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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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The Impact of Agricultural Extension on Farmer Nutrient Management Behavior in Chinese Rice Production: A Household-Level Analysis

Pan, Dan - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6644-6665

Agricultural nutrients play a critical role in food production and human nutrition in China. Against this backdrop, agricultural extension services are essential for providing farmers with knowledge and information about nutrient management. By using a propensity score-matching (PSM) approach,...

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Modeling the Impacts of Urbanization and Industrial Transformation on Water Resources in China: An Integrated Hydro-Economic CGE Analysis

Jiang, Li; Wu, Feng; Liu, Yu; Deng, Xiangzheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7586-7600

, economic development, and global climate changes. We investigate the economy-wide impacts of projected urban population growth …

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Estimation of Real-Time Flood Risk on Roads Based on Rainfall Calculated by the Revised Method of Missing Rainfall

Kim, Eunmi; Ra, Ilkyeun; Rhee, Kyung Hyun; Kim, Chang Soo - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6418-6431

Recently, flood damage by frequent localized downpours in cities is on the increase on account of abnormal climate phenomena and the growth of impermeable areas due to urbanization. This study suggests a method to estimate real-time flood risk on roads for drivers based on the accumulated...

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Environment in Industrial Ecology, Grasping a Complex Notion for Enhancing Industrial Synergies at Territorial Scales

Dumoulin, François; Wassenaar, Tom - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6267-6277

Identifying the most relevant environment related indicators and how to make them available to decision-makers are current issues. Some seek to enhance their efficiency by means of methods such as aggregations or weighting. More fundamentally, in this chapter we question how industrial...

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Civil Society in Hybrid Governance: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Legitimacy in Mediating Wal-Mart’s Local Produce Supply Chains in Honduras

Bloom, J. Dara - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7388-7411

development, including NGOs’ work to integrate smallholder farmers into supermarket supply chains. As a result, NGOs’ service … explores how this new role may jeopardize NGOs’ organizational legitimacy in the eyes of their constituents, other development … producers from development projects threaten NGOs’ legitimacy. These findings illustrate the difficulties of embedding …

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Green Transformational Leadership and Green Performance: The Mediation Effects of Green Mindfulness and Green Self-Efficacy

Chen, Yu-Shan; Chang, Ching-Hsun; Lin, Yu-Hsien - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6604-6621

No prior literature explores the influence of green transformational leadership on green performance, thus, this study develops a novel research framework to fill the research gap. This study investigates the influence of green transformational leadership on green performance and discusses the...

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Application of Low-Phosphorous Fertilizers on Tea Plantations as a Novel Best Management Practice

Chen, Chi-Feng; Hu, Chih-Yi; Liou, Ming-Lone; Wu, Chia-Chang - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6985-6997

Taipei Feitsui Reservoir supplies drinking water to more than five million citizens in northern Taiwan. The Feitsui Reservoir Administration and Tea Research and Extension Station have implemented a new pollution control measure for the use of low-phosphorous (low-P) fertilizers to prevent...

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Economic Growth and Expansion of China’s Urban Land Area: Evidence from Administrative Data and Night Lights, 1993–2012

Gibson, John; Li, Chao; Boe-Gibson, Geua - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7850-7865

The relationship between economic growth, expansion of urban land area and the broader issue of cultivated land conversion in China has been closely examined for the late 1980s and 1990s. Much less is known about recent urban expansion and if the effects of economic growth on this expansion have...

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Development of Innovative Aerogel Based Plasters: Preliminary Thermal and Acoustic Performance Evaluation

Buratti, Cinzia; Moretti, Elisa; Belloni, Elisa; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5839-5852

development: until now, the best value of the thermal conductivity obtained from manufacturers is about 0.015 W/m K. …

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