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Reducing residential energy use for a sustainable future: fossil fuel taxation as a tool to reduce the indirect energy demand and related CO<INF>2</INF> emissions of Dutch households

Noorman, K. J.; Kamminga, K. J. - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 3, pp. 143-153

In the energy domain, sustainable development ultimately requires a transition from the current fossil fuel dependent …

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Wastes minimization as a local government issue: fact or fiction?

Read, Adam D.; Phillips, Paul S; Murphy, Alice - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 2, pp. 78-91

Minimization is the top priority of the waste management hierarchy, yet this paper suggests that minimization is not being given the necessary policy framework required for its successful development in the UK, and questions whether minimization is being afforded the respect and attention that...

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In defence of the nation-state: securing the environment

Barnett, Johnathon - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 1, pp. 8-17

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The potential of sustainable development in Costa Rica

Becker, Joanna - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 3, pp. 123-129

While action towards sustainable development is now being undertaken at all levels, much of this will need to be … addressed at a local level. Research was undertaken to evaluate the extent to which progress in sustainable development of … been in the vanguard of natural resource preservation and promotion of sustainable development. At the same time, however …

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Book Review. Environmental taxes and economic welfare: reducing carbon dioxide emissions by Antonia Cornwell and John Creedy, 1997. Elgar, xi + 152 pp, £39.95 (hbk). ISBN 1 85898 622 2. Taxing automobile emissions for pollution control by Maureen Sevigny, 1998. Elgar, xiv + 115 pp, £35 (hbk). ISBN 1 85898 767 9.

Williams, Evan - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 3, pp. 154-155

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British Waterways: a study in the search for sustaihnability

Youé, Michael; Tate, John - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 2, pp. 68-77

This paper applies the Hicks model of sustainable income to that part of the UK waterways system administered by British Waterways. The model stresses the need to maintain intact the overall capital stock and examines the implications of this principle for the funding of the system and for its...

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Management of Calcutta megacity: a transition from a reactive to a proactive strategy

Hasan, Samiul; Khan, M. Adil - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 2, pp. 59-67

Until very recently urban management in Calcutta has been curative, reactive or ad hoc in nature, and the major contributor to its own problems. The holistic and proactive approach adopted, since the 1980s, by both the city government of Calcutta and the government of West Bengal have,...

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Economic policy instruments and environmental sustainability: another look at environmental-use permits

Tisdell, Clem - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 1, pp. 18-22

There has been a recent tendency to extol tradeable or marketable pollution permits or similar permits to use or exploit some natural resources, such as fish. They are often seen as a very effective way of maintaining environmental conditions in a desired way. However, considerable care is...

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Social economic environmental research in Austria

Krotscheck, C.; Narodoslawsky, M. - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 1, pp. 31-39

concrete contribution to sustainable development itself. The characteristic of this method is the emphasis on the holistic …-dynamic agriculture. These fields add to the attraction of Austrian research on sustainable development. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and … against the background of an already very active research in the technological sector that is of importance to sustainable …

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Controlling the environmental impact of transport: Traffic management schemes and their influence on consumer behaviour

McGovern, Enda - In: Sustainable Development 6 (1998) 1, pp. 23-30

Europe today is a highly urbanized continent with more than 70% of Europeans living in urban areas. Concerns for the sustainability of these areas have increased rapidly, as it has become evident that the environmental challenges of the future will be confronted in an increasingly urbanized...

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