Definition/Description The issue of sustainability has received various treatments over the past two decades. A spectrum of perspectives has been identified ranging from a technocentric “very weak sustainability” position to an ecocentric “very strong sustainability” position (Gibbs et al. 1998). ...
Kubursi (1997), `How Strong is Weak Sustainability?', in S. Faucheux, M. O'Connor and J. van der Straaten (eds), Sustainable Development: Concepts, Rationalities, Strategies, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 195-210.Victor, P.A , J.E. Hanna and A. Kubursi (1997), `How Strong is Weak ...
There were non-quantifiable objectives, non-operational KPIs, sustainability issues and weaknesses in monitoring and reporting of the projects progress. 在监测和报告项目进展方面存在没有可计量的目标、可操作的主要业绩指标、可持续性问题和弱点。 UN-2 Inflation ranged between 9 and 12 per cent, main...
Sound Business Management:For businesses, a solid understanding of finance is crucial for strategic planning, budgeting, and risk management. It enables businesses to optimize their financial resources, raise capital, and make informed decisions for growth and sustainability. Financial Security:By understan...
In contrast it is found that it is the strong sustainability concept together with the definition of critical thresholds that provides management with the tools for improved management and policy within a fishery.doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.08.001E. Garmendia a b...
How Strong is Weak Sustainability The Brundtland Commission's report (WCED, 1987) sparked a lively debate about the meaning and desirability of sustainable development. Economists, perhaps more than others, have sought a clearer and more operational definition of sustain... PA Victor,JE Hanna,A Ku...
Energy dissipation has become a severe bottleneck to the sustainability of any modern economy1. To address this issue, efficient energy transfer and the corresponding smart control and detection at nano- scale have created unprecedented opportunities and challenges2–5. Therefore, understanding and con-...
In a nutshell, the paper seeks to explain the weak sustainability performance of Chinese development financing from the domestic political perspective (i.e., the context in which the Chinese financial institutions operate). The paper contends that when the interpretation of projects indicates that mor...
. While WPM is often referred to as solid wood packaging material to differentiate it from WPM made of processed wood; we refer here to WPM in keeping with the IPPC definition and ISPM 15 understanding. WPM is typically constructed from sawn wood, i.e., rectangular pieces of different ...
A tipping point consistent with our definition may be hard to formulate from a general non-parametric perspective. In Stern (2010, Table 4), for the case using Wagner’s carbon data, the fixed effects estimated turning point is $41,678 with a standard error of $4,043 without time effects...