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Table 3 Application of the integrated concept of sustainable development in the grassland project: selection of relevant principles and indicators

From: Sustainability assessment of energy technologies: towards an integrative framework

Substantial principles of sustainability (see Table 1)

Sustainability

Protection of human health

Emissions of particulate matter

 

Emissions of NO x

 

Emissions of CO

 

Emissions of substances producing summer smog

 

Emissions of fungal spores

Autonomous self-support

Agricultural employment

 

Income opportunities for farmers

Just distribution of chances for using natural resources

Emissions of greenhouse gases

Sustainable use of renewable resources

Preservation of biodiversity

 

Conservation of soil

 

Protection of ground and surface water

Sustainable use of non-renewable resources

Substitution of non-renewable resources

Sustainable use of the environment as a sink

Greenhouse gas reduction costs

 

Emissions affecting eutrophication

 

Emissions affecting acidification

Conservation of nature's cultural functions

Alteration of nature's cultural landscape