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The present EU target for recovery of construction and demolition waste does not promote sustainability. Interpretations of waste and recovery definitions rather than resource efficiency and safe handling affect the monitoring. The general weight-based target has to be altered to favour recycling of resource-rich materials, not only of high weight materials. High grade recycling should be distinguished and prioritized to ensure safe recovery. This requires improved knowledge on waste generation and handling as well as on emissions of dangerous substances. A common Nordic approach is advocated.
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Bulgaria is in the midst of a serious demographic transition that will shrink its population at one of the highest rates in the world within the next few decades. This study analyzes the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of this demographic transition by using a long-term model, which integrates the demographic projections with social security, fiscal and real economy dimensions in a consistent manner. The simulations suggest that, even under fairly optimistic assumptions, Bulgaria's demographic transition will exert significant fiscal pressures and depress the economic growth in the medium and long term. However, the results also demonstrate that the Government of Bulgaria can play a significant role in mitigating some of these effects. Policies that induce higher labor force participation, promote productivity and technological improvement, and provide better education outcomes are found to counteract the negative consequences of the demographic shift.
Aging --- Fiscal Sustainability --- Growth
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One of very few books to bring together business and design, this collection features essays sourced from the Design for Business: Research conference presented by agideas, on topics ranging from branding and sustainability to business-driven design education. The centerpiece of Design for Business is an essay on simplicity in design by Per Mollerup, a distinguished Scandinavian designer, professor, and author. Bolstering this are transcripts of two interviews with the former global art director for Nike for the 2012 London Olympics, paired with a paper on Nike's design and marketing strategie
Industrial design. --- Design. --- Sustainability.
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"Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program in May 2013 to examine issues relating to sustainability and human-environment interactions in the Portland metropolitan region. Topics addressed included the role of land-use restrictions on development, transportation innovations, and economic and social challenges. The speakers at the workshop used examples from Portland and the greater Pacific Northwest region to explore critical questions in finding pathways to urban sustainability. This was the third and final of a series of three place-based urban sustainability workshops - the other two workshops focused on Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. These public workshops gathered local, state, and federal officials, academics, and key stakeholders to examine how challenges due to continued growth in the regions can be addressed within the context of sustainability. For more than 40 years, the Portland Metropolitan Region has been a national leader in urban policies and investments intended to revitalize the central city and adjacent neighborhoods, preserve the environment, improve equity, and make the city more economically competitive and livable. Portland has been both emulated as path breaking and discounted as overly idiosyncratic. Among the elements contributing to Portland's success have been strong public-private partnerships, a culture of planning, and a willingness to implement diverse ideas generated by federal, state, and local agencies, academics, and the private sector. Regionally, Portland benefits from its location in the middle of the progressive Cascadia Corridor, stretching from Vancouver, British Columbia, to San Francisco, California. This report uses examples from Portland and the Northwest U.S./S.W. Canada region to explore critical questions about the future of urban sustainability. The report provides background about Portland and Cascadia, emphasizing policy innovations and lessons that are potentially transferable elsewhere; focuses on ways to leverage local success through partnerships with state and federal agencies, companies, and nongovernment organizations; examines academic and corporate scientific and engineering research that could help cities to become more sustainable; and addresses the challenging question of how resource-constrained cities can become agents for achieving broader societal goals not directly linked to their operational mandates, such as climate change mitigation, energy independence, and improvement in human health, particularly in low-income communities."--Publisher's description.
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Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 14th International Conference on Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies Construction Materials and Technologies for Sustainability (14th NOCMAT 2013) March 24-27, 2013, Joao Pessoa, Brazil. The 84 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Bamboo and Wood; Chapter 2: Earthen Materials and Constructions; Chapter 3: Cement, Mortar and Concrete; Chapter 4: Standards, Guidelines and Policy Issues; Chapter 5: Composites Reinforced with Vegetable Fibers; Chapter 6: Structural Integrity and Durability; Chapter 7: Advances in Research Methodolo
Sustainability --- Materials --- Technology --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology
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Sustainability. --- Sustainability --- Human ecology. --- Environmental ethics. --- Social aspects.
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Dr Lucas Andrianos was born in Madagascar in 1969. After graduating in Agronomy from the University of Antananarivo in 1993 and receiving his Master’s Degree in Hydrology from the University Libre of Brussels in 1995, he received his PhD from the Technical University of Crete in 2001, specializing in Sustainable Development and Fuzzy Assessment. He started his professional university career at SFU in Vancouver, Canada in 2002. Since 2006, he has worked at the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) and at the OAC as Scientific Officer and Head of the Institute of Theology and Ecology, where he organizes various seminars, conferences and lectures. He is the founder and editor of a series of books on “Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics” (ECOTHEE). Dr Jan-Willem Sneep was born in The Netherlands in 1948. He is a biologist and studied biology (ethology and botany) at the University of Utrecht. He has worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague, and he served as Chair of the Planta Europa Network from 2004 to 2014. Dr Guillermo Kerber was born in Uruguay in 1957. He currently coordinates the work on “Care for Creation and Climate Justice” at the World Council of Churches, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds academic degrees in Philosophy and Theology , and a doctorate in Sciences of Religion. He has authored several books, and currently sits on the board of the Global Call for Climate Action and the International Network for Human Rights. Professor Robin Attfield was born in 1941, and studied Classics and Philosophy at Christ Church Oxford, being awarded first class honours in Literae Humaniores in 1964. Moving to Regent's Park College, Oxford, he studied Theology, and in 1966 was awarded first class honours in that subject. During the 1970s he became one of the pioneers of environmental philosophy. He was appointed as Professor of Philosophy in 1991, and is also the author and editor of many books in environmental ethics.
Environmental auditing --- Financial crisis --- Sustainability
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Sustainability --- Sustainable living. --- Environmentalism. --- Philosophy.
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