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Congratulations to Diane Costello and Brian Bishop, the winners of the International Award for Excellence in the area of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability for their paper Community Sustainability and Social Justice: Whose Vision?

Abstract: Government policies in Australia rely heavily on local communities developing their social capital networks to solve complex social, economic and environmental problems. This study explored a regional community’s experiences with promoting social, environmental and economic strategies to facilitate community development within the sustainability paradigm. Applying multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks this study contributes a contextual view of a complex adaptive system. It is argued that the power differentials in governance relations and inclusivity of stake-holders in developing community visions is overlooked by decision makers. Furthermore that locational disadvantage and political isolation are also key considerations.

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The Associate Editors listing for Volume 5 of The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability is now available.

The fourth issue of Volume 5 of The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability is now available.

Volume 5, Number 4 contains:

• Planning for a Future by Ray M. Golding and Jo Pool.
• Using Conjoint Analysis to Better Understand Misconceptions of Sustainable Vehicle Technology Use in Sports Cars by Stephen Lambert, Steven Maggs, Paul Faithfull and Adrian Vinsome.
• The Current Level of Concern and Knowledge of Environmental Sustainability (ES) is a Reflection of its Marginalization from the Core School Curriculum and by the Media in Japan by Paul Ofei-Manu and Glynn Skerratt.
• An Experimental Approach to Show that High Cutting Speeds Can Reduce the CO2 Emissions during Machining by Brian Boswell and Tilak Chandratilleke.
• Achieving Social Equity by Addressing the Needs of Disabled People in Heritage Building Conservation in Malaysia by Naziaty Yaacob, Nor Rasidah Hashim and Ar. Helena Aman Hashim.
• A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Entrepreneurial Experience in the Healthy Food and Cosmetics Industry and its Impact on the Sustainability Movement by Wayne Smeltz.
• Analysis of the Solid Waste Management System of a New Rural Campus of Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand by Supaporn Sirisopana, Prapaporn Kaewsuksai and John Middleton.

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The first issue of Volume 5 of The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability is now available.

Volume 5, Number 1 contains:

• Towards a Perpetual Congruence Theory for Sustainability of International Business: A Conceptual Framework by Keson Loke.
• Public-Private Partnerships: The Impact on Local Governance and Living Standards by Giuseppe Argiolas, Cinzia Dessì and Michela Floris.
• Which Strategy to Educate towards Sustainable Development? by Johanna G. Ferreira.
• Mother Nature and Her Discontents: Gaia as a Metaphor for Environmental Sustainability by Spencer S. Stober.
• The Alleviation of Poverty by Security of Communal Land Tenure: The Land Titling Debate in South Africa by Gerrit Pienaar.
• Sustainable Development as Efficiency and Equity by Christopher Warburton.
• Psychological Aspects of Cultural Sustainability: Several Case Studies by William W. Bostock.
• Lack of Citizen Participation and Inefficient Service Delivery at Local Level in South Africa by Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad.
• Indigenous Environmental Decision Making in New Zealand: Why is the Local Indigenous Group Unable to Make Improvement to their Bay? by Puti Wilson and Willie Smith.
• Authentic Sustainability: How the Reasons for Implementation Affect its Success by Kevin Morrison and James Albers.
• Carbon Reduction at the Local Level by Jon Kellett and Cathryn Hamilton.
• An Adaptive Quantitative Method to Measure Sustainability: An Application for the State of Queensland, Australia by Giuseppe T. Cirella and Longbin Tao.
• Community Sustainability and Social Justice: Whose Vision? by Diane Costello and Brian Bishop.
• A Review of Sustainability Assessment Methods in Engineering by Abdallah M. Hasna.
• Biodiversity Conservation and Landowners: Research, Policy and Developmental Issues for Laikipia District of north-central Kenya by Oscar Wambuguh.
• On Place-ness of Place: ‘Dwelling’ by Fontaine Liu.
• Senselessness: The Manifestation of Educational Practice by Garth Pickard.
• From Scarcity to Abundance: Organisational Sustainability and the Role of the Civic Entrepreneur by Sam Wells and Stephanie Betz.
• Advocating for Civic Spaces in Thailand by Katia Balassiano.
• Watershed Democracy: Hydropolitics and Federalist Experiments in Interstate Water Management by Jenny Rebecca Kehl.
• Sustainability, Climate Change and Energy Use in Buildings by Julian Scott Yeomans.
• (Re)Process: A Case Study of Sustainable Progression in Design Practice by Deborah Schneiderman.
• Indicators of Physical and Social Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Renewal by Krishna Kumar Dhote.
• An Integrated Approach to Reviving Aquatic Ecosystems: An Alternative to Generate Green Energy by Sarvesh Kumar Srivastava and Namrata Joshi.
• The Globe and the Human Being by Ray M. Golding and Lynton. G.F. Giles.
• Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction in Mauritius: Macroeconomic Evidences by Boopen Seetanah and Ahmad Jameel Khadaroo.
• Integrating Different Forms of Knowledge in Local Policy-Making: The Case of Local Air Quality Management in Southampton by Laurence Carmichael.
• Community Sustainability and Natural Hazard Resilience: All-Hazard and Cross-Cultural Issues in Disaster Resilience by Douglas Paton.
• Exploration of the Impact of Business Improvement approach Lean Six Sigma on the Environment by James Marsh.
• Financing the Climate Agenda through Built Sector Total Life-Cycle Valuing (TLCv) (High Performance Design) by Dennis Ramdahin.