Bioenergy is a major source of energy in developing countries. However, increasing demand for agricultural commodities can lead to a stronger competition for natural resources with the bioenergy production. The nexus among energy, food production and natural resource use may result in trade-offs...

Wenn ein Leitbild "Zeitgerechte Stadt" entwickeln werden soll, so muss danach gefragt werden, wie man eine raumzeitliche Verteilungsgerechtigkeit und eine ebensolche Verfahrensgerechtigkeit ermöglichen kann. Ausgehend von verschiedenen Gruppen, Räumen und Zeiten gilt es, die...

A blue economy has become a pivotal policy objective to promote sustainable development through the conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal resources. An approach to promote co-benefits and synergies is useful for a wide range of stakeholders. To articulate such co-benefits and...

One of the goals of developing a transport corridor is to promote socio-economic development by improving connectivity and sustainable transport operations, which largely depends on the operational strategy. Trade-off policies can be important tools for gaining the competitive advantage of road...

Sustainability has evolved into one of the key topics for organizations and organizational researchers alike. To meet changing societal demands, organizations have to adapt their long-term strategies and incorporate environmental and social aspects into their product offerings and...

Global farmland biodiversity has declined rapidly in recent decades due to the homogenization of agricultural landscapes, including an increase in field sizes and decrease in woody features, such as hedgerows. Restructuring landscapes by (re)introducing woody features and decreasing field sizes...

Farmers have started to adopt information and communication technology (ICT), which has considerable potential to impact farm performance. This study uses data from a 2018 survey of 763 vegetable smallholder farms in China to estimate the impact of ICT on technical efficiency (TE). We adopt...

Is it possible for countries to eradicate poverty while also meeting environmental goals? Despite the passage of international agreements calling for these issues to be addressed simultaneously, little is known about the direct relationship between them. This study addresses this gap by...

In diesem Beitrag werden Präferenzen der BürgerInnen zu unterschiedlichen Reformoptionen des Wahlsystems für Bundestagswahlen untersucht. Präferenzen für eine Wahlsystemreform sind schwierig zu messen, da die Zielkonflikte zwischen unterschiedlichen Anforderungen an Wahlsysteme vielen...

Purpose: Stakeholder theory understands business in terms of relationships among stakeholders whose interests are mainly joint but may be occasionally conflicting. In the latter case, managers may need to make trade-offs between these interests. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature...