The 4th World Sustainability Forum

Part of the World Sustainability Forum series

Welcome from the Chairs

Welcome from the Chair of the Forum

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 4th World Sustainability Forum. The Forum covers research in many areas relating to sustainability and sustainable development, and includes sessions in many important areas:

Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources
Social Aspects of Sustainability
Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability
Sustainable Engineering and Science
Energy Sustainability
Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Wildlife
Sustainability Education and Approaches
Sustainability of Culture and Heritage
Posters (not mandatory to submit a proceedings paper)

Participants in this multidisciplinary conference will have the opportunity to examine, explore and critically engage with issues and advances in these and related areas. We hope to facilitate debates on theoretical and practical investigations, and to allow participants to "make a difference".

A special feature of the Forum is that it is an electronic conference. This type of conference is particularly appropriate and useful for the 4th World Sustainability Forum because research concerned with sustainability and sustainable development is progressing rapidly, while activities in industry, government and academia are simultaneously becoming increasingly globalized. Successful research therefore requires interaction with individuals and groups around the world, demonstrating the need for new types of communication within our community. An electronic conference provides a platform for rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings, as well as a possibility for global meetings with no limitations related to traveling. To further remove barriers to "attendance", participation in the Forum as an author or other participant is free of charge.

The 4th World Sustainability Forum will be held at www.sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, on a platform developed by MDPI to organize electronic conferences and sponsored by MDPI and the scientific open access journal Sustainability. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the Forum, and selected papers will be published in Sustainability.

I offer my sincere thanks to all attendees, and especially to authors, keynote presenters, members of the Scientific Advisory Committee, session chairs and organizers.

I hope that your participation in the 4th World Sustainability Forum will prove to be interesting, productive and enjoyable.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Chair of the 4th World Sustainability Forum
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Sustainability
Past President, Engineering Institute of Canada

and Professor Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Marc A. Rosen is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada. He served as founding dean from of the Faculty from 2002-08. Dr. Rosen was President of the Engineering Institute of Canada for 2008-10. He served as President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering from 2002 to 2004, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. With over 50 research grants and contracts and 400 technical publications, Dr. Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in thermodynamics, sustainable energy, and the environmental impact of energy systems. Much of his research has been carried out for industry. He has also worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, and the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto. Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and honours, including an Award of Excellence in Research and Technology Development from the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Engineering Institute of Canada’s Smith Medal for achievement in the development of Canada, and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering’s Angus Medal for outstanding contributions to the management and practice of mechanical engineering. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Energy Foundation.

Organizing Committee
Mr. Matthias Burkhalter, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Ms. Samanta La Russa, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: wsf@mdpi.com
Tel. +41 61 683 77 35

Call for Papers

e-conferences, virtually anywhere. Call for Contributions - The 4th World Sustainability Forum

Research concerned with sustainability and sustainable development is progressing fast. Simultaneously, activities within industry, government and academia are becoming more globalized. Successful research requires interaction with multiple partners around the world. We are facing an obvious need for new types of communication within our scientific community. Sciforum.net electronic conferences provide a platform for fast exchange of the latest research findings, as well as a possibility for global meetings with no limitations related to traveling.

The World Sustainability Forum 2014 (WSF-4) will cover timely research topics concerned with sustainability and sustainable development. The conference will include nine topical sessions focusing on:

Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources
Social Aspects of Sustainability
Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability
Sustainable Engineering and Science
Energy Sustainability
Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Wildlife
Sustainability Education and Approaches
Sustainability of Culture and Heritage

This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims to examine, explore and critically engage with issues related to recent insights and advances in these topics. In particular, the conference will encourage both theoretical and practical debates surrounding environmental, economical and social contexts for those who want to go beyond the buzzword.

The conference will be completely free of charge, both to attend and for authors to publish and is sponsored by MDPI and the scientific journal Sustainability. Selected papers will be published in the journal Sustainability. The 4th World Sustainability Forum Conference will be held at www.sciforum.net, a platform developed by MDPI to organize electronic conferences for scholars.

Please submit your abstract with max 2500 character (in English) by 3 September, 2014. Abstracts should be submitted online at http://https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4/page/call. All submissions will be reviewed by our scientific committee. For accepted abstracts, a proceedings paper should be submitted by 1 October, 2014.

