The 3rd World Sustainability Forum

Part of the World Sustainability Forum series

Call for Papers

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 2013 (WSF-2013) will cover timely research topics concerned with sustainability and sustainable development. The conference will include nine topical sessions focusing on:

1. Environmental Sustainability (Section A).

2. Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Economic Sustainability (Section B).

3. Social Values for a Sustainable Economy (Section C).

4. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources (Section D).

5. Sustainable Urban Development (Section E).

6. Sustainable Development Policy, Practice and Education (Section F).

7. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Innovation (Section G).

8. Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Management of Land and Biodiversity (Section H)

9. Related Topics (Section I)

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 3rd 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 September 16, 2013. Abstracts should be submitted online at https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf3/page/call. All submissions will be reviewed by our scientific committee. For accepted abstracts, a full draft paper should be submitted by October 13, 2013.

Paper Submission Guidelines

For information about the procedure for submission, peer-review, revision and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the section "Instruction for authors":

sciforum.net/conference/wsf3/instructions

Conference Chairs

Marc Rosen

[Not defined]

Milos Cuculovic

MDPI AG

Samanta La Russa

MDPI AG

Stefan Schneider

MDPI

Cedric Madoerin

MDPI

Sessions

A. Environmental Sustainability
B. Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Economic Sustainability
C. Social Values for a Sustainable Economy
D. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources
E. Sustainable Urban Development
F. Sustainable Development Policy, Practice and Education
G. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Innovation
H. Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Management of Land and Biodiversity
I. Related Topics

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 200-300 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 16 September 2013.2. The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for 3rd World Sustainability Forum.

All authors will be notified by 27 September 2013 about the acceptance of their abstract.

3. If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit his manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper, until the submission deadline of 13 October 2013.

4. The manuscripts and presentations will be available on sciforum.net/conference/wsf3/page/call for discussion and rating during the time of the conference 1 – 30 November 2013.

5. The Open Access Journal Sustainability will publish the proceedings of the conference as a Special Issue. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in this Special Issue.

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
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 – wsf@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!

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 World Sustainability Forum Microsoft Word template file 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.

LaTeX: ensure to send a copy of your manuscript as a PDF file also, if you decided to use LaTeX. When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the MDPI LaTeX template files.

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).

Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Sustainability should be followed. You may download a template file to prepare your paper. 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

It 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. It 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 (51)

