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imperative of sustainability, and suggests an ethical statement to rationalise social actions and act as a filter for appropriate … indicators. Bossel's general systems approach and the use of his basic orientors of system viability are then described, as a …
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complexity of natural and societal systems implies a degree of irreducible uncertainty should not lead to policy paralysis. The … and passive) approaches are necessary for the management of complex systems. Adaptive approaches contrast with command …
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imperative of sustainability, and suggests an ethical statement to rationalise social actions and act as a filter for appropriate … indicators. Bossel's general systems approach and the use of his basic orientors of system viability are then described, as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563802
complexity of natural and societal systems implies a degree of irreducible uncertainty should not lead to policy paralysis. The … and passive) approaches are necessary for the management of complex systems. Adaptive approaches contrast with command …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754306
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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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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One of the decisive advantages of a systems approach is the possibility to achieve a level of efficiency beyond any … achieve sustainability by markets relies on marginal reasoning. Yet this partial perspective tends to reduce functional …
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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 …
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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...
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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...
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