The present Discussion Paper aims to reveal the conception of the idea of sustainable urban development, and how this term can serve geopolitical interests related to maintaining the uneven and combined development discourse on a global and national scale. To this purpose, an etymological and...

This study analyses ten strategic indicators analyzed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with the greater purpose of analyzing Brazil's performance compared to OECD member countries. The indicators analyzed were: i) water withdrawals; ii) wastewater treatment;...

The goal of this paper is to analyze the local government's perception about the significance of a discrete multi-criteria method for assessing proposals for urban expansion (PUE). The study case was performed, by using PROMETHEE method, in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina. The decision matrix...

Even though the sustainable development concept has been largely debated in the literature and its essence is very clear, the way in which it is implemented differs between countries and regions. The main challenge for the European Union is to tackle the differences in the development level...

The development of national economies is related to environmental pressures which have negative consequences on the environment. The phase of the life cycle indicates the need to change access to the development of the destination, thus being a useful marketing tool, as well as, an instrument in...

More and better collaboration between farmers and other stakeholders has repeatedly been identified as a key strategy for sustainable agriculture. However, for collaboration to actually benefit sustainable agriculture certain conditions have to be met. In this paper, we scrutinize the conditions...

Environmental entrepreneurship bears great potential to promote sustainable development. Several influencing factors on the level of environmental orientation have been identified by past literature. In this respect, mixed results occur with regard to the influence of gender on environmental...

There has been widespread debate about whether the way in which we measure economic activity is fit for purpose in the twenty-first century. One aspect of this debate is to move away from measuring a nation's income (GDP) towards monitoring a nation's assets (their inclusive wealth), as a better...

In this study, we explore sustainable business model (SBM) research through the lens of doughnut economics (DE). By conducting an integrative literature review, we analyse concepts that reflect the seven principles of DE at the business model level. We identify 23 SBM concepts and develop a...

In the race against climate change, small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) play a fundamental role. To clarify the contribution of corporate culture to SMEs' emission reduction, three perspectives can be useful: corporate culture as driver and barrier, current and planned corporate culture...