Id	Title	Authors	Poster PDF
sciforum-003253	Fragmenting a Metropolis: Sustainable Suburban Communities from Resettlement Ghettoes to Gated Utopias Wael Fahmi Submitted: 23 Sep 2013 Abstract: Show Abstract	Wael Fahmi	N/A	Show Abstract
The paper examines the impact of the Greater Cairo Master Plan and New Towns Policy on urban housing crisis through some case studies focusing especially on New Cairo City, to the east of downtown Cairo. The empirical research attempts to qualitatively examine the complex reasons for the failure of various policies and implementations in meeting housing needs of middle and low-income people. This has resulted in the emergence of nearly empty new towns, and the increasing fortification of the affluent nouveaux riche within exclusive desert condominiums and gated communities, a phenomenon which aggravated social injustice and housing inequality. These communities’ global architectural styles and marketing strategies are linked to neo-liberal economic policies and private entrepreneurial urban governance related to individualised rights of seclusion, privacy and consumption. Influenced by expatriates in the Gulf monarchies, these desert enclaves are located in Greater Cairo's western desert (6th October City: Dream Land, Gardenia and Beverly Hills) and in the eastern suburbs (New Cairo City: Katameya Heights, Golf City, Al Rehab City, Mirage City, Arabella). Surrounded by golf courses, recreational and commercial facilities, these luxurious residential districts tend to be exterritorial with their construction, maintenance and economies, being largely controlled by international property development firms, whilst locally underlining the ever-sharper social disparity between rich and poor. Whilst exclusive lifestyles and security measures are defining features of these desert resort communities, these gated enclaves do not exist in isolation from their geographical and cultural environments, as noted in New Cairo City. Since 2000 New Cairo City was established as a result of merging Greater Cairo Master Plan's eastern new settlements (1, 3 and 5 ), creating a large suburban community. Initially the area was inhabited by 1992 Cairo's earthquake victims officially relocated to public housing units in settlement (3), which were later regarded incompatible with the development of golf gated communities.To a certain extent, New Cairo City encapsulates most of the features and problems of Greater Cairo’s urban situation, in terms of a hybrid mixture of decayed public resettlement housing for the poor and up-market private gated resort communities for wealthy expatriate groups. New Cairo City, regarded as heterotopian spatial layers with diverse fragmented communities and as venue for new claims by global capital investment, ‘juxtaposes in a single real place different spaces and locations that are incompatible’ (Foucault 1997, p.356). The empirical study adopted a qualitative ethnographic analysis of the on-going contestation between resettled urban poor's right to the city, residents of gated communities, real estate and property speculators and official urban policy. A small area survey was administered within New Cairo City, with in-depth interviews recording narratives of both secondary stakeholder agencies (policy makers, urban planners, NGOs activists, real estate agents) and primary stakeholder groups (urban poor households within resettlement housing and affluent residents within gated communities). The study proposed a stakeholder approach to the sustainable development of new suburban communities in the context of real estate investment and urban planning policies,. Such approach would advocate public– private partnership and grass roots co-operation between home owners, relocated urban poor, land developers, housing experts and local authorities, in order to create inclusive and sustainable urban spaces.
sciforum-001234	Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Understand the Complexity of the Linkages between Urbanization, Phosphorus Flows and Eutrophication Brad Bass Submitted: 01 Aug 2013 Abstract: Show Abstract	Brad Bass		Show Abstract
Phosphorus has been identified as the limiting nutrient and a primary cause of both nuisance and hazardous algal blooms in the North American Great Lakes and other water bodies. Urban areas contributed phosphorus from wastewater treatment plants and through stormwater runoff. Phosphours reduction was the key element of the first Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, between Canada and the United States in 1972. Although the measures that were enacted to reduce phosphorus were successful at reducing algal blooms, the problem reemerged in the last ten years. The largest hazardous algal bloom on Lake Erie occurred in 2011 and the first hazardous algal bloom on Lake Superior occurred in 2012. Nuisance algae have become a problem for infrastructure and recreation in the nearshore habitats of Lakes Erie and Ontario and to a lesser extent in tthe nearshore habitat of Lake Huron. Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) has been used to describe and analyze theflow of phosphorus through Lake Erie (2009), through agricultural production into Lake Erie (2010) and most recently, through urban areas into Lake Erie. FCM represents the flow and linkages with algal blooms and eutrophication as a network of nodes and linkages. Each node is a driver, a final receptor, or a stressor (a mid-point that both receives and contributes phosphorus to the system). FCM is a modelling strategy that has proven to be very effective for complex systems where data are not available to describe the many processes and flows, yet where an urgent need for action has been established to cope with a problem. FCM is a process where diverse groups of experts work in teams to map out the system. These maps also include weights for each linkage that describe the strength of the linkage, the confidence in the linkage, the scientific certainty, the spatial and temporal extent of the relationship and other relevant factors. The various team maps can then be aggregated into one map through different methods such as averaging the weights or genetic algorithms. A stakeholder workshop was convened in March, 2013 to create several different maps that illustrate the linkages between urbanization, phosphorus, algal blooms and eutrophication. The aggregate maps highlight the multiple drivers and the complexity of the flows through the stressors. Maps might typically contain 90 nodes and 140 linkages. The analysis of the maps provides insight as to the most important nodes in these networks, sggesting where measures to control the flow of phosphorus might have the largest impact. The aggregation and analysis of the maps was done with the Fuzzy Aggregated Linakges Within Environmental Bounds (FALWEB) software, which was developed for fuzzy cognitive maps.
