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Eco-innovation: Tools to facilitate early-stage workshops [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis presents research carried out into the use of creative tools at the early stages of eco-innovation.
Jones, Elies
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The logistics service providers in eco-efficiency innovation: an empirical study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose: Sustainability and the search for solutions that are both efficient and ecologically sound (eco-efficient) have become topics of great interest.
Alessandra Cozzolino   +14 more
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Urban eco-efficiency and its influencing factors in Western China: Fresh evidence from Chinese cities based on the US-SBM

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Improving eco-efficiency can promote sustainable development. This study first evaluated the urban eco-efficiency of 84 cities in Western China from 2004 to 2017 by the undesirable-super-slack-based measure (US-SBM) and analysed their spatiotemporal ...
Dan Xue   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eco-efficiency: Α methodological framework and assessment

open access: yesCleaner Environmental Systems, 2021
The paper develops an innovative approach for estimating a theoretically robust Eco-efficiency index, eco-eff, by combining the ecological impact of a production outcome with its economic decision-making aspect within a production process efficiency ...
Evangelia Desli   +3 more
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Spatial–Temporal pattern and evolutionary trend of eco-efficiency of real estate development in the yangtze river economic belt

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The eco-efficiency of real estate development (RED) is an important indicator in evaluating the effectiveness of eco-civilization construction.
Zhenggen Fan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catch Up or Fall Behind on Eco-Efficiency: Insight from Convergence Analysis

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2020
Eco-efficiency plays a crucial role in evaluating the green development of economics. Using the super slack-based measure approach, which considers carbon emissions and three kinds of industrial waste as undesirable outputs, this study examines the eco ...
Yang Zhou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of urbanization on ecological efficiency in China: An empirical analysis based on provincial panel data

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Urbanization is a complex economic and social phenomenon. Recently, rapid urbanization has not only caused rapid economic development in China, it has also posed a major threat to the ecological environment.
Jiadai Yao, Pengpeng Xu, Zhijin Huang
doaj   +1 more source

Resource use efficiency revisited [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The notion of “eco-efficiency” can provide a solid basis for developing a conceptual understanding of rational and effective use of resources in agriculture and a set of tools to move us toward these objectives.
Mateo, Nicolás   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Spatial Correlation and Influencing Factors of Tourism Eco-Efficiency in the Urban Agglomeration of the Yangtze River Delta Based on Social Network Analysis

open access: yesLand, 2022
Tourism eco-efficiency analysis is an effective tool to solve the problem of sustainable tourism development. The tourism eco-efficiency evaluation index system was constructed in the study, and the undesirable output super-slacks-based measure model was
Yuewei Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Network Structure of China’s Provincial-Scale Tourism Eco-Efficiency: A Social Network Analysis

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
While tourism eco-efficiency has been analyzed actively within tourism research, there is an extant dearth of research on the spatial network structure of provincial-scale tourism eco-efficiency.
Qingfang Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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