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Sustainable Business: Are We Heading in the Right Direction?
Clifton, Don - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 4, pp. 586-603
for well over 20 years, there is little to show by way of a transition to a sustainable world. Instead, in many ways, the …. Further, the paper proposes that the very act of pursuing mainstream sustainable development makes a sustainable world harder … to achieve. A way forward for the business sector is proposed by it embracing a more transformational sustainable world …
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Is Eco-Efficiency a Sufficient Strategy for Achieving a Sustainable Development? The Norwegian Case
Aall, Carlo; Husabø, Idun A. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 12, pp. 3623-3638
A split review of the environmental impact of Norwegian consumption and production over the last decade illustrates that rising consumption is eliminating the bonus of eco-efficiency in production. Two key drivers behind this situation are the large increase in person and goods transportation...
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Taiwan’s Ecological Footprint (1994–2011)
Lee, Yung-Jaan; Peng, Li-Pei - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6170-6187
According to the 2011 edition of the National Footprint Accounts (NFA) published by the Global Footprint Network (GFN), humankind consumed the resources and services of 1.5 planets in 2008; the corresponding number in 1961 was 0.7 planets. North Americans have an ecological footprint of 8.7 global...
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Ecotourism <em>versus</em> Mass Tourism. A Comparison of Environmental Impacts Based on Ecological Footprint Analysis
Marzouki, Mehdi; Froger, Géraldine; Ballet, Jérôme - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 1, pp. 123-140
Academic and policy interest in ecological footprint analysis has grown rapidly in recent years. To date, however, the application of ecological footprint analysis to tourism has been limited. This article aims to discuss the potential of ecological footprint analysis to assess sustainability in...
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Resource Use and Deprivation: Geographical Analysis of the Ecological Footprint and Townsend Index for England
Morse, Stephen; Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N. - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4749-4771
The relationship between consumption and deprivation has been explored at various scales in the literature. It would be expected that increased deprivation leads to less consumption and vice versa. However, what is the form of that relationship? Evidence from international studies using the...
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A Review of the Ecological Footprint Indicator—Perceptions and Methods
Wiedmann, Thomas; Barrett, John - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 6, pp. 1645-1693
We present a comprehensive review of perceptions and methods around the Ecological Footprint (EF), based on a survey of more than 50 international EF stakeholders and a review of more than 150 original papers on EF methods and applications over the last decade. The key points identified in the...
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Sustainability: Living within One’s Own Ecological Means
Liu, Lee - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 1412-1430
that not all people’s present and future needs may be met in all regions of the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683153
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Development of Ecological Footprint to an Essential Economic and Political Tool
Aubauer, Hans P. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 4, pp. 649-665
This paper shows how the concept of the Ecological Footprint can be developed by incorporating the six procedures listed below, to create a single indicator of just distribution of the limited natural resources, between and within generations, and become a benchmark for decision-making between...
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Growth Is the Problem; Equality Is the Solution
Mikkelson, Gregory M. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 2, pp. 432-439
While the world economy has become more efficient in one sense,<i> i.e.</i>, ecological damage per dollar's worth of …
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Sustainability Indicators Integrating Consumption Patterns in Strategic Environmental Assessment for Urban Planning
Castellani, Valentina; Sala, Serenella - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 8, pp. 3426-3446
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) practices in Europe have been traditionally applied to assess potential environmental impacts due to socio-economic drivers implying specific land use (<i>viz</i>. infrastructure, building and industrial development). However, other socioeconomic drivers related...
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