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Supporting Urban Planning of Low-Carbon Precincts: Integrated Demand Forecasting

Lehmann, Steffen; Zaman, Atiq U.; Devlin, John; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 12, pp. 5289-5318

Waste is a symbol of inefficiency in modern society and represents misallocated resources. This paper outlines an on-going interdisciplinary research project entitled “Integrated ETWW demand forecasting and scenario planning for low-carbon precincts” and reports on first findings and a...

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The significance of organizational change management for sustainable competitiveness in manufacturing: exploring the firm archetypes

May, Gökan; Stahl, Bojan - In: International journal of production research 55 (2017) 15/16, pp. 4450-4465

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The impacts of household water quality testing and information on safe water behaviors: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana

Okyere, Charles Yaw; Pangaribowo, Evita Hanie; Asante, … - 2017

Households in developing countries face an enormous set of health risks from using contaminated water sources. In 2014, a group of 512 households relying on unimproved water, sanitation and hygiene practices in the Greater Accra region of Ghana were randomly selected to participate in the...

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Climate change feedback on economic growth: Explorations with a dynamic general equilibrium model

Eboli, Fabio; Parrado, Ramiro; Roson, Roberto - 2009

Human-generated greenhouse gases depend on the level of economic activity. Therefore, most climate change studies are based on models and scenarios of economic growth. Economic growth itself, however, is likely to be affected by climate change impacts. These impacts affect the economy in...

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Decision-making within the household: The role of autonomy and differences in preferences

Alem, Yonas; Hassen, Sied; Köhlin, Gunnar - 2020

We use a field experiment to identify how differences in preferences and autonomy in decision-making result in low willingness-to-pay (WTP) for technologies that can benefit all members of the household. We create income earning opportunities to empower households and elicit their WTP for fuel,...

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Combining knowledge bases for system innovation in regions: Insights from an East German case study

Friedrich, Christoph; Feser, Daniel - 2021

A growing number of economic geography scholars have discussed the spatial dimensions of sustainability innovation in … in the knowledge economy and success factors. However, sustainability innovation involves the collaboration of … bases required for sustainability innovation. This article presents insights from 16 semi-structured expert interviews …

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An empirical analysis of corporate social responsibility effects on financial performance for Romanian listed companies

Vuță, Mariana; Cioacă, Sorin-Iulian; Vuţă, Mihai; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 21 (2019) 52, pp. 607-622

The focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR) becomes central all over the world, being influenced by various factors, such as economic and employment crisis, fiscal issues, increasing competition, but also the interaction of environmental and social components with the economic...

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Exploring the link between diet and sustainability in Europe: A focus on meat and fish consumption

Kmetkova, Diana; Scasny, Milan; Zverinova, Iva; Maca, … - 2023

Global food production practices and consumption patterns have changed notably in the last few decades. Current dietary patterns are characterized by increased consumption of refined sugars as well as higher intakes of heavily-processed and animal-source foods, which results in higher obesity...

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Affluence and emission trade-offs: Evidence from Indonesian household carbon footprint

Irfany, M. Iqbal - 2014

The objectives of this study are to analyze the household carbon footprint pattern in Indonesia and to analyze the determinants of the growing carbon footprint in this emerging economy. To measure the household emissions, we combine national input-output, emission database to generate sectoral...

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The Intensive Margin of Technology Adoption - Experimental Evidence on Improved Cooking Stoves in Rural Senegal

Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg - 2014

Today 2.6 billion people in developing countries rely on biomass as primary cooking fuel, with profound negative implications for their well-being. Improved biomass cooking stoves are alleged to counteract these adverse effects. This paper evaluates take-up and impacts of low-cost improved...

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