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Incorporating sustainable management system into housing development practice in Malaysia
Khor, Soo Cheen Suzanne; Bakar, Abu Hassan Bin Abu - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 3, pp. 277-291
This paper reviews the practice in sustainable management in housing development, which incorporates in Malaysia the … evolution in the new housing era. The primary objective is to achieve the balance of a sustainability triple bottom line at the … end of the result. The suggestion made is to use a system tool to manage housing development in Malaysia in a sustainable …
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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
presented in which common purposes and joint management serve to unify economic, environmental, and social components. Using a …
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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...
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A survey of national sustainable development indicators
Tasaki, Tomohiro; Kameyama, Yasuko; Hashimoto, Seiji; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 337-361
We surveyed sustainable development indicators (SDIs) adopted by 28 national governments, regions, and international organisations and compiled them into a database. The aims of this study were to understand the elements of sustainable development (SD), examine SDIs developed in certain fields...
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From *for* to governance for sustainable development in Europe: what is at stake for further research?
Farrell, Katharine N.; Kemp, Rene; Hinterberger, Friedrich - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 127-150
Following conferences in Pignans, Maastricht, Vienna and Cologne and many e-mail exchanges, the participants of the GoSD-research initiative have identified a path for future research that describes not only governance and sustainable development but also how governance can be *for* sustainable...
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Environmental governance in the European Union: strategies and instruments for absolute decoupling
Giljum, Stefan; Hak, Thomas; Hinterberger, Friedrich; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 31-46
waste and emissions is regarded as the core strategy to reconcile environmental protection and continued economic growth … evaluation of progress towards an absolute reduction of environmental pressures is missing in the Lisbon indicator set. We use … the concept of societal metabolism as a framework for deriving priority environmental policy themes for decoupling efforts …
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Symbioses strategies for sustainable company management
Girard, Francesco Fusco - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 2/3/4, pp. 248-263
Implementing sustainable development means shifting from a linear economic vision to promote a loop economy focused on the closing of both material and non-material flows. In this context, the paper aims at investigating consequences of the above – well accepted and known – statement from...
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The development of an integrated model for assessing sustainability of complex systems
Gamage, Gayathri Babarenda; Boyle, Carol; McDowall, Ron - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 16 (2013) 3/4, pp. 297-309
indices/methods measure single aspects of sustainability and the more integrated indicators are aimed at national or global … level assessments. A review of existing indicators, methods and models within the context of complex system sustainability … showed that no single existing index, method or model was able to assess sustainability of complex systems. Most fail to …
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What is sustainable air quality?
Longley, Ian; Olivares, Gustavo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 16 (2013) 3/4, pp. 235-245
criterion of acceptable environmental degradation, built on the foundations of the precautionary principle. However …
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Sheep-for-meat farming systems in French semi-upland area. Adapting to new context: increased concentrates and energy prices, and new agricultural policy
Benoit, Marc; Laignel, Gabriel - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 35-48
We used simulation to study how three French sheep production systems could adapt to a new context created by a surge in cereal prices associated with changes in common agricultural policy support. The evaluation criteria were economic performance, energy efficiency, emissions of greenhouse...
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