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The unplanned creative city: an emerging sustainability? Crossroads between education and innovation in Santiago, Chile
Blejer, Luis Valenzuela; Moya, Juan Pablo Blanco - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 1/2, pp. 58-68
's case those are the information and communications technologies (ICT) and biotechnology, mainly clustered in central areas …
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Towards transition: resourcing socially learned decisions
Nolan, Terry; Varey, Richard J. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 2, pp. 208-226
being co-constructed, and ICT may act to improve or to diminish the quality of this relationship. Further understanding of … the potential of ICT to enable and support public/social learning and democratic decisions on courses of action will be a …
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Sustainability, creativity, resilience: toward new development strategies of port areas through evaluation processes
Girard, Luigi Fusco - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 1/2, pp. 161-184
Industrial-commercial and tourist ports areas are spaces of difference, rich in potential opportunities but also in contradictions and conflicts. The conservation of their particular landscape is very important for the city/region development, founded on a new metabolism. Port areas will become...
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Evaluation of cyber-tools in cultural tourism
Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter; Leeuwen, Eveline S. Van; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 14 (2011) 3/4, pp. 179-205
Nowadays, e-services technology has demonstrated a pervasive character in the modern tourism industry. E-services implemented by the tourism industry, e.g., e-tourism, appeared to produce significant cost reductions and market efficiencies. Since online services are continuously accessible, time...
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Information and communication technology and the popular appropriation of sustainability problems
Pereira, Angela Guimaraes; O'Connor, Martin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 2 (1999) 3, pp. 411-424
-making process. Frequently, IA exploits computer models and other information and communication technology (ICT) in ways that are … interactive use of ICT can promote a social "appropriation" of sustainability problems. This paper explains, with the example of … greenhouse gas emissions, how the reciprocal interactive use of ICT can help to create the necessary social and political …
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Information and communication technology and the popular appropriation of sustainability problems
Pereira, Angela Guimaraes; O'Connor, Martin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 2 (1999) 3, pp. 411-424
-making process. Frequently, IA exploits computer models and other information and communication technology (ICT) in ways that are … interactive use of ICT can promote a social "appropriation" of sustainability problems. This paper explains, with the example of … greenhouse gas emissions, how the reciprocal interactive use of ICT can help to create the necessary social and political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553136
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Exploring a South-European eco-neighbourhood model: planning forms, constraints of implementation and emerging resilience practices
Kyvelou, Stella; Papadopoulos, Toni - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 14 (2011) 1/2, pp. 77-94
The paper seeks to overview perspectives of eco-neighbourhoods in Southern Europe. Emphasis is given to spatial planning system related issues as well as organisational, investment, financial and governance specificities in countries that belong to Southern Europe, thus governed by 'urbanism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669545
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Involving stakeholders in developing sustainability indicators for farming systems: a Philippine case study
Vilei, Sonja - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 311-336
Small-scale farmers in the Philippines have an average landholding of 2 ha and often no secure land tenure. Many cultivate unsuitable upland areas, leading to erosion and sometimes dramatic landslides. To evaluate sustainability of different farming systems with the involvement of local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352930
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352934
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Evaluation of sustainable development projects: participatory approach
Hartungi, Rusdy - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 362-373
This paper analyses the strength and constraints of various evaluation methods in sustainable development projects with emphasis on participatory evaluation. An international literature review is used to analyse the application of traditional and participatory approaches. In addition, some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352958