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Vorster, Jacobus Adriaan. "Sustainable cooling alternatives for buildings." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4114.

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Thesis (MScEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis was initiated by a Consulting Engineering Company (KV3) as a research project to investigate various options in which the efficiency and energy utilisation of conventional air conditioning systems may be enhanced by using alternative and renewable energy. Initially, eight options had been identified and through a process of determining the degree of commercialisation the alternative options were reduced to three. These options, referred to as the sustainable cooling

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Collazo, Patricia, Anita Radu, and Berglund Mikaela. "Sustainable Marketing : Challenges faced when implementing sustainable marketing strategies." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-97836.

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Purpose: There is an increasing interest in sustainability, literature testifies that more and more customers are requesting sustainable products. This increasing request impacts companies that are therefore forced not only to provide sustainable alternatives but also turn their business into a more sustainable one. Due to the relatively newness of this topic there is a need to investigate how sustainable marketing strategies impact companies in the business-to-business sector. This paper is a single case study that presents how an international business-to business company is implementing sus

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Robèrt, Markus. "Company incentives and individual preferences towards sustainable travel alternatives." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Infrastructure, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-1659.

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<p>Since the acceptance of changing travel habits is a matterof subjective preferences and individual values, the questionof how to make individuals voluntarily choose new travelalternatives is not straightforward. In this study we focus onan office district called Nacka Strand outside Stockholm, wherecompanies tried to implement new and more efficientalternatives to personal travel. The aim is to reduce bothemissions and costs from personal travel, in parallel with anincreased utility among the employees. The idea is that theemployees shall be encouraged, not enforced to change travelpatterns

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Cheng, Karen S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Sustainable packaging approaches for current waste challenges." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122336.

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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2019<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-65).<br>Packaging plays an essential role in protecting a product from damage, attracting consumers to purchase a product, and facilitating storage and consumption. Yet its appreciation and value is quickly eroded once the product is purchased and/or consumed and the package becomes waste. With the passing of China's National Sword policy in 2018, post-consumer materials recycling

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Thomas, Memuriyil Mathai. "Grade retention: Issues, legislative actions, administrative challenges, alternatives and long-term effects." Scholarly Commons, 2001. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2566.

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Purpose . The purpose of this study was to determine (a) the perceptions of teachers concerning the desirability and effectiveness of selected alternatives to social promotion and grade retention, (b) the perceptions of elementary school principals toward selected alternatives to social promotion and grade retention, and (c) compare the differences and similarities of perceptions of teachers and elementary school principals toward selected alternatives to social promotion and grade retention. The rationale for this investigation was derived from empirical research demonstrating retention's neg

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Smith, Mark Craig. "Challenges in Achieving Sustainable Transport Through Spatial Planning." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507794.

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Zharova, L. V., and N. V. Eremeeva. "Indicators of sustainable development: contemporary trends and challenges." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/48806.

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Indicators that characterize social processes are based on statistical data, and used in assessment the efficiency of activity, identification of causal relationships in the decision- making process. The beginning of sustainability measuring practice was marked by the appeal of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1971, to prepare periodic international, regional, and subregional reports on ―the state of, and outlook for, the environment‖ (UNEP, 1972).

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Bell, James, and Jelmer Stellingwerf. "Sustainable Entrepreneurship : The Motivations and Challenges of Sustainable Entrepreneurs in the Renewable Energy Industry." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18608.

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Sustainability and sustainable development is slowly gathering momentum in public discourse, and greater attention and reverence in academic research. While there still appears to be no consensus defining sustainability, which has lead to hampered discussion, this should not impede nor hinder a greater call for dialogue of how to ultimately change the world, and for the global economy to consider what type of individual will address environmental and social issues simultaneously. We consider ‘traditional’ entrepreneurship still necessary and vital to the continuing development of disruptive in

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Poddighe, Francesca <1996&gt. "The role of civil society in proposing sustainable alternatives to BRI projects." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21188.

