System level impediments to achieving absolute sustainability using LCA

Achieving Sustainable Tourism in Hawai‘i Using a Sustainability Evaluation System

Published by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) and issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Andrew G. Hashimoto, Director/Dean, Cooperative Extension Service/CTAHR, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822. An equal opportunity/affirmative action inst...

Achieving Collaboration: System Level Supports and Actions

Implementing service delivery systems based on the bio-psycho-social model requires a collaborative approach. The model draws attention to the genetic, physiological, psychological, social and cultural elements that influence health. At its simplest, integration ensures a person receives care that addresses multiple needs in a coordinated and efficient way. Mental health and substance use probl...

Achieving Economic Sustainability Through Innovation

The current economic instability is the result of under regulated markets built on an ideology of free market capitalism and unlimited economic growth. Since the onset of industrialization and conceptualization of economic theories various externalities are not considered as a part of economy. They were assumed to be relatively small and solvable. The consequences that declare an economic model...

Achieving High-Level Directives Using Strategy-Trees

A strategy-tree provides a systematic approach to the evaluation of the effectiveness of deployed policy sets and a mechanism to dynamically alter policy sets (i.e., alter strategy) at run-time in response to feedback. This paper provides an overview of the strategy-tree concept and its application to a policy-based management system for a data center. Results are presented that show that the s...

What Is Sustainability? Quantifying Sustainability Achieving a Sustainable Marine Environment