Solving sequential decision making problems in computational sustainability often requires simulators of ecology, weather, fire, or other complex phenomena. The extreme computational expense of these simulators stymie optimization and interactive visualization of decision rules (policies). This work presents our results in creating an interactive visualization for a wildfire management problem ...

Progress in understanding and achieving sustainability requires addressing it as both a scientific and an ethical issue. If sustainability is defined as “meeting human needs in a socially just manner without depriving ecosystems of their health,” most of the words in its definition are normative or value laden. Depending on how critical normative terms such as “human needs” and “ecosystem healt...

Sustainability in agriculture has two dimensions: a. Natural Resource Sustainability b. Socioeconomic Sustainability Natural Resource Sustainability is based on the stability of the ecology of agricultural ecosystems based on interactions between soil, water and biodiversity. This Sustainability measures the wealth of' nature's economy' and the foundation of all other economies. Nature's econom...

The term fiscal sustainability has many definitions, though it almost always refers to the fiscal policies of a government or the public sector. One concept of sustainability relates to solvency, the ability of the government to service its debt obligations in perpetuity without explicit default. Rarely does fiscal sustainability analysis reach the conclusion that a government is insolvent unle...

The primary goal of this study was to determine the impact mergers and acquisitions (M&A) environmental, social, governance (ESG) sustainability scores companies. In regard, efforts measure analyze evolution a company’s performance, taking into account financial non-financial measures using score function, are adapted pharmaceutical sector. sample consisted 100 leading companies, ranked by ...

the aim of this paper is to explore conventional methods of teaching the arch-design studio withideas of sustainability and creativity as agents of change. if this is realised, it means the students of architecture canbe grounded in designing with sustainability and creativity ideas and can be professionals that design and build withideas of creativity and sustainability. so, there are real bui...