sciforum-001236	Some Aspects of Sustainable Energy Conversion During Transient Processes in Electric Power Systems Comprising Generator Circuit Breakers Cornelia Bulucea , Marc Rosen , Doru Nicola , Nikos Mastorakis , Carmen Bulucea Submitted: 01 Aug 2013 Abstract: Show Abstract	Cornelia Bulucea , Marc Rosen , Doru Nicola , Nikos Mastorakis , Carmen Bulucea	N/A	Show Abstract
This paper is a sequel to a study by the authors of the electric power systems comprising the generator circuit-breakers (GCBs) at power plant generator terminals. A sustainable assessment of the current interruption requirements of a GCB addresses the main stresses on the generator circuit breaker, revealing that the GCB current interruption requirements are significantly higher than for the distribution network circuit breakers. Hence, generator circuit-breakers are subject to unique demanding conditions caused my specific stresses, namely: high asymmetrical fault currents resulting from high d.c. components of the fault current; greater electrical, thermal and mechanical stresses when interrupting longer arcing time faults; and important dielectric stress after the electric arc extinction caused by the transient recovery voltage (TRV). This paper extends other studies of the authors of the energetic and exergetic transformation chain at the interruption current transient process in an electric power system that comprises the generator circuit-breaker, as well as the transient recovery voltage (TRV) which appears after the interruption of a short-circuit fed by the synchronous generator or by the main step-up transformer. For achieving the TRV equivalent configuration the authors applied the method of operational symmetrical components (o.s.c.), and utilized the operational impedances of synchronous generator and of main transformer, depending on the fault location. Modeling the transient recovery voltage of circuits emphasizes aspects with direct implications on commutation equipment. Thus, the o.s.c. method can be applied at the poles of any breaker, for any eliminated fault type, if the network configuration and elements are known. The TRV, which appears after the interruption of a short-circuit fed by the generator, may be considered like an oscillation, where the oscillation factor and the rising rate (RR) of the TRV are established by the electrical machine parameters: resistance, inductance and capacitance. Consequently, modeling of concentrated equivalent parameters of the synchronous generator at perturbations caused by current interruption transient processes is achieved in this study through an approach based on sustainability concepts. These findings allow for simulations of the transient recovery voltage and comparisons with experimental results.
sciforum-001243	New Heat Transfer Fluids (HTFs) for Solar Thermal Applications Yosef Al Jasem , Hifsa Pervez Butt , Mohamed Barkhad , Mona Al Khazali , Thies Thiemann Submitted: 02 Aug 2013 Abstract: Show Abstract	Yosef Al Jasem , Hifsa Pervez Butt , Mohamed Barkhad , Mona Al Khazali , Thies Thiemann		Show Abstract
Heat transfer fluids (HTFs) are used widely in many industrial processes. They collect and transport thermal energy in process heating, metal working, machine cooling with applications in the aerospace, automotive, and marine industries. Also, these fluids comprise one of the key technological components in electricity generation from concentrating solar power systems (CSPs), where they can store thermal energy as a sensible heat reservoir for later delivery to the power conversion system in absence of solar radiation. Here the authors, have developed a new one pot strategy towards biarylated ethers as novel Heat Transfer Fluids while using minimal amount of reaction solvent. The physical properties of these fluids will be discussed and compared to calculated values gained from different computational models. The use of the fluids in Solar Thermal Energy Generation will be indicated.
sciforum-001247	Energy and Exergy Analyses of a New Combined Cycle for Producing Electricity and Desalinated Water Using Geothermal Energy Mehri Akbari , S. Mohammad S. Mahmoudi , Marc Rosen Submitted: 03 Aug 2013 Abstract: Show Abstract	Mehri Akbari , S. Mohammad S. Mahmoudi , Marc Rosen		Show Abstract
A combined cycle for generating electrical power and desalinated water is proposed and analyzed thermodynamically. The cycle, which utilizes geothermal energy, is a combination of the power-producing ammonia-water Kalina cycle, an absorption heat transformer with lithium bromide as working fluid and desalination facilities for removing salt from sea water. A parametric study is carried out to determine the effect of such parameters as the pressure at the turbine inlet, the ammonia water concentration in the transformer and the temperature of the hot water at the evaporator exit, on the first and second law efficiencies as well as on the distilled water flow rate. The results indicate that within specified ranges of these parameters, the energy and exergy efficiencies vary between 16 - 18.3% and 62.64 -69.48%, respectively. Comparing the Kalina and the proposed cycle, it is observed that the first and second law efficiencies are enhanced by around 12% and 24%, respectively, as the absorption heat transformer cycle is added to the Kalina cycle. The proposed cycle could produce 2.94 MW of electrical power and 0.34 kg/s desalinated water by means of extracting 89.3 kg/s of geothermal water at 124 ^oC from the earth.

