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Knitting Patterns: Managing Design Complexity with Computation

McMeel, Dermott John James; Amor, Robert - In: International Journal of Art, Culture and Design … 5 (2016) 2, pp. 1-16

Large software conglomerates like Trimble and Autodesk provide consumers with suites of software that perform many functions within the design and construction process. Communicating with software outside of the suite can be highly problematic as file types and communication protocols are...

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Virtual Games and Real-World Communities: Environments that Constrain and Enable Physical Activity in Games for Health

Stewart, Mary K.; Hagood, Danielle; Ching, Cynthia Carter - In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) 7 (2017) 1, pp. 1-19

This article examines two communities of youth who play an online game that integrates physical activity into virtual game play. Participating youth from two research sites—an urban middle school and a suburban junior high school—wore FitBits that tracked their physical activity and then...

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Environmental Ethics in the Military: Between Warfare and Ecosystem Protection

Malamud, Marina - In: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 9 (2018) 2, pp. 51-61

and main social trends to analyze ethical issues in the relationship between ecology and the armed forces. It is argued …

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The pioneers of the green revolution as forerunners of today's ecological and biotechnological revolutions

Ţapu, Codrin - 2013

This paper presents the milestones of the Green Revolution, outlining its role in the development of today's sustainable and biotechnological agriculture, as well as Romanian contribution. In order to do this we used the material found in papers and books on the research in agriculture from the...

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Organic farming in the context of the bioeconomy

Cofas, Elena; Vlad, Cristina Mihaela; Berevoianu, Rozi … - 2013

The concept of "bioeconomy" or "green economy" is currently highly debated because it is considered to be essential for the future of the world economy. This concept seeks to find both practical solutions applicable in international affairs development environment and long-term alternatives in...

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Globalisation, Population and Ecology

Goody, Jack - 2003

This paper deals with some variables that are not generally included as economic or market variables in order to show how these affect the question of population growth, which is after all the core of resource allocation. It shows that population growth may also depend on better medical...

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Relative and absolute scarcity of nature: Assessing the roles of economics and ecology for biodiversity conservation

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Faber, Malte; … - 2004

scarcity, and show that this is not within the scope of economics, but has been a theme of ecology and ecological economics. We …. Against this background, we discuss the roles of economics and ecology for nature conservation. We conclude that the … interdisciplinary integration of ecology and economics requires a philosophical underpinning, and suggest a framework for further …

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An Environmental-Economic Assessment of Genetic Modification of Agricultural Crops

van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M.; Holley, Justin M. - 2001

The advantages and disadvantages of genetic modification of organisms in agriculture are reviewed. These relate to the environment, human health, socio-economic effects, population growth, and differential consequences for developed and developing countries. An overall evaluation requires that...

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Selected environmental aspects in the context of the concept of CSR in logistics companies

Kurowski, Mateusz - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1003-1016

Corporate social responsibility is a complex concept, where ecology is one of the key elements. From the point of view …

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Measuring urban sprawl of Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nengroo, Zahoor A.; Bhat, M. Sultan; Kuchay, Nissar A. - In: Journal of Urban Management 6 (2017) 2, pp. 45-55

the fragile ecology of Himalayas has haphazardly grown during the last forty years which has resulted in disproportionate …

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