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Sustainability, Volume 9, Issue 10

October 2017 - 251 articles

Cover Story: Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of buildings is becoming increasingly important for evaluation and improving the performance of buildings. POE provides invaluable insights into the environmental performance and user’s behaviour which can be used for both fine tuning the building’s operation and to better inform the decision-making process at the design stage. This paper investigates occupant satisfaction in a small and innovative sustainable building in the UK after a period of occupancy. A primary conclusion is that occupants’ satisfaction with their indoor environment is context-dependent and that sustainable green buildings with a good level of users’ control and interaction with their buildings enhance the quality of indoor environment resulting in high levels of users’ comfort and satisfaction. View this paper
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Articles (251)

  • Review
  • Open Access
69 Citations
14,950 Views
20 Pages

A Synthesis of Studies on Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics during 1930–2015 in Bangladesh

  • Raju Rai,
  • Yili Zhang,
  • Basanta Paudel,
  • Shicheng Li and
  • Narendra Raj Khanal

24 October 2017

Land use and land cover (LULC) is dynamic and changes in it have important environmental and socio-economic consequences. The pathways and pace of change vary with space and time and are related to the interaction between human activities and biophys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,256 Views
17 Pages

24 October 2017

Decentralization and polycentric spatial structure strategies are important ways to alleviate urban disease in China. However, whether the urban spatial structure is meeting expectations is still unknown. Taking the Beijing Metropolitan Area as a cas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,065 Views
22 Pages

24 October 2017

At present, the recycling rate of End-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in China is far lower than the heavily motorized countries, resulting in severe environmental pollution, waste of resource and hidden traffic troubles, which has a negative impact on China...

  • Article
  • Open Access
90 Citations
15,357 Views
17 Pages

24 October 2017

This study aims to examine the impacts of the new ecological paradigm, environmental collective efficacy, environmental knowledge, and collectivism on the green purchase intention of Korean and Chinese consumers. Although some studies have researched...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
11,549 Views
19 Pages

Co-Evolution and Bio-Social Construction: The Kichwa Agroforestry Systems (Chakras) in the Ecuadorian Amazonia

  • Daniel Coq-Huelva,
  • Angie Higuchi,
  • Rafaela Alfalla-Luque,
  • Ricardo Burgos-Morán and
  • Ruth Arias-Gutiérrez

24 October 2017

Polycultured agrarian systems in Ecuadorian Amazonia (also called chakras or swollen gardens) are characterised by a market-oriented crop for the generation of monetary income, for example, cocoa, other agricultural products (e.g., banana and cassava...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,009 Views
17 Pages

24 October 2017

This study analyzes different attitudes toward introduction of smart policing technologies in cybercrime policing among the Korean public and police. Policing is essential for a sustainable community. Technological advances in policing have both posi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Citations
26,732 Views
16 Pages

24 October 2017

In the coming years, social media technology will have a crucial role in environmental involvement and in encouraging sustainable behaviors in the wine industry. Sustainable development is becoming a crucial topic for many consumers. Also, in the win...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,832 Views
29 Pages

24 October 2017

The alignment of the strategic and the operational level of packaging development in relation to the integration of sustainability is not addressed extensively in current research. This paper aims to address this, by focusing on the decision-making i...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,367 Views
15 Pages

Carbohydrates Components of Some Italian Local Landraces: Garlic (Allium sativum L.)

  • Silvia Lisciani,
  • Loretta Gambelli,
  • Alessandra Durazzo,
  • Stefania Marconi,
  • Emanuela Camilli,
  • Cecilia Rossetti,
  • Paolo Gabrielli,
  • Altero Aguzzi,
  • Olindo Temperini and
  • Luisa Marletta

24 October 2017

Garlic is one of the most widespread and ancient medicinal plants. Its health benefits are due to its chemical components, and among these is carbohydrate, whose characteristics have been so far little investigated. The aim of this study is to typify...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,554 Views
21 Pages

Model to Assess the Quality of Magmatic Rocks for Reliable and Sustainable Constructions

  • Mihaela Toderaş,
  • Roland Iosif Moraru,
  • Ciprian Danciu,
  • Grigore Buia and
  • Lucian-Ionel Cioca

24 October 2017

Geomechanical assessment of rocks requires knowledge of phenomena that occur under the influence of internal and external factors at a macroscopic or microscopic scale, when rocks are submitted to different actions. To elucidate the quantitative and...

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