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Housing as basis for sustainable consumption
Hoyer, Karl Georg; Holden, Erling - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 4 (2001) 1, pp. 48-58
it is possible through land use and housing planning to achieve substantial changes in living situations and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754365
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Housing as basis for sustainable consumption
Hoyer, Karl Georg; Holden, Erling - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 4 (2001) 1, pp. 48-58
it is possible through land use and housing planning to achieve substantial changes in living situations and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563793
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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
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, including impacts at the household level. This research investigated the lifetime …
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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...
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Walking the green carpet to work
Zabala, Aiora - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 78-94
The use of private cars with low occupancy is increasingly predominant in workers' transport to industrial estates in Valles Occidental County, within the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain. This unsustainable trend is already on the political agenda. However, sound theoretical background and...
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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...
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