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Marginal reasoning and (bio)diversity
Schutz, Joachim - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 3 (2000) 4, pp. 334-343
One of the decisive advantages of a systems approach is the possibility to achieve a level of efficiency beyond any … diversity to raise a specific, narrowly defined efficiency, whereas a systemic perspective tends to improve a comprising … efficiency by raising integrated functional diversity. The willingness to understand these insights combined with the capacity to …
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Marginal reasoning and (bio)diversity
Schutz, Joachim - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 3 (2000) 4, pp. 334-343
One of the decisive advantages of a systems approach is the possibility to achieve a level of efficiency beyond any … diversity to raise a specific, narrowly defined efficiency, whereas a systemic perspective tends to improve a comprising … efficiency by raising integrated functional diversity. The willingness to understand these insights combined with the capacity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563671
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The capacity to solve problems as a rationale for intertemporal discounting
Hampicke, Ulrich - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 1, pp. 98-116
The discussion on discounting has reached a more refined stage by now so that some earlier objections made by ethicists as to the moral implications have become obsolete. The standard approach, as suggested in the economic part of the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563841
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The capacity to solve problems as a rationale for intertemporal discounting
Hampicke, Ulrich - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 1, pp. 98-116
The discussion on discounting has reached a more refined stage by now so that some earlier objections made by ethicists as to the moral implications have become obsolete. The standard approach, as suggested in the economic part of the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754395
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Strategies to assess the sustainability in the rehabilitation process - a tool for interventions in old centres
Ramos, Ana Ferreira; Silva, J.A.R. Mendes Da - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 227-241
In order to reduce the pace of new constructions, it is necessary to rethink the city and act upon the built environment taking into account the impact of the urban expansion. These interventions must be conditioned by the need to guide human activity towards the sustainability principles. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888511
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Measuring sustainability performance in industrial parks: a case study of the Kwinana industrial area
Rosano, Michele; Schianetz, Karin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 261-280
Industrial parks/areas are increasingly required to substantiate their environmental and sustainability performance with increasing pressures from both government and the community. In order to address these pressures the Kwinana industrial area in Western Australia has started the development...
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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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Towards integrating sustainable development in South African universities' accounting education
Ngwakwe, Collins C. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 4, pp. 348-373
This article attempts to depict a linkage between accounting education and sustainable development and how accounting education in South Africa may be fine-tuned to play an advocacy role toward sustainable development. The methodological approach is conceptually rooted in reviews coalesced with...
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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
, in Australia, housing energy efficiency remains a contested policy area. In part, this is due to a lack of clear cost …,117 at an interest rate of 7.89% across 25 years. However, energy efficiency cost savings of $1,547 a year were calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944840
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Influence of carbon dioxide abatement and recreational services on optimal forest rotation
Caparros, Alejandro; Campos, Pablo; Martin, David - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 3, pp. 345-358
This paper presents and applies a theoretical framework to integrate the influence of carbon dioxide abatement as well as recreational services on the optimal bio-economic determination of forest rotation. Recreational services are included in the standard way proposed by Hartman, but carbon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233207