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Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 3

March 2012 - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
81 Citations
24,192 Views
18 Pages

21 March 2012

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the land use and natural resources for future sustainable ecotourism site planning using GIS as a tool. The study is based on 2007 land use land cover data and ecotourism suitability data which are t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,497 Views
18 Pages

16 March 2012

This essay is an initial exploration of the dimensions of the equity/sustainability linkage from the perspective of public goods analysis. Sustainability requires an abundance of public goods. Where these commons lack governance, sustainability is at...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
2 Citations
10,440 Views
10 Pages

14 March 2012

Evolutionary biology and evolutionary ecology deal with change in species and ecosystems over time, and propose mechanisms to explain and predict these. In particular, they look for generic elements that will drive any organism or phylum to adaptive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
123 Citations
25,506 Views
24 Pages

The Economic Value of Mangroves: A Meta-Analysis

  • Marwa E. Salem and
  • D. Evan Mercer

7 March 2012

This paper presents a synthesis of the mangrove ecosystem valuation literature through a meta-regression analysis. The main contribution of this study is that it is the first meta-analysis focusing solely on mangrove forests, whereas previous studies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,467 Views
18 Pages

5 March 2012

Sustainable energy technologies are widely sought-after as essential elements in facing global challenges such as energy security, global warming and poverty reduction. However, in spite of their promising advantages, sustainable energy technologies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,466 Views
47 Pages

1 March 2012

Progress in transforming current food consumption and production practice in a sustainable direction is slow. Communicative, sustainable consumer policy instruments such as eco-labeling schemes have limited impact outside the green segment and within...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,162 Views
16 Pages

27 February 2012

This paper attempts to assess whether renewable energy self-sufficiency can be achieved in the crop production and processing sector in Tanzania and if this could be accomplished in an environmentally sustainable manner. In order to answer these ques...

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