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How (Un)sustainable Environments are Related to the Diffusion of COVID-19 : The Relation between Coronavirus Disease 2019, Air Pollution, Wind Resource and Energy

Coccia, Mario - 2020

The pandemic caused by novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is generating a high number of cases and deaths, with negative effects on public health and economic systems. One of the current questions in the contemporary environmental and sustainability debate is how high air pollution and...

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Delivering a Multi-Functional and Resilient Urban Forest

Hale, James D.; Pugh, Thomas A. M.; Sadler, Jon P.; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4600-4624

Tree planting is widely advocated and applied in urban areas, with large-scale projects underway in cities globally. Numerous potential benefits are used to justify these planting campaigns. However, reports of poor tree survival raise questions about the ability of such projects to deliver on...

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Exploring Future Impacts of Environmental Constraints on Human Development

Hughes, Barry B.; Irfan, Mohammod T.; Moyer, Jonathan D.; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 5, pp. 958-994

) integrated forecasting system to explore three scenarios: a Base Case scenario, an Environmental Challenge scenario, and an …

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2050 Scenarios for Long-Haul Tourism in the Evolving Global Climate Change Regime

Vorster, Shaun; Ungerer, Marius; Volschenk, Jako - In: Sustainability 5 (2012) 1, pp. 1-51

tourism depends. Following an intuitive-logic approach to scenario-building, three meta-level scenarios that can be regarded … “fallen angel” scenarios, are undesirable. The “green lantern” scenario represents the desired future. Long-haul tourist … desired future. They should further guard against being passive victims if the feared scenarios materialise, by adapting …

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Looking for a Silver Lining: The Possible Positives of Declining Energy Return on Investment (EROI)

Manno, Jack P. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 11, pp. 2071-2079

possible implications of declining EROI. Two sets of future scenarios based on environmental and economic trends are described …

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Extending the Influence of Scenario Development in Sustainability Planning and Strategy

Mulvihill, Peter R.; Kramkowski, Victoria - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2449-2466

There is wide agreement that a transition toward deeper forms of sustainability would require transformational changes at many levels, transcending current patterns of incremental progress. Transformational changes might only occur, in many instances, over time frames that extend well beyond...

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Using Scenario Visioning and Participatory System Dynamics Modeling to Investigate the Future: Lessons from Minnesota 2050

Olabisi, Laura K. Schmitt; Kapuscinski, Anne R.; … - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2686-2706

process that incorporated both scenarios and participatory system dynamics modeling. The three purposes of this exercise were … introduce more systems thinking into planning and policy-making around environmental issues. We found that scenarios and …

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The Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability

Raskin, Paul D.; Electris, Christi; Rosen, Richard A. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2626-2651

study explores possible pathways to sustainability by considering in quantitative detail four contrasting scenarios for the …

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Thermodynamic Analyses of Biomass Gasification Integrated Externally Fired, Post-Firing and Dual-Fuel Combined Cycles

Soltani, Saeed; Athari, Hassan; Rosen, Marc A.; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1248-1262

In the present work, the results are reported of the energy and exergy analyses of three biomass-related processes for electricity generation: the biomass gasification integrated externally fired combined cycle, the biomass gasification integrated dual-fuel combined cycle, and the biomass...

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Impact of Oceanographic Environmental Shifts and Atmospheric Events on the Sustainable Development of Coastal Aquaculture: A Case Study of Kelp and Scallops in Southern Hokkaido, Japan

Liu, Yang; Saitoh, Sei-Ichi; Nakada, Satoshi; Zhang, Xun; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1263-1279

We provide an overview of selected recent operational applications of satellite remote sensing and marine Geographic Information Systems (GIS) procedures to the practice of sustainable aquaculture in southern Hokkaido, Japan, focusing mainly on kelp and scallop aquaculture. We also developed a...

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