|
|
|
|
|
Javier García-Gudiño, Elena Angón, Isabel Blanco-Penedo, Florence Garcia-Launay and José Perea
Eco-efficiency could be defined as the simultaneous ability to achieve acceptable economic results with the least possible environmental degradation. Its analysis in crop and livestock production systems has become a hot topic among politicians and scien...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ali Mohammadi, G. Venkatesh, Samieh Eskandari and Shahin Rafiee
Though increasing food supply in order to meet the rising demand for nutrition is a global social imperative, reducing the dependence on imports of essential food commodities is both an economic and a geo-political imperative for national governments. Ho...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Social Housing (SH) in Mexico has a potentially important role in reducing both the emission of greenhouse gases and the use of non-renewable resources, two of the main challenges facing not only Mexico but the planet as a whole. This work assesses the e...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cisnara Pires Amaral,Diosnel Antonio Rodriguez Lopez
Pág. 13 - 26
Os seres humanos sempre exploraram os recursos naturais para sobreviver. Enquanto as populações eram pequenas e as formas de coleta eram mais simples, esse processo ocorria de forma sustentável. Atualmente, ocorre a exploração de forma rápida e intensa, ...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peter Tarne, Marzia Traverso and Matthias Finkbeiner
The aim of this paper is to guide the next steps of a PhD thesis through a structured review of the state of the art and implementation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), and to identify challenges and potentials for its adoption at an autom...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexandra V. Michailidou, Christos Vlachokostas, Charisios Achillas, Dimitra Maleka, Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Eleni Feleki
Tourism is one of the most dynamic and far-reaching economic sectors in the world. Numerous different and complex activities are involved in the efficient development of tourism. These activities interrelate economic, environmental, social, cultural and ...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rocio Fernandez Flores, Carlos Martin-Portugues Montoliu, Edith Guedella Bustamante
Pág. 896 - 905
There are many initiatives in the market capable to assess some aspects of sustainability for roads (mainly environmental). For instance, in America it should be noted the Greenroads, Envision and Invest certification systems. In Europe, it must be highl...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filip Ilie
Pág. 1278 - 1290
Development of industrial activities have negative effect on natural resources and environment therefore, production systems must respect the principles of sustainable development by minimize natural resource consumption and pollutant emissions. Life cyc...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexander T. Dale, André Frossard Pereira de Lucena, Joe Marriott, Bruno Soares Moreira Cesar Borba, Roberto Schaeffer and Melissa M. Bilec
Brazil?s status as a rapidly developing country is visible in its need for more energy, including electricity. While the current electricity generation mix is primarily hydropower based, high-quality dam sites are diminishing and diversification to other...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annekatrin Lehmann, Daniela Russi, Alba Bala, Matthias Finkbeiner and Pere Fullana-i-Palmer
Recently increasing attention has been paid to complementing environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with social aspects. The paper discusses the selection of social impacts and indicators from existing frameworks like Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLC...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|