Paper Submission Guidelines

For information about the procedure for submission, peer-review, revision and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the section "Instructions for Authors": https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4/page/instructions

Conference Chairs

Marc Rosen

[Not defined]

Samanta La Russa

MDPI AG

Milos Cuculovic

MDPI AG

Juha Javanainen

MDPI

Sessions

A. Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources
B. Social Aspects of Sustainability
C. Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability
D. Sustainable Engineering and Science
E. Energy Sustainability
F. Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
G. Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Wildlife
H. Sustainability Education and Approaches
I. Sustainability of Culture and Heritage
P. Posters

Instructions for Authors

Submission
Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into system.

1. Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-250 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 3 September 2014.

2. The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 4th edition of the World Sustainability Forum. All authors will be notified by 17 September 2014 about the acceptance of their abstract.

3. If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 1 October 2014.

4.. The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4/ for discussion during the time of the conference 1-30 November 2014.

5. The Open Access Journal Sustainability will publish Special Issue of the conference and accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference itself. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Sustainability (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC...).

Proceedings Paper
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:

First page:
Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract (200-250 words)
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
(Acknowledgements)
References

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references). There is no page limit on the length, although authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible..

Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.

Video Presentations
Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer – conferences@mdpi.com to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!

Presentation of Posters
Authors that wish to present a poster only, i.e. without proceedings paper, can do so in section P. - Posters of this conference. Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. Like papers presented on the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters that are submitted without paper will not be included in the proceedings of the conference.

Submission of Manuscripts
Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.

Accepted File Formats

MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.

World Sustainability Forum Microsoft Word template file

Manuscript Preparation
Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).

Paper Length: The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references). There is no page limit on the length, although authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible.

Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Sustainability should be followed. You may download the template file to prepare your paper (see above). The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.

Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.

Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.

Potential Conflicts of Interest
t is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state here "The authors declare no conflict of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI AG, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI AG the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

List of accepted submissions (74)

