Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development

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Volume 18, issue 6, 2016

Extraction of earthworm from soil by different sampling methods: a review pp. 1521-1539

Jaswinder Singh, Sharanpreet Singh and Adarsh Pal Vig

Adaptive threat management framework: integrating people and turtles pp. 1541-1558

Valéria R. F. Silva, Sylvia F. Mitraud, Maria L. C. P. Ferraz, Eduardo H. S. M. Lima, Maria Thereza D. Melo, Armando J. B. Santos, Augusto César C. D. Silva, Jaqueline C. Castilhos, Jamyle A. F. Batista, Gustave G. Lopez, Frederico Tognin, João Carlos Thomé, Cecília Baptistotte, Berenice M. Gomes Silva, José Henrique Becker, Juçara Wanderline, Fernanda Pegas, Gonzalo Róstan, Guy Guagni Marcovaldi and Maria Ângela G. Marcovaldi

Sustainable domestic lighting options for poor people—an empirical study pp. 1559-1573

Chinmoy Jana

Exploring relationships of environmental attitudes, behaviors, and sociodemographic indicators to aspects of discourses: analyses of International Social Survey Programme data in the Philippines pp. 1575-1599

Joseph Anthony L. Reyes

Stand-alone hybrid energy system for sustainable development in rural India pp. 1601-1614

Renu Sharma and Sonali Goel

Marginal land use and value characterizations in Lagos: untangling the drivers and implications for sustainability pp. 1615-1634

I. R. Aliu

Coastal vulnerability assessment of the predicted sea level rise in the coastal zone of Krishna–Godavari delta region, Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India pp. 1635-1655

Malay Kumar Pramanik, Sumantra Sarathi Biswas, Biswajit Mondal and Raghunath Pal

Is rainfall gradient a factor of livelihood diversification? Empirical evidence from around climatic hotspots in Indo-Gangetic Plains pp. 1657-1678

Gopal Datt Bhatta, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Amit Kumar Shrivastava and Lindsay Sproule

Sustainable welfare and optimum population size pp. 1679-1699

Theodore P. Lianos and Anastasia Pseiridis

Landscape change assessment of reservation areas using remote sensing and landscape metrics (case study: Jajroud reservation, Iran) pp. 1701-1717

Shirkou Jaafari, Yousef Sakieh, Afshin Alizadeh Shabani, Afshin Danehkar and Ali-akbar Nazarisamani

Contribution of the sugar cane industry to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the energy sector: the case of Mauritius pp. 1719-1731

A. Khoodaruth

Healing with animals in a semiarid northeastern area of Brazil pp. 1733-1747

Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Maria de Fátima Melo, Felipe Silva Ferreira, Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão, Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias, José Valberto Oliveira, Reinaldo Farias Paiva Lucena and Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza

Exploring factors that shape small-scale farmers’ opinions on the adoption of eco-friendly nets for vegetable production pp. 1749-1770

F. Vidogbéna, A. Adégbidi, R. Tossou, F. Assogba-Komlan, T. Martin, M. Ngouajio, S. Simon, L. Parrot, S. T. Garnett and K. K. Zander

Community-based scenario planning: a process for vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning to social–ecological change in coastal communities pp. 1771-1799

Nathan James Bennett, Alin Kadfak and Philip Dearden

Diversity of corals and benthic algae across the shallow-water reefs of Andaman Islands: managing the valuable ecosystems pp. 1801-1814

Suman Sarkar and Samir Sarkar

Karen Chapple: Planning sustainable cities and regions: towards more equitable sustainable development pp. 1815-1816

Luc Hens

Tran Dinh Lan, Luc Hens, Cao Thi Thu Trang, and Do Thi Thu Huong: Environmental management of seaports in Vietnam pp. 1817-1818

Nguyen Thanh

Catherine MCNeuer: Taming Manhattan: environmental battles in the antebellum city pp. 1819-1821

Dirk Melkebeke

Retraction Note to: Perspectives for the long-term penetration of new renewables in complex energy systems: the Italian scenario pp. 1823-1823

Alessandro Franco and Pasquale Salza

Volume 18, issue 5, 2016

Energy and environment: bringing together engineering and economics pp. 1275-1277

Paula Ferreira, Madalena Araújo and Luc Hens

Conditions for the development of anaerobic digestion technologies using the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: perspectives for Poland pp. 1279-1296

