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Sustainability, Volume 10, Issue 7

July 2018 - 475 articles

Cover Story: Despite the low altitudes, the vertical profile of this hummocky range is definitely undulating, with steep slopes and a thick succession of narrow dales. As to the geology of this hill country, the structure and materials are not homogeneous; clays and loose sandstones mix with conglomerates and isolated layers of limestone. Due to the erosion process, complex physical features originated and the centuries-old well-established human presence gradually transformed the territory into a unique rural landscape where winegrowing is the primary activity and economic base. View this paper
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Articles (475)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,869 Views
12 Pages

Service Learning, Service Climate, and Service-Based Social Innovation for Sustainability

  • Lan Li,
  • Hsin-Chieh Kung,
  • Fu-Sheng Tsai,
  • Chih-Fang Liu and
  • Kun-Hwa Lu

23 July 2018

How does service-based education influence societal sustainability? Beyond product innovation, service innovation has been emerging as a paradigmatic issue for research. Human resource quality is one vital factor for service innovation. Service human...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,231 Views
17 Pages

Design of a CRM Level and Performance Measurement Model

  • Anna Krizanova,
  • Lubica Gajanova and
  • Margareta Nadanyiova

23 July 2018

The main objective of the contribution is to create the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) level and performance measurement model. It is almost impossible to create an absolutely universal model. On the other hand, we can develop a model in a pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,201 Views
15 Pages

23 July 2018

The information and communication technology (ICT) is closely related to the future of global energy consumption, not only because the ICT equipment itself increasingly consumes energy, but also because it is a general-purpose technology which may af...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
8,303 Views
15 Pages

Economic Growth and Pollution Emission in China: Structural Path Analysis

  • Na Yang,
  • Zilong Zhang,
  • Bing Xue,
  • Junxia Ma,
  • Xingpeng Chen and
  • Chenyu Lu

23 July 2018

The relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution has long been a controversial topic. However, simply the detection of the existence of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is not enough to understand how economic growth induced envi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,954 Views
19 Pages

A Rice Mapping Method Based on Time-Series Landsat Data for the Extraction of Growth Period Characteristics

  • Jing Liao,
  • Yueming Hu,
  • Hongliang Zhang,
  • Luo Liu,
  • Zhenhua Liu,
  • Zhengxi Tan and
  • Guangxing Wang

23 July 2018

The rapid and accurate acquisition of rice cultivation information is very important for the management and assessment of rice agriculture and for research on food security, the use of agricultural water resources, and greenhouse gas emissions. Rice...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,687 Views
17 Pages

Transforming Cape Vert Informal Settlements

  • Miguel Amado,
  • Francesca Poggi,
  • Adriana Martins,
  • Nuno Vieira and
  • Antonio Ribeiro Amado

23 July 2018

The lack of land ownership databases in developing countries has influenced inhabitants of these countries to occupy public lands. This situation has resulted in areas of informal housing, commerce, and agriculture, ultimately creating new informal s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,965 Views
20 Pages

23 July 2018

As non-mainland territories, the Canary Islands represent isolated electricity systems with their own peculiarities, derived mainly from their location. They are therefore subject to a special regulatory framework governing their electricity supply a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,806 Views
17 Pages

23 July 2018

Natural disasters are hazardous geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, climatological, and/or biological events that disturb human and natural environments, causing injuries, casualties, property damages, and business interruptions. Sound analysi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
4,969 Views
19 Pages

23 July 2018

The speeding-up of economic development and industrialization processes in China have brought about serious atmospheric pollution issues, especially in terms of particulate matter harmful to health. However, impact mechanisms of socio-economic forces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,167 Views
22 Pages

Vegetation History in the Toledo Mountains (Central Iberia): Human Impact during the Last 1300 Years

  • Reyes Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger,
  • Sebastián Pérez-Díaz,
  • Francisca Alba-Sánchez,
  • Daniel Abel-Schaad and
  • José Antonio López-Sáez

23 July 2018

Mid-mountain ecosystems provide a broad diversity of resources, heterogeneous relief, and a mild climate, which are all very useful for human necessities. These features enable different strategies such as the terracing of the slopes as well as wide...

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