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In 2013, China launched what now is considered to be the largest infrastructure and development plan in human history, The Belt and Road Initiative. This ambitious project aims to increase connectivity and trade among countries. However, many researchers across the globe worry about the negative implications it has on the environment and local communities. Specifically, BRI terrestrial and maritime corridors overlap with many critical areas for biodiversity conservation and people's social and economic benefits. Environmental and social planning will play a fundamental role to ensure a green d

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McKenna, Juanita Christine. "Sustainable ethnic tourism in northern Thailand, challenges and strategies." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0021/MQ46988.pdf.

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Arnesson, Erik. "Analysis of sustainable building materials, their possibilities and challenges." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-244462.

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Sweden has as the first welfare state signed the petition of having net zero GHG emissions 2045. The construction industry is a large contributor to Sweden’s current GHG emissions and an action plan signed by several construction companies, including Veidekke, has stated several partial goals and one end goal of a construction industry with net zero emissions 2045. At the same time the demand of new residential houses is high. The choice of material affects the GHG emissions during the entire lifetime, making it a key parameter when planning a construction. 80 % of the emissions during a const

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Matjekane, Nosisa. "Challenges facing the Sustainable Livelihood Programme in the Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/934.

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Kwan, Shuk-wai, and 關淑慧. "The shift green challenges of Hong Kong construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194921.

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Recognizing that green construction industry has begun to notify recently among Hong Kong citizens; people begin to concern about the environment protection practices in daily life. The government has introduced the green building development since 1996, however, the development and policy do not mature enough as other developed countries. The Hong Kong green development is lagging behind. In the context of this research will focus on the following objectives: i) to review the current status of sustainable construction and green technologies in Hong Kong, ii) to identify major barriers towards

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KINLOCH, DANILO VALLE. "CLUSTERS AND COOPERATIVE NETWORKS: ALTERNATIVES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN NICARAGUA." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2002. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=2571@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>A brusca transição que levou os mercados da América Latina à sua atual configuração, exerceu uma forte pressão sobre as Pequenas e Médias Empresas (PMEs) industriais e colocou em xeque a sua competitividade. Entornos cada vez mais turbulentos e competitivos ameaçam seriamente as PMEs que atuam de forma isolada e chamam, sobretudo, à adoção de formas de organização industrial baseadas no cooperativismo e aproveitamento da similaridade e complementaridade de competências entre firmas. Os clusters regionais de PMEs e as rede

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Spamer, Ernus. "An investigation into sustainable solid waste management alternatives for the Drakenstein Municipal Area." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/944.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research report is to investigate sustainable alternative solid waste management methods for the Drakenstein Municipal Area in particular and South African municipalities in general. The point of departure is that landfilling alone is not sustainable and that alternative and/or complementary methods are required. Current solid waste management policies and practices in various countries all over the world are investigated in order to understand the global context of municipal solid w

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Danatzko, Joseph M. "Sustainable Structural Design." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275406390.

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Masood, Maryam. "Sustainable municipal solid waste management : challenges and solutions for Pakistan." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709270.

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Deranja, Bozho J. D. "Achieving sustainable development on the Croatian waterfront ... : challenges and opportunities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58648.

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Thesis (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, Center for Real Estate, 2008.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-102).<br>Croatia stands true to its marketing slogan, "the Mediterranean as it once was", with tiny tiled-roof villages dotting the unspoiled coastline-- but for how long? Since it declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Croatia has been on the

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Singh, Jagdeep. "Beyond Waste Management : Challenges to Sustainable Global Physical Resource Management." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-186517.

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Current physical resource management (PRM) was investigated in a global perspective in this thesis, to gain a deeper understanding of its implications in a sustainability perspective. In particular, the main challenges to the current PRM system and the kinds of systemic changes needed for sustainable PRM were examined. In five separate studies, different theoretical and practical challenges to current PRM approaches were analysed. A descriptive literature review, causal loop diagrams and semi-structured interviews were performed to gather qualitative and quantitative inferences. Perspectives f

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Mahroof, Kamran, Amizan Omar, and B. Kucukaltan. "Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Overcoming the Challenges with Digital Technologies." Emerald Publishing, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18585.

