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Sustainability : an economist's perspective
Solow, Robert M. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932154
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Environmentally benign growth : sustainable development
Dryzek, John S. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931704
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106012
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Economic Growth and Climate Change: A Cross-National Analysis of Territorial and Consumption-Based Carbon Emissions in High-Income Countries
Knight, Kyle W.; Schor, Juliet B. - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3722-3731
An important question in the literature on climate change and sustainability is the relation between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions. While the “green growth” paradigm dominates in the policy arena, a growing number of scholars in wealthy countries are questioning the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029942
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Improving the Sustainability of Office Partition Manufacturing: Balancing Options for Reducing Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds
Luisser, Frank S.; Rosen, Marc A. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 2, pp. 234-253
compounds (VOC) emissions. Base VOC emissions for a typical plant are estimated using a mass balance approach. Pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683093
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Sustainability in Agricultural Mechanization: Assessment of a Combined Photovoltaic and Electric Multipurpose System for Farmers
Mousazadeh, Hossein; Keyhani, Alireza; Mobli, Hossein; … - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 1042-1068
This study is dedicated to the assessment of the possibility of replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy as a source of power in modern agriculture. We examined the use of a completely sustainable agricultural mechanization system based on a renewable energy system and a battery powered,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683224
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The Textile Industry and Sustainable Development: A Holt–Winters Forecasting Investigation for the Eastern European Area
Paraschiv, Dorel; Tudor, Cristiana; Petrariu, Radu - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1280-1291
To achieve sustainable development, massive changes towards fostering a clean and pollution-reducing industrial sector … are quintessential. The textile industry has been one of the main contributors to water pollution all over the world …, causing more than 20% of the registered levels of water pollution in countries like Turkey, Indonesia and China (among the G20 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133881
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Sustainable Living in Africa: Case of Water, Sanitation, Air Pollution and Energy
Omole, David O.; Ndambuki, Julius M. - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5187-5202
The study reviewed developmental challenges confronting African countries with specific reference to the availability of potable water, sanitation, energy, water and ambient air. It showed the conflict between the need to exploit environmental capital in order to keep up with the pace of human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029835
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Factor Analysis of Residential Energy Consumption at the Provincial Level in China
Lin, Weibin; Chen, Bin; Luo, Shichao; Liang, Li - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7710-7724
This paper analyzes the differences in the amount and the structure of residential energy consumption at the provincial level in China and identifies the hidden factors behind such differences. The econometrical analysis reveals that population, economic development level, energy resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945681
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Food Security in the AIMS SIDS: Integrating External and Local Knowledge
Mercer, Jessica; Kurvits, Tiina; Kelman, Ilan; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5566-5597
This paper critically reviews ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches for food security under climate change, specifically for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprising the Africa, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS) region. The focus is on integrating different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945685