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Sustainable Water Resource Management and Participatory System Dynamics. <em>Case Study</em>: Developing the Palouse Basin Participatory Model
Beall, Allyson; Fiedler, Fritz; Boll, Jan; Cosens, Barbara - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 5, pp. 720-742
dynamics. Participatory system dynamics as a methodology creates a transparent nexus of science, policy options, social …
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System Dynamics Modeling of the Massachusetts SREC Market
Flynn, Hilary; Breger, Dwayne; Belden, Andrew; Bier, Asmeret - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2746-2761
As states across the country struggle to increase local development of renewable energy, policymakers are turning to innovative program designs to meet their renewable electricity targets. Massachusetts recently adopted a unique, auction-based price support mechanism for the solar portion of its...
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Using an Integrated Participatory Modeling Approach to Assess Water Management Options and Support Community Conversations on Maui
Bassi, Andrea M.; Harrisson, John; Mistry, Rushil S. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 1331-1348
. This paper analyzes various long run scenarios of policy options presently being discussed on Maui. By collaborating with … local experts, business leaders, and community members, to develop a tool that facilitates policy formulation and evaluation …
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Participatory System Dynamics Modeling for Sustainable Environmental Management: Observations from Four Cases
Stave, Krystyna - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2762-2784
Sustainable environmental management requires a decision support approach that accounts for dynamic connections between social and ecological systems, integrates stakeholder deliberation with scientific analysis, incorporates diverse stakeholder knowledge, and fosters relationships among...
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T21-Ohio, a System Dynamics Approach to Policy Assessment for Sustainable Development: A Waste to Profit Case Study
Cimren, Emrah; Bassi, Andrea; Fiksel, Joseph - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2814-2832
A new system dynamics tool, T21-Ohio, was developed to support integrated and comprehensive development planning at the state level. Based on the Threshold 21 (T21) framework, T21-Ohio provides insights into the potential impacts of energy and environmental policies across a wide range of...
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Environmental Strategies for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Supply Chains: Which to Choose?
Georgiadis, Patroklos; Besiou, Maria - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 3, pp. 722-733
Waste electrical and electronic equipment is one of the major world-wide waste streams triggering the emergence of environmental strategies. Environmental regulations, closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) activities and design-for-environment (DfE) practices are environmental friendly strategies...
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Peak Waste? The Other Side of the Industrial Cycle
Bardi, Ugo; Pierini, Virginia; Lavacchi, Alessandro; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 7, pp. 4119-4132
The modern industrial cycle is mainly based on non-renewable mineral resources extracted from the Earth’s crust. After being processed and transformed into commodities, the products of mining become manufactured products which go through the economic system and are then discarded in the form...
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Mind Sized World Models
Bardi, Ugo - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 896-911
One of the factors that led to the wide rejection of the 1972 “Limits to Growth” report was the inability for most people to understand the model used in the study. In the present paper, the author builds simple “mind sized” world models designed to convey to readers the main qualitative...
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Research on Scenic Spot’s Sustainable Development Based on a SD Model: A Case Study of the Jiuzhai Valley
Liao, Zhixue; Jin, Maozhu; Ren, Peiyu; Luo, Yuyan - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 7, pp. 4632-4644
In the field of tourism, the development of tourist attractions is playing an increasingly crucial role in tourism economy, regional economy and national economy. However, the eco-environment has been damaged while tourism industry develops rapidly. Thus, to solve the contradiction between...
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Impact Analysis of Air Pollutant Emission Policies on Thermal Coal Supply Chain Enterprises in China
Guo, Xiaopeng; Guo, Xiaodan; Yuan, Jiahai - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 75-95
of air pollution prevention and control policies by establishing system dynamic models of policy impact transfer. These … directions of sustainable development. Furthermore, the policy simulated results of this paper provide the Chinese government … with suggestions for policy-making to make sure that the energy conservation and emission reduction policies and …
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