sustainable development Articles
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Public literacy on sustainable development
Public literacy on sustainability, knowledge about sustainability and competence to act sustainably, is assessed with a 20–question questionnaire as a function of participants' gender, age, education and annual income by surveying 353 randomly selected typical, non–expert citizens. Exploratory factor analysis reduced the number of independent variables, questions, from 20 to five, which were used ...
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Sustainable Development Commission to close
Coalition government plans to cut public sector spending could include the Sustainable Development Commission, reports ...
By Vital Energi
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Revealing the value of sustainable development
Arguing the premise that there is really only one bottom line, the author examines new valuation techniques to measure the business consequences of socially responsible business behavior and strategy. DEVELOPING A BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Sustainable Development (SD) is an emerging strategic issue in both U.S. and global markets. The United Nations defined the principle of SD ...
By AHC Group
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Growth, technological progress and sustainable development: preliminary evidence of Australia's sustainable development performance
In economic parlance, sustainable development is a case of non-declining economic welfare where economic welfare is the difference between the benefits and costs of economic activity. For various reasons, a measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) inadequately serves as an indicator of economic welfare and, therefore, of sustainable development. With the use of a linear throughput representation ...
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The institutional dimension of urban sustainable development
Sustainable urban development consists of the intentional construction of a dynamic balance between the different logics of the private, public, social (or civil) and natural economic systems, through new organizational rules. These are the institutions. For a co-evolution of the four systems, they should not only ensure the conservation of natural and man-made capital, but also produce human and ...
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Sustainable development footprint: a framework for assessing sustainable development risks and opportunities in time and space
This paper elaborates a framework, the sustainable development footprint, that can be used to assess progress in sustainable development in space and time. The framework views sustainability as consisting of the entire stock of its capital (natural and derived) and the rate of use of this stock to develop human (or other types) capital relative to the rates of regeneration of its capital stocks. ...
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Indicators for sustainable development in forestry
Long-term preservation of forest ecosystems and resources is a major stake for sustainable development. An accurate assessment of these ecosystems and resources is necessary for defining, implementing and monitoring sustainable forestry management policies. The question of designing forestry indicators is situated in this context. This paper does not aim to give a thorough description of the ...
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Auditing sustainable development reports: accountability perspective: an exploration of Egypt and the UAE practices
This study investigates whether there are differences between companies in Egypt and in the United Arab Emirates in perception and practice of auditing sustainable development reports. The examination extends to cover the recognition of firms' accountability to different stakeholders. This was suggested as the basis for reporting on sustainable development and the relevant measures for it. The ...
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Integrated assessment of sustainable development: multiple perspectives in interaction
Integrated assessment (IA) is a maturing research approach aiming at providing decision support on complex environment-related problems. Although interdisciplinary research is a pre-condition for IA, in order to reach the goals that IA has set it is necessary to go beyond interdisciplinary research efforts alone. There are two major reasons for this: the nature of democratic decision-making, and ...
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The role of social capital in sustainable development assessment frameworks
This paper explores the role of social capital in frameworks for assessing sustainable development. This paper is arranged in three sections. The first argues that many aspects of social capacity qualify as 'capital', as they: represent durable assets providing a stream of benefits, and are subject to feasible social governance. The second reviews existing sustainable development measurement ...
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Sustainable development in non-governmental organisations: factors affecting the management decisions – a study in Hong Kong
The paper investigates the key factors affecting the sustainability development strategies adoption and implementation in non-government organisations. Research framework linking the key factors affecting company's adoption of sustainability development strategies, the willingness and the current situation of applying sustainable strategies is proposed. Results have suggested the significant ...
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Institutional sustainability
In the context of the conceptual and analytical discussion of operationalising sustainable development, institutional sustainability has so far not played a major role. The UN Commission for Sustainable Development decided in 1995 to develop indicators for assessing the progress which UN members had made with the implementation of Agenda 21. However, these indicators did not reflect the broader ...
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Universities as sustainable communities: a prospectus for people and places
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of universities as sustainable communities and to identify the requirements for achieving this role. The paper outlines the evolution of sustainable development theory and practice, and then considers the desirability of introducing a spatial (or community) dimension into this field of activity. From this, attention turns to the role of ...
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Declaring an area as protected ensures its sustainability? Assessing the contribution of the legal framework and the participation of the local community to the sustainability of Lake Kerkini (Greece)
The sustainable development of Protected Areas (PAs) depends on several conditions; a tight legal framework that respects the EU and international legislation on one hand and the participation of the local community on the other hand are of utmost importance. This paper presents the legal framework for PAs in Greece with regard to the PA of Lake Kerkini and explores the role of the local ...
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Combining sustainable development and economic attractiveness: towards an indicator of sustainable attractiveness
This article addresses the question of the attractiveness of a particular territory from the perspective of sustainable development. Attractiveness cannot be measured without an assessment of sustainable development because recent global economic and ecological crises mean territories still want to attract businesses, but governments are also responsible for responding to concerns about the ...
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The role of strategic health impact assessment in sustainable development
Health is one of the main ways of judging effects on humans and is a component of the three overlapping dimensions of sustainable development: environmental, social and economic. Yet, the assessment of health impacts has been neglected as a way of arguing for the importance of policies to foster sustainable development or of evaluating policies from this viewpoint. Health impact assessment (HIA) ...
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Modelling and forecasting of a rational and sustainable development of Vilnius: emphasis on pollution
Life in cities is concentrated mostly in a particular ever-changing environment. Micro, meso, and macro environments have direct impacts on sustainable urban development opportunities and some variable factors can be optimised. These factors may facilitate sustainable urban development or, on the contrary, they may create constraints. This research's aim was to develop a model for rational ...
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Measuring the impact of technological innovation on sustainable development in San Diego
This paper outlines the impact of technological innovation on the San Diego economy comparing the economic performance of clusters classified as technologically innovative with clusters classified as non-innovative. Utility patents are used as a proxy for innovation and are obtained for the years 1990–1999. The Standard Industrial Classification code is assigned to companies awarded patents and ...
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Governance as a barrier to mainstreaming sustainable development in Riga, Latvia
The Aalborg Commitments baseline review of urban sustainability undertaken in Riga, Latvia reveals significant discrepancies between the sustainability criteria of the Aalborg Commitments and municipal statutes and planning documents. An analysis of the European Common Indicators (ECI) and the State of the Environment in Riga indicators indicates that they can only partially fulfil a monitoring ...
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Towards a Sustainable Future - report on the Conference: Investing in Sustainable Development
The urgent need for a more sustainable form of development is paralleled by the need for different parts of civil society to join together in order to promote this common cause. The conference reported here was a positive response to this imperative, signalling a maturing relationship between environmental organisations, trade unions and social organisations in working to develop a new ...
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