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Revisiting System Paradigms from the Viewpoint of Manufacturing Sustainability

Bi, Zhuming - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1323-1340

. However, the consideration of sustainability becomes essential to today’s manufacturing systems; a new challenge is how to … evolve existing paradigms to accommodate the requirements of sustainability. In contrast to ample research activities on … directions. Limited works can be found on conceiving new manufacturing system paradigms from the perspective of sustainability …

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Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture

Hirel, Bertrand; Tétu, Thierry; Lea, Peter J.; Dubois, … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1452-1485

genetics, forward and reverse genetics and the emerging systems biology. Long-term sustainability may require a gradual …

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Sustainable Development: A Bird’s Eye View

Waas, Tom; Hugé, Jean; Verbruggen, Aviel; Wright, Tarah - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 10, pp. 1637-1661

societal development. However, the terms “sustainable development”, “sustainability” and “sustainable” are sometimes over- and … misused despite wide consensus about the concept’s meaning among sustainability scholars and practitioners. While the concept … allows various sustainability views to co-exist, random conceptualizations which do not respect the fundamental …

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Undergraduate Writing Promotes Student’s Understanding of International Sustainable Development in Horticulture

Anderson, Neil O.; Kelly, Julia A. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 12, pp. 2470-2495

their learning of sustainability by writing peer-reviewed, 3-phase ‘Worldwide Sustainable Horticultural Crop Production … Papers’ on past, present, and future prospects for sustainability. The USA is used as an in-class example throughout the … for each country across the three Phases: I—their choice of a country, definition of sustainability, identification of …

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Sustainable Manufacturing and Design: Concepts, Practices and Needs

Rosen, Marc A.; Kishawy, Hossam A. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 2, pp. 154-174

An investigation is reported on the importance of integrating sustainability with manufacturing and design, along with … entire life cycle of a process or product is highlighted. It is likely that sustainability and environmental stewardship will … sustainability focus and establish a sustainability culture within companies are more likely to be successful in enhancing design and …

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Deriving an Improved Dynamic EROI to Provide Better Information for Energy Planners

Kessides, Ioannis N.; Wade, David C. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 12, pp. 2339-2357

The two most frequently quantified metrics of net energy analysis–the energy return on (energy) investment and the energy payback period–do not capture the growth rate potential of an energy supply infrastructure. This is because the analysis underlying these metrics is essentially...

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Emergency Managers Confront Climate Change

Labadie, John R. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 8, pp. 1250-1264

Emergency managers will have to deal with the impending, uncertain, and possibly extreme effects of climate change. Yet, many emergency managers are not aware of the full range of possible effects, and they are unsure of their place in the effort to plan for, adapt to, and cope with those...

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E-Learning: Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy, a Multinational Training Pilot Module at the Postgraduate Level

Amaro, Nelson; Buch, Lea Franziska; Guerra, José Baltazar - Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Instituto … - 2010

: Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (with courses such as Sociology of Development and Global Challenges, Environment …

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Cultural Resources as Sustainability Enablers: Towards a Community-Based Cultural Heritage Resources Management (COBACHREM) Model

Keitumetse, Susan O. - In: Sustainability 6 (2013) 1, pp. 70-85

people readily available assets through which environmental sustainability can be implemented. Yet, people’s conservation … (consumption) that distinguish specific components of cultural heritage resources to be monitored at level IV for sustainability … as eco-certification to infuse new layers of conservation indicators that enrich resource sustainability. The technical …

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Selecting Green Supplier of Thermal Power Equipment by Using a Hybrid MCDM Method for Sustainability

Zhao, Huiru; Guo, Sen - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 1, pp. 217-235

become an important issue for companies to gain environmental and developmental sustainability. Thermal power is the main … company’s sustainable development and the sustainability of China’s electric power industry. In this paper, a hybrid fuzzy … sustainability of China’s electric power industry to some extent. …

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