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Sustainability, Learning and Capability: Exploring Questions of Balance
Scott, William A. H.; Gough, Stephen R. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 12, pp. 3735-3746
It is argued that sustainable development makes best sense as a social learning process that brings tangible and useful …
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Cultural Resources as Sustainability Enablers: Towards a Community-Based Cultural Heritage Resources Management (COBACHREM) Model
Keitumetse, Susan O. - In: Sustainability 6 (2013) 1, pp. 70-85
development is rarely planned using cultural resources. It is against this background that a Community-Based Cultural Heritage … article are the development of cultural competency-based training curriculum that will assist communities to transform …
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Sustainability, Food Security, and Development Aid after the Food Crisis: Assessing Aid Strategies across Donor Contexts
Essex, Jamey - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 11, pp. 3354-3382
The most recent global food crisis has forced development agencies in the global North to rethink the nexus between … agricultural development, food aid, and food security, and how development assistance strategies can enhance food security to more … strategic response of major state and multilateral development agencies to the global food crisis, this paper examines the …
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The Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability
Raskin, Paul D.; Electris, Christi; Rosen, Richard A. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2626-2651
twenty-first century. The analysis reveals vividly the risks of conventional development approaches and the real danger of … value changes for getting there. A fundamental shift in the development paradigm is found to be an urgent necessity for …
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Eco-nomics: Are the Planet-Unfriendly Features of Capitalism Barriers to Sustainability?
Singer, Merrill - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 1, pp. 127-144
in interaction with the environment and its built-in systemic features that contradict long-term sustainable development … continued promotion of expanding consumption; (d) globalism and the contradictions of continued Western-style development; and …
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The Informal Economy as a Catalyst for Sustainability
Ruzek, William - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 23-34
Sustainability typically involves the balancing of three major factors: the economy, the environment, and some notion of equity. Though the economy is already a key aspect, the recognition of the informal economy, seems to be absent from the many possible permutations of these three. This paper...
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Chinese Public Willingness to Pay to Avoid Having Nuclear Power Plants in the Neighborhood
Sun, Chuanwang; Lyu, Nan; Ouyang, Xiaoling - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7197-7223
) syndrome of nuclear power plants should be evaluated prudently to support the healthy development of nuclear power in China …
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Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain: Lessons from H&M
Shen, Bin - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6236-6249
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 paper contributes to current knowledge of sustainable...
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Sustainable Rent-Based Closed-Loop Supply Chain for Fashion Products
Hu, Zhi-Hua; Li, Qing; Chen, Xian-Juan; Wang, Yan-Feng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7063-7088
The textile and clothing industry generates much pollution and consumes a large amount of resources. Improper uses and disposal of clothing products make the problems much more severe. Fast fashion products shorten the valid lifecycle and generate more waste than regular clothing products....
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Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments and Their Adaptation to Climate Change
Prato, Tony - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3571-3591
<strong>Applying f</strong>uel reduction treatments (FRTs) to forested landscapes can alleviate undesirable changes in wildfire benefits and costs due to climate change. A conceptual framework was developed for determining the preferred FRTs across planning periods, adapting FRTs to future climate change,...
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