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Carbon tax and energy resource in Indian power sector
Mallah, Subhash; Bansal, N.K. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 35 (2012) 5, pp. 343-370
carbon taxes and various energy saving cases have been developed using MARKAL energy system model. The simulation results …
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Energy efficiency and environmental considerations for green data centres
Uddin, Mueen; Shah, Asadullah; Memon, Jamshed - In: International Journal of Green Economics 8 (2014) 2, pp. 144-157
The advancement in information and communication technology based businesses and social practices in last few decades have transformed many, if not most, economies into e-economy and businesses into e-businesses. Technology has the potential to create sustainable business and society both in...
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Evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions and design of mitigation options: a whole farm approach based on farm management data and mechanistic models
Fiorelli, Jean-Louis; Drouet, Jean-Louis; Duretz, Sylvia; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 22-34
approach which combines empirical and mechanistic modelling through describing C and N fluxes through two coupled models of … post-chain effects. We used a case study located in semi-continental conditions (Mirecourt - North-Eastern France). The …
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Environmental input-output analysis of the New Zealand dairy industry
Flemmer, Claire - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 4, pp. 313-333
This work presents data and analysis quantifying the total (direct and indirect) resource use and outputs (products and pollutants) of the New Zealand dairy industry for the year April 1997 to March 1998. It also identifies those sectors supplying the dairy industry which make significant...
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Why only few CDM projects? The case of reforestation projects and remote sensing
Brandt, Urs Steiner; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2013) 1, pp. 25-42
structure is feasible. In the case of reforestation projects, and with respect to both economic and sustainability criteria, our …
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Greenhouse gas emissions and the energy system: Are current trends sustainable?
Borghesi, Simone; Vercelli, Alessandro - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 32 (2009) 1/2, pp. 160-174
this purpose, using decomposition analysis, we derive a few long-term sustainability conditions for the energy system and … Curve in energy intensity and/or carbon intensity is insufficient to satisfy the sustainability conditions identified in the …
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Relative ecological footprints based on resource usage efficiency per capita: macro-level segmentation of 121 countries
White, D. Steven; Sulkowski, Adam J. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 2, pp. 224-240
This paper makes a vital contribution to the fields of sustainability studies, environmental policy-making and green …
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Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and related improvement options of the broiler chicken meat supply chain
Katajajuuri, Juha-Matti; Grönroos, Juha; Usva, Kirsi - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 49-61
Energy consumption and the climate-change impact (i.e., carbon footprint) of a typical Finnish broiler chicken fillet product were studied using a supply-chain integrated life cycle assessment method. All essential production stages from parent stock and production of farming inputs to product...
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Sustainable Agricultural Development : An Economic Perspective
Antle, John M.; Ray, Srabashi - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture -- 3. Sustainability of … local, national and global scales. The first part of the book introduces the concept of sustainability and develops an … the sustainability challenges of major agroecosystems in the developing and industrialized worlds. The concluding chapter …
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Sustainable agricultural development : an economic perspective
Antle, John M.; Ray, Srabashi - 2020
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