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Small Cities, Neoliberal Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda
Véron, René - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2833-2848
Development and environmental issues of small cities in developing countries have largely been overlooked although these settlements are of global demographic importance and often face a “triple challenge”; that is, they have limited financial and human resources to address growing...
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Living resource conservation : international union for the conservation of nature
2005
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Optimal and Sustainable Plant Refurbishment in Historical Buildings: A Study of an Ancient Monastery Converted into a Showroom in Florence
Balocco, Carla; Marmonti, Enrico - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 4, pp. 1700-1724
The aim of this research is to study the possibility and sustainability of retrofit and refurbishment design solutions on historical buildings converted to different uses and often clashing with their original purpose and architectural features. The building studied is an ancient monastery...
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Talking Big: Lessons Learned from a 9000 Hectare Restoration in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie
Gerla, Philip J.; Cornett, Meredith W.; Ekstein, Jason D.; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 3066-3087
Large tracts (1000 ha) of prairie are essential to the sustainability of grassland ecosystem services, yet in many ecoregions only small fragments remain. Glacial Ridge is among the largest prairie-wetland restorations ever attempted. Started in 2000, the 9000 ha project in northwest Minnesota,...
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Reservoir Sedimentation and Flood Control: Using a Geographical Information System to Estimate Sediment Yield of the Songwe River Watershed in Malawi
Munthali, Kondwani G.; Irvine, Brian J.; Murayama, Yuji - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 1, pp. 254-269
conservation management and the relationship between the increasing flood events in the floodplains and the rainfall trends. Based …
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The Realities of Community Based Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
DeGeorges, Paul Andre; Reilly, Brian Kevin - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 3, pp. 734-788
This is an historic overview of conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa from pre-colonial times through the present. It … demonstrates that Africans practiced conservation that was ignored by the colonial powers. The colonial market economy combined … attempts at sharing benefits from conservation with rural communities will fail due to the low rural resource to population …
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Cob Construction in Italy: Some Lessons from the Past
Quagliarini, Enrico; Stazi, Alessandro; Pasqualini, Erio; … - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 10, pp. 3291-3308
all levels in this area, from designers to masons, as well as problems of how to carry out compatible conservation works … sustainable conservation. …
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Land Change in the Mission-Aransas Coastal Region, Texas: Implications for Coastal Vulnerability and Protected Areas
Güneralp, Burak; Güneralp, İnci; Castillo, Cesar R.; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4247-4267
critical for conservation of biodiversity in the region. …
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Rethinking the Social and Solidarity Society in Light of Community Practice
Barkin, David; Lemus, Blanca - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6432-6445
assure the conservation and rehabilitation of their ecosystems. …
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The Influence of Different Cover Types on American Robin Nest Success in Organic Agroecosystems
Quinn, John E.; Oden, Amy; Brandle, James R. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 8, pp. 3502-3512
There are many opportunities for biodiversity conservation in organic farm systems. Successful and sustainable … conservation efforts in organic systems, however, need to measure appropriate outcomes. In particular, data are needed on the … land use and land cover patterns that optimize conservation of birds in organic farm systems. The percentage of a crop in …
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