climate change is a complicated issue with many factors playing role in its formation and distribution. considering this complication, a comprehensive and holistic approach is needed for a better understanding and management of those factors. the causal frameworks are among systemic and integrated methods for addressing the causes of environmental problems and the relationships that exist betwe...

The rise of emerging markets is restructuring the global economic and social landscape. It requires a new paradigm of global innovation strategy to meet this challenge. After reviewing possible trends in today’s world, it is suggested that the objective of innovation is to create an inclusive-and-sustainable future. To achieve this goal, this paper is concerned with the use of the Problem Struc...

introduction[1] air pollution is one of the major environmental issues in industrial cities such as tehran, in such a way that in a certain time, this city was announced as the second polluted city in the world after new delhi. geographical location of this city produces a situation that air pollution does not find a way for dilution. therefore air pollution and its reduction to an acceptable l...

• DPSIR applied to beach contamination through data search and fieldwork. Fieldwork allowed gain insight into local pressures, state, health impact of beach-stranded. Main responses: waste removal from drainage system recycling stranded material. Local regional efforts are required build a systemic view contamination. Beaches affected by the accumulation natural anthropogenic material; however,...

Abstract Drivers of land use change were captured by the DPSIR model where (D) represented human needs, Pressures (P), activities, State (S), ecosystem, Impact (I) services from ecosystem and Response (R), decisions taken users. Land sat MSS ETM+ (path 185, row 31) used in this study. The image (June 1987, May, 2000 July, 2014) was downloaded USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems data websit...

Green port governance is an emerging and recent restructuring process influencing authorities regarding adopting recurring sustainable practices within their business models. However, contemporary academic bias towards a particular aspect of practice leads to publication results fragmentation difficulty in collective assessment the conclusions. The lack holistic research endeavors hinders ident...

Achieving food security in a 'perfect storm' scenario is a grand challenge for society. Climate change and an expanding global population act in concert to make global food security even more complex and demanding. As achieving food security and the millennium development goal (MDG) to eradicate hunger influences the attainment of other MDGs, it is imperative that we offer solutions which are c...

Abstract Purpose This study has two aims: first, propose the use of driver-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) framework to expand normal focus impact pathways in social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) on endpoint impacts a systematic analysis find links between main sources issues and impacts; second, develop new method quantify lifetime health economic outcomes associated with subcategories,...