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Sustainability and the local scale: squaring the peg?
Parto, Saeed - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 1, pp. 76-97
This paper examines the causes of the failure by the Region of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) to meet its objectives on … sustainability. The analysis shows that in such macro matters as sustainability, scale does indeed matter, as do numerous other … partisan politics. This paper contributes to the discourse on sustainability in two ways. It proposes an evolutionary, multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754417
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Agricultural adaptation to climate change in the news
Wall, Ellen; Smit, Barry - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 355-369
-food sector in Canada and shows there are similarities between media portrayal and producers' perceptions of the topic of climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754423
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Sustainability and the local scale: squaring the peg?
Parto, Saeed - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 1, pp. 76-97
This paper examines the causes of the failure by the Region of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) to meet its objectives on … sustainability. The analysis shows that in such macro matters as sustainability, scale does indeed matter, as do numerous other … partisan politics. This paper contributes to the discourse on sustainability in two ways. It proposes an evolutionary, multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563878
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Agricultural adaptation to climate change in the news
Wall, Ellen; Smit, Barry - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 355-369
-food sector in Canada and shows there are similarities between media portrayal and producers' perceptions of the topic of climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563888
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A survey of material flows in economic models
Kandelaars, Patricia P.A.A.H.; Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 4 (2001) 3, pp. 282-303
Various types of economic model address environmental problems. This article examines whether these can be applied to the analysis of material flows. It is important to know which types of model are most suitable to deal with particular economic, environmental or physical aspects of material...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563748
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A survey of material flows in economic models
Kandelaars, Patricia P.A.A.H.; Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 4 (2001) 3, pp. 282-303
Various types of economic model address environmental problems. This article examines whether these can be applied to the analysis of material flows. It is important to know which types of model are most suitable to deal with particular economic, environmental or physical aspects of material...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553144
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888513
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944840
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Marginal reasoning and (bio)diversity
Schutz, Joachim - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 3 (2000) 4, pp. 334-343
achieve sustainability by markets relies on marginal reasoning. Yet this partial perspective tends to reduce functional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233206
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Walking the green carpet to work
Zabala, Aiora - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 78-94
political agenda. However, sound theoretical background and methodologies to assess sustainability in the field of transport to … industrial estates are scarce. In order to gain insight that may increase the effectiveness of future policies for sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078466