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Sustainability perspectives and spatial patterns of multiple ecosystem services in the Venice lagoon: Possible roles in the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive Universiteit Antwerpen
The multiple ecosystem services (ES) co-produced by social-ecological systems include ES directly resulting from ecosystem functioning, and ES mediated by human activities, which can have negative effects on the system and on the ES provided. As a result, different patterns of multiple ES delivery can be characterized by sustainable or unsustainable trends over time, depending on the interactions occurring among ES. In this paper, a ...
Feasibility, acceptability and potential sustainability of a 'diagonal' approach to health services for female sex workers in Mozambique Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
Background: Female sex workers (FSWs) in many settings have restricted access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. We therefore conducted an implementation study to test a 'diagonal' intervention which combined strengthening of FSW-targeted services (vertical) with making public health facilities more FSW-friendly (horizontal). We piloted it over 18 months and then assessed its performance. Methods: Applying a convergent parallel ...
Environmental sustainability of conventional and organic farming: Accounting for ecosystem services in life cycle assessment Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek Universiteit Gent
Today, there is an ongoing debate about the environmental sustainability of the products of organic farming. To compare the performance of conventional and organic farming systems regarding environmental impact and productivity, the comprehensive environmental assessment tool ‘life cycle assessment’ can be used. The lower crop yields attained by organic systems compared to conventional farming systems might, however, outweigh the benefits of the ...
Fostering sustainability in European nature conservation – NATURA 2000 habitat monitoring based on Earth observation services Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
Public service media and ecosystem sustainability: towards effective partnerships in small media markets. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Adaptive resilience of and through urban ecosystem services: a transdisciplinary approach to sustainability in Barcelona Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ecosystem services (ES) from urban green and blue infrastructure (GBI) provide cities and their citizens with benefits necessary to cope with present and future sustainability challenges. Long-term comprehensive urban greening strategies, policies, and plans are thus central to the development of sustainable, liveable, and resilient cities. However, urban greening strategies are increasingly tailored to provide short-term benefits, overlooking ...
Environmental and economic sustainability of crack mitigation in reinforced concrete with SuperAbsorbent polymers (SAPs) Universiteit Gent
Due to the increasing awareness and sensitivity towards the environmental and economic sustainability issues, the concrete industry has to deliver innovative solutions, in terms of materials, products and structural concepts, to achieve higher durability of engineering feats in real service scenarios. The inclusion of SuperAbsorbent Polymers (SAPs) into the concrete mix, can not only stimulate the autogenous crack healing, but is also able to ...
The role of internal quality relations in driving sustainability performance Vlerick Business School
There are contradictory debates about the impact of quality management and sustainability performance. By taking the internal dimensional view of quality management practices (management and employee), this study develops a research framework that investigates the relationships of internal quality relations and sustainability performance. Survey data were collected from 430 service and manufacturing firms from the UK. Structural equation ...