Anna Rolewicz-Kalińska, Anna Oniszk-Popławska, Judyta Wesołowska and Elżbieta D. Ryńska

Understanding slums: analysis of the metabolic pattern of the Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil pp. 1297-1322

Raul F. C. Miranda, Carolina Grottera and Mario Giampietro

Using stated preference methods to assess environmental impacts of forest biomass power plants in Portugal pp. 1323-1337

Anabela Botelho, Lina Lourenço-Gomes, Ligia Pinto, Sara Sousa and Marieta Valente

On the possibility of sustainable development with less economic growth: a research note pp. 1399-1414

Ângelo Barroso, Cristina Chaves, Francisco Vitorino Martins and Manuel Branco

Solar photovoltaic investments and economic growth in EU: Are we able to evaluate the nexus? pp. 1415-1432

Teresa Grijó and Isabel Soares

Energy policy evaluation in practice: the case of production subsidies and DEN-B in the Netherlands pp. 1433-1455

Viktória Kocsis and Bert Hof

The effects of different CCS technological scenarios on EU low-carbon generation mix pp. 1477-1500

Fernando deLlano-Paz, Paulino Martinez Fernandez and Isabel Soares

Energy rating methodology for light-duty vehicles: geographical impact pp. 1501-1519

Sara Marques, Luis Reis, João L. Afonso and Carla Silva

Volume 18, issue 3, 2016

Andy Dyer: Chasing the red queen: the evolutionary race between agricultural pests and poisons pp. 945-946

Luc Hens

Ulrich Volz, Judith Bönke, Vanessa Eidt, Laura Knierim, Katharina Richert and Greta-Maria Röber: Financing the green transformation: How to make green finance work in Indonesia pp. 949-950

Luc Hens

Volume 18, issue 1, 2016

Costas Georgopoulos and Andrew Minson (eds): Sustainable concrete solutions pp. 313-314

Luc Hens

Volume 17, issue 6, 2015

World Water Week 2015 pp. 1247-1249

Anna Tengberg

The impact of households characteristics on the state of housing in the Offinso South Municipality (OSM), Ghana pp. 1251-1266

Nicholas Boamah

The paradox of the sustainable city: definitions and examples pp. 1267-1285

Abbas Hassan and Hyowon Lee

Ingenuity of skating on marshy land by tying a pot to the belly: Living with flood is a way of life pp. 1287-1311

Madhuri, H. Tewari and P. Bhowmick

The finishing stage in swine production: influences of feed composition on carbon footprint pp. 1313-1328

Edivan Cherubini, Guilherme Zanghelini, Jorge Tavares, Frank Belettini and Sebastião Soares

Risk-return and Volatility analysis of Sustainability Index in India pp. 1329-1342

S. Sudha

Scenario-based evaluation of urban development sustainability: an integrative modeling approach to compromise between urbanization suitability index and landscape pattern pp. 1343-1365

Yousef Sakieh, Bahman Amiri, Afshin Danekar, Jahangir Feghhi and Sadeq Dezhkam

Designing public spaces through the lively planning integrative perspective pp. 1367-1380

E. Cilliers, W. Timmermans, F. Goorbergh and J. Slijkhuis

A critical analysis of building sustainability assessment methods for healthcare buildings pp. 1381-1412

Maria Castro, Ricardo Mateus and Luís Bragança

Adoption and intensity of integrated pest management (IPM) vegetable farming in Bangladesh: an approach to sustainable agricultural development pp. 1413-1429

Muhammad Kabir and Ruslan Rainis

Causes and consequences of gully erosion: perspectives of the local people in Dangara area, Nigeria pp. 1431-1450

S. Mashi, A. Yaro and E. Jenkwe

Focus on relative humidity trend in Iran and its relationship with temperature changes during 1960–2005 pp. 1451-1469

Masoud Noshadi and Hossein Ahani

Carbon leakage: pollution, trade or politics? pp. 1471-1492

Gabriela Michalek and Reimund Schwarze

Understanding inter-community performance assessments in community-based resource management at Avu Lagoon, Ghana pp. 1493-1508

Andrew Agyare, Grant Murray, Philip Dearden and Rick Rollins

Impact of economic growth and population on agrochemical use: evidence from post-liberalization India pp. 1509-1525

