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Teaching Interdisciplinary Sustainability Science Teamwork Skills to Graduate Students Using In-Person and Web-Based Interactions

Knowlton, Jessie L.; Halvorsen, Kathleen E.; Handler, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9428-9440

Interdisciplinary sustainability science teamwork skills are essential for addressing the world’s most pressing and … complex sustainability problems, which inherently have social, natural, and engineering science dimensions. Further, because … sustainability science problems exist at global scales, interdisciplinary science teams will need to consist of international members …

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Enhancing the Sustainability of a Location-Aware Service through Optimization

Tsai, Horng-Ren; Chen, Toly - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9441-9455

do not last. This study proposes an optimization-based approach for enhancing the sustainability of an LAS. In this paper …

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Environmental Sustainability of the Alumina Industry in Western Europe

Dentoni, Valentina; Grosso, Battista; Massacci, Giorgio - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9477-9493

the economic sustainability of the plants’ upgrade, as well as the opportunity to attract outside investments. …

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The Informal Economy as a Catalyst for Sustainability

Ruzek, William - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 23-34

Sustainability typically involves the balancing of three major factors: the economy, the environment, and some notion …

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Enhancement of Land Tenure Relations as a Factor of Sustainable Agricultural Development: Case of Stavropol Krai, Russia

Trukhachev, Vladimir; Ivolga, Anna; Lescheva, Marina - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 164-179

The aim of this paper is to give an overview and analyze the contemporary land tenure relations in Russia in view of their influences on economic viability of agricultural production. The paper investigates progress made toward the development of agricultural land market in economies in...

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Citizens’ Views of Australia’s Future to 2050

Boschetti, Fabio; Fulton, Elizabeth A.; Grigg, Nicola J. - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 222-247

In four focus group exercises involving both forecasting and backcasting approaches, we gave approximately 100 Australian citizens the opportunity to discuss likely, desirable and feared futures to 2050. The image they paint is both coherent and consistent. Education, governance, personal...

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An Analysis of Professional Perceptions of Criteria Contributing to Sustainable Housing Affordability

Mulliner, Emma; Maliene, Vida - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 248-270

issues of social wellbeing and sustainability. Accordingly, a broader range of factors ought to be considered when defining …

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Implementing Integrated Water Resources Management in the Ebro River Basin: From Theory to Facts

Bielsa, Jorge; Cazcarro, Ignacio - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 441-464

In this article, we analyze how successful the implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the Ebro river catchment (in Spain) has been. Our main aim is to show some gaps between theory and practice. This implies analyzing the political dimensions of governance and their...

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Stationary Charging Station Design for Sustainable Urban Rail Systems: A Case Study at Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., China

Li, Heng; Peng, Jun; Liu, Weirong; Huang, Zhiwu - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 1, pp. 465-481

In 2014, more than 43 cities in China were racing to construct their urban rail systems (including metro and light rail systems), recognizing that an urban rail system will be a good solution to the tough problems that they are faced with, including traffic congestion and PM2.5 air pollution. On...

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Changing Paradigms: A Sketch for Sustainable Wellbeing and Ecosocial Policy

Hirvilammi, Tuuli; Helne, Tuula - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2160-2175

We live in the Anthropocene era, where human action has an unforeseen impact on global ecosystems. This is visible, for instance, in climate change, in the loss of biodiversity and in the acidification of the oceans. Little attention is given to the fact that the Anthropocene is related to...

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