Id	Title	Authors	Poster PDF
sciforum-000039	Green Power Through Modulated Single-Pool Tidal Energy System Mohammad Sameti , Sassan Mohaseb Submitted: 21 Nov 2024 Abstract: Show Abstract	Mohammad Sameti , Sassan Mohaseb	N/A	Show Abstract
Renewable energy systems have much lower environmental impact than conventional energy technologies. Tidal energy is one of the most important forms of renewables which carry the electricity production capacity within its height differences and current flow. In this paper, a time-dependent mathematical model for green energy generation from a single-pool tidal system is developed. Using current model with available tidal data, the extracted energy from this system can be calculated. Model results have shown that such system has the capacity of producing 40.6 Megawatts electricity from tidal energy for a specific area.
sciforum-000066	Zero Emission Buildings in Korea Thorsten Schuetze , Petra Hagen Hodgson Submitted: 21 Nov 2024 Abstract: Show Abstract	Thorsten Schuetze , Petra Hagen Hodgson	N/A	Show Abstract
This paper discusses the history, the status quo, and future prospects of Zero Emission Buildings (ZEBs) in the Republic of Korea, illustrated by good practice examples. The advantages of, and requirements for, ZEBs are described, concerning the sectors energy, water, nutrients and biomass. ZEBs are characterized by net zero energy consumption through minimization of the service energy demand, which is covered with locally produced renewable energy. The direct water footprint is reduced up to 100% through on-site water supply and wastewater management according to the principles of Integrated Water Resource Management and Sustainable Sanitation. The fresh water demand is reduced through application of water efficient systems, as well as the collection, processing, recycling and reuse of wastewater for non-drinking purposes. Rainwater harvesting, storage, utilization and infiltration for augmentation of groundwater facilitates onsite freshwater supply and drinking water production from rainwater and groundwater. Nutrients and biomass from kitchens and sanitation systems are processed on-site and are recycled for local horticulture and agriculture. Traditional Korean buildings can be generally defined as ZEBs. With modernization and implementation of state of the art centralized infrastructure systems in the 20th century also traditional know-how and practice regarding the sustainable operation of buildings and resource management has been forgotten. However, since the beginning of the 21st Korean citizens, policymakers, scientists and companies have a growing interest in sustainability issues. This much promising trend is also reflected by a growing number of research and development activities, including the construction and operation of ZEBs.
sciforum-000081	Living with the Dead: Contested Spaces and the Right to Cairo's Inner-City Cemeteries Wael Fahmi , Keith Sutton Submitted: 21 Nov 2024 Abstract: Show Abstract	Wael Fahmi , Keith Sutton	N/A	Show Abstract
Cairo's spontaneous poor communities signify the growing socio-economic disparity since 1970s open door economic liberalisation policy and 1990s IMF's structural adjustment program. These poverty belts attract rural migrants and urban poor from Cairo's residential core areas as a result of high land prices, shortage of affordable housing and decay of existing housing stock . Typical example of these poverty belts are cemetery areas (Cities of the Dead ) within Cairo's eastern fringes. The aim of the article is to examine the contested spaces within the Cities of the Dead, initially through a reconsideration of the number of occupants and of the relative balance of tomb dwellings and more conventional shanty town buildings. The tombs and mausoleums of the city's ancient and extensive cemeteries have been occupied by squatters, some of whom live in the mausoleums themselves, others in self-built constructions between and around the tombs. The paper raises several questions such as : - Does lack of affordability to provide an alternative residence play a key role in the occupation by people of tombs (hawch) by people in these cemeteries? Is there any possibility of classifying tomb dwellers into social groupings with various job types, income levels, educational status as well as residence patterns? - Does living in tombs generate a new value system, cultural patterns and social behaviour? Can one consider cemeteries as an isolated marginal area within Cairo's society? The current study is organised into three main sections. The first of which focuses on the general background of the Cities of the Dead in central Cairo looking at the socio-demographic and economic conditions characterising various cemetery areas with an emphasis on reasons behind living in cemeteries. Then the uniqueness of these Cairo squatter settlements is challenged through a range of socio-economic data which demonstrate the way their supposedly marginalised occupants are in part integrated into the city's urban economy. A comparative study is made of various household characteristics based on secondary data from official reports and previous academic research. These results will further relate to both small area survey and population census data concerning age structure, marital status, educational levels, jobs, access to the CBD and the inner city, income level, residence, social relationships and formal and informal services . The second part of the study sets out to examine socio-economic problems in the area generally and more specifically relating to the tombs (hawch) cemetery people. The latter can be regarded as an example of squatter settlements together with those people living in the residential 'islands' or in-fillings (gozor) which resemble more conventional spontaneous or informal squatter areas elsewhere in Cairo. Inter- generational perception of future prospects and expectations will be investigated within focus group discussion with people's responses and coping strategies being examined. This provides the basis against which the third section of the study will explore the scenarios and alternatives