By conceptualising local seismic construction practices as capital, this paper proposes a theoretical framework within which its conservation can be envisioned as a means to reducing vulnerability and moving towards more sustainable development. The application of the proposed conceptual framework is demonstrated in the case of Lefkada Island in Greece. Each of the four key constructs (local se...

This article shows that science and technology will play a central role in working toward sustainable development. Scientific research will be crucial to better understanding how human activity affects the environment. The sciences, like new technologies, should continue to provide for an improvement in the efficiency of resource utilization and in developing new practices, resources, and alter...

Program Overview: This Summit responds to the Child Survival Call to Action/A Promise Renewed. It recognizes that governments, civil society, donors, and others need evidence to inform efficacious, effective, and sustainable policies, strategies, and programs to reduce preventable child deaths and ensure healthy child development. The goal of this Evidence Summit is to provide expert review of ...

Background Development institutions constantly seek effective ways to work with local communities to build sustainable change. Research has shown that diffusion of information and adoption of new practices becomes sustainable when they are tailored to the local context (Sugden et al., 2014). This requires recognition of and a familiarity with the unique relationships and distribution and availa...

1. ABSTRACT This report is focused on new design directions for the Energy Challenge 09, a student competition to conserve water and electricity in dormitories at the Indiana University Bloomington campus. These new design directions emphasize the use of eco-visualizations (EVs). EVs are "any kind of interactive device targeted at revealing energy use in order to promote more sustainable behavi...

Corporate sustainable innovation is amajor driver of institutional change, and its success can be largely attributed to employees.While some scholars have described the importance of intrinsic motivations and flexibility to facilitate innovation, others have argued that constraints and extrinsic motivations stimulate innovation. In the context of sustainable innovation, we explore which employe...

Many knowledge management (KM) systems have proven unsustainable to date, exhibiting low quantities and quality of knowledge, with systems falling into disuse. In this paper, we provide and explore a model for sustainable KM systems, focusing on the advantages to be gained from integrating knowledge work with everyday work practices, and enabling sensemaking through personalisation and contextu...

Introduction Much of the early development and diffusion of sustainable agriculture information has occurred outside of traditional avenues for agricultural information exchange. Studies have shown that farmers engaged in sustainable agriculture obtain most of their information on sustainable practices predominately from other farmers, followed by private non-profits, other educational organiza...

Per capita, Australia has the highest rate of greenhouse gas emissions in the industrialised world (Turton & Hamilton, 2002). As such, it is increasingly recognised that engaging Australians in environmentally sustainable practices and behaviours is central to reducing greenhouse gas emissions for a sustainable future. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for engaging people in environmen...

This paper examines the role of the IT Services Provider (ITSP) in facilitating adoption of sustainable IT and IT management practices in client organizations Informed by resource dependency and inter-organizational knowledge transfer perspectives and based on primary data from five large ITSPs from India, it shows that ITSPs can influence adoption of IT sustainability in client organizations b...