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Sustainable urban logistics: Concepts, methods and information systems

Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus; Routhier, Jean-Louis; Semet, … - HAL - 2014

This chapter introduces the book of homonymous title. It motivaites the development of the book and present the different visions of city/urban logistics. Moreover, all chapters are introduced and commented.

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International Trade and Sustainability : A survey

Dupuy, Louis - HAL - 2012

This paper aims at reviewing the literature on international trade and sustainability. In the neoclassical sense … sustainability is interpreted as the imperative to maintain constant consumption over time. The literature provides several … indicators to assess sustainability empirically. Theoretical and empirical studies alike usually consider the world either as an …

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Government deficit sustainability, and monetary versus fiscal dominance:the case of Spain, 1850-2000

Bajo-Rubio, Oscar; Díaz-Roldán, Carmen; Esteve, Vicente - Instituto Universitario de Análisis Económico y … - 2014

In this paper, we provide a test of the sustainability of the Spanish government deficit over the period 1850 …

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Ideal und Wirklichkeit ethischen Konsums – Eine empirische Untersuchung unter Konsumenten zum Kleidungskauf (Ideal and Reality of Ethical Consumption)

Schenkel-Nofz, Markus; Walther, Michael - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - … 15 (2014) 2, pp. 215-236

Konsumenten spielen als einflussreiche und legitime Stakeholder eine zentrale Rolle bei der Befoerderung von CSR. Zahlreiche Studien weisen dabei zwar auf einen zunehmenden Bedeutungsgewinn des Themas und einen Zuwachs ethischer Konsumenten hin, doch spiegelt sich dies nicht im Marktanteil...

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Air pollution in Urban Beijing: The role of Government-controlled information

Swanson, Timothy; Ravetti, Chiara; Popp Jin, Yana; Quan, Mu - Center for International Environmental Studies, The … - 2014

This paper looks at the problem of information control behind the unsustainable levels of air pollution in China. In particular, it focuses on a large urban area, Beijing, and it examines the role of the public, government-controlled information and the adaptation choices of households in...

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A review of the phosphorus content of dry cereal and legume crops of the world

Lott, John N.A.; Bojarski, Marla; Kolasa, Jurek; … - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 8 (2009) 5/6, pp. 351-370

When food scarcity increases, instability in society increases. The majority of food consumed is from cereals and legumes. Phosphorus is essential for crop plant growth and soils are depleted as this element is removed from crop lands with harvested grains/seeds. To sustain yields, inputs of...

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From *for* to governance for sustainable development in Europe: what is at stake for further research?

Farrell, Katharine N.; Kemp, Rene; Hinterberger, Friedrich - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 127-150

Following conferences in Pignans, Maastricht, Vienna and Cologne and many e-mail exchanges, the participants of the GoSD-research initiative have identified a path for future research that describes not only governance and sustainable development but also how governance can be *for* sustainable...

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Environmental governance in the European Union: strategies and instruments for absolute decoupling

Giljum, Stefan; Hak, Thomas; Hinterberger, Friedrich; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 31-46

The EU recently emphasised the need to speed up the pace of reforms to improve the state of the environment both in Europe and internationally. This becomes in particular challenging, as the "Lisbon Strategy" defines the general goal of an annual economic growth rate of 3%. Decoupling of...

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Symbioses strategies for sustainable company management

Girard, Francesco Fusco - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 2/3/4, pp. 248-263

Implementing sustainable development means shifting from a linear economic vision to promote a loop economy focused on the closing of both material and non-material flows. In this context, the paper aims at investigating consequences of the above – well accepted and known – statement from...

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The changing structure of the renewable industry – implications for a green transition to sustainable energy

Reardon, Jack - In: International Journal of Green Economics 3 (2009) 3/4, pp. 367-381

This paper investigates the transition process from carbon to renewable energy. How a transition occurs, whose values are solicited and whose voices are listened to will determine the contours of the future economy. Section 1 will briefly discuss the current contours of global energy. Section 2...

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