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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Environmental preservation"”.
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CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL AKAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION PRACTICES
… religio-cultural beliefs/practices and environmental problems in Ghana using the Kwahu Traditional Area as a case study. Its primary objective is to examine the continuities and changes in the traditional Akan environmental preservation practices. It explores how these practices have …
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Landsat in Contexts: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Data-to-Action Paradigm in Earth Remote Sensing
… of digital earth data more specifically, and of environmental monitoring most specifically: more data leads to more action and, ultimately, to societal good. This data-to-action framework is troubled. Its taken-for-grantedness prevents us from attending to the processes between data and action. …
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Environment in Islamic discourse: a corpus-assisted content analysis approach
… featuring influential shaykhs advocating for environmental conservation and echo-jihad. The theoretical framework of the study is eclectic and it is based on corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and maqasid al-Sharath. The data collection process involves a systematic selection of sacred …
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Getting Campbell’s Planning Triangle Wet: Evaluating Sustainable Development in Philadelphia’s Floodplain
… The triangle of economic development, environmental preservation, and social equity are worthy tenants to uphold but do not prioritize relocation, an essential aspect of planning for climate destabilization. The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority proposed sustainable development via …
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Cidades sustentáveis: gênese e perspectivas.
… capital accumulation. From awareness about the environmental issues comes a global concern about where begins to establish the concept of eco development and posteriorly the concept of sustainability. This paper presents the results starting from the literature relative to the sustainable cities …
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Proposta metodológica e análise de viabilidade econômica de programa de pagamento por serviços ambientais em bacias hidrográficas para controle de inundações
… affecting landuse patterns.When the needfor preservation orconservation of the environmentis disregarded, the natural landscapechangesandnegatively affects the natural systems functions, frequentlyleading to more severe floods. The challenge of reversingthe degradation framework makes it …
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Green spaces, Black entrepreneurs: transforming Chicago’s historically marginalized neighborhoods
… findings revealed that motivations included environmental stewardship, community connectedness, environmental education, environmental preservation for future generations, and lived disparities. Challenges included limited funding, infrastructure, and systemic racism, while impacts included …
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Integration of sustainable development goals in business strategies /
Environmental degradation and social tensions have been significantly increasing in society since a couple of decades ago due to the growing populations and industrialization started the problems such as equality and job opportunities, climate change, global warming, health, pollution of water …
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Energy-intensity factors for Shanxi Province and China : shift-share and interregional structural decomposition analysis
… particularly in the transportation sector, and environmental preservation.
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Sustainability Assessment of a Municipal Utility Complex: a System of Systems Approach
… and a widespread of social interest in environmental preservation. Municipalities face challenges in designing, constructing, and operating environmentally sustainable utility complexes, and their primary goal in developing such a complex is to minimize the environmental impact resulting …
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Green political theory: nature, virtue and progress
… is criticised as is its a priori defence of environmental preservation over the human productive use of nature. While its ecocentrism is rejected as the normative basis for green politics, its concern with virtue ethics is held to be an important contribution. In chapter 3, a self-reflexive …
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Corporate environmental policy and the ethical values of individual managers: Exploring the connection at Royal Dutch Shell
… that corporate managers have toward corporate environmental responsibility (CER). It will enable the identification of the relationship, if any, between espoused corporate environmental policy of organisations, and the ethical values of the managers they employ. Environmental crisis is a …
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Local community perceptions of tourism as a development tool
… community infrastructure and cultural and environmental preservation. However, there is limited co-ordination of tourism activities and insufficient collaboration between the public and private sector. In addition, the island is dependent on foreign tour operators, and the tourism industry …
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Attitudinal Responses to Mixed Evidence: The Role of Attitude Extremity and Political Ideology in Effecting Change versus Resistance
… control (Study 2), tax increases (Study 3), and environmental preservation (Study 4) were assessed before and after reading statements that both opposed and supported the issue. Political ideology was also assessed, along with several individual difference factors. Across all four studies, …
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Análise do desempenho térmico de sistema constutivo de concreto com EPS como agregado graúdo
… of the continuity of city development and environmental preservation. The recycling and reuse of materials in industry have been considerate as the best option to sustainable development. One of the relevant aspects in this case refers to the rational use of electrical energy. At this …
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Nanocompósito de poliamida/óxido de grafeno reduzido: um eficiente nanomaterial aplicado no tratamento de água produzida (ap) e separação de óleo/água do mar
… from oil reservoirs and oil spills at sea are environmental problems of great relevance. Therefore, the search for effective, sustainable, easy-to-apply and low-cost methods for oil/water separation has been the subject of many studies in the last two decades. In addition, research and …
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Onshore wind farm battery energy storage systems optimisation
… Growth), advocates for economic prosperity, environmental stewardship, and social equity through sustainable renewable energy technologies. This study investigates the application of intelligent optimisation for integrating BESS with onshore wind farms to augment energy storage capacity and …
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Developing responsible nature-based tourism in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya: integrated approaches
… concurrently address a destination's economic, environmental and socio-cultural challenges. This research therefore focuses on integrating approaches to the tourism development process and the implications of such an approach for the triple bottom line. The Mount Elgon region of Kenya comprise …
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Implementation of a comprehensive methodology for structural dynamics and NVH simulation incorporating MBS, FEM and ray tracing
To meet the fundamental requirements of environmental preservation, mitigating noise pollution stemming from railroad vehicles is imperative. Manufacturers and operators of rolling stock exhibit a keen interest in simulation tools tailored for calculating acoustic emissions from rails and vehicles. …
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Analysis of spanish coastal tourism on the national, regional and local levels
… factors became a reason for various environmental, social, and economic issues, which compromise the potentially prosperous future for both coastal zones and their business activities. To keep Spanish coastal tourism top ranked in the world is an essential task, which implies …
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