Sustainability  

Sanghoon Lee, Eunil Park, Sang Jib Kwon and Angel P. del Pobil

The concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and user experience have been identified as core determinants of the success of service providers. Accordingly, practitioners and researchers have investigated the effects of service providers’ CSR and... see more

Amaranta Herrero, Fern Wickson and Rosa Binimelis

Over the past twenty years, agricultural biotechnologies have generated chronically unresolved political controversies. The standard tool of risk assessment has proven to be highly limited in its ability to address the panoply of concerns that exist about... see more

Hélène Littke

Urban green spaces are essential elements of cities, contributing to the quality of life in numerous ways. However, densification strategies create a complex relationship between urban development and the quality, as well as the quantity, of urban green s... see more

Kai Fang, Reinout Heijungs, Zheng Duan and Geert R. de Snoo

Growing scientific evidence for the indispensable role of environmental sustainability in sustainable development calls for appropriate frameworks and indicators for environmental sustainability assessment (ESA). In this paper, we operationalize and updat... see more

Bora Ristic, Kaveh Madani and Zen Makuch

The internet and associated Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) are diffusing at an astounding pace. As data centers (DCs) proliferate to accommodate this rising demand, their environmental impacts grow too. While the energy efficiency of DC... see more

Woosik Jang, Hyun-Woo You and Seung Heon Han

Numerous countries have established policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and have suggested goals pertaining to these reductions. To reach the target reduction amounts, studies on the reduction of carbon emissions have been conducted with regard... see more

Hae-Joon Jung and Je-Hun Ryu

Traditional rural landscapes emerged from the long term interaction of the natural and anthropogenic environment. These landscapes are now threatened by drastic social-ecological changes. Recent international trends on sustaining cultural landscapes plac... see more

Zheli Xing, Jinfeng Mao, Yuliang Huang, Jin Zhou, Wei Mao and Feifan Deng

In room–corridor building geometry, the corridor smoke temperature is of great importance to fire protection engineering as indoor fires occur. Theoretical analysis and a set of reduced-scale model experiments were performed, and a virtual fire model was ... see more

Adina Letitia Negrusa, Valentin Toader, Aurelian Sofica, Mihaela Filofteia Tutunea and Rozalia Veronica Rus

Tourism is perceived as an appropriate solution for pursuing sustainable economic growth due to its main characteristics. In the context of sustainable tourism, gamification can act as an interface between tourists (clients), organisations (companies, NGO... see more

Luca Rondi, Sabrina Sorlini and Maria Cristina Collivignarelli

In developing countries, the drinking water supply is still an open issue. In sub-Saharan Africa, only 68% of the population has access to improved sources of drinking water. Moreover, some regions are affected by geogenic contaminants (e.g., fluoride an... see more

Rosanna Salvia and Giovanni Quaranta

Changes in agriculture, including simultaneous intensification and abandonment, have significantly shaped the evolution of rural areas. The assessment of resilience in agricultural systems could provide insights into the ability of many rural areas to sur... see more

Lilliana L. H. Peng and C. Y. Jim

Most studies explored green-roof thermal effects on a few hot summer days based on short-term monitoring data. Few studies investigated the seasonal and diurnal patterns of thermal performance and associated weather effects. This research aims to address ... see more

Marcelo Gomes Miguez, Aline Pires Veról, Matheus Martins de Sousa and Osvaldo Moura Rezende

The development of cities has always had a very close relation with water. However, cities directly impact land use patterns and greatly change natural landscapes, aggravating floods. Considering this situation, this paper intends to discuss lowland occup... see more

Murat Yalçintas, Melih Bulu, Murat Küçükvar and Hamidreza Samadi

The metropolitan city of Istanbul is becoming overcrowded and the demand for clean water is steeply rising in the city. The use of analytical approaches has become more and more critical for forecasting the water supply and demand balance in the long run.... see more

Kuo-Tsang Huang and Jen Chun Wang

This research is the first attempt of a carbon emission investigation of tourism-based farms. A total of 36 cases were investigated. The result reveals that each tourist returns an average revenue of 28.6 USD and generates an average 10.9 kg-CO2eq per vi... see more