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Invitation and Call for Papers for
The 16th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
30 May – 1 June 2010
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Hong Kong
Please click here to download our Conference Flyer.
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Aims and Scope |
The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, in association with The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) and ERP Environment, publishers of the international journal Sustainable Development are pleased to announce the 16thAnnual International Sustainable Development Research Conference. The conference will be held at The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong on 30 May – 1 June 2010.
The Conference this year focuses on exploring opportunities and managing implications for post-financial crisis in the pursuit of sustainability. We invite contributions relating to integrated policies, cross-sectoral governance and issues concerning climate change. We welcome papers on the latest developments associated with sustainable development and the innovations and practical measures addressing global challenges.
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Analysis of ethics, values and religion in relation to sustainable development |
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Bridging organizations as institutional arrangements for sustainable development |
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Climate change and energy |
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Critical discourses on sustainable development: a call for a radical agenda |
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Current challenges in industrial ecology |
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Definitions, concepts and implications of sustainable development |
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Environmental policies in transitional countries; innovation and transition management |
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Environmental risk assessment |
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Health, well-being, and quality of life in integrated sustainable development |
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Implementing integrated corporate sustainability frameworks |
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Industrial development and policy and low carbon economy |
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Industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks and eco-industrial networking and regional sustainability |
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International perspectives on industrial ecology and the circular economy |
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Legal aspects of sustainable development |
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Responsible investment, corporate social responsibility and its impacts |
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Strategic life cycle assessment |
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Strategic sustainable development |
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Sustainability in global supply chains |
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Sustainable agriculture |
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Sustainable architecture, design and housing |
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Sustainable building material and material systems |
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Sustainable cities integrating scientific and stakeholders' views |
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Sustainable consumption, consumer responses and new markets for eco-products |
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Sustainable development, energy efficiency and architecture, housing and construction |
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Sustainable development reporting: an assessment of the indicators |
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Sustainable production and zero systems |
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The city as landscape, towards a sustainable urbanism |
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The role of education and universities in sustainable development |
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The role of indicators in evidence-based policy for sustainable development |
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What is eco-innovation?: persuing an operational definition |
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Analysis of ethics, values and religions in relation to sustainable development |
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Applying material efficiency, recycling and new bio-based materials |
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Biodiversity, ecological civilization, environmental governance and climate change |
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Debates and implementation of corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurial strategies |
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Efforts in the development of definitions, concepts and literature of and for sustainable development |
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Free trade and globalization, sustainable global product chains, clean products and production |
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Global and national policy process on sustainable development (special reference to waste, chemicals, mining, transport and sustainable consumption and production) |
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Global governance and emission trading for sustainability |
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Governance, self-governance, institutional arrangements and multi-stakeholder cooperation for sustainable development |
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Health, healthy cities, community health investment and sustainability |
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Long-term change towards sustainable societies: engagement, scenarios, forecasting and backcasting |
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Redefining economic system conditions for sustainable development |
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Stakeholder engagement, gender and empowerment, participation in local action for sustainable development |
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Strategic life cycle assessment |
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Sustainable development and transportation |
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Sustainable management of water and ecological resources |
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Sustainable urban and/or rural planning and management |
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