What is it about?
ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the ecological footprints as an indicator. The methodology for the ecology footprint is extended based on many factors with respect to sustainability. The paper will contribute to a broadening of the understanding of the spatial and temporal aspects of urban landuse policies, processes, and practices and their relationship to sustainable development. Theoretically guided, quantitatively oriented, and empirically established research is needed to develop models to understand sustainability as related to the environment and natural resources’ reservation. The intuitive appeal of the footprint is another asset, leading to its adoption for many projects. For applications of the footprint to sustainable scale issues, it would be wise to keep in mind that this measure likely provides an underestimate of ecological impact. Future studies should consider the problem-oriented and application-oriented focus with respect to sustainability. Those studies should complement deep and state-of-the-art conceptual and empirical analysis, and discuss the practical consequences of their findings, as well as ways to translate them into policy measures. Keywords: Land-use; Global Change; Land-use and Economic/Social/Environmental Sustainability; Sustainable Land-use Policies. FOR CITATION: Yihdego, Y., and Salem, H.S. (2017). The challenges of sustainability: Perspective of ecology. Journal of Sustainable Energy Engineering (Special Issue on Economics), 5(4-December): 341–362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7569/JSEE.2017.629519 and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322522453_The_Challenges_of_Sustainability_Perspective_of_Ecology and http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/scrivener/jsee/2017/00000005/00000004/art00006 and https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/josee.2017.5.issue-4/jsee.2017.629519/jsee.2017.629519.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/josee.2017.5.issue-4/jsee.2017.629519/jsee.2017.629519.xml
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Why is it important?
The importance of this research paper lies in the fact that it has investigated the concept of ecological (environmental) sustainability in terms of footprint. Based on the outcomes of this paper, it can be said that theoretically guided, quantitatively oriented, and empirically established research is needed to develop models to understand sustainability as related to the environment and natural resources’ reservation.
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What makes this paper distinguishable is its investigation and discussion of several issues and aspects related to sustainability or sustainable development, including the aspect of footprint and its application and interpretation. It is recommended, however, that the findings presented in this paper are to be translated into policy measures.
Prof. Dr. Hilmi S. Salem
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This page is a summary of: The Trouble with Sustainability: Perspective of Ecology, Journal of Sustainable Energy Engineering, December 2017, Scrivener Publishing,
DOI: 10.7569/jsee.2017.629519.
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