Sustainability

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Volume 3, issue 12, 2011

Deriving an Improved Dynamic EROI to Provide Better Information for Energy Planners pp. 1-19

Ioannis Kessides and David C. Wade

Seeking to Understand the Reasons for Different Energy Return on Investment (EROI) Estimates for Biofuels pp. 1-20

Charles A.S. Hall, Bruce E. Dale and David Pimentel

Implications of Energy Return on Energy Invested on Future Total Energy Demand pp. 1-10

Shinuo Deng and George R. Tynan

Synthesis to Special Issue on New Studies in EROI (Energy Return on Investment) pp. 1-4

Charles A.S. Hall

Sustainable Micro-Manufacturing of Micro-Components via Micro Electrical Discharge Machining pp. 1-14

Francesco Modica, Valeria Marrocco, Giacomo Copani and Irene Fassi

Environmental Assessment Methodologies for Commercial Buildings: An Elicitation Study of U.S. Building Professionals’ Beliefs on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) pp. 1-21

Jasmin Kientzel and Gerjo Kok

‘Sufferings Start from the Mothers’ Womb’: Vulnerabilities and Livelihood War of the Small-Scale Fishers of Bangladesh pp. 1-28

Apurba Krishna Deb and C. Emdad Haque

Analysis of the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of the Huge Daqing Oil Field in China pp. 1-16

Yan Hu, Lianyong Feng, Charles C.S. Hall and Dong Tian

Undergraduate Writing Promotes Student’s Understanding of International Sustainable Development in Horticulture pp. 1-26

Neil O. Anderson and Julia Kelly

Comparing Carbon and Water Footprints for Beef Cattle Production in Southern Australia pp. 1-13

Bradley G. Ridoutt, Peerasak Sanguansri and Gregory S. Harper

An Edible Energy Return on Investment (EEROI) Analysis of Wheat and Rice in Pakistan pp. 1-34

Ali S. Pracha and Timothy A. Volk

Volume 3, issue 11, 2011

Valuing Ecosystem Services with Fishery Rents: A Lumped-Parameter Approach to Hypoxia in the Neuse River Estuary pp. 1-39

Martin Smith and Larry B. Crowder

Workspace Representation and Optimization of a Novel Parallel Mechanism with Three-Degrees-of-Freedom pp. 1-12

Zhen Gao and Dan Zhang

Predicting the Psychological Response of the American People to Oil Depletion and Declining Energy Return on Investment (EROI) pp. 1-28

Jessica G. Lambert and Gail P. Lambert

Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Oil Shale pp. 1-16

Cutler J. Cleveland and Peter A. O’Connor

Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis for Biodiversity Risk in the US: A Spatial Econometric Approach pp. 1-18

Justin Tevie, Kristine Grimsrud and Robert Berrens

Climate Responsive Design and the Milam Residence pp. 1-18

Carl Fiocchi, Simi Hoque and Mohammad Shahadat

Looking for a Silver Lining: The Possible Positives of Declining Energy Return on Investment (EROI) pp. 1-9

Jack P. Manno

The EROI of Conventional Canadian Natural Gas Production pp. 1-25

Jon Freise

The Unsustainable Trend of Natural Hazard Losses in the United States pp. 1-25

Melanie Gall, Kevin A. Borden, Christopher T. Emrich and Susan L. Cutter

Energy Return on Investment for Norwegian Oil and Gas from 1991 to 2008 pp. 1-21

Leena Grandell, Charles A.S. Hall and Mikael Höök

Life Cycle Costing in Sustainability Assessment—A Case Study of Remanufactured Alternators pp. 1-21

Erwin M. Schau, Marzia Traverso, Annekatrin Lehmann and Matthias Finkbeiner

Novel Method to Assess the Risk of Dam Failure pp. 1-17

Miklas Scholz and Qinli Yang

Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI) for the Electrical Heating of Methane Hydrate Reservoirs pp. 1-10

Roberto Cesare Callarotti

Toward a Heat Recovery Chimney pp. 1-14

Dan Zhang, Yuelei Yang, Min Pan and Zhen Gao

Volume 3, issue 10, 2011

Relating Financial and Energy Return on Investment pp. 1-23

Carey W. King and Charles A.S. Hall

Energy Return on Energy Invested for Tight Gas Wells in the Appalachian Basin, United States of America pp. 1-23

Bryan Sell, David Murphy and Charles A.S. Hall

Peak Phosphorus: Clarifying the Key Issues of a Vigorous Debate about Long-Term Phosphorus Security pp. 1-23

Dana Cordell and Stuart White

Oil Depletion and the Energy Efficiency of Oil Production: The Case of California pp. 1-22

