In the first paper of this two-part series on the development of a water sustainability index for West Java, a conceptual framework of West Java Water Sustainability Index (WJWSI) was developed. It consists of three main parts: components, indicators/sub-indicators and threshold values. This second paper of the series presents the application of the Delphi technique, followed by in-depth interv...

Despite the fact that sustainability of bushmeat hunting in tropical areas is of major concern for conservation and development practitioners, we still know very little about how to measure sustainability and how to put in place sustainable bushmeat hunting systems. We review the current limits of traditional methods used to investigate sustainability of bushmeat hunting, discuss the need to in...

Ford of Europe’s Product Sustainability Index (PSI) is a sustainability management tool directly used by engineering, i.e. not by sustainability or life cycle experts. PSI is looking at eight indicators reflecting environmental (Life Cycle Global Warming Potential, Life Cycle Air Quality Potential, Sustainable Materials, Restricted Substances, Drive-by-Exterior-Noise), social (Mobility Capabili...

this research was conducted during 2009 at a regional scale in birjand and qaen counties, southern khorasan, as an attempt to develop a sustainability index (si) for quantifying the sustainability of saffron agroecosystem. the information of these agroecosystems, including socio-economic, agronomic and ecological indicators was collected using questionnaires and was subjected to statistical ana...

In the last decade significant progress has been made in recognising and understanding the issues in sustainability. Much remains to be done because the science that underlies sustainability is still far from exact. Given the natural abilities of chemical engineers with systems analysis, balances and modelling, there is a key role for chemical engineering science to play in its development. An ...

Indicators for Absolute Sustainability To Support Development within Planetary Boundaries Anders Bjørn,*,† Miriam Diamond,‡ Mikołaj Owsianiak,† Benoît Verzat, and Michael Zwicky Hauschild† †DTU Management Engineering, Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet, Building 424, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark ‡Department of Earth Sciences, University Of To...

Along with urbanization and decentralization, the sustainability of metropolitan areas is considered one of the most significant challenges worldwide. Transportation-related problems, such as congestion, GHG emissions, and excessive energy consumption, have been imposing tremendous pressure on the sustainability of metropolitan areas. As a noticeable component of urban form, local residential d...

This paper analyzes different policies that may promote the transition to sustainability, with particular focus on the energy sector. We present a dynamic simulation model where three different strategies for sustainability are identified: reduction in GHG emissions, improvements in energy efficiency and the development of the renewable energy sector. Our aim is to evaluate the dynamics that th...

following the changes in the paradigm of urban studies in recent years, sustainability has become an increasingly important issue in the neighborhood’s planning and designing. however, this concept has originally been developed for american and european neighborhoods’ planning, it could also be customized for other neighborhoods’. additionally, in the neighborhood scale, the quality parameter f...