with differentiation being made between people living in tombs (hawch) and those in residential islands (gozor) and surrounding spontaneous settlements such as Manshiet Nasser. In this section the empirical small area survey examines the northern cemeteries' tomb dwellers' right to the city and their resistance against official eviction plans . Such relocation policy is attributed to the fact that these cemeteries provide urban investment opportunities as a result of good road accessibility and geographical propinquity to Medieval Cairo's historical quarters and its ongoing tourist-orientated urban gentrification projects. Behind the declared official justification for eviction proposals of tomb dwellers, to Greater Cairo's suburban eastern desert, in terms of improving the environment and creating sustainable settlements, there lies a wider but hidden agenda. The local municipality aims to clear such strategically central areas from the presence of the poor, with legislation to protect the environment as a justification for securing access to land for urban gentrification projects. The paper emphasises the significance of poverty alleviation initiatives in strengthening urban poor's capacity to negotiate with local authorities for security of land tenure and legal recognition of their spontaneous settlements. The study proposes a stakeholder approach to the sustainable development of inner city poverty areas, whilst advocating radical policy action and collaborative planning for consolidating bottom up urban governance. Partnership between community based groups, grass root organisations, local authorities and planners would support urban poor's sustainable initiatives to improve their housing standards and basic services.
sciforum-000565	Sustainable Development Goals - How Can Japanese Local Government's Help? Peter Newman , Kanayo Hara , Yasuo Takao Submitted: 21 Nov 2024 Abstract: Show Abstract	Peter Newman , Kanayo Hara , Yasuo Takao	N/A	Show Abstract
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were set to eradicate extreme poverty in 2000-2015, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are set to replace the MDGs after 2015. The United Nations (UN) is leading several initiatives to elaborate on the SDGs and has recognised the difficulty of achieving all goals together. According to the UN initiatives, achieving the SDGs will be an agenda for everyone, regardless of countries, to prioritize ending extreme poverty and inclusive development for all as well as achieving major global sustainability issues like climate change. This paper explores the Japanese way of achieving the SDGs both in theory and practice. Municipalities are one of the most appropriate scales to enable sustainable development, thus three case studies on Japanese municipalities have been conducted to see if the early stages of achieving SDGs can be enunciated.The results suggest that Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) can facilitate the coordination of the most suitable sustainability practices including environmentally friendly technology transfer to aid-receiving areas in Asia. Its accumulated experiences with the MDGs and human security systems associated with JICA's approach will make the Japanese way of dealing with SDGs unique.There are significant opportunities for Japan to help the Asian region reach their SDGs and Japanese municipalities should be preparing for these.
sciforum-001382	Towards Development of a Label for Zero Emission Buildings: A Method to Evaluate Potential Zero Emission Buildings Devi Bühler , Ranka Junge , Thorsten Schütze Submitted: 21 Nov 2024 Abstract: Show Abstract	Devi Bühler , Ranka Junge , Thorsten Schütze		Show Abstract
There are many concepts and labels developed with the aim to promote sustainable building. However, most of these concepts address mainly energy aspects and do not consider the entire environmental impact of a building construction. In contrast, the concept of Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB) integrates energy and material (biomass, water) flows, resulting in buildings, which do not produce harmful emissions and on the contrary produce energy, water and resources. It envisions maximum decentralisation of a building implying closed resource cycles and hence no environmental impact during its operational use. However, the concept of ZEB lacks a general framework under which potential buildings can be easily assessed. Consequently, the ZEB Assessment Method was developed in order to easily evaluate potential ZEBs regarding their environmental performance. The ZEB Assessment Method is based on a two-step process: firstly, the Sector Assessment and secondly the ZEB Assessment Tool. The Sector Assessment was developed to ensure a minimum integrity of the concept. It evaluates potential buildings regarding in how far they address the three sectors Water, Energy and Biomass based on the list of "eligible technologies" and the requirements to fulfil the sectors. If a building passed the Sector Assessment it was further investigated with the ZEB Assessment Tool in order to quantify and benchmark the environmental performance. The ZEB Assessment Tool was developed by considering specific decision parameters and appointing an appropriate characteristic to them. These decision parameters were (i) System boundary, (ii) Quantification of environmental impact, (iii) Database for UBP, (iv) Quantification of qualitative aspects, and (v) Calculation of target value. The evaluation of several case studies from Switzerland with the ZEB Assessment Method showed that the method with its tool is well adapted to the requirements of the ZEB Concept. Firstly, it requires a small amount of input data, which enables a simple primary assessment of a specific building. Secondly, it has the advantage that it evaluates a wide range of factors regarding the building's environmental performance. These are energy, water, biomass and a set of qualitative aspects. Furthermore, it takes into account various environmental impacts and can be applied for buildings with different type of use and in different countries of location.

