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Alexandros Gasparatos
Researcher at University of Tokyo
Publications - 130
Citations - 3924
Alexandros Gasparatos is an academic researcher from University of Tokyo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Ecosystem services. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 111 publications receiving 2911 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexandros Gasparatos include University of Dundee & University of Oxford.
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A critical review of reductionist approaches for assessing the progress towards sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive review of different sustainability evaluation tools (from a reductionist perspective) as well as the feasibility of incorporating them within a sustainability assessment framework, including monetary tools, biophysical models and sustainability indicators/composite indices.
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Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the existing knowledge at the interface of renewable energy and biodiversity accross the five drivers of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) framework (i.e., habitat loss/change, pollution, overexploitation, climate change and introduction of invasive species).
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Biofuels, ecosystem services and human wellbeing: Putting biofuels in the ecosystem services narrative
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a critical review of the drivers, impacts and tradeoffs of biofuel production and use, and identify priority research areas on the interface of bio fuels, ecosystem services and human wellbeing.
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Choosing the most appropriate sustainability assessment tool
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest ways to choose the most appropriate sustainability assessment tool after briefly introducing the main assumption of each sustainability assessment assessment tool category, and identify the main implications that the choice of a tool entails.
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Embedded value systems in sustainability assessment tools and their implications
TL;DR: This paper argues that the selection of evaluation tools should be consistent with the values of the affected stakeholders and a number of suggestions that could facilitate the choice of the most appropriate tool according to the context of the sustainability evaluation are provided.