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RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY: CHANGING APPROACHES AND CONFLICTS
VARI, ANNA; FERENCZ, ZOLTAN - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 09 (2007) 02, pp. 185-209
One of the most interesting paradoxes of the application of nuclear energy in Hungary is that although the building, operation, and even the recent lifetime extension of the Paks nuclear power plant has not faced significant social opposition, attempts for siting radioactive waste disposal...
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DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION
KOBUS, DARIUSZ - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 07 (2005) 03, pp. 457-491
The insufficient operationalisation of the sustainable development (SD)concept hinders development of widely recognised standards for assessment of SD progress. This paper reports on development and testing of a conceptual framework for assessment of progress towards achieving sustainable...
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MANAGING SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
KHALFAN, MALIK M. A. - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 01, pp. 41-60
This paper presents a 'Sustainability Management Activity Zone' (SMAZ) to support the implementation of sustainable … sustainability within the construction industry based on the first round of interviews. The paper also discusses some of the … sustainability issues identified during the field work, and highlights the need for a structured framework to consider and …
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ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF A REGION IN THE LIGHT OF COMPOSITE INDICATORS
HASSAN, OSAMA A. B. - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 10 (2008) 01, pp. 51-65
sustainability of a region is proposed. …
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INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTO EUROPEAN POLICYMAKING: THE ROLE OF IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
FRANZ, JENNIFER; KIRKPATRICK, COLIN - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 09 (2007) 02, pp. 141-160
Since the adoption of the EU's first Sustainable Development Strategy in 2001, the European Commission has been committed to undertaking impact assessments of its major policy proposals, covering the potential positive and negative economic, social and environmental effects both inside and...
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Technology revolutions and social development: Prospects for a green technoeconomic paradigm in lower income countries
Daniels, Peter L. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) May, pp. 454-482
Purpose – Aims to assess the potential for a broad “green” technoeconomic paradigm (TEP) to effectively achieve and sustain higher levels of welfare from economic and environmental sources in manylower income countries (LIC). A green TEP comprises a new socioeconomic system based upon a...
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THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL CRISIS ON ROMANIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Gheorghe, Zaman; George, Georgescu - In: Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica 2 (2009) 11, pp. 1-1
The world is passing through the most difficult economic and financial crisis inthe history, which severely affects its stability in the long term, risking an uncontrolled slideinto chaos and uncertainty. The housing market crisis emerged in the United States in July2007, due to multiple...
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Policer les énoncés, façonner la responsabilité des entreprises : les processus de codification et d'"enforcement" du reporting de développement durable
Debourdeau, Ariane - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), MINES ParisTech - 2010
Examines the process of standardization-codification of references and the policing of statements on the principles of sustainable development in the context of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
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Competitive Cities and Climate Change
Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Robert, Alexis - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2009
Cities are part of the climate change problem, but they are also a key part of the solution. This report offers a comprehensive analysis of how cities and metropolitan regions can change the way we think about responding to climate change. Cities consume the vast majority of global energy and...
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Literature Review of Recent Trends and Future Prospects for Innovation in Climate Change Mitigation
Newell, Richard G. - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
The international discussion about global climate change now revolves around what the necessary set of policies and technologies will be needed to realize reduction goals. Stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations at 450 to 550 parts per million will require policy changes...
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