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Sustainability : an economist's perspective

Solow, Robert M. - 2009

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Sustainable Living in Africa: Case of Water, Sanitation, Air Pollution and Energy

Omole, David O.; Ndambuki, Julius M. - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5187-5202

sustainably. Hitherto, the cost of this development has been at the expense of public health and cleaner environment. The outcome …

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Sustainability in Agricultural Mechanization: Assessment of a Combined Photovoltaic and Electric Multipurpose System for Farmers

Mousazadeh, Hossein; Keyhani, Alireza; Mobli, Hossein; … - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 1042-1068

This study is dedicated to the assessment of the possibility of replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy as a source of power in modern agriculture. We examined the use of a completely sustainable agricultural mechanization system based on a renewable energy system and a battery powered,...

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Education for Sustainability through a Photography Competition

Scott, Rowena - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 474-486

This article describes the development and history of a sustainability photography competition. From its simple beginnings as an environmental officer’s idea, an environmental sustainability photography competition began in just one university. Now hosted by Australasian Campuses Towards...

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A Multi-Objective (Energy, Economic and Environmental Performance) Life Cycle Analysis for Better Building Design

Yao, Jian - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 602-614

improvement measures commonly used in achieving a better overall performance for the energy, economy and environment. A typical …

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Environment in Industrial Ecology, Grasping a Complex Notion for Enhancing Industrial Synergies at Territorial Scales

Dumoulin, François; Wassenaar, Tom - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6267-6277

Identifying the most relevant environment related indicators and how to make them available to decision-makers are … fundamentally, in this chapter we question how industrial ecologists appropriate the notion of environment. On the basis of … environment in such contexts, and constitutes a call to develop anthropocentric approaches to defining environmental indications …

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Changing Paradigms: A Sketch for Sustainable Wellbeing and Ecosocial Policy

Hirvilammi, Tuuli; Helne, Tuula - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2160-2175

Allardt’s theory. We illustrate how this model could provide the foundation of a sustainable ecosocial policy. …

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Sustainability, Health and Environmental Metrics: Impact on Ranking and Associations with Socioeconomic Measures for 50 U.S. Cities

Gallagher, Jane E.; Hubal, Elaine Cohen; Jackson, Laura; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 2, pp. 789-804

have indirect or direct beneficial impacts on the environment and public health. The potential for impact, however, is …

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Should We Trust in Values? Explaining Public Support for Pro-Environmental Taxes

Harring, Niklas; Jagers, Sverker C. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 1, pp. 210-227

In this paper we are concerned with what explains public acceptance and support of environmental taxes. We examine findings in environmental psychology emphasizing that people’s (environmental) value-orientation is the dominant driver determining individuals’ support for pro-environmental...

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Assessment of Total Risk on Non-Target Organisms in Fungicide Application for Agricultural Sustainability

Bozdogan, Ali Musa - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 1046-1058

environmental risk was propiconazole (EF 2.000 for the environment). For non-target organisms, the highest potential risk was …

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