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Sustainability, Volume 6, Issue 10

October 2014 - 52 articles

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Articles (52)

  • Article
  • Open Access
97 Citations
10,552 Views
19 Pages

22 October 2014

In this paper, we address the problem of choosing an appropriate channel for the marketing channel structure of remanufactured fashion products. To be specific, we consider a remanufacturer who has two options for selling the products: (1) provide th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,784 Views
21 Pages

20 October 2014

The paper gives new insights into the environmental taxation policy, demonstrating the existence of an inverse U-shaped relationship between environmental taxation and income in European countries. Our findings reveal this relationship to be influenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,389 Views
16 Pages

17 October 2014

Voluntary cooperation and the support of stakeholders carry a major importance in the development of Model Forests. The identification of the support level of local organizations as stakeholders in the Bucak Model Forest initiative, located in the Me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,204 Views
27 Pages

17 October 2014

In spite of the decreasing share of nuclear power all over the world, China resumed the approval of large-scale construction of nuclear power plants in 2012. However, influenced by the worldwide spreading anti-nuclear attitudes, people who live near...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
10,838 Views
18 Pages

17 October 2014

Biofuel plantations have been hyped as a means to reinvigorate Africa’s rural areas. Yet there is still apprehension about the negative environmental and social impacts of large-scale commercial biofuel production around rising food prices, land grab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
34,403 Views
26 Pages

Sustainable Rent-Based Closed-Loop Supply Chain for Fashion Products

  • Zhi-Hua Hu,
  • Qing Li,
  • Xian-Juan Chen and
  • Yan-Feng Wang

16 October 2014

The textile and clothing industry generates much pollution and consumes a large amount of resources. Improper uses and disposal of clothing products make the problems much more severe. Fast fashion products shorten the valid lifecycle and generate mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
10,909 Views
18 Pages

16 October 2014

Border ports play a substantial role in socio-economic exchanges, which reflect the diplomatic relations between neighboring countries. This paper maps and analyzes the evolution process of border ports in China since the 1930s, in terms of the spat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
10,072 Views
14 Pages

Infrared Thermography Assessment of Thermal Bridges in Building Envelope: Experimental Validation in a Test Room Setup

  • Francesco Bianchi,
  • Anna Laura Pisello,
  • Giorgio Baldinelli and
  • Francesco Asdrubali

16 October 2014

Thermal infrared imaging is a valuable tool to perform non-destructive qualitative tests and to investigate buildings envelope thermal-energy behavior. The assessment of envelope thermal insulation, ventilation, air leakages, and HVAC performance can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,919 Views
21 Pages

16 October 2014

Research opinion on informatization is divided between two opposite poles—that it promotes or inhibits the spillover of regional economies. These conflicting viewpoints are called “the paradoxical geographies of the digital economy”. Information-base...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
44 Citations
25,684 Views
13 Pages

16 October 2014

The Great Green Wall (GGW) has been advocated as a means of reducing desertification in the Sahel through the planting of a broad continuous band of trees from Senegal to Djibouti. Initially proposed in the 1980s, the plan has received renewed impetu...

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