... for construction. Originality/value – The study established a positive relationship between GWP of building and its human health impacts. Thus, all arguments relating to the relationship between building sustainability and health are laid to rest by the paper. Sustainable environment Assessment...

... Group Publishing Limited 2016 Sustainable development Technology adoption Climate change Sustainable environment Development policies Renewable energy Desertification, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification refers to land degradation in arid, semi-arid...

... data, it became apparent that for several measures of targets, only limited data for a very limited number of countries were available. This led to the decision to limit these measures of sustainable environment to two: The assessment of a country’s Environmental Programs and Policies...

... of CS can be explained as follows. Sustainability Sustainable development Sustainable environment Stakeholder theory postulates that organization has the main objective to create and maximize value for all the stakeholders. When the organizations meet the expectation of multiple...

... development Sustainable environment Energy efficiency Passivhaus Code for sustainable homes Indoor air quality Social housing Zero carbon Climate change is considered to be one of the most important challenges of the twenty-first century (Smith, 2005). In response, a global effort to reduce...

... at this environmental aspect “i” F_ji Frequency of failure to achieve the related goal © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Sustainable environment Risk Indicator Development policies Goal Allocation In the environmental management, the environmental...

... with accidents include general circumstances, vehicle and driver characteristics at the time of the accident and type of casualty and its severity. The detailed factors are described in Table I . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Sustainability Sustainable development Sustainable...

... on three main factors, these are: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Sustainable environment Crude oil Research institutions Downward mobility Hydrocarbons Oil contaminated soil Petroleum is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with a characteristic chemical composition...

... approximately 1.6 million hectares of the Champlain-Adirondacks region as an International Biosphere Reserve (Dobbs and Ober, 1996). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Sustainable environment Regional planning Adirondacks Forest history Forest management Land conservation...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Technology Sustainable development Sustainable environment Science Driver behaviour Research institutions The “time headway” or “headway” is “the time, in seconds, between two successive vehicles as they pass a point on the roadway...

... the period 1990-2006 (Figure 2), with the highest temperature peak recorded in the summer of 2004. Higher summer temperatures mean an increased risk of fire and increased soil moisture loss. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Sustainability Sustainable development Sustainable...

... Sustainable environment Table I Unit root tests results (order of integration) References Akinlo, A.E. (2008), “ Energy consumption and economic growth: evidence from 11 Sub-Sahara African countries ”, Energy Economics , Vol. 30 No. 5 , pp. 2391...

... Feride Gonel can be contacted at: fgonel@superonline.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Industry Sustainable environment CEECs Liberalization Foreign direct investment Greenhouse gas emissions Environment EU Economic integration with European Union (EU) provides...