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A growth-management strategy for the Auckland region of New Zealand: pursuit of sustainability or mere growth accommodation?

Zovanyi, Gabor - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 2, pp. 121-145

intended to advance sustainability in New Zealand during the last decade. …

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Methodology to assess the hydrological impact of weed control practices with a view to management of Mediterranean winegrowing catchments

Biarnes, Anne; Colin, Francois - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 2, pp. 161-179

This paper proposes a methodology to assist water resources managers in assessing the hydrological impact of weed control practices in Mediterranean winegrowing catchments. The methodology is based on a spatial representation of practices and its integration in a distributed hydrologic model....

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Research as a tool for change?

Elfors, Susanna - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 1, pp. 1-15

In many studies on environmental sustainability, research is combined with initiating action. This approach differs …

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Science for sustainable development: implementing the Rio agreement

Gouzee, Nadine; Eeckhout, Denis Van - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 2 (1999) 3, pp. 358-362

Six years after the UN Rio Conference on Environment and Development, an effort to give a new boost to its implementation in the field of science was made during the Sixth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD6, held in New York in April 1998). This paper recalls the context...

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Social learning and sustainability science: which role can stakeholder participation play?

Siebenhuner, Bernd - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 2, pp. 146-163

sustainability science and new modes of scientific research. Their participation is seen as a means for empowerment and education as … well as for increasing the legitimacy of scientific research. In addition, proponents of sustainability science regard … discussions around sustainability science. It is the objective of the paper to deduce lessons for future approaches to …

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Efficiency grounds and welfare effects in decoupling farm support. Insights from an AGE model of the Italian economy

Cavalletti, Barbara; Rocchi, Benedetto - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 2, pp. 106-121

This paper investigates both efficiency and redistributive effects of the recent reform of Common Agricultural Policy in Italy. A general equilibrium model has been calibrated on a social accounting matrix of the Italian economy, adapted to represent the distribution of agricultural income...

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Spread and backwash effects in ecotourism: implications for sustainable development

Cater, Erlet - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 5 (2002) 3, pp. 265-281

Increasingly, ecotourism is advocated not only as a form of sustainable tourism, but also for the contribution that it can make towards sustainable development. Donor agencies such as DFID and USAID now recognise the contribution that ecotourism can make towards sustainable livelihoods, and it...

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Trust as a central paradigm for advisory science: the case of the Belgian nuclear phase-out

Laes, Erik; Meskens, Gaston; D'haeseleer, William; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 1, pp. 1-26

The Belgian parliament has decided to phase out the existing nuclear power plants as part of the government's strategy to achieve sustainable development. According to the authors, this nuclear phaseout can be regarded as belonging to a class of unstructured problems in science for...

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Study of indicators of urban environmentally sustainable development in China

Zhang, Kunmin; He, Xueyang; Wen, Zongguo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 2, pp. 170-182

The first part of the paper briefly reviews the study of the indicators of sustainable development, including the significance of the study, its recent progress, and common problems, and introduces the concept of genuine saving. The second part analyses the theoretical background and calculation...

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Sustainable consumption: at the cross-road of environmental and consumer policies

Mont, Oksana; Dalhammar, Carl - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 4, pp. 258-279

Although the need for new systems of production and consumption is constantly stressed in policy discussions, the sustainable consumption concept has not been largely translated into practice. The efforts of environmental policy makers to pay more attention to the consumption side are still...

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