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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Economic sustainability."”.
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A comprehensive environmental and economic sustainability assessment of roadway drainage systems
… scales (spatial and temporal) and dimensions of sustainability (functional, environmental, economic), this research developed a comprehensive model of roadway drainage systems linking design decisions to sustainability metrics using fate and transport modeling, life cycle assessment (LCA), and …
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Hardheaded & Softhearted: An optimal oil depletion policy for economic sustainability in Saudi Arabia
… to sustainable economy. It employs concepts of economic theory to design an optimal oil depletion policy framework that normatively geared towards achieving sustainable economic outcome. Sustainable economy is that simply beyond what often gauged by the GDP, an economy that is focused on …
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Ecotourism and Human-Bear Relations in Ontario: Working for Multispecies Respect and Economic Sustainability
… often been violent, and hunting is promoted for economic and “safety” reasons. The Ontario spring bear hunt was previously banned but was recently reinstated, compounding concerns about human-bear conflict and bear management. Today, both human-bear conflict and the stagnation of the northern …
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Virginia Logging Business Economic Sustainability Survey Including Perspectives from Across the Forest-based Supply Chain
… producing a profit, and obtaining long-term economic viability seem unattainable. Although other businesses have similar operational challenges, logging businesses are somewhat unique in that they have minimal influence over delivered prices or the cost of stumpage, so changes in variable …
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Improving the Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Dairy Farming using Value-Added Products derived from the Anaerobic Digestion of Manure
… anaerobic digestion impact the environment and economics of dairy farming. An on-farm anaerobic digester (AD) at Virginia dairy was used in this study. The AD performance evaluated for: (i) biogas production (ii) waste stabilization; and (iii) production of organic fertilizer. Locally available …
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Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: An Investigation of Ecotourism Visitors’ Experience at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana
… the ecotourism project at the site and its sustainability by assessing its 1) socio-cultural sustainability, in terms of improvement of social wellbeing of local people and conserving the local culture; 2) economic sustainability, in terms of income generation and creation of employment …
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Ecological Regionalism: A Synthesis of Ecological Economics and Organicist Regionalism
To realize visions of regional ecological and economic sustainability—extant the ecological economics literature—a unified understanding and philosophy of the region is needed. Additionally, this philosophy needs to be institutionally informed; i.e. aware of the social structures that contribute to …
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Consumer behaviour in the valuation of residential property: a comparative study in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia
… identified in the study concern costs-in-use and economic sustainability. However, in effect, valuers have reduced the valuation task to a confirmation of bid price and because of lender pressure, which occurs world-wide, valuers overlook the economic sustainability of the property asset, which …
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Sustainability of Renewable Energy SMEs in Jordan: A Focus on Business Continuity
… and understand the factors affecting the economic sustainability and business continuity of SMEs operating in the RE sector in Jordan through the lens of human capital theory and stakeholder theory, and to introduce recommendations and approaches that can enhance the economic …
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Spaces of Resistance: Reflections on Algerian Domesticity
… social well-being, cultural continuity, and economic sustainability. This research challenges the Modernist emphasis on efficiency, advocating instead for housing that fosters community interaction, supports diverse roles within multigenerational Algerian families and their adaptive spaces, …
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Complex Adaptive Food Supply Systems
The long-term sustainability of food supply chains (FSCs) is critical to human and environmental health. While the modern industrial FSC is capable of the production and global distribution of enormous quantities of food, it also faces serious long-term environmental, social, and economic …
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Design of environmental performance measurement systems for agriculture
… setting to support managers in water and economic sustainability-related decision making and control. Sustainability and the increasing scarcity of natural resources such as freshwater are of growing social interest. Agriculture has a significant impact on the sustainability of freshwater …
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(Im)Material : a qualitative study on sustainable materials for design through a comparative review of leather and its modern alternatives
… towards designing for environmental, social and economic sustainability.
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INTERFACIAL THERMAL MANIPULATION FOR WATER-ENERGY HARVESTING
… energy serve as the bedrock of social stability, economic growth, and human civilization worldwide. Converting solar/waste heat via efficacious heat harvesting technologies promises to offer clean water and energy with minimal environmental impacts. This thesis aims to explore interfacial heat …
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Nitrogen Management in No-till Winter Wheat Production Systems
… and timing is critical to improve yields and economic sustainability for no-till winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the Virginia Coastal Plain. Little data are available evaluating N management strategies, optimum N rate prediction methods, or potential NO3 leaching under no-till wheat in …
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Towards a tool to gauge the success levels of housing-led urban regeneration schemes
… there is no available tool to ensure continued economic sustainability through potential contributions from benefitting stakeholders, thus completing the full triple bottom line. The ‘SuHousingImpact’ artefact within thisthesis carries this out. The research is underpinned by a pragmatic …
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Overcoming the State of Oblivion: Decolonial Approaches within Engaged Art Practices
… artistic responses to social, ecological, and economic sustainability, as well as social responses to artistic movements that go beyond turning art into a commodity in service of a neoliberal agenda. In this doctoral thesis, I provide a critical analysis of contemporary politically engaged art …
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The seen, the unseen, and the aesthetics of infrastructure
… are described by beneficiaries as necessary for economic sustainability. Physical infrastructure is tangible and ephemeral, awash with images of labor, fragmented. Labor and the built environment are infused with subdued narratives of work and love as they facilitate the daily exchange of goods, …
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