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List of Authors (92)

Mehri Akbari

Olumide Babarinsa

Pat Bodger

Peter Braithwaite

Michael Burrow

Mara D'amico

Mehran Eskandari Torbaghan

Wael Fahmi

Luis Fernández Carril

Jessica Jacques

Sponsors and Partners

Media Partners

Proceedings & Editors

Conference Chair

Marc A. Rosen

Section Chairs

Michael J. Heckenberger

Christopher Koroneos

Jesus Martinez-Frias

Daniele Riccio

Miklas Scholz

Henning Madsen

Vladimir Strezov

Production Editors

Julio A. Seijas

M. Pilar Vázquez Tato

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Chair of the 3rd 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. Philip Bay, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

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

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

Dr. Jorge Herkovits, National Council of Science and Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dr. Stefan Hirschberger, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

Dr. Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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

Prof. Christopher Koroneos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Prof. Dr. Gürkan Kumbaroglu, Department of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

Prof. Dr. Henning Madsen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Robert W. Marans, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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

Dr. Gonzalo Pajares, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Dr. Pallav Purohit, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

Prof. Dr. Daniele Riccio, University of Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

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

Prof. Dr . Miklas Scholz, University of Salford, England, United Kingdom & Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Water

Dr. Delyse Springett, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Dr. Vladimir Strezov, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW, Australia

Prof. Dr. John Parm Ulhøi, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Organizing Committee

Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Ms Samanta La Russa, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland

List of Keynotes & Videos

Energy Research for Sustainability

This video contains a Keynote Presentation for the 3nd World Sustainability Forum, prepared by our Chairman Prof. Dr. Marc Rosen from the Institute of Technology of the University of Ontario, Canada.

Sustainable Food Systems in the 21st Century

This video is an addendum to the paper "Sustainable Food Systems in the 21st Century - Considering the Natural Capital Embodied in Israeli Meat Consumption " submitted to section A: Environmental Sustainability by Shira Z Dickler.

The 3rd World Sustainability Forum

Part of the World Sustainability Forum series

1–30 Nov 2013

Call for Papers

Conference Chairs

Sessions

Instructions for Authors

List of accepted submissions (51)

List of Authors (92)

Sponsors and Partners

Media Partners

Proceedings & Editors

Chair of the 3rd World Sustainability Forum

Scientific Advisory Committee

Organizing Committee

List of Keynotes & Videos

Energy Research for Sustainability

Sustainable Food Systems in the 21st Century

A. Environmental Sustainability

Submissions

B. Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Economic Sustainability

Submissions

C. Social Values for a Sustainable Economy

Submissions

D. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources

Submissions

E. Sustainable Urban Development

Submissions

F. Sustainable Development Policy, Practice and Education

Submissions

G. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Innovation

Submissions

H. Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Management of Land and Biodiversity

Submissions

I. Related Topics

Submissions