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A conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators [PDF]
There was a boom in the development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) after notion of sustainability became popular through Bruntland Commission's report.
B. Sudhakara Reddy +1 more
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Exploring the Ways Arts and Culture Intersect with Public Safety: Identifying Current Practice and Opportunities for Further Inquiry [PDF]
, 2016 This report describes the range of activities at the intersection of public safety and arts and culture, outlines a theory of change, and provides recommendations for further consideration.
Caroline Ross
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Extraordinary measures of sibling worldmaking
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this ethnographic research project involving disabled and non/disabled siblings in Canada, we have found that during major life‐changing transitions, such as the death of a parent, siblings face many challenges, including structural and systemic inequalities, struggles with and within various service systems, and difficulties with emotions ...
Pamela Block, Helen Ries, Dima Kassem
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Urban Livability Toward Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Saravan City [PDF]
مطالعات مدیریت توسعه سبزIntroductionCities are typically defined as densely populated, developed settlements characterized by extensive built environments and active commercial and industrial functions.
Abdolsalam Sepahian +2 more
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Improving Livability Using Green and Active Modes: A Traffic Stress Level Analysis of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Access and Mobility [PDF]
, 2017 Understanding the relative attractiveness of alternatives to driving is vitally important toward lowering driving rates and, by extension, vehicle miles traveled (VMT), traffic congestion, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, etc.
Appleyard, Bruce +2 more
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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents the concept “constructive alienation” as a response to the oversaturation of apocalyptic environmental fiction that has contributed to deep‐seated desensitization toward the climate crisis, resulting in crisis of imagination (Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable, 2016; Solnit, If you win the ...
Agnethe Brounbjerg Bennedsgaard
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Measures of Gross National Happiness [PDF]
Happiness is rising on the political agenda and this calls for measures of how well nations perform in creating great happiness for a great number, analogous to measures of success in creating wealth, such as GDP.
Veenhoven, Ruut
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Coastal delta regions experiencing long‐term ecological degradation and sudden natural disasters require restoration approaches that are adaptive, process‐based, and context‐specific. The Samandağ coastline in southern Turkey, part of the Mediterranean Asi River Delta, has faced hydrological disruption, habitat fragmentation, and ...
Banu Tomruk
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingObject-based analysis is widely used for extracting information from satellite data using machine learning, offering reduced sensitivity to fine-scale variability, noise, and computational cost compared to pixel-based methods.
Ting Li +2 more
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