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Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 13

July-1 2020 - 266 articles

Cover Story: This paper focuses on social farming in Calabria, one of the least developed Italian regions. Calabria suffers from serious problems such as a low level of accessibility, and the presence of Mafia organizations. We wondered whether social farming could make a significant contribution to the social and economic development in the region. Using the data collected by means of a qualitative investigation of some of the most important Calabrian social farms, we studied their characteristics, their strategies, their social mission, and their role in the local socio-economic context. We found that most of them are successful, in both economic and social terms, and their role in the local community is positive. Moreover, they are making a valuable contribution to the cultural change required to overcome the predominance of the Mafia. View this paper
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Articles (266)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,543 Views
21 Pages

Maltose and Totally Impermeable Film Enhanced Suppression of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soilborne Pathogens and Increased Strawberry Yield

  • Zhaoxin Song,
  • Dongdong Yan,
  • Wensheng Fang,
  • Bin Huang,
  • Xianli Wang,
  • Daqi Zhang,
  • Jiahong Zhu,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Canbin Ouyang and
  • Yuan Li
  • + 3 authors

7 July 2020

Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is widely used to control soilborne diseases in organic crop production. The effect of ASD used different sealed films on soilborne pathogens and strawberry growth was evaluated in two laboratory studies and two fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,210 Views
18 Pages

The Impact of Technological Processes on Odorant Emissions at Municipal Waste Biogas Plants

  • Marta Wiśniewska,
  • Andrzej Kulig and
  • Krystyna Lelicińska-Serafin

7 July 2020

Municipal waste treatment is inherently associated with odour emissions. The compounds characteristic of the processes used for this purpose, and at the same time causing a negative olfactory sensation, are organic and inorganic sulphur and nitrogen...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,083 Views
16 Pages

Human Health, Economic and Environmental Assessment of Onsite Non-Potable Water Reuse Systems for a Large, Mixed-Use Urban Building

  • Sam Arden,
  • Ben Morelli,
  • Mary Schoen,
  • Sarah Cashman,
  • Michael Jahne,
  • Xin (Cissy) Ma and
  • Jay Garland

7 July 2020

Onsite non-potable reuse (NPR) is being increasingly considered as a viable option to address water scarcity and infrastructure challenges, particularly at the building scale. However, there are a range of possible treatment technologies, source wate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,892 Views
27 Pages

Attracting European Funds in the Romanian Economy and Leverage Points for Securing their Sustainable Management: A Critical Auditing Analysis

  • Valentin-Marian Antohi,
  • Monica Laura Zlati,
  • Romeo Victor Ionescu,
  • Mihaela Neculita,
  • Raluca Rusu and
  • Aurelian Constantin

7 July 2020

Against the backdrop of Romania’s successive negative performance in attracting European funds (coming last in the EU top), as indicated by audit reports for projects that have been funded so far, this paper proposes a new approach in relation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,767 Views
11 Pages

Cooperative Entrepreneurship Model for Sustainable Development

  • Josefina Fernandez-Guadaño,
  • Manuel Lopez-Millan and
  • Jesús Sarria-Pedroza

7 July 2020

The main objective of this research is to contribute to the economic literature on cooperative entrepreneurship as a model for sustainable development, taking into account the special alignment of the cooperative principles (ICA) with the UN Sustaina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
5,671 Views
15 Pages

Exploring Public Opinion on Personal Mobility Vehicle Use: A Case Study in Palermo, Italy

  • Tiziana Campisi,
  • Nurten Akgün,
  • Dario Ticali and
  • Giovanni Tesoriere

7 July 2020

The Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) process deals with barriers to improve accessibility and quality of life in urban mobility. Public opinion is highly essential for this process because it presents the real needs of road users. This pape...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,236 Views
16 Pages

7 July 2020

The Chinese electric power industry, including its coal industry and other energy industries that are not efficient, contributes to China’s serious energy shortages and environmental contamination. The governing authority considers energy conse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,622 Views
18 Pages

7 July 2020

This article contributes to the debate about whether the investment in tourism sustainability is economically profitable for firms. Specifically, using cross-sectional analysis, we explore the existence of a causal link between the possession of a vo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,190 Views
15 Pages

7 July 2020

The discussion of diversified protein sources triggered by the 2019 Canadian Food Guide has implications for Canada’s livestock industry. In response to this discussion, a scenario analysis is conducted on the potential impact of reducing red m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,380 Views
18 Pages

7 July 2020

Agricultural policies show an orientation in the management of natural resources, such as water, towards specialized production for world markets. This is promoting models of private use against those of common use. The objective of this research is...

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