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Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 11

November 2012 - 20 articles

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Articles (20)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
13,110 Views
24 Pages

6 November 2012

Although fisheries production and seafood trade are global in scope, with billions of dollars in exports, the rebuilding of collapsed fisheries often focus on national fisheries policy and management measures, with little attention to global supply c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
13,744 Views
24 Pages

5 November 2012

We explore the connections between the concepts of governance and sustainability and discuss their possible roles in water and sanitation management systems (WSMS). We see governance as a decision-making process that drives the relationship between s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,117 Views
34 Pages

1 November 2012

Evaluation is increasingly important in decision-making processes for the sustainable planning and design of port plans. It acts as a support for plan preparation, for making values, interests and needs explicit, and for exploring the components of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,271 Views
26 Pages

Leveraging Fuel Subsidy Reform for Transition in Yemen

  • Clemens Breisinger,
  • Wilfried Engelke and
  • Olivier Ecker

30 October 2012

Yemen is currently undergoing a major political transition, yet many economic challenges—including fuel subsidy reform—remain highly relevant. To inform the transition process with respect to a potential subsidy reform, we use a dynamic computable ge...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
44 Citations
10,059 Views
10 Pages

26 October 2012

The present research has focused on a contribution to the improvement of solid waste management in a waste collectors’ cooperative located in Brazil (Marcos Moura district, Santa Rita, Paraiba State) through a technical and organizational up-grading....

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
14,125 Views
14 Pages

25 October 2012

The environmental footprint of ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers as used in bio-repositories, universities and other research organizations is investigated. These freezers, employing the cascade refrigeration system, use between 10 and 20 times th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
10,205 Views
10 Pages

Profitability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Elmina, Ghana

  • Denis W. Aheto,
  • Noble K. Asare,
  • Belinda Quaynor,
  • Emmanuel Y. Tenkorang,
  • Cephas Asare and
  • Isaac Okyere

24 October 2012

In order to achieve sustainable fishing livelihoods in coastal communities, data on profitability of small-scale fisheries relative to fish species caught and gear types used by fishermen is required as part of a broader fisheries management strategy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
13,284 Views
8 Pages

24 October 2012

Hakka culture reveals how the ancient Chinese lived. Hakka architecture yields much evidence that modern Hakka culture of the south flows from the ancient stream of the north. The genius of the Hakka is best seen in the unique roundhouses of the moun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
11,161 Views
15 Pages

24 October 2012

In 2007 and 2009, research trips were taken, mainly in the Fujian province of China, to investigate the construction materials, methods, structures and floor plans of Hakka Tulou. Researchers lived in several Tulou, interviewed residents and experien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,742 Views
20 Pages

Economic Growth, Capitalism and Unknown Economic Paradoxes

  • Stasys Girdzijauskas,
  • Dalia Streimikiene and
  • Andzela Mialik

24 October 2012

The paper deals with failures of capitalism or free market and presents the results of economic analysis by applying a logistic capital growth model. The application of a logistic growth model for analysis of economic bubbles reveals the fundamental...

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