Using exogenous quantities in qualitative models about environmental sustainability

Supporting education about environmental sustainability: Evaluation of a progressive learning route for qualitative models

Sustainable Supply Chain Network Design: A Review on Quantitative Models Using Content Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to develop a systematic literature review on the subject of sustainable supply chain network design during 1990-2016, through a review of 261 papers. In this study, qualitative technique for conducting a systematic literature review was used. To systematize and make the literature review more accurate, content analysis method was used that include data collect...

Perceptions of environmental sustainability amongst mineworkers

Environmental sustainability needs to use resources efficiently and effectively from macro to micro level with a systematic approach. The dualistic relationship between ecosystem and human beings require considering ecological and social systems as well as economic factors known as the three-legged approach. Individuals and their perceptions are also important in this approach because of the ne...

Clustered Causal Ordering

Causal arguments are ubiquitous in human reasoning about physical phenomena. Formalization and computer modeling of these arguments is a major goal of qualitative physics. Building causal qualitative models of rich domains like classical thermodynamics has proven to be difficult . The most accessible and widely agreed upon source of knowledge is found in textbooks, usually in the form of noncau...

Semi-quantitative environmental impact assessment and sustainability level determination of coal mining using a mathematical model

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has led to the dominance of planners on the natural environment of the regions, providing the possibility of continuously monitoring and controlling the status quo by management staff. In this regard, a new semi-quantitative model is presented for the EIA of the Eastern Alborz Coal Mining complex using the matrix method, and determining the corresponding im...