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Energy conservation is one of the key priorities of sustainable development strategy. Transport systems are responsible for about one third of energy consumption. As result, the identification of solutions to reduce energy consumption in these systems is essential for the implementation of the sustainable development strategies. The present work is dedicated to identifying the possibilities for...

nowadays, most of the cities, especially metropolises of developing countries are engaged with environmental issues like air and water pollution, waste increase and etc., that lead to the environmental destruction. meanwhile sustainable urban development, provides the balance between development and the environment, and supplies the current generation needs while keep its eyes on the next gener...

the purpose of this paper is to investigate causality relationship between emission of carbon dioxide, the level of national income and energy consumption in iran consumption of fuel fossil as an input of production or as a final consumption which produces significant amount of pollution such as green house gases in the world. c02 emission is the most important green – house gases which has the...

There is growing interest in sustainability, sustainable development, and sustainable transportation. This paper identifies issues related to the definition, evaluation and implementation of sustainable transportation. Significant issues include the range of definitions of sustainability, the range of issues considered under sustainability, the range of perspectives, criticism of sustainability...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNEP United Nations Environment Programme This report reflects the results of the UNESCO/UNEP project on “Youth, sustainable consumption and life styles”, which was launched in March 2000. The project was framed around a survey on the consumption patterns of young people in 24 countries and six country case studies. The results of...

A multidisciplinary computer-based field study among 393 Dutch households examined how people judge the ‘social’ sustainability (quality-of-life effects) of ‘environmentally’ sustainable household consumption patterns (less energy-use demanding) and associated policy options. The study revealed that about two -thirds of the households had to reduce their direct and indirect energy use within th...

The rapid increase in the global energy consumption and the environmental impact of traditional energy resources pose serious challenges to human health, energy security, and environmental protection. One promising solution, providing clean and sustainable power, is fuel cells. Instead of burning fuel to create heat, fuel cells convert chemical energy directly into electricity [1]. This energy ...