International Journal of Sustainable Development  (IJSD)
ISSN (Online): 1741-5268  -  ISSN (Print): 0960-1406

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   Objectives

The objectives of IJSD are to establish an effective channel of communication between policy-makers, government agencies, academics and research institutions, and professionals working in the field, and to provide a forum for them to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy.

   Readership

Professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers.

   Contents

IJSD publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, and notes, commentaries, and news. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.

   Subject Coverage

• Review and assessment of policies
• Strategy for policy making
• Environment and sustainable development
• Ecology and sustainability
• Social aspects of sustainability
• Economic dimensions of sustainability
• Political dimensions of sustainability
• Economic, social and natural resources issues
• Control, regulations and policy
• Future visions and scenarios

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines web-page.

To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers

All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Dr. M.A. Dorgham
International Centre for Technology and Management
UK
editorialinderscience.com

Co-Editors

Prof. Sylvie Faucheux
Universite de Versailles - St Quentin en Yvelines
78280 Guyancourt
FRANCE
Sylvie.Faucheuxuvsq.fr

Prof. Dr. Adrian V. Gheorghe
Batten Endowed Chair Systems Engineering
Old Dominion University
Batten College Engineering and Technology
Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Norfolk, VA 23529
USA
agheorghodu.edu

Associate Editor

Dr. Ângela Guimarães Pereira
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Via E. Fermi, 2749 (TP360)
21027 Ispra (VA)
ITALY

Assistant Editor

Albert Merino Saum
UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
47, boulevard Vauban
78047 Guyancourt cedex
FRANCE

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Tahar AbdessalemTa
Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie
Université 7 novembre à Carthage
TUNISIA

Prof. Dr. Andrea BaranziniAn
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
Geneva School of Business Administration
Geneva
SWITZERLAND

Prof. David BellDa
York University
Faculty of Environmental Studies
4700 Keele St
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
CANADA

Prof. Beat BürgenmeierBe
Université de Genève
Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales
Geneva
SWITZERLAND

Prof. Amadou Tahirou DiawAm
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
LERG - Laboratoire d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Géomatique
Dakar
SENEGAL

Dr. Mujde Erten-UnalMu
Associate Professor; Director, Sustainable Development Institute
Old Dominion University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Batten College Engineering and Technology
135 Kaufman Hall
Norfolk, VA 23529
USA

Dr. Silvio FuntowiczSi
European Commission
DG Joint Research Centre
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC)
Via Fermi
21020 Ispra
ITALY

Dr. Gilberto GallopinGi
Independent Scholar
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA

Dr. Brian GarrodBr
Senior Lecturer in Tourism
Aberystwyth University
Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences
Llanbadarn Campus
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3AL
UK

Prof. Jose GoldembergJo
Secretary of the Environment
State of São Paulo
Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Junior, 345 - 5º
05459-900 São Paulo
BRAZIL

Prof. Anil K. GuptaAn
Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation, and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in Entrepreneurship
Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur
Ahmedabad 380 015
INDIA

Prof. Dr. Joyeeta GuptaJo
Vrije Universiteit
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
De Boelelaan 1087
1081 HV Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS

Dr. Friedrich HinterbergerFr
Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI)
Schwarzspanierstr. 4/8
A-1090 Vienna
AUSTRIA

Prof. Richard B. HowarthRi
Professor of Environmental Studies
Dartmouth College
Hanover NH 03755
USA

Prof. Janice JigginsJa

De Dellen 4
NL-6673 MD Andelst
NETHERLANDS

Dr. Nigel JollandsNi
International Energy Agency
Energy Efficiency & Environment Division
Paris
FRANCE

Prof. Alioune KaneAl
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
Dakar
SENEGAL

Dr. Jörg KöhnJÃ

Büdnerreihe 20A
D-18239 Heiligenhagen
GERMANY

Prof. Joan Martinez AlierJo
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Department of Economics and Economic History
Edifici B
08193 Bellaterra
SPAIN

Dr. Peter H. MayPe
Chairman, Department of Development, Agriculture and Society
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL

Dr. Roldan MuradianRo
Tilburg University
Development Research Institute (IVO)
NETHERLANDS

Dr. Thymio PapayannisTh
Med-INA (Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos)
Athens
GREECE

Prof. Murray PattersonMu
Director, New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics, Massey University,
Landcare Research NZ Ltd
Palmerston North
NEW ZEALAND

Dr. John PeetJo
University of Canterbury
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND

Prof. Dr. lngolf Perniceln
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Walter Hallstein-Institute for European Constitutional Law
Faculty of Law
D-10099 Berlin
GERMANY

Ms. Teresa PresasTe
Vice-President European Affairs
Tetra Pak Europe & Africa
't Hofveld 8
1702 Groot Bijgaarden
BELGIUM

Dr. Walter J. RadermacherWa
Vice-President
Federal Statistical Office
Statistical Information Service
Gustav Stresemann Ring 11
65189 Wiesbaden
GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Ortwin RennOr
Director, Risk Governance and Sustainable Technology Development (ZIRN)
Universität Stuttgart
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Abteilung für Technik- und Umweltsoziologie
Seidenstr. 36
D-70174 Stuttgart
GERMANY

Prof. Denis Requier-DesjardinsDe
LEREPS – Université de Toulouse
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Toulouse
Toulouse
FRANCE

Dr. Giovanna RicoveriGi
Ecologia Politica
piazza San Francesco d'Assisi n.91
Rome 00153
ITALY

Dr. Jean-Pierre RéveretJe
Greige – UQUAM, Université du Québec à Montréal
CANADA

Prof. Ignacy SachsIg
Ecole des Hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Centre de Recherches sur le Brésil contemporain
54, boulevard Raspail
75006 Paris
FRANCE

Dr. Patrick SchembriPa
Université de Versailles-St. Quentin en Yvelines
Guyancourt
FRANCE

Prof. Michael ScoullosMi
University of Athens
Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)
Kyrristou 12
105 56 - Athens
GREECE

Prof. Olman Segura-BonillaOl
Centro Intl. Politica Economica (CINPE)
P.O. Box 264-3000
Heredia
COSTA RICA

Prof. Faouzi SenhajiFa
Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II
Rabat
MOROCCO

Dr. Joachim H. SpangenbergJo
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
ALARM-Projekt Biozönoseforschung
Department of Community Ecology
Vorsterstr. 97-99
51103 Köln
GERMANY

Dr. Uno SvedinUn
FORMAS
Box 1206
S-11182 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Mr. Jacques TheysJa
Ministère du Logement et du Tourisme
Tour Pascal B
92055 Paris La Defense Cedex
FRANCE

Dr. Michael A. TomanMi
RAND Corporation
Arlington, Virigina
USA

Dr. Daniel Vidal-MadjarDa
Université de Versailles Saint Quentin
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
5/7 Boulevard d’Alembert
78280 Guyancourt
FRANCE

Dr. Jacques WeberJa
IFB Director
Institut Français de la Biodiversité
57, Rue Cuvier - CP 41
75231 Paris Cedex 05
FRANCE

Dr. Liz WedderburnLi
AgResearch Limited
Agricultural Systems
Ruakura Research Centre
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND

Prof. Kenji YamajiKe
University of Tokyo
Department of Electrical Engineering
Yamaji Lab
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-8656
JAPAN