Adam R. Brandt

A New Long Term Assessment of Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for U.S. Oil and Gas Discovery and Production pp. 1-22

Megan C. Guilford, Charles A.S. Hall, Peter O’Connor and Cutler J. Cleveland

Introduction to Special Issue on New Studies in EROI (Energy Return on Investment) pp. 1-5

Charles A.S. Hall

Evolutionary Plant Breeding in Cereals—Into a New Era pp. 1-28

Thomas F. Döring, Samuel Knapp, Geza Kovacs, Kevin Murphy and Martin S. Wolfe

Modeling Evacuate versus Shelter-in-Place Decisions in Wildfires pp. 1-26

Thomas J. Cova, Philip E. Dennison and Frank A. Drews

Ultra-Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas: Energy Return on Financial Investment and a Preliminary Assessment of Energy Return on Energy Investment pp. 1-18

Matthew Moerschbaecher and John W. Day

Sustainable Development: A Bird’s Eye View pp. 1-25

Tom Waas, Jean Hugé, Aviel Verbruggen and Tarah Wright

Crop Breeding for Low Input Agriculture: A Sustainable Response to Feed a Growing World Population pp. 1-31

Tiffany L. Fess, James B. Kotcon and Vagner A. Benedito

Sustainability Science: Sustainable Energy for Mobility and Its Use in Policy Making pp. 1-11

Fabio Orecchini, Adriano Santiangeli and Valeria Valitutti

Inserting Ecological Detail into Economic Analysis: Agricultural Nutrient Loading of an Estuary Fishery pp. 1-35

David Finnoff and John Tschirhart

System Energy Assessment (SEA), Defining a Standard Measure of EROI for Energy Businesses as Whole Systems pp. 1-36

Philip F. Henshaw, Carey King and Jay Zarnikau

Order from Chaos: A Preliminary Protocol for Determining the EROI of Fuels pp. 1-20

David J. Murphy, Charles A.S. Hall, Michael Dale and Cutler Cleveland

Potential Impact of Biotechnology on Adaption of Agriculture to Climate Change: The Case of Drought Tolerant Rice Breeding in Asia pp. 1-19

Carl Pray, Latha Nagarajan, Luping Li, Jikun Huang, Ruifa Hu, K.N. Selvaraj, Orachos Napasintuwong and R. Chandra Babu

A Summary on the Special Issue “Sustainability of Groundwater” pp. 1-4

Veith Becker, Anssi Myrttinen, Johannes A.C. Barth and Peter Bayer

Representation of Ecodesign Practice: International Comparison of Industrial Design Consultancies pp. 1-14

Johannes Behrisch, Mariano Ramirez and Damien Giurco

A Review of the Past and Current State of EROI Data pp. 1-14

Ajay K. Gupta and Charles A.S. Hall

A Dynamic Function for Energy Return on Investment pp. 1-14

Michael Dale, Susan Krumdieck and Pat Bodger

Volume 3, issue 9, 2011

Herbicide-tolerant Transgenic Soybean over 15 Years of Cultivation: Pesticide Use, Weed Resistance, and Some Economic Issues. The Case of the USA pp. 1-21

Sylvie Bonny

Phenotypic Changes in Different Spinach Varieties Grown and Selected under Organic Conditions pp. 1-21

Estelle Serpolay, Nicolas Schermann, Julie Dawson, Edith T. Lammerts Van Bueren, Isabelle Goldringer and Véronique Chable

Strengthening Sovereignty: Security and Sustainability in an Era of Climate Change pp. 1-36

Rymn J. Parsons

Using Small-Scale Adaptation Actions to Address the Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa: Going beyond Food Aid and Cash Transfers pp. 1-7

Richard Munang and Johnson N. Nkem

Rogun Dam—Path to Energy Independence or Security Threat? pp. 1-20

Bahtiyor Eshchanov, Mona Grinwis Plaat Stultjes, Sanaatbek Salaev and Ruzumboy Eshchanov

Breeding Food Legumes for Resistance to Storage Insect Pests: Potential and Limitations pp. 1-17

Gemechu Keneni, Endashaw Bekele, Emana Getu, Muhammad Imtiaz, Tebkew Damte, Bayeh Mulatu and Kifle Dagne

Coping with Complex Environmental and Societal Flood Risk Management Decisions: An Integrated Multi-criteria Framework pp. 1-24

Karin Hansson, Aron Larsson, Mats Danielson and Love Ekenberg

Design of an Optimal Waste Utilization System: A Case Study in St. Petersburg, Russia pp. 1-24

