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Public participation in watershed management:international practices for inclusiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper outlines a number of examples from around the world of participatory processes for watershed decision-making, and discusses how they work, why they are important, their social and ecological potential, and the practical details of how to ...
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
core   +1 more source

Análise multicritério da presença da Universidade Federal Fluminense com o uso do método Macbeth

open access: yesProduction, 2001
Apresenta-se aqui um breve histórico da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Descreve-se o seu processo de interiorização e as diversas atividades realizadas nos municípios com presença desta instituição.
João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Universal and Actionable Measure of Corporate Sustainability for Strategic Decision Making

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Managers require a universal, comparable, and decision‐useful measure of corporate sustainability that can reliably inform business strategy, yet such a tool remains absent in the literature and current practice. This paper introduces a comprehensive and operational metric—grounded in Goertz's Basic Framework for developing social science ...
Mariapia Pazienza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multicriteria analysis of photovoltaic systems: Energetic, environmental, and economic assessments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The development of photovoltaic (PV) energy has led to rising efficiencies, better reliability, and falling prices. A multicriteria analysis (MCA) of PV systems is proposed in this paper in order to evaluate the sustainability of alternative projects ...
Cucchiella, Federica, D'Adamo, Idiano
core   +4 more sources

Sustainability Challenges to the Steel Industry in a Developing Country: Sanctions and Security Issues at the Forefront

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to sustainability research by investigating the complex, geopolitically induced challenges faced by industrial supply chains under international sanctions. Using Iran's steel industry as a case, it examines sustainability barriers through the lens of stakeholder theory. A mixed methods approach was employed.
Seyed Hamed Moosavirad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The choice of primary energy source including PV installation for providing electric energy to a public utility building – a case study

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2017
The paper presents multicriteria decision aid analysis of the choice of PV installation providing electric energy to a public utility building. From the energy management point of view electricity obtained by solar radiation has become crucial renewable ...
Radomski Bartosz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of multicriteria decision-aid methodology in building production engineering/Daugiatikslių sprendimų metodų taikymas projektuojant statinius

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2000
Glaustai pateikiamos pagrindinės daugiatikslės sprendimų teorijos taikvmo problemos ir klausimai, susiję su tam tikrais daugiakriterinės analizės metodais.
Tomasz Thiel
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing Police Locations around Football Stadiums Based on a Multicriteria Unsupervised Clustering Analysis

open access: yesEngineering Proceedings, 2023
This work proposes a methodology based on multicriteria decision aid (MCDA) and a cluster analysis to identify ideal locations for the installation of police facilities or vehicle parking and policing around stadiums in Recife, Brazil, during potential ...
Antonio Marcos de Lima   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Hydrogen for Public Transportation: Insights From an ABM and From Palma de Mallorca Case Study

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The development of green hydrogen (GH2) value chains is crucial for decarbonizing sectors such as transport and industry. Their emergence, however, requires coordination among diverse actors, technologies, and regulations, which traditional analytical approaches struggle to capture.
Roberta De Cristofaro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life cycle analysis of road construction and use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Both the construction and use of roads have a range of environmental impacts; therefore, it is important to assess the sources of their burdens to adopt correct mitigation policies.
D'Andrea, Antonio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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