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Design of an Optimal Waste Utilization System: A Case Study in St. Petersburg, Russia
Rodionov, Mikhail; Nakata, Toshihiko - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1486-1509
Storing municipal solid waste (MSW) in landfills is the oldest and still the primary waste management strategy in many countries. Russia is the third largest methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emitter country after USA and China, representing 5% of total global CH<sub>4</sub> emissions from waste landfilling. Due to high...
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Economic Growth Assumptions in Climate and Energy Policy
Krakauer, Nir Y. - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1448-1461
The assumption that the economic growth seen in recent decades will continue has dominated the discussion of future greenhouse gas emissions and the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. Given that long-term economic growth is uncertain, the impacts of a wide range of growth...
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Optimization of a Groundwater Monitoring Network for a Sustainable Development of the Maheshwaram Catchment, India
Nabi, Aadil; Gallardo, Adrian H.; Ahmed, Shakeel - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 2, pp. 396-409
Groundwater is one of the most valuable resources for drinking water and irrigation in the Maheshwaram Catchment, Central India, where most of the local population depends on it for agricultural activities. An increasing demand for irrigation and the growing concern about potential water...
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Enhancing the Sustainability of a Location-Aware Service through Optimization
Tsai, Horng-Ren; Chen, Toly - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9441-9455
do not last. This study proposes an optimization-based approach for enhancing the sustainability of an LAS. In this paper …, problems related to optimizing a LAS system are presented. The distinct nature of a LAS optimization problem in comparison with … traditional optimization problems is subsequently described. Existing methods applicable to solving a LAS optimization problem are …
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A New Strategy for Utilizing Rice Forage Production Using a No-Tillage System to Enhance the Self-Sufficient Feed Ratio of Small Scale Dairy Farming in Japan
Zahra, Windi Al; Yasue, Takeshi; Asagi, Naomi; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4975-4989
Rice forage systems can increase the land use efficiency in paddy fields, improve the self-sufficient feed ratio, and provide environmental benefits for agro-ecosystems. This system often decreased economic benefits compared with those through imported commercial forage feed, particularly in...
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Considerations When Applying Simplified LCA Approaches in the Wine Sector
Arzoumanidis, Ioannis; Raggi, Andrea; Petti, Luigia - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5018-5028
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used to improve the environmental performance of food systems and simplification of LCA appears to be a vital question, especially for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Following a literature review on simplified LCA tools and their...
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Challenges for Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response in China: A Perspective for Social Transformation
Qin, Tianbao - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5075-5106
With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cycle Time Estimation in Wafer Fabrication-Efficient Methodology and Managerial Implications
Chen, Toly; Wang, Yu-Cheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5107-5128
Cycle time management plays an important role in improving the performance of a wafer fabrication factory. It starts from the estimation of the cycle time of each job in the wafer fabrication factory. Although this topic has been widely investigated, several issues still need to be addressed,...
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Border Policies in Dehong Prefecture of Yunnan, China
Bie, Qianlong; Li, Cansong; Zhou, Shangyi - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5284-5299
With the process of globalization, many political geographers and research institutions have begun to focus on borders and border areas. Faced with the current debate on the border policies, this paper reviews the former research relating to border studies and provides an evaluation of China’s...
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Emergy Synthesis and Regional Sustainability Assessment: Case Study of Pan-Pearl River Delta in China
Li, Guomin; Kuang, Yaoqiu; Huang, Ningsheng; Chang, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5203-5230
In this paper, emergy analysis is used in association with the ternary diagrams and geographic information system (GIS) tools to improve the evaluation of sustainability for the Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region. Emergy accounting of PPRD is estimated, and various emergy-based indicators are...
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