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A Method for Proposing Valued-Adding Attributes in Customized Housing
Hentschke, Cynthia S.; Formoso, Carlos T.; Rocha, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9244-9267
In most emerging economies, there has been many incentives and high availability of funding for low-cost housing projects. This has encouraged product standardization and the application of mass production ideas, based on the assumption that this is the most effective strategy for reducing...
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Devolved Regions, Fragmented Landscapes: The Struggle for Sustainability in Madrid
Hewitt, Richard; Hernandez-Jimenez, Veronica - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 5, pp. 1252-1281
This article reflects on the recent unsustainable land use changes in the Autonomous Community of Madrid and asserts the need for progress towards economically, environmentally and socially sustainable development models. Following research undertaken over the last six years there are...
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The Pattern and Process of Adoption and Scaling up: Variation in Project Outcome Reveals the Importance of Multilevel Collaboration in Agroforestry Development
Johansson, Karl-Erik; Axelsson, Robert; Kimanzu, Ngolia; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 12, pp. 5195-5224
and zones where collaboration among the project staff, government counterparts and other stakeholders had been established … established collaboration made it possible to discover and consider opportunities and barriers to agroforestry development such as …
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In Transition towards Sustainability: Bridging the Business and Education Sectors of Regional Centre of Expertise Greater Sendai Using Education for Sustainable Development-Based S...
Ofei-Manu, Paul; Shimano, Satoshi - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1619-1644
This article discusses a business-school collaborative learning partnership in the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Greater Sendai. This partnership is further linked to a broader context of multi-stakeholder public participation in the RCE...
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Leadership in Sustainability: Creating an Interface between Creativity and Leadership Theory in Dealing with “Wicked Problems”
Newman-Storen, Renee - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5955-5967
Fundamental to Leadership in Sustainability, a course in the Masters in Sustainability and Climate Policy (coursework) offered through Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, is that the complexity, flexibility and vitality of sustainability are precisely why sustainability...
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Rethinking Sustainable Development: Considering How Different Worldviews Envision “Development” and “Quality of Life”
Witt, Annick Hedlund-de - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 8310-8328
The concept of sustainable development does not articulate what needs to be sustained, developed, or how, and is consequently intersubjective and intercultural. I therefore argue that it is essential to consider different worldviews when discussing sustainable development, and I offer broad,...
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Sustainability, Health and Environmental Metrics: Impact on Ranking and Associations with Socioeconomic Measures for 50 U.S. Cities
Gallagher, Jane E.; Hubal, Elaine Cohen; Jackson, Laura; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 2, pp. 789-804
integration across the E, H, and S indices. Rank order of high performing cities was highly dependent on the E, H and S indices …
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A Construction Management Framework for Mass Customisation in Traditional Construction
Andújar-Montoya, María Dolores; Gilart-Iglesias, Virgilio - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5182-5210
A Mass Customisation model is discussed as a competitive positioning strategy in the marketplace adding value to the customer’s end-use. It includes the user as part of the construction process responding to the customer’s demands and wishes. To the present day, almost all proposals for Mass...
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Effect of Systems to Manage Environmental Aspects on Environmental Performance
Earnhart, Dietrich - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 6, pp. 2557-2588
This paper analyzes the effect of systems to manage environmental aspects on environmental performance at individual …, whether or not these systems lead to better environmental performance remains an open question. This study seeks to assess the … possible connection between systems to manage environmental aspects and improved environmental performance. It also seeks to …
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Effects of Green Innovation on Environmental and Corporate Performance: A Stakeholder Perspective
Hua-Hung (Robin) Weng; Chen, Ja-Shen; Chen, Pei-Ching - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 4997-5026
examined the influence of a number of factors on green innovation and the consequences in terms of performance. The stakeholder … how green innovation practices influence environmental and business performance. A research model with eight hypotheses …
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