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Agricultural production and sustainable development in a Brazilian region (Southwest, Sao Paulo State): motivations and barriers to adopting sustainable and ecologically friendly practices
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2014-09-03)
The objective of this study is to identify the adoption level of practices associated with more sustainable agriculture and environmentally friendly practices. Additionally, the motivations for and barriers to the adoption ...
SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AT PECTENS PRODUCTION IN BRAZIL
(Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2008)
State, sustainable development and governance in brazil: Public policies for energy and water post rio-92Estado, desenvolvimento sustentável e governança no brasil: Políticas públicas para energia e água pós rio-92
(2020-02-14)
In order to understand how the concept of sustainable development was incorporated into public policies for the management of natural resources for energy generation, let’s take water as an example and analyze the issue ...
Environmental sustainability and product portfolio management in biodiversity firms: A comparative analysis between Portugal and Brazil
(2017-12-31)
Although relevant research on environmental sustainability or product portfolio management is quite developed, few studies integrate the two areas. This research aims to shed light on the environmental sustainability ...
Challenges of teaching corporate environmental management in Brazil
(2013-04-29)
This paper sheds light on the main challenges of teaching Corporate Environmental Management (CEM) in Brazil. Thus, we analysed the main challenges for CEM in Brazil from the viewpoint of teachers. The objective of the ...
Benchmarking sustainable urban mobility: The case of Curitiba, Brazil
(ELSEVIER SCI LTDOXFORD, 2012)
Transportation planning is currently being confronted with a broader planning view, which is given by the concept of mobility. The Index of Sustainable Urban Mobility (I_SUM) is among the tools developed for supporting ...
Efficiency in Brazil's industrial sectors in terms of energy and sustainable development
(2014)
This article evaluates the efficiency of Brazil's industrial sectors from 1996 to 2009, taking into account energy consumption and respective contributions to the country's economic and social aspects. This analysis used ...
Barriers to sustainable urban stormwater management in developing countries: The case of Brazil
(2022-01-01)
Urban stormwater management is one of the key challenges concerning sustainability in urban areas. Sustainable urban stormwater management (SUSM) has been increasingly adopted around the world and proved its effectiveness ...
Managing organizations for sustainable development in emerging countries: an introduction
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2014-06-01)
This introduction article is for the special issue Managing organizations for sustainable development in emerging countries: natural resources, biodiversity, and climate change' in the International Journal of Sustainable ...
Geoparks in Brazil-strategy of Geoconservation and Development
(Springer, 2011-12-01)
Within the framework of the potential of geopark development and the interest of the geological community in creating new areas for geoconservation in Brazil, the aim of this contribution is to show the importance of ...