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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"sustainable practice"”.
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The collection, treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste arisings in London: key recommendations to ensure compliance with European Commission Directive led drivers and targets
… to the developing EU Legislative drive for sustainable practice. A careful analysis of the Strategy, in around 2001, whereby likely future delivery was compared to EU requirements revealed that the UK (being disaggregated into 4 separate strategies) was unlikely to meet targets, in …
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Developing best practice for effective and integrated sustainable waste management for the regions of England : key areas for informing future enhanced waste strategy in the East Midlands
… to the developing EU Legislative drive for sustainable practice. A careful analysis of the Strategy, in around 2001, whereby likely future delivery was compared to EU requirements revealed that the UK (being disaggregated into 4 separate strategies) was unlikely to meet targets, in …
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Akapapa – The Journey Home
… sustainability in counselling and professional practice through the lens of lived experience, focusing on the impacts of spiritual abuse and religious trauma on personal identity and professional frameworks. Using autoethnography, poetic inquiry, and thematic analysis, the research investigates …
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ORGANIC IS MORE OF AN AMERICAN TERM--WE ARE TRADITIONAL FARMERS': DISCOURSES OF PLACE-BASED ORGANIC FARMING, COMMUNITY, HERITAGE, AND SUSTAINABILITY
… communicate about their farming as a set of (sustainable) cultural practices. The study draws on environmental communication theories, the theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning, and Actor Network Theory to construct a communication-based framework through which to view farmers …
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Contextualising the Muizenberg Civic Centre: an investigation into urban and environmental integration
… amusement park. This paper aims to utilise the sustainable practice of adaptive reuse to articulate a design that allows the Muizenberg Civic Centre to seamlessly integrate into both its surrounding urban and natural context. This is achieved by first understanding its physical, social and …
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Building Life Cycles: An Exploration of a Building's Transformation From One Life Into the Next
… marks a change in its use. In today's building practices, some building owners opt to demolish an entire building prior to constructing a new one. Unfortunately, this world-wide attitude results in the production of millions of tons of waste every year and is not an ecologically sustainable …
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Making meaning out of mountains : skiing, the environment and eco-politics
… interpretations of skiing as an environmentally-sustainable practice and notions of skiing as an environmental and social problem. Skiing is based on the symbolic consumption of nature and is understood by many participants as a way of entering into a meaningful relationship with the non-human …
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Edifying Design-Build: Towards a Practice and Place based Architectural Education
… in a profession that has disengaged theory and practice through the specialization of the architect and the craftsman. Design-build has the ability to be an educational process that re-engages a direct dialog and collaboration of the roles of designer and maker, reinforcing the resilience of …
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Climbers' perceptions toward sustainable bouldering at the Niagara Glen Nature Reserve
… the perceptions ofbouldering participants toward sustainable bouldering practices at the Niagara Glen. The methodological framework for this study was based on action research, which attempts to solve specific problems through having people in a community study, discuss, and act on those problems. …
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Sustainable development for the logistics industry in the UK
… is firmly at the centre of the agenda for sustainable development, there is no shortage of research in the field of green logistics. However, little has been done in an attempt to provide integrated solutions for industry, based on a practical assessment of the interrelationships between …
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Burnout in Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
… that support practitioner resilience and promote sustainable practice environments. The significance of this study lies in its potential to guide healthcare organizations and policymakers in developing targeted interventions to mitigate burnout, enhance professional satisfaction, and improve …
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Evaluation of the Impact of Anti-Icing Solution on Concrete Durability
… agencies as not so responsible and sustainable practice in terms of environmental impact, maintenance and infrastructure damage. The process of anti-icing works through the application of the liquid anti-icing brine to the dry pavement surface prior to a storm event to prevent the …
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Recycling Concrete for Sustainable Construction
… a case by case basis to determine if this is a sustainable practice.
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Evaluation of Passive Reduction of Salts and Nutrients from Greenhouse Effluent using Vegetated Bioreactors
… systems is a major drawback to this otherwise sustainable practice. In this study, engineered vegetated and unplanted gravel and wood-chip bioreactors, as well as a vertical-flow constructed wetland (CW) were operated over a long term and analysed for their nutrient and salt removal …
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Ecological Sustainability of Winter Harvesting in the Duck Mountain Provincial Park, SK: The Effects of Skidder Traffic, Slash Loading, and Cumulative Effects on Soils and Aspen Regeneration
… aspen forests in the park is an ecologically sustainable practice for successful aspen regeneration. Skidder traffic intensity, slash coverage, and vegetation indices were calculated for six harvested blocks using Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and …
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Compassion in organizations: sensemaking and embodied experience in emergent relational capability. A phenomenological study in South African human service organizations
… capacities of emoting, intending and urging. Sustainable practice of compassion is characterized by the intention to facilitate new sensemaking of the experience of the suffering, witnessing the suffering as well as the alleviation of suffering.
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Leather Futures: How leather can be used as a sustainable material of choice for the future
The purpose of this research by practice determines how leather can be used as a sustainable material of choice for the future. Using a design-led methodology, this research develops knowledge for guidelines for the sustainable practice in this traditional industry, in order to make leather a …
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Development of a New Cold Binder Course Emulsion Asphalt
… the aim to develop more environmental friendly, sustainable and economic pavement materials. These have resulted in the development of cold bitumen emulsion mixtures (CBEMs). However, to date, low early life stiffness, a slower rate of curing, the length of time necessary to achieve full …
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Potential solutions for reducing environmental impact of pest mammal monitoring in New Zealand: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… assessing its environmental impact and exploring sustainable alternatives. Motivated by insights gained from a social survey and personal experience in the field, this research revealed widespread concern about the environmental consequences of using plastic-based monitoring tools and interest in …
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Psychological insights for sustainable agricultural transformation
… gas emissions. Specifically, the widespread practice of Crop Residue Burning (CRB), involving the open burning of crop residues to clear fields after harvest, contributes 3.5% to global emissions. In Thailand, with the majority being smallholders, farmers are under pressure to reduce …