Groundwater is extremely important to all societies. It provides in many places a reliable and ample supply of water for home use, irrigation, and industry. Japanese groundwater policy consists of complex laws and rules. The law governing groundwater nationally is inadequate. The main controversy has been that a river law exists only at a national ...
[RESEARCH] QUESTION: How can the principles of temporary and the ephemeral be employed by design in the critical redesign of consumer technological artefacts? OBJECTIVES: - Develop a taxonomy of ephemerality in design, print and technology. - Establish an understanding of the role and function of the ephemeral in the design of products, with emphas...
Mainly motivated by their search for autonomy (self-sufficiency an self-reliance), farmers interacting in farm machinery cooperatives (CUMA) in France develop new patterns of cooperation beyond the joint use of equipment and human resources. This work, supported by the interdisciplinary project CAPACCITA, aims at understanding to what extent farmer...
Localised AgriFood Systems (LAFS), particularly when they are reinforced by a Geographical Indication (GI) registration system, are seen as a sustainable model of production and trade. This paper interrogates this assertion. Seeking the bases of LAFS and GI sustainability, it examines their appearance and continuation throughout their development t...
Mainly motivated by their search for autonomy (self-sufficiency an self-reliance), farmers interacting in farm machinery cooperatives (CUMA) in France develop new patterns of cooperation beyond the joint use of equipment and human resources. This work, supported by the interdisciplinary project CAPACCITA, aims at understanding to what extent farmer...
Localised AgriFood Systems (LAFS), particularly when they are reinforced by a Geographical Indication (GI) registration system, are seen as a sustainable model of production and trade. This paper interrogates this assertion. Seeking the bases of LAFS and GI sustainability, it examines their appearance and continuation throughout their development t...
A wide range of initiatives for developing research and data infrastructures have been funded in recent years. There is a growing concern amongst the academic community to maintain the resources invested beyond the period of the original research funding. If technical progress has been made to preserve the data themselves, few thinking and operatio...
A wide range of initiatives for developing research and data infrastructures have been funded in recent years. There is a growing concern amongst the academic community to maintain the resources invested beyond the period of the original research funding. If technical progress has been made to preserve the data themselves, few thinking and operatio...
Sustainability is an essential part of the work of publishers. Here, the view of an open access publisher, MDPI, is presented with regards to sustainability within publishing. MDPI’s understanding of sustainability is given and some of the concrete actions it leads to. These include supporting umbrella initiatives, exploring alternative business an...
Sustainability is an essential part of the work of publishers. Here, the view of an open access publisher, MDPI, is presented with regards to sustainability within publishing. MDPI’s understanding of sustainability is given and some of the concrete actions it leads to. These include supporting umbrella initiatives, exploring alternative business an...