Mikhail Rodionov and Toshihiko Nakata

Open-Pollinated vs. Hybrid Maize Cultivars pp. 1-24

Frank Kutka

Change of Land Use Patterns in the Areas Close to the Airport Development Area and Some Implicating Factors pp. 1-14

Kanokporn Swangjang and Visut Iamaram

Do Respondents’ Perceptions of the Status Quo Matter in Non-Market Valuation with Choice Experiments? An Application to New Zealand Freshwater Streams pp. 1-23

Dan Marsh, Lena Mkwara and Riccardo Scarpa

Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture pp. 1-34

Bertrand Hirel, Thierry Tétu, Peter J. Lea and Frédéric Dubois

Accounting for Sustainability: A Dissenting Opinion pp. 1-16

Robert Cairns

Revisiting System Paradigms from the Viewpoint of Manufacturing Sustainability pp. 1-18

Zhuming Bi

Undergraduate Sustainable Learning: Effects of Sustainable Soilless Media on Production and Sensory Evaluation of Cucumbers, Basil, Parsley, and Lettuce pp. 1-18

Neil O. Anderson, Joey Annis, Mark Buchholz, Jared Cutting, Eric Heuring, Emily Jankila, Megan McCrumb, Nicole Nelson, Myra Pehoski, Karl Piepho, Valerie Price and Victoria Russell

Do Political Attitudes Affect Consumer Choice? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Study with Genetically Modified Bread in Switzerland pp. 1-18

Philipp Aerni

Volume 3, issue 8, 2011

Collaborative Plant Breeding for Organic Agricultural Systems in Developed Countries pp. 1-18

Julie C. Dawson, Pierre Rivière, Jean-François Berthellot, Florent Mercier, Patrick de Kochko, Nathalie Galic, Sophie Pin, Estelle Serpolay, Mathieu Thomas, Simon Giuliano and Isabelle Goldringer

Adaptability of Wheat Cultivars to a Late-Planted No-Till Fallow Production System pp. 1-10

Ryan W. Higginbotham, Stephen S. Jones and Arron H. Carter

Benefits and Costs of Biologically Contained Genetically Modified Tomatoes and Eggplants in Italy and Spain pp. 1-17

Rolf Groeneveld, Erik Ansink, Clemens C.M. Van de Wiel and Justus Wesseler

A Longitudinal Study on the Carbon Emissions of a New Residential Development pp. 1-20

Jukka Heinonen, Antti Säynäjoki and Seppo Junnila

An R&D Management Framework for Eco-Technology pp. 1-20

Hideki Kobayashi, Masahiro Kato, Yukishige Maezawa and Kenji Sano

Structuring an Efficient Organic Wheat Breeding Program pp. 1-16

P. Stephen Baenziger, Ibrahim Salah, Richard S. Little, Dipak K. Santra, Teshome Regassa and Meng Yuan Wang

A Carbon Consumption Comparison of Rural and Urban Lifestyles pp. 1-16

Jukka Heinonen and Seppo Junnila

Emergency Managers Confront Climate Change pp. 1-15

John R. Labadie

Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research pp. 1-24

Paul Stock and Rob J.F. Burton

Enhancing Sustainability of Cotton Production Systems in West Africa: A Summary of Empirical Evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 1-34

Jeffrey Vitale, Marc Ouattarra and Gaspard Vognan

Risk Assessment and Examination of Economic Aspects of Precision Weed Management pp. 1-22

Katalin Takács-György and István Takács

Volume 3, issue 7, 2011

Public-Private Partnerships and Sustainable Agricultural Development pp. 1-10

Marco Ferroni and Paul Castle

Ecosystem Management: Tomorrow’s Approach to Enhancing Food Security under a Changing Climate pp. 1-18

Richard Tingem Munang, Ibrahim Thiaw and Mike Rivington

Continuum of Risk Analysis Methods to Assess Tillage System Sustainability at the Experimental Plot Level pp. 1-29

Eihab Fathelrahman, James C. Ascough, Dana Hoag, Robert W. Malone, Philip Heilman, Lori J. Wiles and Ramesh S. Kanwar

Climate Change and Industrial Policy pp. 1-19

Wim Naudé

Proportioning of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Mixes for Pavement Construction and Their Impact on Environment and Cost pp. 1-19

Constantia Achilleos, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Kyriacos Neocleous, Kypros Pilakoutas, Pavlos O. Neophytou and Stelios Kallis

Environmental Innovation and Sustainability in Small Handicraft Businesses in Mexico pp. 1-19

Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina, Jack Corbett and Arcelia Toledo-López

