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Redesigning Terraced Social Housing in the UK for Flexibility Using Building Energy Simulation with Consideration of Passive Design
Altan, Hasim; Gasperini, Nicola; Moshaver, Sam; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5488-5507
A chosen case study house forms the basis of this paper, which is a pilot energy-efficient social housing project, completed by one of the largest housing developers in the UK. The main aim of this study is to inform the redesign of flexible energy-efficient housing units. The housing, designed...
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Perspectives on Sustainability: Exploring the Views of Tenants in Supported Social Housing
Robison, Rosalyn A. V.; Jansson-Boyd, Cathrine V. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 12, pp. 5249-5271
Government policy aimed at curbing carbon emissions often focusses on encouraging individual action, however the effectiveness of this approach has been limited. Investigations of why this might be have included segmentation, to identify different groups who undertake more or less action, and...
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Ecosystem Management: Tomorrow’s Approach to Enhancing Food Security under a Changing Climate
Munang, Richard Tingem; Thiaw, Ibrahim; Rivington, Mike - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 937-954
in poverty around the world live in rural areas and depend directly on the productivity of ecosystems for their … financial investment for integrating ecosystem management with food security and poverty alleviation priorities. As the world … food security portfolios. We will not be able to feed the world and eradicate extreme poverty, if we do not protect our …
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Towards an Integrated Framework for SDGs: Ultimate and Enabling Goals for the Case of Energy
Nilsson, Måns; Lucas, Paul; Yoshida, Tetsuro - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4124-4151
Discussions on how to define, design, and implement sustainable development goals (SDG) have taken center stage in the United Nations since the Rio+20 summit. Energy is one of the issues that enjoyed consensus, before and after Rio, as an important area for SDGs to address. Many proposals have...
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Leveraging Fuel Subsidy Reform for Transition in Yemen
Breisinger, Clemens; Engelke, Wilfried; Ecker, Olivier - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2862-2887
in general, but poverty can increase or decrease depending on reform design. A promising strategy for a successful reform …
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Focal Areas for Measuring the Human Well-Being Impacts of a Conservation Initiative
Leisher, Craig; Samberg, Leah H.; Buekering, Pieter Van; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 997-1010
Within conservation, the need to measure the impacts on people from conservation initiatives such as projects and programs is growing, but understanding and measuring the multidimensional impacts on human well-being from conservation initiatives is complex. To understand the constituent...
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A New Strategy for Utilizing Rice Forage Production Using a No-Tillage System to Enhance the Self-Sufficient Feed Ratio of Small Scale Dairy Farming in Japan
Zahra, Windi Al; Yasue, Takeshi; Asagi, Naomi; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4975-4989
Rice forage systems can increase the land use efficiency in paddy fields, improve the self-sufficient feed ratio, and provide environmental benefits for agro-ecosystems. This system often decreased economic benefits compared with those through imported commercial forage feed, particularly in...
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Considerations When Applying Simplified LCA Approaches in the Wine Sector
Arzoumanidis, Ioannis; Raggi, Andrea; Petti, Luigia - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5018-5028
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used to improve the environmental performance of food systems and simplification of LCA appears to be a vital question, especially for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Following a literature review on simplified LCA tools and their...
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Challenges for Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response in China: A Perspective for Social Transformation
Qin, Tianbao - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5075-5106
With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cycle Time Estimation in Wafer Fabrication-Efficient Methodology and Managerial Implications
Chen, Toly; Wang, Yu-Cheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5107-5128
Cycle time management plays an important role in improving the performance of a wafer fabrication factory. It starts from the estimation of the cycle time of each job in the wafer fabrication factory. Although this topic has been widely investigated, several issues still need to be addressed,...
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