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Sustainability issues involve complex interactions between social, economic, and environmental factors that are often … viewed quite differently by disparate stakeholder groups. Issues of non-sustainability are wicked problems that have many …, often obscure causes, and for which there is no single, straightforward solution. Furthermore, the concept of sustainability …
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Cycle time reduction plays an important role in improving the competitiveness and sustainability of a semiconductor … actions to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of a semiconductor manufacturer. First, some controllable factors …
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Industrial Ecology (IE) is based on the relation between the natural ecosystem and economic ecosystem. The concept refers to the metaphorical relation between the natural and industrial ecosystems as a model for transforming unsustainable industrial systems. Several tools and strategies are...
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It is argued that sustainable development makes best sense as a social learning process that brings tangible and useful outcomes in terms of understanding and skills, and also reinforces the motivation and capability for further learning. Thus, there are always balances to be struck between a...
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Sustainability as a policy concept has its origin in the Brundtland Report of 1987. That document was concerned with … return to the original meaning, where sustainability is concerned with the well-being of future generations and in particular … substitutability, which has been cast into a distinction between ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ sustainability. It is argued that these two do not …
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sustain further growth. Wildlife farming could offer better opportunities for ensuring long-term sustainability. As the game …
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The present work showcases a model for holistic, sustainable healthcare in indigenous communities worldwide through the implementation of traditional healing practices. The implementation of this model promotes public health and community wellness while addressing crucially important themes such...
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There is a widespread consensus among the most important players in developed countries (voters, politicians, producers, traditional and green interest groups and bureaucracies) that a shift towards an eco-social market economy is essential for sustainable growth. Nevertheless, market-based...
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effectively respond to or prevent such crises in the future. Central to this rethinking is the concept of sustainability, though … diverse and slippery meanings and uses of sustainability in the post-crisis development assistance architecture. …
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The research discussed in this paper is a subset of a bigger, NSF funded research project that is directed at investigating the use of sustainable building materials. The deployment context for the research is the hot and humid climate using selected cases from the East African region. The...
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