Sustainable Urban Development and Land Use Change—A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta in China pp. 1-16

Haiyan Zhang, Michinori Uwasu, Keishiro Hara and Helmut Yabar

Planting Trees for Publicity—How Much Are They Worth? pp. 1-13

Jakub Kronenberg and Joanna Mieszkowicz

Correction: The Theory and Practice of Genetically Engineered Crops and Agricultural Sustainability Sustainability 2011, 3, 847-874 pp. 1-2

David E. Ervin, Leland L. Glenna and Raymond A. Jussaume

Limiting Size of Fish Fillets at the Center of the Plate Improves the Sustainability of Aquaculture Production pp. 1-8

Michael F. Tlusty, Ronald Hardy and Stephen F. Cross

Volume 3, issue 6, 2011

Moving Universities: A Case Study on the Use of Unconferencing for Facilitating Sustainability Learning in a Swiss University pp. 1-22

Patricia Wolf, Peter Troxler and Ralf Hansmann

The Dynamics of Brownfield Redevelopment pp. 1-23

Todd K. BenDor, Sara S. Metcalf and Mark Paich

Coping Strategies to Deal with Environmental Variability and Extreme Climatic Events in the Peruvian Anchovy Fishery pp. 1-24

Milena Arias Schreiber, Miguel Ñiquen and Marilú Bouchon

Modern Biotechnology—Potential Contribution and Challenges for Sustainable Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-14

E. Jane Morris

Behaviour Change in the UK Climate Debate: An Assessment of Responsibility, Agency and Political Dimensions pp. 1-20

Shane Fudge and Michael Peters

The Theory and Practice of Genetically Engineered Crops and Agricultural Sustainability pp. 1-28

David E. Ervin, Leland L. Glenna and Raymond A. Jussaume

Low Discounting Behavior among Small-Scale Fishers in Fiji and Sabah, Malaysia pp. 1-17

Louise S. L. Teh, Lydia C. L. Teh and Ussif Sumaila

Volume 3, issue 5, 2011

A Meta Analysis on Farm-Level Costs and Benefits of GM Crops pp. 1-20

Robert Finger, Nadja El Benni, Timo Kaphengst, Clive Evans, Sophie Herbert, Bernard Lehmann, Stephen Morse and Nataliya Stupak

Sustainable Water Resource Management and Participatory System Dynamics. Case Study: Developing the Palouse Basin Participatory Model pp. 1-23

Allyson Beall, Fritz Fiedler, Jan Boll and Barbara Cosens

Toward Food System Sustainability through School Food System Change: Think&EatGreen@School and the Making of a Community-University Research Alliance pp. 1-26

Alejandro Rojas, Will Valley, Brent Mansfield, Elena Orrego, Gwen E. Chapman and Yael Harlap

Volume 3, issue 4, 2011

A Three Level Framework for Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management—Linking Society, Chain and Actor Level pp. 1-14

Romy Morana and Stefan Seuring

Optimizing the Physical, Mechanical and Hygrothermal Performance of Compressed Earth Bricks pp. 1-9

Esther Obonyo

A Turbo Drive for the Global Reduction of Energy-Related CO 2 Emissions pp. 1-17

Aviel Verbruggen

Development of Ecological Footprint to an Essential Economic and Political Tool pp. 1-17

Hans P. Aubauer

Understanding the Future of Change Agency in Sustainability Through Cellular Automata Scenarios: The Role of Timing † pp. 1-18

Ricardo Sosa

Integration of Social Aspects in Decision Support, Based on Life Cycle Thinking pp. 1-16

Annekatrin Lehmann, Daniela Russi, Alba Bala, Matthias Finkbeiner and Pere Fullana-i-Palmer

Food Relocalization for Environmental Sustainability in Cumbria pp. 1-28

Les Levidow and Katerina Psarikidou

Scotland’s Food and Drink Policy Discussion: Sustainability Issues in the Food Supply Chain pp. 1-27

Philip Leat, Cesar Revoredo-Giha and Chrysa Lamprinopoulou

Hard Times in Higher Education: The Closure of Subject Centres and the Implications for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) pp. 1-12

Brian Chalkley and Stephen Sterling

Volume 3, issue 3, 2011

The Soil Microbial Community and Grain Micronutrient Concentration of Historical and Modern Hard Red Spring Wheat Cultivars Grown Organically and Conventionally in the Black Soil Zone of the Canadian Prairies pp. 1-18

Alison G. Nelson, Sylvie A. Quideau, Brenda Frick, Pierre J. Hucl, Dil Thavarajah, M. Jill Clapperton and Dean M. Spaner

