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Sustainability : an economist's perspective
Solow, Robert M. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932154
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Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments and Their Adaptation to Climate Change
Prato, Tony - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3571-3591
across planning periods, adapting FRTs to future climate change, assessing the sustainability of adaptive responses to … climate change, and evaluating the validity of the two premises motivating this issue of <i>Sustainability</i>. The conceptual … landscape sustainability when using the preferred FRTs. The framework is demonstrated with constructed examples for adapting …
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The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability, and Equity
Stanton, Elizabeth A. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 3, pp. 394-411
This essay is an initial exploration of the dimensions of the equity/sustainability linkage from the perspective of … public goods analysis. Sustainability requires an abundance of public goods. Where these commons lack governance …, sustainability is at risk. Equity is a critical component of sustainability that can itself be viewed as a public good, subject to …
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Strengthening Sovereignty: Security and Sustainability in an Era of Climate Change
Parsons, Rymn J. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1416-1451
into being. The international community must work together to enhance security and stability, promote sustainability, and …
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Drought, Sustainability, and the Law
Adler, Robert W. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 7, pp. 2176-2196
Researchers and responsible officials have made considerable progress in recent years in efforts to anticipate, plan for, and respond to drought. Some of those efforts are beginning to shift from purely reactive, relief-oriented measures to programs designed to prevent or to mitigate drought...
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Citizens’ Views of Australia’s Future to 2050
Boschetti, Fabio; Fulton, Elizabeth A.; Grigg, Nicola J. - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 222-247
In four focus group exercises involving both forecasting and backcasting approaches, we gave approximately 100 Australian citizens the opportunity to discuss likely, desirable and feared futures to 2050. The image they paint is both coherent and consistent. Education, governance, personal...
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The Climate Adaptation Frontier
Preston, Benjamin L.; Dow, Kirstin; Berkhout, Frans - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 1011-1035
operating space between safe and unsafe domains. A number of driving forces are responsible for determining the sustainability … encourages reflexive reevaluation of societal values that enable or constrain sustainability. …
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Planning for Climatic Extremes and Variability: A Review of Swedish Municipalities’ Adaptation Responses
Wamsler, Christine; Brink, Ebba - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1359-1385
Climate change poses a serious challenge to sustainable urban development worldwide. In Sweden, climate change work at the city level emerged in 1996 and has long had a focus on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. City planners’ “adaptation turn” is recent and still ongoing. This paper...
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Transport Pathways for Light Duty Vehicles: Towards a 2° Scenario
Fulton, Lewis; Lah, Oliver; Cuenot, François - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 5, pp. 1863-1874
The transport sector is the second largest and one of the fastest growing energy end-use sectors, representing 24% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. The International Energy Agency has developed scenarios for the transport sector within the overall concept of mitigation pathways...
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Landscape Evaluation for Restoration Planning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, USA
Hessburg, Paul F.; Reynolds, Keith M.; Salter, R. Brion; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 805-840
restoring <i>integrity</i> (see Definition of Terms) of these conditions has broad implications for the future <i>sustainability …
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