Low-input cropping systems were introduced in Western Europe to reduce the environmental impacts of intensive farming, but some of their benefits are offset by lower yields. In this paper, we review studies that used Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to investigate the effects of reducing external inputs on the eco-efficiency of cropping systems, measured as the ratio of production to environmental i...

In many biological systems, the network of interactions between the elements can only be inferred from experimental measurements. In neuroscience, non-invasive imaging tools are extensively used to derive either structural or functional brain networks in-vivo. As a result of the inference process, we obtain a matrix of values corresponding to a fully connected and weighted network. To turn this...

Although there is need for information systems (IS) empirical research that study the factors influencing the adoption of green technologies, most, if not all, of the published IS research on either Green IT or Green IS are characterized by a call for action to the IS community and a definition of the Green IS research and teaching agenda. This paper empirically investigates the influence of or...

The resilience, ecological function and quality of both agricultural and natural systems were evaluated in the mountainous region of the Atlantic Rain Forest of Rio de Janeiro through Rapid Assessment Methods. For this goal new indicators were proposed, such as eco-volume, eco-height, bio-volume, volume efficiency, and resilience index. The following agricultural and natural systems have been c...

The research project CondEcol is structured as a multidisciplinary study of the conditions for moving existing production and consumption patterns in the direction of sustainable development. Working closely in the initial phase with two industrial partners, Norsk Hydro and Renewable Energy Corporation, the project has been given access to high-profile cases of technology and product developmen...

Despite the implementation of national “Ecology” project, attempts to develop low-carbon energy and transport, “garbage reform” other measures aimed at reducing negative impact economy on environment, eco-efficiency production systems in Russia remains low. In this paper, we propose a new approach solving problems comparative assessment effectiveness regional environmental management (R-EMS), t...

The aim of this paper was to explore the effect energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and population growth on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Philippines. Economic reflects increase production, use resources which are often associated with poor environmental quality. Many studies show that consumption used production drives GDP, however, leads degradation many have concluded economic is unsustain...