industrial estates are scarce. In order to gain insight that may increase the effectiveness of future policies for sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078466
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements
Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110
The present paper aims to investigate the role of creative practices for settlements, with a special focus on the 'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality related to the attractiveness of villages from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078467
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Techno-optimism: progress towards CO2 reduction targets in transport: a UK and London perspective
Banister, David; Hickman, Robin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 24-47
Transport is making a very limited contribution to carbon emissions reduction targets in the UK, and this paper argues the case for a substantial shift in thinking away from the concentration on technological alternatives to a revised approach that combines technological efficiency with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078470
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Public management and community in rethinking and structuring sustainability: a two-city (USA and Ukraine) comparative analysis
Slava, Svitlana; Condrey, Stephen E. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 3, pp. 243-266
Despite a significant pool of sustainable development literature that appeared during the last decade, the term remains unclear. This study involved a theoretical analysis of definitions of sustainable development to identify the weights of different components, to assess what meanings are...
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