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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Local sustainability"”.
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Towards Sustainable Middle Eastern Cities: A Local Sustainability Assessment Framework
… of a guiding methodological framework for local sustainability assessment is a key to achieving a sustainable future. This study develops an approach to local sustainability assessment (ALSA), a methodological framework that facilitates the formulation, selection and prioritisation of key …
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Managing Local Sustainability: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Natural Resource Conservation
… of strategic behavior in managing lands in a local commons, on and around Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. The system model is also used in optimal control and game theoretic exercises. It provides optimal control and game theoretic solutions for short time periods, and policy simulations over …
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Impacts of residential developments on local sustainability : case study in Metro Boston
Along with urbanization and decentralization, the sustainability of metropolitan areas is considered one of the most significant challenges worldwide. Transportation-related problems, such as congestion, GHG emissions, and excessive energy consumption, have been imposing tremendous pressure on the …
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Locally appropriate sustainable urban form: the case of Sukhumvit Superblock
… and equity are the complementary concepts of sustainability in which global ecological sustainability and local environmental quality and basic needs ought to be integrated to achieve sustainable urban form. A specific framework for defining global and local sustainability and ways in which …
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Towards sustainability in South Africa : a study of local government sustainability planning in the Cape Metropolitan Area
The popular use of the term sustainability represents a consensus around the fact that society must change its path towards ecological destruction and the consequent decline in human's quality of life. Sustainability facilitates the integration of environmental issues, previously seen as radical …
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Exploring Topic Modeling in The Domain of Integrated Water Resource Management
… these goals at all levels from global to local. Sustainability of a water resource is of paramount importance for achieving United Nations long-term development goals. Sustainability of a resource is governed by the interplay of inner natural processes, biological, economical and social …
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Local curriculum development in sustainability education in New Zealand secondary schools
Sustainability, though not well understood, is an increasingly important concept in society, and as such has become incorporated in school curricula. In New Zealand, sustainability was added to the national curriculum in 2007 as a non subject-bound thematic link through the values and key …
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Global to Glocal: A Confluence of Data Science and Earth Observations in the Advancement of the SDGs
… role of climate and infrastructure in global and local sustainability. To this end, earth observations have been conducted utilizing data science techniques to advance these SDGs. For this dissertation, the author has conducted earth studies serving the following SDGs:</p> <ol> <li>SDG 3 (Good …
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An analysis of the state of green business in the South African retail sector
… sector?' This required investigation into the sustainability of the companies' green business processes, social component of sustainability, and the existing state of the green retail sector. The five dominant supermarkets were selected to answer a questionnaire based on different environmental …
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Heritage discontinued: tracing cultural ecologies within a context of urban transition
… has been consistently underrepresented in the sustainability debate and often perceived as a constraining factor to modern-day advancement. However in recent years, the broadening development paradigm in the Global South is increasingly asserting culture's indispensable role in sustainable …
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Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire
… and East Riding, East Yorkshire, focusing upon Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs), Local Biodiversity Partnerships (LBPs) and Service Delivery Mechanisms (SDMs) such as Compacts. Drawing on approaches to governmentality and scalar politics, it investigates the VCS-state governance relationship, …
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The use of education for sustainability websites for community education in Chile
… oriented attention to the role of education for sustainability (EfS) as a means to create more ecologically literate and sustainable societies. One premise is that socio-ecological sustainability issues and challenges are immediate and locally rooted. This calls for educational interventions that …
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Valuing the global environment : publics, politics and participation.
The pursuit of sustainability represents a considerable challenge. It demands on the one hand that cross-media, trans-boundary, inter-generational issues should be addressed while on the other hand suggests that any solutions and actions should be community driven and locally based. However, much …
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Desenvolvimento de um sistema colaborativo de indicadores de sustentabilidade em comunidades rurais: o estudo de caso da Beira Baixa
… que incorporem as preocupações da comunidade local e as especificidades de regiões rurais e que tenham especial enfoque nos grupos mais jovens, considerando o seu papel nas futuras gerações. Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver um SI numa comunidade maioritariamente rural, baseado num …
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Sustentabilidade no setor sucroenergético
A sustentabilidade é um conceito adotado por vários setores produtivos, a qual busca atender critérios socialmente desejados/ valoráveis e imposições legais e normativas. Dentro deste contexto existem certificações e legislações internacionais que direcionam estas exigências. A Diretiva 28/2009/CE …