Amarendra Singh and Krishnan Narayanan

Adaptation to climate change as social–ecological trap: a case study of fishing and aquaculture in the Tam Giang Lagoon, Vietnam pp. 1527-1544

Wiebren Boonstra and Tong Hanh

Volume 17, issue 5, 2015

Alleviating climate change impacts in rural Bangladesh: a PROMETHEE outranking-based approach for prioritizing agricultural interventions pp. 963-985

Stefanos Xenarios and Heracles Polatidis

Sustainability in environmental education: new strategic thinking pp. 987-1002

Helen Kopnina

Impact assessment of rapid development on land use changes in coastal areas; case of Kuala Langat district, Malaysia pp. 1003-1016

Sharareh Pourebrahim, Mehrdad Hadipour and Mazlin Mokhtar

Adopting material flow cost accounting model for improved waste-reduction decisions in a micro-brewery pp. 1017-1030

Michael Fakoya

Dynamic impact of household consumption on its CO 2 emissions in Malaysia pp. 1031-1043

Kazi Sohag, Rawshan Begum and Sharifah Abdullah

An assessment of the impacts of acid mine drainage on socio-economic development in the Witwatersrand: South Africa pp. 1045-1063

Suvania Naidoo

The speciation of cobalt and nickel at mine waste dump using improved correlation analysis: a case study of Sarcheshmeh copper mine pp. 1065-1084

Saeed Yousefi, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani, Mansour Ziaii and Mohammad Karamoozian

Biodiversity, environmental health and human well-being: analysis of linkages and pathways pp. 1085-1102

Prince Adjei and Frank Agyei

Service life of concrete structures considering the effects of temperature and relative humidity on chloride transport pp. 1103-1119

Ronaldo Medeiros-Junior, Maryangela Lima and Marcelo Medeiros

Opportunities and challenges for mainstreaming ecosystem-based adaptation in local government: evidence from the Western Cape, South Africa pp. 1121-1140

Lorena Pasquini and Richard Cowling

Progress and prospect in the integrated development of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) sector in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya pp. 1141-1162

Chandra Kuniyal, Vinod Bisht, Jagmohan Negi, Vijay Bhatt, Dhan Bisht, Jitendra Butola, Rakesh Sundriyal and Satish Singh

Determinants of food security under changing land-use systems among pastoral and agro-pastoral households in eastern Ethiopia pp. 1163-1182

Fekadu Beyene

The utility of postmodern thinking in climate adaptation research pp. 1183-1196

Admire Nyamwanza and Sandra Bhatasara

Spatio-temporal effects of fertilization in Anhui Province, China pp. 1197-1207

Qinpu Liu, Yuling Guo and John Giesy

Econometric analysis of industrial water use efficiency in China pp. 1209-1226

Jing Li and Xiao-can Ma

Domestic low-tech anaerobic digesters in Guiné-Bissau: a bench-scale preliminary study on locally available waste and wastewater pp. 1227-1241

Andrea Gallia, Davide Veronesi, Umaro Embaló, Filippo Pongiglione, Fabrizio Adani and Andrea Schievano

Walter Leal Filho (ed): Transformative approaches to sustainable development at universities: working across disciplines pp. 1243-1246

Mohamed Saeudy

Volume 17, issue 4, 2015

A review on composting of oil palm biomass pp. 691-709

Mohammadtaghi Vakili, Mohd. Rafatullah, Mahamad Ibrahim, Babak Salamatinia, Zahra Gholami and Haider Zwain

Adoption intensity of soil and water conservation technologies: a case of South Western Uganda pp. 711-730

Alice Turinawe, Lars Drake and Johnny Mugisha

Degradation of polyethylene by Penicillium simplicissimum isolated from local dumpsite of Shivamogga district pp. 731-745

H. Sowmya, Ramalingappa, M. Krishnappa and B. Thippeswamy

From international principles to local practices: a socio-legal framing of public participation research pp. 747-763

Tanya Howard

Implications of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for informal gold mining in Sub-Saharan Africa: from global policy debates to grassroots implementation? pp. 765-785

