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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Ecological Footprint"”.
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Development of new ecological footprint techniques applicable to consumer electronics
In order to extend ecological footprint analysis (EFA) to electronic products, new methods had to be developed which associate the world average bioproductive space per capita and year - the fair Earth share - with an individual product. The problem analysed in this thesis is the need for an …
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Sustainability and the ecological footprint : comparing human demand with nature's supply.
… to whether sustainability is being achieved. The ecological footprint has emerged as an innovative technique to measure the ecological dimension of sustainability. The research tests the ecological footprint as a tool for guiding humanity towards sustainability. The research establishes whether or …
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Exploring Association Between Subjective Well-Being And Ecological Footprint: Panel Data Analysis
… World Values Survey, World Bank and the global footprint network etc. A series of statistical methods such as partial correlation, simple OLS, stepwise regression and fixed effects panel regression were carried out to examine the spatial-temporal association between SWB and Ecological Footprint …
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Integrating life cycle analysis and the ecological footprint calculator to foster sustainable behaviors
… The natural step, life cycle assessment, and the ecological footprint. TNS serves to provide the meaning and substance toward sustainable development. LCA helps provide the framework for assessing sustainability. The EF calculator determines the driving components and measures the qualitative …
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Ecological footprint as an indicator of national and city level sustainability. A case study of Bangladesh with a focus on Narayanganj
… thesis addresses urban sustainability from an ecological footprint viewpoint to make cities inclusive, safe and livable in Bangladesh under the SDG-11 of the Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals-2030. Previous empirical studies on Bangladesh do not focus on Ecological Footprint (EF), and …
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An evaluation of environmental sustainability of land reform in Zimbabwe : a case study of Chirumanzu District, Midlands Province
… was evaluated through the application of the Ecological Footprint accounting system. The Ecological Footprint accounting system calculates the human consumption of the ecological resources (Ecological Footprint) and compares it with the calculated available ecological resources (biocapacity). …
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The Ecological Footprints of Tiny Home Downsizers: An Exploratory Study
… design approach, was conducted to measure the ecological footprints of tiny home downsizers. Eighty individuals who have lived in their tiny homes for at least a year volunteered to take an online survey used to calculate their ecological footprints in prior larger homes and current tiny homes. …
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Developing a Satellite-Based Methodology to Estimate Built-up Biocapacity for Use in the National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts: A Comparative Study of Pléiades Neo and Sentinel-2 Imagery, Classification Algorithms, and Segmentation Approaches
Built-up land is an important component of the ecological footprint accounting framework, yet the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts (NFBA) assume built-up land has the biocapacity of cropland. The NFBA uses equivalence factors and yield factors to transform raw area data into global …
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THE ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; LOCAL VERSUS GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS IN VAL DI MERSE, ITALY
… This dissertation utilizes concepts from ecological economics towards defining a sustainable scale for tourism development. In addition, an ecological footprint indicator (EF) is applied to two populations (residents and tourists) responsible for both local and global environmental …
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Is Wealth Green? Examining the Relationship Between Wealth and Environmental Conservation
… of the variables "Gross National Income" and "ecological footprint," and test the second individual-level hypothesis with logistic regressions of the variables "income" and "donation to environmental groups," from both the General Social Survey and the World Values Survey. The results strongly …
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Walking My Talk as an Intentional, Embodied (Co)constructed Environmental Educator
… educator and activist. I reduced my ecological footprint from 16.4HA to 1.8HA and taught a preservice teacher course in environmental education, where I explored student resistances, power and relationships, a critique of curriculum, and personal change as a result of transformative …
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Quantitatively Assessing the Role of Higher Education in Global Sustainability
… is used to assess the global operational footprint of higher education; and the IPAT framework and integrated assessment modeling are used to assess the influence of higher education on global systems. Despite limitations - most notably that current data availability impedes the isolation …
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Blattodea as potential indicators of Peninsula Granite Fynbos restoration following the clear-felling of pine plantations
… potential of Blattodea species to be employed as ecological indicators of Peninsula Granite Fynbos restoration, along a chronosequence of recently-felled pine stands. Within 10 years of clear-felling, Blattodea communities inhabiting recovering fynbos do not appear to be very distinct in terms of …
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The appropriated carrying capacity of tomato production : comparing the ecological footprints of hydroponic greenhouse and mechanized field operations
… by examining agricultural technology from an ecological perspective. It uses the concept of the ecological footprint (or appropriated carrying capacity) to compare the productivity of hydroponic agriculture with that of conventional open field operations. I assess and compare the biophysical …
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DYNAMICS OF SOCIOECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY BASED ON NATIONAL FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTS (1961-2014)
… of data of the two components of the National Footprint Accounts, Biocapacity and Ecological Footprint per capita for 123 nations between 1961 and 2014. Using a simplified description of the joint trajectories of these components, I perform cluster analysis. The patterns that emerge allow me to …
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The Infrastructure of Peace: Socio-spatial planning in UN Peace Operations
… the recent uptick in attention to peacekeepers’ ecological footprint and ‘sustainable’ peace efforts – socio-spatial, urban and environmental aspects have always featured in peace operations, albeit through different paradigms. Furthermore, the recent increased attention on ‘greening’ …
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Evaluating the Dual Role of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in the Removal Efficiency and Environmental Emission of Microplastics
… monitoring strategies aimed at minimizing the ecological footprint of urban wastewater.
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Embedding sustainable strategies for competitive advantage in the UAE sports sector
… mind two significant initiatives; reducing their ecological footprint and using the power and popularity of sport as a means to promote and raise environmental awareness and to inspire positive social change amongst fans and spectators. Despite the growing popularity given to sports industry lags …
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Systems of Sustenance: A Re-imagining of Seattle's Food and Food Waste Infrastructure
… for roughly half of the average citizen’s ecological footprint (Moore 2011). The responses of farmer’s markets, food hubs and municipal compost, have thus far been ineffective at adequately addressing this challenge. Regional food only realizes a small portion of its potential percentage of …
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