15 articles in this issue
Rick Bosman, Derk Loorbach, Jan Rotmans and Roel van Raak
The port of Rotterdam is a global leader in the fossil fuel economy, with a 50% market share for fossil fuel products in North-Western Europe. Although it is one of the most efficient and innovative ports globally, over the last decade it has seen a gradu... see more
Joseph Frempong, Junwu Chai and Enock Mintah Ampaw
The study aims at establishing the benefits of actively utilizing the intangible resources of solid waste management customers in designing and implementing solid waste collection services, using the social media platforms. While Ghana generates high volu... see more
Joachim H. Spangenberg
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Helena Bulinska-Stangrecka and Anna Bagienska
Yeweon Kim and Ki-Hyung Yu
This study presented a methodology and process to establish a passive level for policy making of building energy in South Korea. A passive level in Korea specified in the 2017 Roadmap for non-residential buildings, which was 15 kWh/m2·year, was def... see more
Jirataya Pansuk, Agapol Junpen and Savitri Garivait
The purpose of this study was to assess household solid waste management in areas governed by local administrative organizations (LAOs). The obtained results would be used to assess the amount of air pollution emitted from household solid waste open burni... see more
Minglu Ma, Min Su, Shuyu Li, Feng Jiang and Rongrong Li
South Africa’s coal consumption accounts for 69.6% of the total energy consumption of South Africa, and this represents more than 88% of African coal consumption, taking the first place in Africa. Thus, predicting the coal demand is necessary, in or... see more
Huaimo You, Hong Fang, Xu Wang and Siran Fang
In this paper we study and compare the environmental efficiency of 118 photovoltaic (PV) plants in China. Drawing on the nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, our study takes the initiative to take the insolation, annual sunshine duration,... see more
Saúl Torres-Ortega, Rubén Pérez-Álvarez, Pedro Díaz-Simal, Julio Manuel de Luis-Ruiz and Felipe Piña-García
The economic assessment of non-marketed resources (i.e., cultural heritage) can be developed with stated or revealed preference methods. Travel cost method (TCM) is based on the demand theory and assumes that the demand for a recreational site is inversel... see more
Jaehun Ahn, Aryssa Kathreen Marcaida, Yoongeun Lee and Jongwon Jung
The use of permeable block pavement has been acknowledged as one of the promising Low Impact Development (LID) strategies to mitigate the harmful effects of depletion of natural surfaces, due to the uncontrollable development of infrastructure and buildin... see more
Mariangela De Vita, Paolo Beccarelli, Eleonora Laurini and Pierluigi De Berardinis
The aim of this research, carried out in collaboration with Maco Technology Inc., was to analyse the energy performance of temporary textile structures that are often used to host itinerant events. This paper illustrates the dynamic simulations carried on... see more
Mehran Idris Khan and Yen-Chiang Chang
This study presents a critical analysis of the environmental challenges regarding global environmental policies and current practices in China. The study provides imperative evidence about the current emission control strategies, environmental planning, l... see more
Douglas T. Bolger, Karen Hutchins Bieluch, Flora E. Krivak-Tetley, Gillian Maggs-Kölling and Joseph Tjitekulu
There is increasing interest in using “real-world pedagogy” to train students in ways that make them better able to contribute toward a more sustainable society. While there is a robust body of literature on the competencies that students need... see more
Mario Giampietro
Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the resource nexus. This has created the co-existence of different understandings and uses of the concept. In this regard, experiences in the EU H2020 project ‘Moving towards adaptive governance in ... see more
Cagatay Tasdemir and Rado Gazo
Global trends and factors, such as the increased level of globalization, climate change, resource scarcity, and awareness of social and environmental responsibilities, as well as fiercer competition and lower profit margins in all industries, force organi... see more