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developed on the basis of a study of international building sustainability assessment methods (BSAM) and standards in this field … efficiency and other properties that mean reductions in the negative effects of the building on the environment and people. This … complex and not adapted for independent use by architects. The paper presents a simplified method for evaluating building …
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Companies make significant investments in environmental impacts assessments, biodiversity action plans, life-cycle assessments, and environmental management systems, but guidance on where and when these tools can be best used, and how they may scale-up to inform corporation-wide planning, is...
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Many problems that are encountered in regards to water balance and resources management are related to challenges of economic development under limited resources and tough competition among various water uses. The development of major infrastructure like airports in remote areas that have...
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Sediments in estuary areas are recognized as the ultimate reservoirs for numerous contaminants, e.g., toxic metals. Multivariate analyses by chemometric evaluation were performed to classify metal ions (Cu, Zn, As, Cr, Pb, Ni and Cd) in superficial sediments from Lingdingyang Bay and to...
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-economic, financial, and technical challenges that are specific to the community. Improved assessment methods are critical if decision …
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This article documents and compares the most prominent sustainability assessment programs for individual organisations … factors; and desirable reporting system features of viticultural sustainability programs, are all considered. Case …-study results are derived from nine sustainability programs; 14 focus groups with 83 CEOs, Chief Viticulturists or Winemakers from …
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In spite of the decreasing share of nuclear power all over the world, China resumed the approval of large-scale construction of nuclear power plants in 2012. However, influenced by the worldwide spreading anti-nuclear attitudes, people who live near nuclear power plants showed increasing...
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Sustainability is significantly important for fashion business due to consumers’ increasing awareness of environment …. When a fashion company aims to promote sustainability, the main linkage is to develop a sustainable supply chain. This …
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-based closed-loop supply chain is developed to improve the sustainability of fashion products. The supply chain processes (fashion …-loop logistics, human-clothing matching, booking system and the rental pricing) and the sustainability promotion aspects … of the developed system and strategies are reviewed and elucidated in detail. The results may contribute to building …
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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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