Full List

List of Authors (167)

Mohammad Ali Ahmadi

Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi

Nathir al Rawashdeh

Daniela Alfaro

Eman Alhilali

Sarah Ali

Mehdi Ali Ehyaei

Mohammad Yousef Alizadeh

David Almorza

Milad Ashuri

Abtin Ataei

Khairun Azizli

Ramchandra Bhandari

Chris Bouch

Peter Braithwaite

Myrna Bravo-Olivas

Kyle Bridge

Corina Brindusa

Constantin Brindusa

Carmen Bulucea

Matthew Burke

Víctor Camañes

María Carmen Carnero

Marianna Cavada

Sponsors and Partners

Others

Chairs of the 4th World Sustainability Forum

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Sustainability

Scientific Advisory Committee

Dr. Joo Hwa (Philip) Bay, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Prof. Dr. Rachel J.C. Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Heckenberger, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Dr. Kathryn Hegarty, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Monzur A. Imteaz, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Giuseppe Ioppolo, University of Study of Messina, Italy

Prof. Dr. Christopher Koroneos, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Prof. Dr. Jesús Martínez Frías, CSIC-UCM, Madrid, Spain

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa ON, Canada

Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

Organizing Committee

Mr. Matthias Burkhalter, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland

Ms. Samanta La Russa, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland

Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland

Conference Organizers

Chairs of the 4th World Sustainability Forum

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Sustainability

Scientific Advisory Committee

Dr. Joo Hwa (Philip) Bay, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Prof. Dr. Rachel J.C. Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Heckenberger, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Dr. Kathryn Hegarty, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Monzur A. Imteaz, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Giuseppe Ioppolo, University of Study of Messina, Italy

Prof. Dr. Christopher Koroneos, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Prof. Dr. Jesús Martínez Frías, CSIC-UCM, Madrid, Spain

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa ON, Canada

Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

List of Keynotes & Videos

Presentation of the Poster "Gross National Happiness, Limits to Growth, and Challenges to Bhutan's Development Approach"

Dr. Jeremy Brooks, Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, USA Title of the poster"Gross National Happiness, Limits to Growth, and Challenges to Bhutan's Development Approach", available as a download at https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4/paper/2464.

Comments

CONGRATULATIONS

Posted by Andres Caballero

5 November 2014 23:45

Dear Dr. Brooks:

This video help to make aware of particular vision of development in Bhutan, its potential strengths
and drawbacks.

Kind regards,

Andres Caballero
Barranquilla, Colombia

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen - Energy Sustainability: Needs and Challenges

Keynote Presentation of the Chair of the 4th World Sustainability Forum, 2014

Comments

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen - Energy Sustainability: Needs and Challenges

Posted by Askoldas Podviezko

5 November 2014 18:44

A comprehensive structured and detailed introduction, thank you so much. Induces interest in technical details, numbers, and factors. Increases curiosity on proprietary remedy models.

Posted by Marc Rosen

7 November 2014 17:07

Thank you for the comments. I hope that the curiosity you suggest my presentation spawns will lead to much interesting dialogue and debate, as that is necessary - I believe - to move us towards energy sustainability in particular, and sustainability in general.

CONGRATULATIONS

Posted by Andres Caballero

6 November 2014 00:06

Dear Prof. Dr. Rosen:

A well organized, set-on-earth explanation of a key issue.

Kind regards,

Andres Caballero
Barranquilla, Colombia

Posted by Marc Rosen

7 November 2014 17:09

I appreciate the comment very much and I hope the material I included helps move us forward on the road to sustainability, and leads to fruitful conversations.

Life-cycle methodology and sustainability assessment

Posted by Diego Iribarren

17 November 2014 18:19

Thank you for this. As done in this keynote presentation, I find very convenient the inclusion of life-cycle methodologies in the discussion about sustainability. The role of this type of methodologies in sustainability assessment is very signficant, but still with many efforts to be undertaken. In this respect, conference participants interested in novel life-cycle approaches for sustainability assessment are encouraged to see the contribution C0005 on this subject.

Posted by Andres Caballero

17 November 2014 22:51

Thanks, Mr. Iribarren. Greetings from Colombia.

The 4th World Sustainability Forum

Part of the World Sustainability Forum series

1–30 Nov 2014

Welcome from the Chairs

Call for Papers

Conference Chairs

Sessions

Instructions for Authors

List of accepted submissions (74)

List of Authors (167)

Sponsors and Partners

Others

Chairs of the 4th World Sustainability Forum

Scientific Advisory Committee

Organizing Committee

Conference Organizers

Chairs of the 4th World Sustainability Forum

Scientific Advisory Committee

List of Keynotes & Videos

Presentation of the Poster "Gross National Happiness, Limits to Growth, and Challenges to Bhutan's Development Approach"

Comments

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen - Energy Sustainability: Needs and Challenges

Comments

A. Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources

Submissions

B. Social Aspects of Sustainability

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C. Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability

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D. Sustainable Engineering and Science

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E. Energy Sustainability

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F. Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

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G. Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Wildlife

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H. Sustainability Education and Approaches

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I. Sustainability of Culture and Heritage

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P. Posters

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