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Behaviour Change in the UK Climate Debate: An Assessment of Responsibility, Agency and Political Dimensions
Fudge, Shane; Peters, Michael - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 6, pp. 789-808
This paper explores the politics around the role of agency in the UK climate change debate. Government interventions on the demand side of consumption have increasingly involved attempts to obtain greater traction with the values, attitudes and beliefs of citizens in relation to climate change...
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Conservation Value of Residential Open Space: Designation and Management Language of Florida’s Land Development Regulations
Wald, Dara M.; Hostetler, Mark E. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 6, pp. 1536-1552
The conservation value of open space depends upon the quantity and quality of the area protected, as well as how it is designed and managed. This study reports the results of a content analysis of Florida county Land Development Regulations. Codes were reviewed to determine the amount of open...
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A Blueprint for Florida's Clean Energy Future - Case Study of a Regional Government's Environmental Strategy
Lowman, Margaret - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 2, pp. 97-103
that required an 80 percent reduction below 1990 levels by the year 2050. Florida is a very high-risk state with regard to … to this designation of "high-risk. As a consequence of the potential economic and ecological impacts of climate change to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683234
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Dynamics of Sewage Charge Policies, Environmental Protection Industry and Polluting Enterprises—A Case Study in China
Wang, Qingsong; Yuan, Xueliang; Zuo, Jian; Mu, Ruimin; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4858-4876
The game model of sewage charges, based on incremental mode, was developed. Four modes of high/low sewage charge standards were utilized to analyze the relationship between control strategy on sewage discharge and the development of environmental protection industry. Results showed that the...
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The System Dynamics of U.S. Automobile Fuel Economy
BenDor, Todd K. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 5, pp. 1013-1042
This paper analyzes the dynamics of U.S. automobile gasoline consumption since 1975. Using background literature on the history of domestic fuel economy and energy policy, I establish a conceptual model that explains historical trends in adoption of increased fuel economy. I then create a system...
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Intergenerational Justice: How Reasonable Man Discounts Climate Damage
Davidson, Marc D. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 1, pp. 106-122
Moral philosophers and economists have evaluated the intergenerational problem of climate change by applying the whole gamut of theories on distributive justice. In this article, however, it is argued that intergenerational justice cannot imply the application of moral ideal theories to future...
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Coping with Complex Environmental and Societal Flood Risk Management Decisions: An Integrated Multi-criteria Framework
Hansson, Karin; Larsson, Aron; Danielson, Mats; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1357-1380
During recent years, a great deal of attention has been focused on the financial risk management of natural disasters … stakeholders (conflicting interests). A systems approach is applied for coping with complex environmental and societal risk … strategies for policy formulation. The framework will aid decision makers with high risk complex environmental decisions subject …
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A Proposed Methodology for Prioritizing Project Effects to Include in Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Resilience, Vulnerability and Risk Perception
Ortega, Saúl Torres; Hanley, Nick; Simal, Pedro Diaz - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7945-7966
resilience, vulnerability and risk, we suggest a method for prioritizing project impacts for inclusion in a CBA, which includes …
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An Assessment Framework for Cities Coping with Climate Change: The Case of New York City and its PlaNYC 2030
Jabareen, Yosef - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5898-5919
Climate change and its resulting uncertainties challenge the concepts, procedures, and scope of conventional approaches to planning, creating a need to rethink and revise current planning methods. This paper proposes a new conceptual framework for assessing city plans based on the idea of...
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Adaptation to and Recovery from Global Catastrophe
Maher, Timothy M.; Baum, Seth D. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 4, pp. 1461-1479
proceed and makes connections to several lines of research. Research on resilience theory is considered in detail and used to …
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