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Yes<br>The purpose of this paper is to offer a consolidative approach in exploring the potential contribution of digital technologies in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) for the sustainable performance of food supply chain business, through the circular economy concepts. As a single case study, this qualitative, interpretivist research was based on one of the largest food producers in the United Kingdom. The research utilises semi-structured interviews and applies thematic analysis to offer rich insights into SSCM challenges and their relationship with the business performance, thr

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Schrader, David Alan. "Toward the environmentally sustainable corporation: The challenges of implementing change." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1061830540.

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Bandini, Eugenia <1997&gt. "Organic and sustainable food: current business models and future challenges." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/20219.

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Companies in the agri-food sector are facing new challenges and opportunities as a consequence of both COVID-19 outbreak and the changes - both in terms of increase in food consumption and climate change awareness - of the last decades. This thesis starts with a chapter that analyses the definition of organic and sustainable food, explaining the difference between these two concepts and when they overlap. Along the chapter, EU green policies and the factors that influence environmental sustainability are deepened. The first part concludes with the explanation of innovations. To follow, the se

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Mansberger, Paul, and Filip Projic. "Survival Challenges of Environmental Entrepreneurs." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39687.

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Environmental entrepreneurs are considered to be important drivers for an environmentally sustainable development. As other entrepreneurs, they face survival challenges while operating their businesses. Due to the increased importance of environmental entrepreneurs in counteracting environmental issues we argue that it is necessary to gain an understanding of their specific challenges of survival. In this thesis, we build theory based on environmental venture cases located in Sweden. We provide an extensive overview of the current literature and contribute by identifying an institutional dimen

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Gingborn, Nicklas, and Hanna Wåhlén. "Investigating sustainable mitigation alternatives for groundwater in Matlab Upazila, Bangladesh. : A Minor Field Study." Thesis, KTH, Miljögeokemi och ekoteknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-99340.

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Since the late 20th century most people in rural Bangladesh use hand pumped tube wells to extract groundwater as their primary source of water. In 1993 it was officially recognized that many of the Holocene groundwater aquifers contain elevated levels of arsenic (As) and that millions of people in Bangladesh are exposed and at risk for mass poisoning. The need to focus efforts to areas with scarce supply of safe drinking water has raised the need to quickly locate and identify these areas. Mitigation options evaluated in this study focus on 1) how to target As safe aquifers and 2) how to ident

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Herrera, Ramirez Milton Mauricio. "Modeling Alternatives Sustainable-Energy-Policy for the Supply Chain of Wind Power in Brazil." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10447/394514.

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Renewable energy studies have received high attention in the last few years due the increasing deployment of alternatives such as wind, solar and biomass, as a result of the urgency in reducing fossil fuels consumption. This situation has involved an important challenge for long-term renewables policy and energy system planning. Brazil is the richest country in terms of renewable sources in Latin American. Brazil has energy generation portfolio not much different form the Colombia one, and the understanding of this very important country will contribute to inspire other countries in the region

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Sapinski, Aleksander, and Agnieszka Knap-Stefaniuk. "Sustainable development and contemporary challenges in human resources management – selected aspects." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/43787.

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Enterprises that follow the path of sustainable development are called sustainable enterprises. Their activities are determined by sustainable management, an essential part of which is human resources management. Human resources have a vital role in the process of transforming enterprises into sustainable organizations. The most valuable part of that is sustainable personnel, that is highly qualified employees who understand and implement the rules of sustainable growth in the development of their work.

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Lilja, Olle. "Sustainable Leadership in Swedish fashion brands : Understanding sustainability and its challenges." Thesis, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-51572.

