The social dimension of sustainable development: Defining urban social sustainability Tập 19 Số 5 - Trang 289-300 - 2011
Nicola Dempsey, Glen Bramley, Sinéad Power, Caroline Brown
AbstractSustainable development is a widely used term, which has been increasingly influential on UK planning, housing and urban policy in recent years. Debates about sustainability no longer consider sustainability solely as an environmental concern, but also incorporate economic and social dimensions. However, while a social dimension to sustainability is widely ...... hiện toàn bộ
Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products Tập 18 Số 1 - Trang 20-31 - 2010
William Young, Kumju Hwang, Seonaidh McDonald, Caroline Oates
AbstractThe ‘attitude–behaviour gap’ or ‘values–action gap’ is where 30% of consumers report that they are very concerned about environmental issues but they are struggling to translate this into purchases. For example, the market share for ethical foods remains at 5 per cent of sales. This paper investigates the purchasing process for green consumers in relation t...... hiện toàn bộ
Corporate sustainability strategies: sustainability profiles and maturity levels Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 76-89 - 2010
Rupert J. Baumgartner, Daniela Ebner‐Karestinos
AbstractAlthough many companies investigate sustainability management and publish sustainability reports, their main focus in this endeavour remains unclear. Often, it seems that sustainability issues are pursued more coincidentally than with a clear strategy.On one hand, research is done for the identification and determination of distinct aspects...... hiện toàn bộ
A green ideology in Asian emerging economies: From environmental policy and sustainable development Tập 27 Số 6 - Trang 1063-1075 - 2019
Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Arshian Sharif, Hêriş Golpîra, Anil Kumar
AbstractThis panel study investigates the relationship between green logistics indices, economic, environmental, and social factors in the perspective of Asian emerging economies. This study adopted Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) Model and Dynamic OLS (DOLS) Model methods to test the research hypothesis, catering the problem of endogeneity and serial correlation. The r...... hiện toàn bộ
How can the construction industry contribute to sustainable development? A conceptual framework Tập 17 Số 3 - Trang 161-173 - 2009
Ayşin Sev
AbstractThe importance of the construction industry for the three elements of sustainable development, namely economic growth, social progress and effective protection of the environment, cannot be disregarded. This paper aims to evolve a conceptual framework for implementing sustainability principles and strategies to the construction industry from a life‐cycle pe...... hiện toàn bộ
Review of Barriers to Green Building Adoption Tập 25 Số 3 - Trang 167-179 - 2017
Amos Darko, Albert P.C. Chan
AbstractThe need to implement sustainable development (SD) in the construction industry has given birth to the green building (GB) movement. GB is a promising construction approach through which the construction industry contributes to SD. However, the adoption of GB has been hampered in many parts of the world by numerous barriers. To date, no attention has been p...... hiện toàn bộ
Sustainable tourism development: how do destination stakeholders perceive sustainable urban tourism? Tập 17 Số 4 - Trang 220-232 - 2009
Seldjan Timur, Donald Getz
AbstractThis paper examines the concept of sustainable tourism development in urban destinations. Both qualitative and quantitative data are employed, from interviews and questionnaires undertaken in Victoria and Calgary, Canada, and San Francisco, USA. Respondents representing the three clusters of the tourism industry, local government and the host environment we...... hiện toàn bộ