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green accounting in terms of social utility. Sustainability is a different type of social objective. Consequently, green … accounting as derived in many empirical models is not appropriate for studying sustainability. Maximin is a consistent foundation … for the analysis of sustainability, both weak and strong, that provides conceptually correct accounting prices. These …
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societal development. However, the terms “sustainable development”, “sustainability” and “sustainable” are sometimes over- and … misused despite wide consensus about the concept’s meaning among sustainability scholars and practitioners. While the concept … allows various sustainability views to co-exist, random conceptualizations which do not respect the fundamental …
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A notable aspect of sustainability is its holistic and cross-cutting nature—it cannot be achieved by any single rule …, statute or agency. Instead, sustainability must be institutionalized across the legal system and government as a whole. In … this paper, we propose and examine five mechanisms for institutionalizing sustainability across the federal legal system …
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global strategies. Sustainability becomes contingent and insecure with the actors´ conflicting knowledge, interests and aims …, and seems even impossible through the “rebound”-effect. To make short and long term requirements of sustainability …
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As many of us begin to embrace the concept of sustainability, we realize that it is not simply something that we ‘do ….’ Rather, sustainability is a destination that we aspire to reach with the selection of the sustainable pathways that we choose … as we proceed along the journey. We are embarking on a new journey with the creation of <i>Sustainability</i>, an on …
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public health community. The role of cultural values in defining and addressing the issue of sustainability from a public … sustainability and current health problems in Thailand. An innovative educational approach from Mahidol University, a leading public …
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In this introduction to the special issue of <em>Sustainability</em> on environmental laws and sustainability, we … integrated decision-making, the use of pre-existing laws to foster sustainability, the centrality of sub-national governments in … achieving sustainability, the background law of unsustainable development, the growing importance of climate change, the need to …
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aspects of sustainable development are emphasized. We contend that the most crucial problem in achieving sustainability is …
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In their 30-year update to <i>Limits to Growth</i>, Meadows<i> et al.</i> call for a vision of sustainable development that includes systemic change brought on by new perspectives on the purpose of development, new ways of measuring progress, and changes in social norms. Here, I discuss Meadows<i> et al.</i>’s...
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It is widely recognised that for the green economy to develop successfully, new educational curricula will be required to help professionals develop appropriate knowledge and skills. Relatively few university courses have been developed to date that explicitly focus on the green economy,...
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