Sustainability  

Xian Li, Shuhe Zhao, Hong Yang, Dianmin Cong and Zhaohua Zhang

Land use and cover change (LUCC) is important for the global biogeochemical cycle and ecosystem. This paper introduced a change detection method based on a bi-band binary mask and an improved fuzzy c-means algorithm to research the LUCC. First, the bi-ban... see more

Michael Vassalos, Zhifeng Gao and Lisha Zhang

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is one of the widely used direct marketing strategies for small- and midsized farmers. CSA programs are an important option for sustainable production and consumption. It helps growers generate income (improve financi... see more

Thi-Nham Le and Chia-Nan Wang

The impressive growth of the Vietnam textile and apparel industry has led to some concerns due to its insufficient value chain and fierce competition within the industry. Thus, performance evaluation is significant issue to estimate the values of companie... see more

Soon-Kyo Lee, Seung Ho Yoo and Taesu Cheong

In this paper, we examine a sustainable economic order quantity (S-EOQ) problem with a stochastic lead-time and multi-modal transportation options. With the S-EOQ, decisions of order quantities, as well as a reorder point could be influenced by various fa... see more

Chuanwang Sun, Xiaochun Meng and Shuijun Peng

Along with the accelerated process of China’s urbanization, the increasing urban population has put much pressure on solid waste disposal. A speeding-up development plan of waste incineration power generation has been launched in China, which aims to reso... see more

Md Saidul Islam

Our planet is undergoing radical environmental and social changes. Sustainability has now been put into question by, for example, our consumption patterns, loss of biodiversity, depletion of resources, and exploitative power relations. With apparent ecolo... see more

Rachael D. Garrett, Meredith Niles, Juliana Gil, Philip Dy, Julio Reis and Judson Valentim

The reintegration of crop and livestock systems within the same land area has the potential to improve soil quality and reduce water and air pollution, while maintaining high yields and reducing risk. In this study, we characterize the degree to which fed... see more

Lorenzo Graziani, Enrico Quagliarini, Marco D’Orazio, Stefano Lenci and Agnese Scalbi

The purpose of this work is to assess if traditionally used welded connectors for joining the two skins of reinforced concrete (RC) sandwich panels, used as structural walls and horizontal structural elements, can be substituted with bent ones. In this wa... see more

Jae-Min Choi, Sun-Kee Han and Chae-Young Lee

This study was performed to investigate the characteristics of pollutants and microbial communities obtained in simulated lysimeters and to evaluate the effects of anaerobic sludge and water on the biodegradation of swine carcasses. The leachate productio... see more

Asif Reza Anik, Sanzidur Rahman and Jaba Rani Sarker

The study assessed agricultural sustainability in South Asia (i.e., Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Nepal) by computing multi-lateral multi-temporal Total Factor Productivity (TFP) indices and their six finer components (technical change, technical-, scal... see more

Min Kim, Ikhaeng Lee and Youngsoo Jung

The concern of risk management has continuously increased in international construction projects. International projects have a high level of risk and complexity, which results in greater possibilities of cost overruns and schedule conflicts when compared... see more

Denis A. Coelho, Tiago E. P. Carrola and Ana F. Couvinhas

This research was aimed at improving the overall efficiency of the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) Serra da Estrela cheese production process, a traditional food product with cultural significance. Mapping of the manufacturing and distribution proce... see more

Anke Brons and Peter Oosterveer

In light of global climate change the relevance of sustainable food consumption is growing, yet access to it has not correspondingly developed. This paper addresses the issue of accessing sustainable food from a practice theories perspective. The case of ... see more

Liqun Shao, Haibin Chen, Chen Zhang and Xuexi Huo

Several grassland conservation programs aiming to relieve grazing pressure have been implemented in Inner Mongolia since 2000 to reverse grassland degradation and protect local and regional environments. Previous studies on the effects of these programs u... see more

Stacy H. Lee and Jung Ha-Brookshire

The relationship between the fashion retail industry’s working environment and the high rate of employee turnover has been highlighted as one of the key concerns for negative organizational performance in both the short and long term. This relationship cr... see more