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Environment in Industrial Ecology, Grasping a Complex Notion for Enhancing Industrial Synergies at Territorial Scales
Dumoulin, François; Wassenaar, Tom - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6267-6277
Identifying the most relevant environment related indicators and how to make them available to decision-makers are … fundamentally, in this chapter we question how industrial ecologists appropriate the notion of environment. On the basis of … environment in such contexts, and constitutes a call to develop anthropocentric approaches to defining environmental indications …
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Education for Sustainability through a Photography Competition
Scott, Rowena - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 474-486
This article describes the development and history of a sustainability photography competition. From its simple beginnings as an environmental officer’s idea, an environmental sustainability photography competition began in just one university. Now hosted by Australasian Campuses Towards...
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A Multi-Objective (Energy, Economic and Environmental Performance) Life Cycle Analysis for Better Building Design
Yao, Jian - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 602-614
improvement measures commonly used in achieving a better overall performance for the energy, economy and environment. A typical …
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What Do We Need to Know to Enhance the Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production? A Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs for the UK Food System
Dicks, Lynn V.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Bell, Jenny; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 7, pp. 3095-3115
Increasing concerns about global environmental change and food security have focused attention on the need for environmentally sustainable agriculture. This is agriculture that makes efficient use of natural resources and does not degrade the environmental systems that underpin it, or deplete...
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Sustainability and the Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor (FBNR)
Sefidvash, Farhang - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 8, pp. 1683-1710
elements such as natural environment, economy, power, governance, education and technology with the ultimate purpose of …
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Changing Paradigms: A Sketch for Sustainable Wellbeing and Ecosocial Policy
Hirvilammi, Tuuli; Helne, Tuula - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2160-2175
We live in the Anthropocene era, where human action has an unforeseen impact on global ecosystems. This is visible, for instance, in climate change, in the loss of biodiversity and in the acidification of the oceans. Little attention is given to the fact that the Anthropocene is related to...
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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
sustainably. Hitherto, the cost of this development has been at the expense of public health and cleaner environment. The outcome …
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Sustainability, Health and Environmental Metrics: Impact on Ranking and Associations with Socioeconomic Measures for 50 U.S. Cities
Gallagher, Jane E.; Hubal, Elaine Cohen; Jackson, Laura; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 2, pp. 789-804
have indirect or direct beneficial impacts on the environment and public health. The potential for impact, however, is …
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Should We Trust in Values? Explaining Public Support for Pro-Environmental Taxes
Harring, Niklas; Jagers, Sverker C. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 1, pp. 210-227
In this paper we are concerned with what explains public acceptance and support of environmental taxes. We examine findings in environmental psychology emphasizing that people’s (environmental) value-orientation is the dominant driver determining individuals’ support for pro-environmental...
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Assessment of Total Risk on Non-Target Organisms in Fungicide Application for Agricultural Sustainability
Bozdogan, Ali Musa - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 1046-1058
environmental risk was propiconazole (EF 2.000 for the environment). For non-target organisms, the highest potential risk was …
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