Making a Web-Portal With Aquaculture Sustainability Indicators for the General Public

Sustainability Indicators for Energy Systems to Enhance Decision Making Processes

1. Abstract The energy sector plays a key role within the concept of Sustainable Development. However, there is consensus that today’s energy system is not sustainable. A transformation towards more efficient structures as well as a shift to renewable sources is needed. To get on the right track, sustainability aspects should be addressed within the scope of technology assessments. This applies...

Detecting Public Health Indicators from the Web for Epidemic Intelligence

Recent pandemics such as Swine Flu, have caused concern for public health officials. Given the ever increasing pace at which infectious diseases can spread globally, officials must be prepared to react sooner and with greater epidemic intelligence gathering capabilities. However, state-of-the-art systems for Epidemic Intelligence have not kept the pace with the growing need for more robust publ...

MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY The Making of Sustainability Indicators in Interdisciplinary Research Settings

Sustainability Indicators

Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online's data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. 1. Introduction Imagine a situation where, after debating for years on what makes you happy, you finally decide that it is about time you start put these i...

Aquaculture Sustainability: Developing Concepts of a Decision Support Tool for Licensing Freshwater Cage Aquaculture in Ontario

Approaches to managing aquaculture’s sustainability have traditionally focused on a relatively few, but important, environmental impact parameters. A broader and more contemporary concept of aquaculture sustainability has now evolved to include various other parameters considered relevant to those multiple stakeholder groups who may be affected by the industry and its practices. Consequently, t...