Sustainability  

Simon Bell and Stephen Morse

This paper discusses the current state of thought amongst the Sustainability Indicator (SI) community, what has been achieved and where we are succeeding and failing. Recent years have witnessed the rise of “alternative facts” and “fake news” and this pap... see more

Bruna Irene Grimberg, Selena Ahmed, Colter Ellis, Zachariah Miller and Fabian Menalled

This study explored whether Montana agricultural stakeholders’ perceptions and observations of climate change vary according to four socio-ecological variables: income, political view, agricultural occupation, and production region. A survey including 27 ... see more

Qiang Han and Yuyan Wang

At present, online shopping is becoming increasingly popular. In particular, low-carbon products are becoming more favored as consumers’ low-carbon awareness increases. Manufacturers sell their low-carbon products through e-commerce platforms. Thus,... see more

Debin Fang, Shanshan Shi and Qian Yu

Energy security and sustainability are crucial factors for the development of China. The creation of an evaluation theoretical system of the energy has theoretical and practical significance that is important for ensuring the safe and sustainable developm... see more

Mikael Mangold, Magnus Österbring, Conny Overland, Tim Johansson and Holger Wallbaum

The European building stock was renewed at a rapid pace during the period 1950–1975. In many European countries, the building stock from this time needs to be renovated, and there are opportunities to introduce energy efficiency measures in the reno... see more

Sarah Feron and Raúl R. Cordero

Peru has historically been among the Latin-American countries with a low rural electrification rate. Aiming to improve this situation, the country conducted several electrification efforts in the last few decades that included off-grid photovoltaic (PV) s... see more

Hai-Min Lyu, Ye-Shuang Xu, Wen-Chieh Cheng and Arul Arulrajah

The Yangtze River Basin and Huaihe River Basin in Southern China experienced severe floods 1998 and 2016. The reasons for the flooding hazards include the following two factors: hazardous weather conditions and degradation of the hydrological environment ... see more

Chanhoon Jung, Chanwoo Kim, Solhee Kim and Kyo Suh

Jeju Island experienced an approximately 42% increase in energy consumption from 2006 to 2015 and the demand for energy consumption is expected to continue to increase. Thus, Jeju Island is planning a project entitled “Carbon Free Island by 2030&rdq... see more

Alison Blay-Palmer, Guido Santini, Marielle Dubbeling, Henk Renting, Makiko Taguchi and Thierry Giordano

This paper offers a critical assessment of the value and utility of the evolving City Region Food Systems (CRFS) approach to improve our insights into flows of resources—food, waste, people, and knowledge—from rural to peri-urban to urban and back again, ... see more

Christine C. Rega-Brodsky, Charles H. Nilon and Paige S. Warren

Urban vacant lots are often a contentious feature in cities, seen as overgrown, messy eyesores that plague neighborhoods. We propose a shift in this perception to locations of urban potential, because vacant lots may serve as informal greenspaces that max... see more

Tommaso Barbieri, Francesca Despini and Sergio Teggi

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, namely urban areas where the atmospheric temperature is significantly higher than in the surrounding rural areas, is currently a very well-known topic both in the scientific community and in public debates. Growing ... see more

Young Yoon, Minyoung Yang and Jinsoo Kim

As a consequence of globalization, increased international transport generates many pollutants. Pollution generation from other industries related to international transport also cannot be ignored. This paper thus aims to investigate the carbon emissions ... see more

Hao Wu, Hongzan Jiao, Yang Yu, Zhigang Li, Zhenghong Peng, Lingbo Liu and Zheng Zeng

With the commercialization of housing and the deepening of urbanization in China, housing prices are having increasing influence on the land market, and thus indirectly affecting urban development. As various spatial features of an urban housing property ... see more

Dong Yang Hao, Guo You Qi and Jing Wang

As the core of sustainable development strategy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept that influences business missions, management, operations, finance, and marketing. Studies of the economic consequences of CSR have focused on the theoreti... see more

Christian Stenqvist, Susanne Balslev Nielsen and Per-Otto Bengtsson

The success of sustainable building renovation is inevitably dependent on the capabilities of the involved stakeholders throughout the entire project. Therefore, any building client with intentions of sustainable building renovations must reflect on sourc... see more