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Post-normal science and ecological economics: strategies for precautionary approaches and sustainable development

Aslaksen, Iulie; Glomsrød, Solveig; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 16 (2013) 1/2, pp. 107-126

life-sustaining ecosystems. With focus on strong uncertainty, irreversibility, strong sustainability, precautionary …

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Greenhouse gas reduction through social inclusion in Brazil

Drouvot, Cláudia Magalhaes; Drouvot, Hubert; Perluss, … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 89-102

With the objective to offer contributions to resolve ecological, social and economic problems in Amazonia, Brazil's sustainable production of palm oil legislation has the specific goal of mobilising public administrations, private business, social aid agencies and family farmers with the...

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Conceptual frameworks and visual interpretations of sustainability

Gallopín, Gilberto; Herrero, Luis M. Jiménez; Rocuts, … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 298-326

This article presents a dual (conceptual and visual) discussion of sustainability and sustainable development, arguing … (including sustainable degrowth) are examined from the standpoint of sustainability. The visual discussion includes a comparison … of different integrated visualisations of sustainability containing the three basic dimensions (social, environmental …

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Tales of sustainability and justice? A sustainability reading of contemporary commercial Hindi cinema

Krauß, Florian - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 2, pp. 192-207

This essay explores the extent to which sustainability tales could come from the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry on … potential to deal with serious topics such as sustainability or climate change, on the other hand because it can broaden the …, the paper addresses sustainability in an Indian context before looking closer at the Hindi film industry. Certain …

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Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and related improvement options of the broiler chicken meat supply chain

Katajajuuri, Juha-Matti; Grönroos, Juha; Usva, Kirsi - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 49-61

Energy consumption and the climate-change impact (i.e., carbon footprint) of a typical Finnish broiler chicken fillet product were studied using a supply-chain integrated life cycle assessment method. All essential production stages from parent stock and production of farming inputs to product...

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From shouting matches to productive dialogue - establishing stakeholder participation in Polish fisheries governance

Stöhr, Christian; Chabay, Ilan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 4, pp. 403-419

Environmental governance is increasingly turning away from classic top-down hierarchical governance regimes and experimenting with more collaborative forms of governance, e.g., analytic-deliberative participation of resource users. In this paper, we examine the role of the Polish Baltic Sea...

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Rethinking the green recovery through renewable energy expansion

Omri, Emna; Chtourou, Nouri; Bazin, Damien - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 18 (2015) 1/2, pp. 59-76

stimulate recovery and at the same time reach the sustainability. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP et al., 2008; UNEP …

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Possible causes inhibiting the sustainable development of Chinese companies: a preliminary study

Zhu, Yan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 18 (2015) 1/2, pp. 41-58

The purpose of this preliminary study is to identify the possible causes inhibiting Chinese companies from sustainable development. A review was conducted both in the Western literature and within China itself. The data for this study are from semi-structured in-depth interviews with management...

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Towards transition: resourcing socially learned decisions

Nolan, Terry; Varey, Richard J. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 2, pp. 208-226

are synthesised from studies of sustainability, decision-making, communication, deliberative democracy, knowledge …

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Sustainable cooling solutions for application in Western Cape Province, South Africa

Foudazi, Fahimeh; M'Rithaa, Mugendi - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 16 (2013) 3/4, pp. 246-268

The energy demand in building sectors for summer air-conditioning is growing exponentially due to global warming, increased living standards and occupant comfort demands throughout the last decades. Concerns over these environmental changes have begun shifting the emphasis from current cooling...

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