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Sustainability of UK Strawberry Crop : Final report to Defra for Research Project HH3606
(Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 2005)The desire for agricultural sustainability is well recognised in the UK’s agricultural industry and is now accepted by most farmers although its implementation was restricted by lack of sound environmental impact data that ... -
The sustainability of water resources in the High Mountain Asia in the context of recent and future glacier change.
(2017-11-01)High Mountain Asia contains the largest volume of glacier ice outside the Polar regions, and contain the headwaters of some of the largest rivers in central Asia. These glaciers are losing mass at a mean rate of between ... -
Sustainability reporting and the professional accountant in Nigeria
(Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, 2018-10-01)Sustainability reporting is increasingly being mandated internationally, including in the emerging markets. The latest effort has been a proposal by International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) to integrate sustainability ... -
Sustainability trade-offs in Climate Change Geographies in England
(2024-01-09)The evidence that climate change is the result of human actions is becoming increasingly stronger, as is the need to take action to limit the worst effects of climate change on the planet. However, politicians continue to ... -
Sustainability’s relationship with Product Design Education : Presented at Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation ERSCP-EMSU conference, Delft, The Netherlands.
(2010-10)This paper shares the experiences of delivering dedicated curriculum in sustainable design (BA & MA Programmes at the University for the Creative Arts) and integrating sustainability into already congested Product Design ... -
Sustainable Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation
(MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-07-01)As we lie firmly entrenched within what many have termed the Anthropocene, the time of humans, human influence on the functioning of the planet has never been greater or in greater need of mitigation. Climate change, the ... -
Sustainable Antimicrobial Stewardship: Investigating the Antimicrobial Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
(2023-05-25)This poster focuses on Sustainable Antimicrobial Stewardship and its application before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It assesses how the pandemic has highlighted the need for sustainable antimicrobial practices to ... -
Sustainable bio-based solid phase extraction adsorbent for the determination of various types of organic compounds
(2024-02-21)A sustainable, bio-based, mesoporous material, Starbon A800, was explored for use as an adsorbent in solid phase extraction (SPE). A solution containing seven nitrosamines was first used as a standard to optimise conditions ... -
Sustainable Development in International Law : Nature and Operation of an Evolutive Legal Norm
(2012-05)The wide dissemination of sustainable development in international law has generated considerable academic interest. However, because of the evasive and flexible content of what has been termed by the ICJ a concept in the ... -
A sustainable ecosystem? Sourcing innovative IT talent in Bulgaria
(2017-06-21)This study addresses the problem of modularising innovative capability along internationally dispersed Global Value Chains (GVCs), which are mediated by human agency embedded in a myriad of contextuallydependent local ... -
Sustainable food systems in Europe : policies, realities and futures
(2008)This article reviews the food sustainability challenges facing the 27-nation member European Union (EU). It describes the evolution of sustainable development policy in Europe against the background of the EU's evolution ... -
Sustainable Humans: A framework for applying Sustainable HRM principles to the Events Industry
(2022-11-11)Most research into human resource management offers best practice strategies but often assumes that employees and organisations are homogenous. The events industry is fundamentally different: it is a stressful, fast-paced, ... -
Sustainable Hydrogen Evaluation in Logistics; SHEL
(Elsevier, 2012)Materials handling vehicles are currently powered by either electric motor based on lead-acid batteries or combustion engines employing diesel or liquefied petroleum gas. Fuel cells offer significant advantage over the ... -
Sustainable living?
(UH Centre for Sustainable Communities, 2012-11)Based on primary research data collected and analysed through the UH Lafarge Sustainable Living Partnership, this paper explores what customer surveys reveal about why people buy new homes and what those buyers want their ... -
Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)
(Springer Nature, 2006-03-22)Control of phoma stem canker in oil rapeseed crops typically depends on cultivars resistant to L. Maculans, the virus that causes it. Recently, virus populations have overcome resistance, causing serious canker outbreaks ... -
Sustainable Strawberry Production and Management Including Control of Strawberry Powdery Mildew
(2017-07-24)At present, the global population is increasing, while soil and fresh water resources for crop production are declining. It is important to adopt sustainable practices to optimise the use of limited natural resources ... -
Sustainable strawberry production including the use of a rule based prediction system for controlling Strawberry Powdery Mildew
(2013-12-18)UK strawberry production could be viewed as an example of sustainable intensification through the precision use of varieties, nutrients and polythene tunnels. Powdery mildew, Podosphaera aphanis, is a major fungal disease ... -
Sustainable Tourism : Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
(Routledge, 2007-12-24)