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Municipal Added Value through Solar Power Systems in the City of Freiburg
Funcke, Simon - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 5, pp. 819-839
The transformation of the conventional energy system towards renewable energies has entailed an increasing decentralization of energy generation in Germany, as the production units are smaller and draw on regional potentials. This can result in positive socio-economic effects in regions where...
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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
policies in Dehong Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province of China from 1949 to 2012, and evaluated the effectiveness of the …
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Livelihood Strategies in Shaxi, Southwest China: Conceptualizing Mountain–Valley Interactions as a Human–Environment System
Huber, Franz K.; Morlok, Michael; Weckerle, Caroline S.; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 3, pp. 3204-3229
Valley, Yunnan Province, Southwest China. As an analytical tool we used an extended Human–Environment System Framework by …
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Market Participation and Agro-Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Native Chili Varieties in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru
Garcia-Yi, Jaqueline - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 615-630
economic incentives to farmers for their market commercialization. Nevertheless, market participation could also have the … varieties, including market participation. To this end, 128 farmers were surveyed in the Amazon rainforest region of Ucayali in … significantly increases the <i>in situ</i> conservation of native chili varieties; only when farmers sell their products to local …
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Resilience of Outdoor Spaces in an Era of Climate Change: The Problem of Developing Countries
Hatuka, Tali; Saaroni, Hadas - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 1, pp. 90-99
This paper recommends expanding research on the interrelations between climate change, cities, culture and the way …
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Worlds Apart: A Social Theoretical Exploration of Local Networks, Natural Actors, and Practitioners of Rural Development in Southern Honduras
Gareau, Brian J. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1596-1618
networks. Actor-network theory breaks down the nature-culture dichotomy of actor-oriented theory, so that nature becomes as …
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Cultural Resilience—The Roles of Cultural Traditions in Sustaining Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rural Kandyan Villages in Central Sri Lanka
Daskon, Chandima Dilhani - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 4, pp. 1080-1100
aim of this paper is to examine the roles played by culture in relation to livelihood resilience, posing the question of … traditions for their survival. This paper shows how culture and traditional values strengthen livelihood resilience and argues …
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Promoting Cultural Sustainability in the Context of Public Health: A Thai Perspective
Rawiworrakul, Tassanee; Triumchaisri, Somporn; Mawn, Barbara - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2707-2718
and applying national and local culture and wisdom to sustain and improve quality of life. …
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Modeling Sustainability of Water, Environment, Livelihood, and Culture in Traditional Irrigation Communities and Their Linked Watersheds
Fernald, Alexander; Tidwell, Vincent; Rivera, José; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2998-3022
Water scarcity, land use conversion and cultural and ecosystem changes threaten the way of life for traditional irrigation communities of the semi-arid southwestern United States. Traditions are strong, yet potential upheaval is great in these communities that rely on acequia irrigation...
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Monocropping Cultures into Ruin: The Loss of Food Varieties and Cultural Diversity
Jacques, Peter J.; Jacques, Jessica Racine - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2970-2997
The loss of genetic diversity of thousands of plants and crops has been well documented at least since the 1970s, and has been understood as a result of epistemological and political economic conditions of the Green Revolution. The political economic arrangement of the Green Revolution,...
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