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The risks and opportunities in starting a carbon trading firm within the carbon marketplace

Sridhar, Kaushik - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 14 (2011) 1/2, pp. 141-153

thorough assessment of information regarding the outlook and chances for carbon trading in this country, as well as the risks …

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Sustainable development footprint: a framework for assessing sustainable development risks and opportunities in time and space

Amekudzi, Adjo; Khayesi, Meleckidzedeck; Khisty, C. Jotin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 18 (2015) 1/2, pp. 9-40

development status, in particular its opportunities and risks, varies in relation to dynamics in economic, environmental and human … making efforts to maximise the opportunities and minimise the risks as they advance sustainable development in international …

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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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MONET indicator system: the Swiss road to measuring sustainable development

Montmollin, Andre De; Scheller, Andrea - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 61-72

This paper examines the question of how to build a system of sustainable development indicators that takes into account … sustainable development indicators. The development of the whole system took more than three years. The frame of reference … measured by indicators. …

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Introduction to the key issue concerning the use of sustainable development indicators

Rey-Valette, Helene; Laloe, Francis; Fur, Jean Le - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 4-13

of institutional initiatives were implemented by international organisations in order to develop indicators for … this question concerning the use of sustainable development indicators with respect to their various functions, we …

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In search of coastal zone sustainability by means of social carrying capacity indicators construction: lessons learned from the Thau lagoon case study (Region Languedoc-Roussillon,...

Roussel, Sebastien; Crinquant, Nicolas; Bourdat, Eva - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 175-194

social carrying capacity indicators. These indicators evaluate the levels and thresholds related to population growth … follow a Principles-Criteria-Indicators (PCI) outline to distinguish the underlying pressures on the coastal zone. The main … set of indicators. We consider that social carrying capacity indicators provide standards for sustainability, and we …

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Information at the interface between supply and demand for indicators: the use of a model with estimated parameter values as a base for indication in multicriteria analyses

Laloe, Francis - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 33-45

statistic, i.e. a set of functions of available data. This statistic is often seen as a list of indicators; it can also be …

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Communicating scientific knowledge to actors: how do indicators respond to stakes in relation to the development of the fishery sector in the Guinea Republic?

Fur, Jean Le - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 73-92

various target populations. This approach results in a global communication process where indicators, as quantified and …

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Institutional sustainability

Pfahl, Stefanie - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 80-96

indicators for assessing the progress which UN members had made with the implementation of Agenda 21. However, these indicators …

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Top-down/bottom-up approach for developing sustainable development indicators for mining: application to the Arlit uranium mines (Niger)

Chamaret, Aurelie; O'Connor, Martin; Recoche, Gilles - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 161-174

controversies. Debates and decisions need to be based on objective and comparative elements. Defining strong indicators for … consultation of local actors concerned by such mining activity, in order to define indicators that are closer to the needs and …

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