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Sustaining Sanak Island, Alaska: A Cultural Land Trust

Reedy-Maschner, Katherine L.; Maschner, Herbert D. G. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4406-4427

Sanak Island is the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands and was inhabited by the Aleut (Unangan) peoples for nearly 7000 years. The past few centuries of Sanak Island life for its Aleut residents can be summarized from ethnohistoric documents and extensive interviews with former residents as...

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Vertically Differentiating Environmental Standards: The Case of the Marine Stewardship Council

Bush, Simon R.; Oosterveer, Peter - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1861-1883

of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). We analyze this process in two dimensions. First, fisheries employ strategies to … additional recognition for these activities through co-labelling with, amongst others, international NGOs. Second, fisheries not … yet able to meet the requirements of MSC standards are being enrolled in NGO and private sector sponsored Fisheries …

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Refocusing Seafood Sustainability as a Journey Using the Law of the Minimum

Tlusty, Michael; Tausig, Heather; Taranovski, Tania; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 2038-2050

Globally, seafood is an important protein source because it is a nutritious food source produced with relative efficiency compared to other proteins. Because of problems related to overfishing and deleterious environmental impacts, over the last decade, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have...

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Stakeholder Dialogues and Shared Understanding: The Case of Co-Managing Fisheries in Sweden

Lundholm, Cecilia; Stöhr, Christian - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 7, pp. 4525-4536

dialogues and shared understanding in the context of co-managed fisheries aiming at participation and learning to increase …

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Economic Risk and Efficiency Assessment of Fisheries in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE): A Stochastic Approach

Fathelrahman, Eihab; Basarir, Aydin; Gheblawi, Mohamed; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3878-3898

The fishing industry in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), plays an important role in diversifying food sources in order to enhance national food security. The fishing industry is facing an increasing risk that may impact the sustainability (<i>i.e.</i>, quantity and quality) of the fish caught and...

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Proportioning of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Mixes for Pavement Construction and Their Impact on Environment and Cost

Achilleos, Constantia; Hadjimitsis, Diofantos; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 965-983

Steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) is a construction material investigated for more than 40 years including for pavement applications. A number of studies have demonstrated the technical merits of SFRC pavements over conventional concrete pavements; however little work has been carried out...

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Planting Trees for Publicity—How Much Are They Worth?

Kronenberg, Jakub; Mieszkowicz, Joanna - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 1022-1034

Corporate marketing departments use trees and forests for advertising and public relations (PR). Trees and forests constitute a tangible symbol of the environment, reinforced by the growing awareness of the role that trees play in preventing climate change. Although the carbon sequestration...

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Climate Change and Industrial Policy

Naudé, Wim - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 1003-1021

Industrial policy (IP) can make an important contribution to both environmental and social sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to explore the new rationale for IP due to climate change and to determine its implications for the how of industrial policy. Five implications are discussed,...

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Sustainable Urban Development and Land Use Change—A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta in China

Zhang, Haiyan; Uwasu, Michinori; Hara, Keishiro; Yabar, … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 1074-1089

This paper introduces a sustainability assessment method for the rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta in China addressing the role of land use pattern. We first calculated the sustainability component scores of 16 cities in the area in 2000 and 2005. The results showed that socioeconomic and...

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Continuum of Risk Analysis Methods to Assess Tillage System Sustainability at the Experimental Plot Level

Fathelrahman, Eihab M.; II, James C. Ascough; Hoag, Dana L. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 1035-1063

This study applied a broad continuum of risk analysis methods including mean-variance and coefficient of variation (CV) statistical criteria, second-degree stochastic dominance (SSD), stochastic dominance with respect to a function (SDRF), and stochastic efficiency with respect to a function...

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