Samuel Spiegel, Susan Keane, Steve Metcalf and Marcello Veiga

Climate change, health, and sustainable development in Africa pp. 787-800

Mbih Tosam and Richard Mbih

Unifying the catch data of a divided island: Cyprus’s marine fisheries catches, 1950–2010 pp. 801-821

Aylin Ulman, Burak Çiçek, Ilkay Salihoglu, Antonis Petrou, Maria Patsalidou, Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller

Planetary boundaries: at the threshold… again: sustainable development ideas and politics pp. 823-835

Fred Saunders

Non-timber forest products certification and management: a socioeconomic study among the Kadars in Kerala, India pp. 837-858

Jyotsna Krishnakumar, John Yanagida, V. Anitha, Rajeev Balakrishnan and Theodore Radovich

Renewable energy in Saudi Arabia: current status and future potentials pp. 859-886

Iskander Tlili

Households’ perception and livelihood vulnerability to climate change in a coastal area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria pp. 887-908

Eno Amos, Uduak Akpan and Kehinde Ogunjobi

Ecological footprint of paperboard and paper production unit in India pp. 909-921

Debrupa Chakraborty and Joyashree Roy

Residents’ perception of tourism development as a vital step for participatory tourism plan: a research in a Greek protected area pp. 923-939

Despina Sdrali, Maria Goussia-Rizou and Pinelopi Kiourtidou

Exploring participation in new forms of environmental governance: a case study of payments for environmental services in Nicaragua pp. 941-958

Mariel Aguilar-Støen

Walter Leal Filho (ed): Transformative approaches to sustainable development at universities—Working across disciplines pp. 959-962

Mohamed Saeudy

Volume 17, issue 3, 2015

Assessment of climate change awareness and agronomic practices in an agricultural region of Henan Province, China pp. 379-391

Grace Kibue, Genxing Pan, Jufeng Zheng, Li Zhengdong and Li Mao

Farm-scale adaptation under extreme climate and rapid economic transition pp. 393-407

Julie Wilk, Mattias Hjerpe, Wei Yang and Hua Fan

Spillover effect of congestion charging on pro-environmental behavior pp. 409-421

Naoko Kaida and Kosuke Kaida

Influence of hydrogeochemical processes and assessment of suitability for groundwater uses in Busan City, Korea pp. 423-441

S. Chung, S. Venkatramanan, T. Kim, D. Kim and T. Ramkumar

A study on the status of saltwater intrusion in the coastal hard rock aquifer of South India pp. 443-475

C. Singaraja, S. Chidambaram, P. Anandhan, M. Prasanna, C. Thivya and R. Thilagavathi

The sustainability of New Zealand climate change policy: an ethical overview pp. 477-495

Chris Hadley

Experimental comparison of different heat transfer fluid for thermal performance of a solar cooker based on evacuated tube collector pp. 497-511

Harvinder Singh, Gagandeep, Karamjeet Saini and Avadhesh Yadav

Environmental resources reduce income inequality and the prevalence, depth and severity of poverty in rural Nepal pp. 513-530

Bir Chhetri, Helle Larsen and Carsten Smith-Hall

Future trends in urbanization and coastal water pollution in the Bay of Bengal: the lived experience pp. 531-546

Naeema Zinia and Carolien Kroeze

Monitoring sustainable urban development using built-up area indicators: a case study of Stellenbosch, South Africa pp. 547-566

Walter Musakwa and Adriaan Niekerk

Revisiting the link between socio-economic development and environmental status indicators—focus on panel data pp. 567-586

Swati Sinha Babu and Soumyendra Datta

Towards more non-compensatory sustainable society index pp. 587-621

Susanna Sironen, Jyri Seppälä and Pekka Leskinen

A model for the effect of density of human population on the depletion of dissolved oxygen in a water body pp. 623-640

A. Misra and P. Tiwari

Shaping minds to action: an evaluation of the environmental influences of primary school students in an urbanizing community pp. 641-652

Chona Vince Cruz, Fe Espedido and Ryanorlie Abeledo

Remittances in the face of disasters: a case study of rural Samoa pp. 653-672

L. De, J. Gaillard, W. Friesen and F. Smith

Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall: Globalization and sustainable development. Transforming the industrial state pp. 673-674

Luc Hens

Margaret Robertson: Sustainability principles and practice pp. 675-676

Luc Hens

John Blewitt: Understanding sustainable development pp. 677-679

Luc Hens

Paul James: Urban sustainability in theory and practice: Circles of sustainability pp. 681-682

