Assuring safer and sustainable development in seismic prone areas requires predictive measurements, <em>i.e</em>., hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment. This research aims to assess urban vulnerability due to seismic hazard through a risk based spatial plan. The idea is to indicate current and...

In their 30-year update to <i>Limits to Growth</i>, Meadows<i> et al.</i> call for a vision of sustainable development that includes systemic change brought on by new perspectives on the purpose of development, new ways of measuring progress, and changes in social norms. Here, I discuss Meadows<i> et al.</i>’s...

CANDLE (<strong>C</strong>onstant <strong>A</strong>xial shape of <strong>N</strong>eutron flux, nuclide number densities and power shape <strong>D</strong>uring <strong>L</strong>ife of <strong>E</strong>nergy producing reactor) reactors have been intensively researched in the last decades [1–6]. Research shows that this kind of reactor is highly economical, safe and efficiently saves...

It is common knowledge that the presence of trace metals in biofuels can be detrimental to the environment and long-term sustainable development. This study provides an insight into selective catalytic preparation of biofuel to compare uptake of trace metals in the biodiesel fraction with...