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Background: The clothing industry is a significant contributor to Earth’s pollution, depletion, and exploitation. Businesses need to become sustainable, to find long-lasting solutions where economic, social, and environmental value is created. This has birthed a new form of leadership, sustainable leadership, that puts ethical behavior and the common good above the untrammeled pursuit of profit. Business leaders must transform the way they do business, which requires changes in leadership. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to, from a leadership perspective, describe and create an understan

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Farinosi, Fabio <1981&gt. "Impacts of global environmental changes on water: challenges for sustainable development." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8344.

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This research aims at understanding how human driven global environmental changes in terms of climate and land use are expected to affect the spatial and temporal distribution of water resources. The main questions that thesis asks are: (1) how global climate and land use change are expected to impact the spatial and temporal distribution of the water resources. (2) How human activities like hydropower and agricultural production are likely to be impacted by global environmental changes. (3) How different socio-environmental systems could be adapted to the changing conditions. The thesis is or

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Caberlotto, Elena <1994&gt. "China's Sustainable Urbanization: A Review of Progress Made and Challenges Ahead." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/14513.

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The conversion of land from its natural state to human uses is usually the most permanent and often irreversible effect of human interaction with the natural environment. This is why nowadays urbanization is an important issue, especially evident in developing countries like the largest one in the world, China. Over there the economy has undergone a rapid and continuous expansion since the era of reforms and opening, and as a consequence the country has witnessed equally fast urban development with no parallel in history: the number of cities and people living in urban areas has grown dramatic

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Selhammer, Amanda. "Towards a sustainable future of apparel : Perspectives from Swedish clothing brands and sustainable fashion consultants." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Miljöförändring, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-158183.

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The manner in which clothing is designed, produced and used is responsible for major negative impacts on the environment as well as major ethical and social issues on a global scale. The increased concern for sustainability issues in the industry is similarly argued to have led to transformations of the business context of apparel companies, that have been shown to increasingly incorporate sustainability in their corporate strategies. This thesis focuses on sustainability strategies of Swedish clothing brands operating in the global apparel and fashion industry, with the aim to explore the top

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Schnitzer, Daniel A. K. "Microgrids and High - Quality Central Grid Alternatives: Challenges and Imperatives Elucidated by Case Studies and Simulation." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/495.

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Energy poverty – the circumstance of depending on low quality fuels and inefficient end-uses, or conversely, the lack of access to modern energy services – is one of the defining global issues of our time. Access to electricity is essential to eradicating energy poverty and empowering individuals, communities and economies, to reach their potential. Globally, 1.3 billion people, mainly in less developed countries, lack access to electricity. While central grid extension often provides electricity at very low cost, the reliability of the central grid in less developed countries is so low that t

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Melikoglu, Mehmet. "Production of sustainable alternatives to petrochemicals and fuels using waste bread as a raw material." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488783.

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Ai, Ning. "Challenges of sustainable urban planning: the case of municipal solid waste management." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44926.

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This study aims to demonstrate the critical role of waste management in urban sustainability, promote planners' contribution to proactive and efficient waste management, and facilitate the integration of waste management into mainstream sustainability planning. With anticipated increases in population and associated waste generation, timely and effective waste management highlights one of the most critical challenges of sustainable development, which calls for meeting "the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (WCED, 1987). Waste

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Croset, Elliott. "Opportunities and challenges of a Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Tsumeb, Namibia." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-155386.

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The handling of wastes is an eternal problem, all societies are confronted to this issue. Their origins are very diverse, they could come from industrial activities, power production, shops, retail or household for instance. While in developed countries the collection is generally efficient and the disposal safe, the situation in developing countries is different. The municipal budget does not allow the construction of advanced and expensive methods of disposal and the collection suffer from the age of vehicles. This generalisation is nevertheless not totally truth as the situation is extremel

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Hernandes, Emilie. "Sustainable Development in egg production : Perceived key challenges farmers face in Germany." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-302770.

