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The latest issue,Volume 6, Number 5, of  The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability includes:

• Decentralized Institutions for Sustainable Water Management: Study of Indigenous (Gond and Kohli) Community-based Organizations in Maharashtra, India by Namrata P. Joshi-Vishwasrao.
• Self Construal and Positioning of CSR Initiatives: Key Factors Influencing Employee Perceptions and Participation by Brynn Harrington, Gail Ann Berger and Mindy Douthit.
• Sustainability Education is Key to a Secure Water Future in the Western United States by Deiadra Dissen Swartz.
• Culture in the Winds of Change: Fostering a ‘Culture of Sustainability’ & Making the Case for Cultural Indicators by Douglas C. Worts.
• Defining Cultural Sustainability in Multicultural Built Environments by David Beynon.
• Lowering Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Power Generation by Forming Usable Carbonates: Mineral Carbonation as a CO? Sequestration Option in NSW, Australia by Judy Bailey and Monica Davis.

The latest issue,Volume 6, Number 5, of  The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability includes:

• Can we make a Sustainable Development for our Rehabilitation? A Comparative Study of Probation Service between Hong Kong and London by David Wailun Ho.
• Languages at the Precipice: Sustainability in a Context of Globalization by Peter Heffernan.
• Subjective Well-being and Sustainable Consumption by Necati Aydin.
• Using Multimedia to Encourage Public Participation in Planning and Design Decision-making Processes by Cletus Moobela and Lamine Mahdjoubi.
• Imaging and Imagining of Hawaiian Identity: Cultural Sustainability on the Island of Hawai‘i by Ashley Meredith and David V. Fazzino II.
• Importance of Developing Culturally Sensitive Measurement Tools for Perceptions of Health: Perceptions of Health by Michelle Gonya, Savitri Singh-Carlson, Rathnasiri A Hewage, Melawhy L. , BA Garcia and Sovirny, BS Norng.
• Family/Workmates/Friends/Grandchildren: Social Connectedness and Social Support in a Group of Older Adults with Osteoarthritis by Jane Elizabeth Hiscock.

The latest issue, Volume 6, Number 4,  of  The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability includes:

• Impact of the Oil Extraction in Ecosystems in Ecuador: A Study of the Contamination with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Fish Exposed to the Oil Exploitation Activities in Shushufindi, Sucumbíos, Ecuador by Florinella Muñoz Bisesti, Ramiro Barriga Salazar, María José Cabrera Chauca, Edison Vera Sánchez and Christian Danny López Carrión.
• The Global Economic Downturn and its Impact on the Environment by Jwalit Patel, Aditya Gupta and V Upadhyay.
• Compostability of Alternative Food Service Containers by Lora Hall and James Bassett.
• A Case Study of Community-Based Micro Hydro in Orissa, India: Blueprint Approach versus Learning Process Approach by Dipti Vaghela.
• Accessing a Sustainable Work Life: Work Patterns, Work-Life Balance and Inequality by Paul Blyton.
• Design Aesthetics of the Taipei Post-modern Model House by Chang-rong Lin and Yang Yu-Fu.

The latest issue, Volume 6, Number 3,  of  The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability includes:

• Host Community Perceptions toward Sustainable Tourism Development by Prabha Ramseook-Munhurrun and Perunjodi Naidoo.
• Improving Water Services in Leon Nicaragua: Results from a Household Preferences Survey by William Vásquez, Dina Franceschi and Emily Mandler.
• Experiencing the Earth Collectively: Bringing the Earth from above Art Exhibit to the US as a Framework for Sustainable Design and Thinking by Elizabeth Graff and Wolfram Hoefer.
• Health on Wheels: A Nursing Approach to Uninsured Children by Savitri Singh-Carlson, Natalie D. Cheffer and Grace Reynolds.
• Social Sustainability and Ecotourism: Rethinking Development for Social and Environmental well-being in the Caribbean by Veronica Dujon.
• Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Scarcity by Dave Flynn.

The latest issue, Volume 6, Number 2,  of  The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability includes:

• The Perception of Urban Residents about the Role of Plant Clinics in Protecting Urban Green Spaces in Tehran by Seyed Jamal Hosseini.
• The Core Concept of Social Sustainability: Can we Cut the Gordian Knot? by Tim F. Liao.
• Women, Sustainability and Biodiversity: The Work of Dr. Vandana Shiva by Jennifer Michaels.
• A Case for Social Enterprise: At the Bottom of the Top of the Pyramid by Martin Brueckner, Sally Paulin, Jenna Davis and Samir Chatterjee.
• Improving the Livelihoods of Women in the Developing World: Selected Perceptions of Women’s Self-help Groups in Western Kenya by Billy A. Jivetti and M. Craig Edwards.
• Empowering Female Mother Offenders through Health Education by Rosie Vasquez and Savitri Singh-Carlson.
• The Economic and Environmental Impact of Communal Laundry Spaces in High Density Housing in the UK by Rosalie Menon, Colin Porteous and Haruna Musa.
• Theoretical and Empirical Developments in Linking Job Quality Characteristics to Worker Satisfaction by Jonathan H. Westover.
• Sustainable Architecture by Ar. K. S. Mukunda Iyengar.

The latest issue, Volume 6, Number 1,  of  The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability includes:

• Executive Perceptions of Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure: Evidence from a Developing Country by Hadrian G. Djajadikerta and Terri Trireksani.
• From Cities to Districts: Combined Analysis on Density Variation of Chinese Cities in different Climate Zones by Wenli Dong, Steffen Lehmann and Jamie MacKee.
• The Sustainable Planning of an Old City: Historical Heritage Issues by Liudmila Cazacova and Ulfet Ulbar.
• Home: The Arena for Sustainable Development – A Conceptual Discussion by Elin Wihlborg and Per Assmo.
• Investigating the Functional and Psychological Image Attributes of a Holiday Destination by Perunjodi Naidoo and Prabha Ramseook-Munhurrun.
• A New Holistic Model Portrays Health and Food Sustainability by Jennifer M. Turley and Joan Thompson.
• International Cultural Competence in International Business Education: The Need to Respond by Ina Freeman and Irina Andreeva-Sussin.

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.