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Economic efficiency issues with respect to recycling behaviour and waste management policy
Berglund, Christer - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 3, pp. 222-238
Like motherhood and apple pie, recycling is often thought of as an unquestionable 'good'. However, the economic …, management and environmental issues involved are complex; there are numerous factors that need to be considered if recycling is … to be efficient. The purpose of this paper is to analyse a number of economic efficiency issues with respect to recycling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563770
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Economic efficiency issues with respect to recycling behaviour and waste management policy
Berglund, Christer - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 3, pp. 222-238
Like motherhood and apple pie, recycling is often thought of as an unquestionable 'good'. However, the economic …, management and environmental issues involved are complex; there are numerous factors that need to be considered if recycling is … to be efficient. The purpose of this paper is to analyse a number of economic efficiency issues with respect to recycling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754345
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Environmental news and stock markets: the need for further evidence in developing countries
Grand, Mariana Conte; D'Elia, Vanesa - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 4, pp. 374-398
Firms' environmental behaviour depends mostly on how their revenues and costs are affected by consumers and investors' valuation of their specific sector and, at the same time, by the established regulatory framework and its enforcement. There is an empirical literature, which supports the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669482
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City-level environmental pro-activeness in China and the European Union: differences and convergences
Francesch-Huidobro, Maria; Li, Vic Yu-wai; Lang, Graeme - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 2/3/4, pp. 321-346
In an attempt to meet growing environmental challenges resulting from 30 years of rapid industrialisation, China is devising new incentives to motivate cities to meet higher environmental standards aiming at a more sustainable path of development. In this article, we seek to throw light on these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669529
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Investment and environmental management: the interaction between environmentally responsible investment and environmental management practice
Weber, Olaf - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 336-354
Do investors, such as environmentally responsible funds, influence firms' decisions to implement environmental management practices? We present the results of a survey analysing the implementation standards of environmental management practices subject to the influence of environmentally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553143
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Analysis of the citizen's participation concept used by local decision makers: the case of the Aysen watershed in southern Chile
Bachmann, Pamela L.; Delgado, Luisa E.; Marin, Victor H. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 3, pp. 251-266
Citizen participation has become a commonly used term in political speeches in the last two decades, especially in relation to sustainable development and the environment. Indeed, several documents related to environmental management propose that the best alternative is through all citizens'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563731
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Investment and environmental management: the interaction between environmentally responsible investment and environmental management practice
Weber, Olaf - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 336-354
Do investors, such as environmentally responsible funds, influence firms' decisions to implement environmental management practices? We present the results of a survey analysing the implementation standards of environmental management practices subject to the influence of environmentally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563746
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Analysis of the citizen's participation concept used by local decision makers: the case of the Aysen watershed in southern Chile
Bachmann, Pamela L.; Delgado, Luisa E.; Marin, Victor H. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 3, pp. 251-266
Citizen participation has become a commonly used term in political speeches in the last two decades, especially in relation to sustainable development and the environment. Indeed, several documents related to environmental management propose that the best alternative is through all citizens'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754324
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The challenge of the e-Agora metrics: the social construction of meaningful measurements
Lombardi, Patrizia; Cooper, Ian - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 2/3/4, pp. 210-222
'How are we progressing towards achieving sustainable development in the EU's desired knowledge society?' Current lists of indicators, indices and assessment tools, which have been developed for measuring and displaying performance at different spatial levels, show that progress has been made....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816737
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Sustainable cities: problems of integrated interdisciplinary research
Shmelev, Stanislav E.; Shmeleva, Irina A. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 4-23
problematique of urban sustainability is studied in the historical and international context. Current research in the field is … an innovative methodology for the analysis of interdisciplinary linkages among various sustainability dimensions in the … in the field of sustainable urban development. The two cities are compared using a panel of sustainability indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078468