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The subject matter of this paper is a comparative review of egg production systems for theircontribution to sustainable development of egg production in order to assess the perceived challenges of eggfarmers in Germany. The thesis features a case study which presents two farms located in Germany, andimplementing different farming methods. The floor-range farming method and the organic system illustrate thisexample. The methodological approach is based on a three-phase framework, in which significant issuesconcerning sustainable development are presented (Phase 1), the significant issues are tr

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Pinchasin, Esther Sarah. "Challenges and successful practices for planning, contracting, and building sustainable military construction /." May be available electronically:, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.

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Wang, Chin-Chin. "Earthquake to ecotourism in Taiwan : Sustainable livelihoods challenges following a crisis event." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367758.

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After a major earthquake in Taiwan in 1999, the Taomi community, a rural location in the mountainous part of the country, faced a number of livelihood impacts. But the earthquake disaster was not only a crisis; it presented residents an opportunity to transform their situation and solve their livelihood problems through developing ecotourism. The development of ecotourism required experts and scholars being invited to conduct an education and training programme to provide residents with ecotourism industry skills and knowledge, and establish their ability to alleviate poverty in Taomi communit

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Li, Weifeng Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Planning for land-use and transportation alternatives : towards household activity-based urban modeling for sustainable futures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97799.

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Thesis: Ph. D. in Urban and Regional Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2015.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155).<br>Recent research has begun generating a much richer, activity-based behavioral framework to replace the conventional aggregate, four-step approaches. However, to date, the framework remains to be completed, at least enough to provide a robust behavioral foundation that incorporates household long-term behaviors with routine travel and activity patterns. The objecti

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Kagawa, Fumiyo. "Navigating holistic and sustainable learning : challenges and opportunities in ongoing and creeping emergencies." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/618.

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The overall aim of this thesis is to develop and critically reflect upon learning principles that are fit for purpose in engaging learners within situations of actual and anticipated humanitarian crisis. The study begins with an examination of the broad backcloth to the study, the interlinked causes of humanitarian emergencies - globalization, climate change and underlying worldviews. It is based on the assumption that interconnected social and environmental problems, as currently manifested, will be further exacerbated by the consequences of incremental and especially runaway climate change,

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Szibbo, Nicola Alexandra. "Livability and LEED-ND| The Challenges and Successes of Sustainable Neighborhood Rating Systems." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3720855.

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<p> A rating system known as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development, LEED-ND, was developed in 2007 to assess sustainability at the neighborhood scale. Although at this time LEED for buildings is a well-known and well-established program in the United States, LEED for Neighborhood Development is less widely recognized since it was developed in 2007 as compared to LEED for buildings. LEED-ND requires that certified developments meet credit areas in three main categories: a) smart location and linkage (SLL), b) neighborhood pattern and design (NPD), and c) gre

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Nilsson, Anna. "Challenges in Solid Waste Management in Buenos Aires : From a Sustainable Development Perspective." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-192560.

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The waste treatment in urban areas in low and middleincomecountries with growingeconomies and populations is an emerging problem. The increasing consumption along withgrowing environmental issues requests well functioning waste systems and highresponsibility.This project examines the solid waste treatment system in Buenos Aires, reviewing thehistory from the start of a public system, recent history and the current situation. From thisthe main challenges for Buenos Aires solid waste management to develop in a sustainableway are identified. By interviewing different stakeholders about facts and

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Favretto, Nicola. "Powering Mali with sustainable biofuels? : livelihood opportunities and policy challenges of Jatropha curcas." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6419/.

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Biofuel investments have been fostered as an attempt to mediate the energy crisis and climate change, and as a way to assist rural development. Great hopes have been pinned on the oilbearing, “drought resistant” non-edible tree Jatropha curcas (Jatropha) through both its smalland large-scale cultivation. However, the Jatropha sector is still young and empirical analyses on the potential impacts on rural livelihoods and improved access to energy are largely lacking. This hampers the development of effective policy to promote the use of biofuel for sustainable development. This research presents

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Amprako, Louis Kwaku [Verfasser]. "Challenges to ecosystem services of sustainable agriculture in West Africa / Louis Kwaku Amprako." Kassel : Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1225378591/34.

