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"Cyberspace ecologism 4.0": Between software softeners of and hardware hardships on the natural environment

Jora, Octavian-Dragomir; Damoc, Adrian-Ioan; Roșca, Vlad I. - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 24 (2022) 59, pp. 9-27

Planet Earth, with its plethora of natural (im)balances, has a venerable age of 4.54 billion years; the (industrial) imprint placed by the human species on it, considered to be not negligible, counts of just little over two centuries; while the digital/IT&C/virtual existence of man, in what we...

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Degrowth and Capital: Assembling a Power-Centred Theory of Change

Vastenaekels, Julien - 2023

In the context of contemporary socio-environmental shifts, the concept of “degrowth” advocates for transforming societies to ensure environmental justice and a well-being for all within planetary boundaries. This PhD thesis, positioned within degrowth studies, provides a processual, holistic...

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Sustainable transport of goods using combined transport solutions: The case of EU

Minárik, Marek - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 67 (2021) 2, pp. 29-39

aspect of ecology within the geographical region of EU-28. Using the panel regression analysis in the period from 2010 to …

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MARKETING PROGRAMS FOR GREEN PRODUCTS IN ACHIEVING ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

CĂPĂȚÎNĂ, Gabriela; STOENESCU, Roxana-Denisa - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2015) 7, pp. 129-134

This article explores one dimension of green marketing programs: their potential application as a solution in achieving and maintaining the ecological sustainability on global market. We examine the necessity to develop and launch green products which can respond to environment degradation as a...

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Economic Calculus and Sustainable Development

Guesnerie, Roger; Guéant, Olivier; Lasry, Jean-Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

This article discusses the discount rate to be used in projects that aimed at improving the environment. The model is quite stylized and involves two diﬀerent goods, one is the usual consumption good whose production increases exponentially, the other is an environmental good whose quality...

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Modeling Sustainability of Water, Environment, Livelihood, and Culture in Traditional Irrigation Communities and Their Linked Watersheds

Fernald, Alexander; Tidwell, Vincent; Rivera, José; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2998-3022

Water scarcity, land use conversion and cultural and ecosystem changes threaten the way of life for traditional irrigation communities of the semi-arid southwestern United States. Traditions are strong, yet potential upheaval is great in these communities that rely on acequia irrigation...

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Examination of Green Building Drivers in the South African Construction Industry: Economics<i> versus</i> Ecology

Windapo, Abimbola Olukemi - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6088-6106

There is a large body of literature on green buildings, but few studies have focused on the motivation behind the construction of green buildings globally, and in South Africa in particular. This paper investigates the key drivers of green building in the Western Cape Construction Industry of...

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A conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators

Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Reddy, B. Sudhakara - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2008

There was a boom in the development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) after notion of sustainability became popular through Bruntland Commission's report. Since then numerous efforts have been made worldwide in constructing SDIs at global, national and local scales, but in India not a...

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The holistic concepts of disaster management and social cohesion - statistics and method

SAVOIU, Gheorghe - In: Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences 10 (2011) 1, pp. 3-19

and human ecology, and also to assess environmental and economic specificity of these new ecological and social terms. The …, the second describes the holistic concept of human ecology, and the third details the significance, importance and impact … in conjunction with holistic concept of human ecology represent new necessary analysis in this decade. Some final remarks …

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VISUAL POLLUTION: A NEW AXIOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF MARKETING?

Elena, Enache; Cristian, Morozan; Suzana, Purice - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 2, pp. 820-826

Everyone'(tm)s belief is that marketing plays a fundamental role in all economic or uneconomic areas of business. However, what becomes very clear is that, in addition to the many positive aspects that it generates, marketing produces unwanted effects as well.The paper tries to prove the...

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