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Extended producer responsibility's effect on producers' electronic waste management practices in Japan and Canada: drivers, barriers, and potential of the urban mine. 扩展生产者责任对日本和加拿大生产者电子废物管理实践的影响:城市矿山的驱动因素、障碍和潜力。

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Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-023-00124-y

Mika Kaibara Portugaise, Lára Jóhannsdóttir, Shinsuke Murakami

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Could global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system? 全球规范是否能够在变革中的国际贸易体系中定义可持续农业系统?

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Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-023-00130-0

Markus Giger, Irene Musselli

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引用次数: 1

Analysing of the sustainable development goals in Damascus University during Syrian crisis using the strategy in the university and the bibliometrics data from SciVal. 利用大马士革大学的战略和SciVal的文献计量学数据，分析叙利亚危机期间大马士革大学的可持续发展目标。

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Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-023-00140-y

Marwan Al-Raeei

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Drivers of Human‒wildlife interactions in a co-existence area: a case study of the Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania 共存地区人类与野生动物互动的驱动因素：坦桑尼亚恩戈罗戈罗保护区的案例研究

IF 2.6

Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00113-7

Oswin F. Linuma, A. Mahenge, R.R.A.M. Mato, A. Greenwood

引用次数: 3

The effect of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies: evidence from the middle and lower basin of Yangtze River, China 农业温室气体减排政策的效果:来自长江中下游流域的证据

IF 2.6

Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-11-24 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00107-5

Hanzhong Liang, Yue Meng, K. Ishii

引用次数: 2

Rapid and unplanned urbanization in the least developed districts of Bangladesh: a case study from Jamalpur using geospatial techniques 孟加拉国最不发达地区快速和无计划的城市化:基于地理空间技术的贾马尔布尔案例研究

IF 2.6

Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-11-22 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00110-w

S. Mamun, Md. Mozahidul Islam, A. Okely, M. S. Hossain

引用次数: 1

Climate change vulnerability and smallholder farmers’ adaptive responses in the semi-arid Far North Region of Cameroon 喀麦隆半干旱远北地区气候变化脆弱性与小农适应性响应

IF 2.6

Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-11-17 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00106-6

H. Njoya, C. Matavel, H. Msangi, H. Wouapi, K. Löhr, S. Sieber

引用次数: 5

Prepared compost from food waste effectively increased onion production under sub-tropical conditions 从食物垃圾中制备的堆肥在亚热带条件下有效地增加了洋葱产量

IF 2.6

Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00111-9

Shivali Bhadwal, N. Kumari, M. Kumari, Khushboo Badhan, Shikha Gomra, Neha Manhas, Anam Fatima Humdani, Farhana Kirmani, Nazia Shokat, Avantika Rana, K. Kumar, S. Acharya, A. Magnuson, Arup Giri

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Determinants of household adoption of solar energy technology in Seychelles in a context of 100% access to electricity 在塞舌尔实现100%供电的情况下，家庭采用太阳能技术的决定因素

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Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-11-08 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00108-4

D. Etongo, H. Naidu

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Implications of Earth system tipping pathways for climate change mitigation investment 地球系统引爆途径对减缓气候变化投资的影响

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Discover Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-11-08 DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00105-7

J. Caldecott

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