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Brattgård, Nils. "Sustainable stormwater management in Stockholm's inner city." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298539.

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Much like other cities Stockholm has traditionally used a technical system for managing stormwater. With time this system has become overburdened and has led to large environmental concerns. To reach water quality goals set by the EU Stockholm needs to decrease pollution released to recipients by 70-80%. Green infrastructure (GI) has increasingly been used as an alternative and addition to technical stormwater systems. Many studies have been conducted on different solutions and their stormwater management performance. The City of Stockholm have done research on numerous solutions to evaluate

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Dendler, Leonie. "Sustainability meta labelling : prospects and potential challenges for institutionalisation." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/sustainability-meta-labelling-prospects-and-potential-challenges-for-institutionalisation(bf88cd3c-dc64-4611-bcd7-673cc4cdbf69).html.

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Product labelling schemes have become one of the most prominently used instruments to facilitate more Sustainable Consumption and Production. But with a plethora of labelling schemes having been implemented, many now accuse them of being confusing rather than facilitating. As a result, governments in France, UK and Germany, as well as businesses, such as Walmart, and non-governmental organisations, like WWF, have begun to consider seriously the implementation of some form of ‘Sustainability Meta Label’ that condenses existing product-labels and other communication measures into a more coherent

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Aihemaitijiang, Rouzi [Verfasser], Bernd [Akademischer Betreuer] Cyffka, and Ümüt [Akademischer Betreuer] Halik. "Sustainable land use alternatives in the Tarim Basin, China / Rouzi Aihemaitijiang (Ahmatjan). Betreuer: Bernd Cyffka ; Ümüt Halik." Eichstätt-Ingolstadt : Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1100055703/34.

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Bernauer, Josef [Verfasser], and von Wangelin Axel [Akademischer Betreuer] Jacobi. "Aluminium and Iron Catalysts as sustainable Alternatives in Synthetic Processes / Josef Bernauer ; Betreuer: Axel Jacobi von Wangelin." Regensburg : Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1237105803/34.

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Stolt, Althén Ida. "Sustainability evaluation : challenges smallholding coffee farmers confronting in Colombia." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-78410.

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Smallholding coffee farmers in Colombia face many obstacles to satisfy their needs due to a changed climate, a low coffee price and the lack of saved financial capital, that in turns creates a vulnerability to unpredictable events. An increased sustainability in those smallholding systems could therefore be crucial. The objectives of this study were to identify sustainability constraints experienced by smallholding coffee farmers among two cooperatives in Colombia. Likewise to explore the usefulness of FAO:s sustainability tool “Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA)”

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Wagstaff, Pippa. "Sustainable Estates for the 21st Century : the motivations of landowners in upland Scotland : exploring challenges to sustainability." Thesis, University of the Highlands and Islands, 2015. https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/sustainable-estates-for-the-21st-century(50222411-75dd-4252-a1d0-7be928313495).html.

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This study is part of the 'Sustainable Estates for the 21st Century' project, designed to understand how best to manage the relationships between people, place and the economy in the Scottish uplands. Large areas of these uplands are owned by private landowners who make significant decisions on land-use. However, past research has provided little insight into landowner decision-making: it is out-dated, inconsistent and offers limited explanation of underlying motives and priorities. In order to address this, a large-scale structured survey was combined with Q methodology and case study intervi

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Retamal, Monique Louise. "Collaborative consumption in Southeast Asian cities: Prospects and challenges for environmental sustainability." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144569.

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The rise of collaborative consumption and the sharing economy suggests a growing acceptability of ownerless consumption, which could enable more resource efficient use of goods. These phenomena have largely been studied in high income countries, however, businesses enabling shared-access to goods or services have been emerging around the world. In Asia, rapid economic growth is enabling vast numbers of ‘new consumers’ to access a middle-class lifestyle. In this context, it is important to examine the potential for nascent movements such as collaborative

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