Environmental Laws and Sustainability: An Introduction pp. 1-10

John C. Dernbach and Joel A. Mintz

Sustainability Assessment of a Biorefinery Complex in Thailand pp. 1-13

Shabbir H. Gheewala, Sébastien Bonnet, Kritana Prueksakorn and Pariyapat Nilsalab

Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica pp. 1-21

Clinton Beckford, Donovan Campbell and David Barker

Volume 3, issue 2, 2011

Sustainable Buildings: An Ever Evolving Target pp. 1-22

Yvan Dutil, Daniel Rousse and Guillermo Quesada

The Use of Reference Values in Indicator-Based Methods for the Environmental Assessment of Agricultural Systems pp. 1-19

Ivonne Acosta-Alba and Hayo M. G. Van der Werf

Discussion on “Malešev, M.; Radonjanin, V.; Marinković, S. Recycled Concrete as Aggregate for Structural Concrete Production. Sustainability, 2010, 2, 1204-1225” pp. 1-4

Gholamreza Fathifazl and A. Ghani Razaqpur

The Carbon and Global Warming Potential Impacts of Organic Farming: Does It Have a Significant Role in an Energy Constrained World? pp. 1-41

Derek H. Lynch, Rod MacRae and Ralph C. Martin

Demand and Supply Structure for Food in Asia pp. 1-33

Kanichiro Matsumura

Optimization of a Groundwater Monitoring Network for a Sustainable Development of the Maheshwaram Catchment, India pp. 1-14

Aadil Nabi, Adrian H. Gallardo and Shakeel Ahmed

Advancing the Use of Secondary Inputs in Geopolymer Binders for Sustainable Cementitious Composites: A Review pp. 1-14

Esther Obonyo, Elie Kamseu, Uphie C. Melo and Cristina Leonelli

Advancing Integrated Systems Modelling Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment pp. 1-31

Anthony Halog and Yosef Manik

Volume 3, issue 1, 2011

A Value Function for Assessing Sustainability: Application to Industrial Buildings pp. 1-16

Bibiana Alarcon, Antonio Aguado, Resmundo Manga and Alejandro Josa

Agricultural Biodiversity Is Essential for a Sustainable Improvement in Food and Nutrition Security pp. 1-16

Emile A. Frison, Jeremy Cherfas and Toby Hodgkin

Reservoir Sedimentation and Flood Control: Using a Geographical Information System to Estimate Sediment Yield of the Songwe River Watershed in Malawi pp. 1-16

Kondwani G. Munthali, Brian J. Irvine and Yuji Murayama

From Farm to Rural Hostel: New Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Tourism Expansion in Daxi, a Village in Anji County, Zhejiang, China pp. 1-16

Lucas Gutierrez Rodriguez, Manuel Ruiz Perez, Xiaosheng Yang and Geriletu

Human Capital and Sustainability pp. 1-58

Ivo Šlaus and Garry Jacobs

Education as Re-Embedding: Stroud Communiversity, Walking the Land and the Enduring Spell of the Sensuous pp. 1-18

Molly Scott Cato and Jan Myers

Building Resilient Communities through Empowering Women with Information and Communication Technologies: A Pakistan Case Study pp. 1-15

Arshad Khan Khalafzai and Niru Nirupama

Flooding Effect on Earth Walls pp. 1-13

Gabriela M. Medero, Justin H. Kennedy, Peter K. Woodward and Meysam Banimahd

Laterite Based Stabilized Products for Sustainable Building Applications in Tropical Countries: Review and Prospects for the Case of Cameroon pp. 1-13

Patrick N. Lemougna, Uphie F. Chinje Melo, Elie Kamseu and Arlin B. Tchamba

The Importance of Regulation-Induced Innovation for Sustainable Development pp. 1-23

Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall

Handling and Treatment of Poultry Hatchery Waste: A Review pp. 1-22

Phil Glatz, Zhihong Miao and Belinda Rodda

Building Capacity for Disaster Resiliency in Six Disadvantaged Communities pp. 1-20

Philip Berke, John Cooper, David Salvesen, Danielle Spurlock and Christina Rausch

System Dynamics Modeling of Individual Transferable Quota Fisheries and Suggestions for Rebuilding Stocks pp. 1-32

Edward J. Garrity

Optimizing Urban Material Flows and Waste Streams in Urban Development through Principles of Zero Waste and Sustainable Consumption pp. 1-29

Steffen Lehmann

Effects of Population Growth and Climate Variability on Sustainable Groundwater in Mali, West Africa pp. 1-14

Alexandra Lutz, James M. Thomas and Mamadou Keita