In the first part we provide a review of the rather young field of Environmental Informatics. We argue that Environmental Informatics methods and tools are powerful means in environmental information processing for supporting sustainable development. In the second part we introduce a case study dealing with sustainable logistic systems for city courier services based on agent-based simulation m...

We propose a hybrid genetic algorithm (GA) for solving a sustainable supply chain design problem that arises in the public sector. There is little research being done in mathematical modeling and solutions methods for these problems. The paper describes a mixed-integer 0-1 model (MIP) for this sustainable problem in which we have to determine in a network of two layers the number of facilities ...

Sustainable development is a key component in urban studies. Earth Observation (EO) can play a valuable role in sustainable urban development and planning, since it represents a powerful data source with the potential to provide a number of relevant urban sustainability indicators. To this end, in this paper we propose a conceptual list of EO-based indicators capable of supporting urban plannin...

This paper addresses a sustainable supply chain network design problem that arises in the public sector. There is little research being done in mathematical modeling and solutions methods for these problems. The paper describes a mixed-integer 0-1 model (MIP) for solving this sustainable problem in which we have to determine a fixed number of facilities to be located at sites chosen from among ...

Providing sustainable energy is one of the fundamental challenges for mankind. With energy usage being a part of everyday activities and with the increasingly diversity of energy creation this is an inherently multidisciplinary problem. Transportation and travel, heating and cooling, manufacturing and production are major areas in which energy is used and all these domains become more and more ...