Simulating a Biorefinery Ecosystem to Manage and Motivate Sustainable Regional Nutrient Circulation

Sensory Social Networks to Motivate Sustainable Behaviour

This position paper discusses the role of advanced sensor systems, integrated into smart homes and transportation networks and measuring use and consumption, in supporting a transition at the level of individuals, small groups and entire communities, to more sustainable ways of living. It focuses on how such technologies can be leveraged as a motivational tool. In particular it highlights the p...

Designing Persuasive Applications to Motivate Sustainable Behavior in Collectivist Cultures

Until now, many kinds of persuasive applications have been developed, and most of which are used by individuals for personal benefits, example includes better healthcare, better lifestyle and so on. However, one application area that is yet to be explored effectively is persuading users for preserving shared resources including environmental conservation. Unlike existing persuasive applications...

Editorial : Sustainable Development of Cognitive Science and Technology Ecosystem an Overview to the “Human Brain Project” as a Functioning Sample

Sustainable Ecosystem Management

Sustainable Ecosystem Management (SEM) is one of the ‘four challenges’ for ecosystem services (ES) to be addressed by OpenNESS; the others relate to human well-being, competitiveness and governance. The challenge is to manage ecosystems in such a way that they can sustainably deliver an optimal combination of ecosystem services both today and into the future, with resilience to environmental an...

Simulating Invasions in a Spatially Structured Ecosystem

A recent distribution modell1] suggests that the success of ecological invasions diminish with the number of species in the resident community. However , such models generally lack any spatial structure or representation of the resources in the environment. The continuous distribution model of Casee1] was transformed into a connguration model that included a parameter for the dimensions of a sp...