15 articles in this issue
Pauline Deutz and Giuseppe Ioppolo
Industrial ecology introduced a new paradigm of principles and tools useful to academic analysis and decision support activities for industry and policymakers. This paper presents a view of the state of the art of industrial ecology, encompassing the four... see more
Marc A. Rosen
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Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi, Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi, Mehdi Mehrpooya and Marc A. Rosen
Different variables affect the performance of the Stirling engine and are considered in optimization and designing activities. Among these factors, torque and power have the greatest effect on the robustness of the Stirling engine, so they need to be dete... see more
Ana B. Wingeyer, Telmo J. C. Amado, Mario Pérez-Bidegain, Guillermo A. Studdert, Carlos H. Perdomo Varela, Fernando O. Garcia and Douglas L. Karlen
Increasing global demand for oil seeds and cereals during the past 50 years has caused an expansion in the cultivated areas and resulted in major soil management and crop production changes throughout Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and southern Bra... see more
Ruchita Dixit, Wasiullah, Deepti Malaviya, Kuppusamy Pandiyan, Udai B. Singh, Asha Sahu, Renu Shukla, Bhanu P. Singh, Jai P. Rai, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Harshad Lade and DiPaul
Heavy metals are natural constituents of the environment, but indiscriminate use for human purposes has altered their geochemical cycles and biochemical balance. This results in excess release of heavy metals such as cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc et... see more
Hikmet Günal, Tayfun Korucu, Marta Birkas, Engin Özgöz and Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir
A diverse topography along with deforestation, changing climatic conditions, long-term human settlement, overuse of agricultural lands without sustainable planning, cultural difficulties in accepting conservative land management practices, and wrong polit... see more
Yichen Peng, Jing Zhou and Xiaoling Wu
This paper studies the impact on project duration of different forms of over-confidence among general contractors executing such projects, in the context of retail apparel franchises. It goes on to consider the design of relevant incentives and, in partic... see more
Miguel F. Salvado, Susana G. Azevedo, João C. O. Matias and Luís M. Ferreira
In a scenario of increasing globalization, sustainable development has emerged as an attractive and strategic issue for both countries and individual organizations and their supply chains. Companies have faced different challenges in seeking to combine t... see more
Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Markus Pahlow, Maite M. Aldaya, Erika Zarate and Arjen Y. Hoekstra
This paper assesses the sustainability, efficiency and equity of water use in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by means of a geographic Water Footprint Assessment (WFA). It aims to provide understanding of water use from both a production and consump... see more
Eliseo Bustamante, Fernando-Juan García-Diego, Salvador Calvet, Antonio G. Torres and Antonio Hospitaler
A building needs to be designed for the whole period of its useful life according to its requirements. However, future climate predictions involve some uncertainty. Thus, several sustainable strategies of adaptation need to be incorporated after the initi... see more
Hsing-Sheng Tai
Resilience thinking has strongly influenced how people understand and pursue sustainability of linked social-ecological systems. Resilience thinking highlights the need to build capacity and manage general system properties in a complex, constantly changi... see more
Won Min Kang, Jae Dong Lee, Young-Sik Jeong and Jong Hyuk Park
Recently, as vehicle computing technology has advanced, the paradigm of the vehicle has changed from a simple means of transportation to a smart vehicle for safety and convenience. In addition, the previous functions of the Intelligent Transportation Syst... see more
Xiaojie Meng, Yan Zhang, Xiangyi Yu, Jinyan Zhan, Yingying Chai, Andrea Critto, Yating Li and Jinjian Li
We analyzed the spatial distribution of lake and reservoir water quality in China, and the trends from 2005 to 2010, based on monitoring data from 28 large Chinese lakes and reservoirs. We used a comprehensive water pollution index (WPI) to describe water... see more
Audrey L. Schroer, Heili E. Lowman and Craig L. Just
The Introduction to Sustainability course at the University of Iowa seeks to educate the aware, informed and action-oriented sustainable citizen. A phenomenographic analysis and retrospective pretest were utilized to determine how students formed concepti... see more
Keh-Chin Chang, Wei-Min Lin and Kung-Ming Chung
In response to the impact of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developing and using renewable energy sources and technologies have become vital for managing energy supply and demand in Taiwan. The long-term subsidy programs (1986–... see more