Luc Hens

Tracy Bhamra and Vicky Lofthouse: Design for sustainability: a practical approach pp. 683-685

Luc Hens

A.R.G. Heesterman and W.H. Heesterman: Rediscovering sustainability: Economics of the finite earth pp. 687-688

Luc Hens

Daphne Halkias and Paul W. Thurman: Entrepreneurship and sustainability: business solutions for poverty alleviation from around the world pp. 689-690

Luc Hens

Volume 17, issue 2, 2015

Editorial pp. 203-205

Walter Leal Filho

Erratum to: Editorial pp. 207-207

Walter Filho and Evangelos Manolas

Measuring sustainability at universities by means of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS): early findings from STARS data pp. 209-220

Monika Urbanski and Walter Filho

Introducing education for sustainable development into Egyptian schools pp. 221-238

Hani Sewilam, Orla McCormack, Marlene Mader and Mohamed Abdel Raouf

Weaving complexity and accountability: approaches to higher education learning design (HELD) in the built environment pp. 239-258

Kathryn Hegarty and Sarah Holdsworth

An analysis of Canadian STARS-rated higher education sustainability policies pp. 259-278

Lauri Lidstone, Tarah Wright and Kate Sherren

Pathways toward whole community transformation: a case study on the role of school engagement and environmental education pp. 279-298

Ingrid Mitchell, Christopher Ling, Charles Krusekopf and Susan Kerr

Training in environmental health necessitates tacit knowledge pp. 299-314

Polyxeni Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Ioannis Matiatos, Chrysanthi Kotampasi, Panagiotis Stamatis, Annie Sasco, Evaggelia Protopapa and Luc Hens

UN decade on education for sustainable development (UNDESD): enabling sustainability in higher education pp. 315-330

Robert Wynsberghe and Janet Moore

Population typology to better target environmental education: a case from Algeria pp. 331-339

Fatma Demnati, Farid Allache and Lisa Ernoul

Transforming US higher education to support sustainability science for a resilient future: the influence of institutional administrative organization pp. 341-363

Shirley Vincent and Stephen Mulkey

Designing a distance learning sustainability bachelor’s degree pp. 365-377

Luis Contreras, Nora Vega, Alma Pulgarin and Esteban Palencia

Volume 17, issue 1, 2015

Education for sustainable society: attainments and good practices in Sweden during the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD) pp. 1-21

Mikiko Cars and Emma West

Putting Health Impact Assessment into practice through the lenses of diffusion of innovations theory: a review pp. 23-40

Tsogtbaatar Byambaa, Craig Janes, Tim Takaro and Kitty Corbett

Limits to adaptation or a second modernity? Responses to climate change risk in the context of failing socio-ecosystems pp. 41-55

Douglas Bardsley

Identification of elite native plants species for phytoaccumulation and remediation of major contaminants in uranium tailing ponds and its affected area pp. 57-81

K. Laxman Singh, G. Sudhakar, S. Swaminathan and C. Muralidhar Rao

Principles for sustainability: the need to shift to a sustainable conventional regime pp. 83-100

Nicolas Buclet and David Lazarevic

IPAT and the analysis of local human–environment impact processes: the case of indigenous Bedouin towns in Israel pp. 101-121

M. Kissinger and Y. Karplus

The essence, feature and role of low carbon economy pp. 123-136

Xiangsheng Dou

Energy consumption and GDP in Italy: cointegration and causality analysis pp. 137-153

Cosimo Magazzino

Analyzing indicators for combining natural resources management and production-oriented activities pp. 155-172

N. Girard, D. Magda, J. Astruc, N. Couix, H. Gross, J. P Guyon, J. Labatut, Y. Poinsot and F. Saldaqui

Influences of socio-cultural experiences on residents’ satisfaction in Ikorodu low-cost housing estate, Lagos state pp. 173-198

Olusola Makinde

Charles R. Goldman, Michio Kumagai, Richard D. Robarts: Climatic change and global warming of inland waters. Impacts and mitigation for ecosystems and societies pp. 199-200

Luc Hens

Brian Richter: Chasing water—a guide for moving from scarcity to sustainability pp. 201-202

Luc Hens