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PhD candidate
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies
PO Box 170
Lund, 221 00
Sweden
Tel: +46 46 222 05 12
Fax: +46 46 222 0475
Email:
www.lucsus.lu.se
Barry Ness is cuurently mid-way through a PhD program at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies in Sweden. His topic area centers on the development of an intergrated sustainbility assessment tool of a region based on a life-cycle perspective of a commodity. The specific topic area is the sugar sector in southern Sweden; the assessment parameters include a wide array of socio-ecological impacts. Additional recent research has focused on the structuring of university research institutions doing Sustainability Science. Barry has a master's degree in environmental science from Lund University and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Minnesota. Lecturing/tutoring responsibilities for the LUMES program at Lund University in the Sustainability Science course and System Analysis courses. Past research has focused on waste treatment systems and natural waste water treatment systems.
Ness recommends:
Kates, et al (2001) Sustainability Science. Science 292. 641-642.
Kates, et al. (2005) What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values and Practice. Environment. 47 (3) 9-21.
Turner, et al (eds.) (1990) The Earth Transformed by Human Action. Cambridge University Press. New York.
Ness has (co)authored:
Ness, B. Urbel-Piirsalu, E. Anderberg, S. & Olsson, L. (2007) Categorising tools for sustainability assessment. resubmitted to Ecological Economics 15: Jan 2007.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to provide a categorisation of sustainability assessment tools within the broader objective of lifting the understanding of sustainability assessment from the environmentally-focused realm to that of the wider concept of sustainability. The suggested framework is based on three main categories: indicators/indices, product-related assessment, and integrated assessment tools. There is the overarching category of monetary valuation tools that can be used as a part of many of the tools listed in the three categories. The discussion focuses on if and how the tools fulfil the objectives from the more current understanding of sustainability assessment.
Rosenqvist, H & Ness, B (2004) An Economic Analysis of Leachate Purification through Willow-Coppice Vegetation Filters. Bioresource Technology. 94. 321-329. Abstract: In this study an economic analysis of the purification of integrated solid waste treatment facility leachates through a willowcoppice (Salix) vegetation filter in southern Sweden was carried out. Calculations were based on the use of two computer models that were initially used in estimating a pump-and-pipe irrigation system for a 36-ha willow-coppice plantation to purify an average annual quantity of 195,000 m3 of leachate with an average nitrogen content of 24 g/m3. Results showed that facility leachates could be purified at US$0.34/m3 compared with US$0.62/m3 for that of conventional leachate treatment at a wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore, results revealed that the increased income from willow growing and sale of the biomass chips represented only a small factor in the overall cost of the purification technique, decreasing purification costs to US$0.326/m3. Sensitivity analyses also demonstrated that, because of the large leachate holding pond expense, only a fraction of facility leachate should be treated through a vegetation filter.
This Network Member is classified within these Core Themes:
Health and Environment
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
National
Supernational
Africa
Asia and Pacific
Sustainability processes and causation
Methods and models
Observations
Regional (Subnational)
Agriculture
Poverty and Hunger
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PROJECTS
IFC Sustainability Business Innovation. International Finance Corporation (IFC)Sustainable Agriculture Project. World Neighbors Local Responses to Socio-economic Change and Crisis:... Carolina Population Center - University... EVENTS
International Conference on Research for Development. July 2, 2008 International Research Conference on Biodiversity and.... July 23, 2007 Lustrom Symposium. November 1, 2007 MEMBERS
Ibrahim Al-Khattat, SustainableScience.org Inc. Rekai Campbell, Charles Darwin University & CIFOR John Thompson, Institute of Development Studies PUBLICATIONS
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being. John P. Holdren
Proceedings from Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: The African.... Sarah Banas, Danny Schaffer, Thomas Egwang, Martine Ngobo, Hans Herran,...
Allocating responsibilities in multi-level governance for sustainable development. Sylvia I. Karlsson
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