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Can a small island be sustainable?
22 Mar 2023 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
The role of material stocks and livestock in shaping the sociometabolic transition of the past, present and future on the Greek island Samothraki
Doctoral thesis by Dominik Noll
This doctoral thesis is empirically capturing effects of the global sociometabolic transition of the past...
Islands at Risk - Analyzing Resource-use Dynamics from a Socio-metabolic Research Perspective
14 Feb 2023 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
By Francisco Xavier Felix Martin del Campo (ISIE profile)
Our resource-use dynamics is posited as an important example of complex systems in need for better understanding. These have contributed significantly to the improvement in global material standards of living through the provisioning of...
Is e-waste a threat or an opportunity for small-island economies to transition to a circular economy?
07 Mar 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
Elham Mohammadi (ISIE profile)
Electronic waste is considered a global ecological issue as well as a valuable source of materials by an immense body of research. Various concerns have been raised about e-waste, including air, water, and soil pollutions, geopolitical supply risk of metals, planned...