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Review on power generation scenario of India

Reddy, V. Siva; Kaushik, S.C.; Panwar, N.L. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 (2013) C, pp. 43-48

India is a major future consumer of electric power due to the rapid economic growth and large population. In this article, the present state and perspectives of using various energy sources in India for electric power generation are depicted as well as the main tools for promoting their...

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Measuring Sustainability: A Review

Costantini, Valeria - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2003) 4

tool instrument to evaluate the sustainability of national policies is an aggregated macroeconomic indicator representing … traditional income measurements in terms of sustainability. The United Nations and the World Bank have developed the most widely …

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Globalisation, the Environment and Sustainability: EKC, Neo-Malthusian Concerns and the WTO

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2001

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Managing Forests for Sustainable Economic Development: Optimal Use and Conservation of Forests

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2010

economic development. When the goal of economic sustainability is taken into account, even less forest conversion than … sustainability shortcoming of neoclassical economics can be overcome by applying a zero discount rate in making decisions about … generations and may result in too much forest conversion from an economic sustainability viewpoint. In general, variations in the …

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Developing Asia's Competitive Advantage in Green Products: Learning from the Japanese Experience

Iino, Fukuya; Lim, Alva - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2010

Right now, governments around the world are spending record amounts of money to kick-start their economies in response to the financial crisis. Fortunately, a great opportunity exists for this fiscal stimulus to be directed towards "green" economic growth, which can not only provide the new...

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HDR 2007/2008 - Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. Failure to respond to that challenge will stall and then reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. The poorest countries and most vulnerable citizens will suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks, even...

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HDR 1993 - People's Participation

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

The 1993 Report examines how and how much people participate in the events and processes that shape their lives. The democratic transition in many developing countries, the collapse of many socialist regimes, and the worldwide emergence of people's organizations - these are all part of a...

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Integrarea organizatiei în mediul sau social – premisa a cresterii performantei sale economice

Gangone, Andreea-Daniela - In: Romanian Economic Journal 12 (2009) 33, pp. 125-140

Throughout the history, all economic organizations have undergone a continuous transformation process, supplementing their melange of responsibilities. This process has been gradually carried out, by assuming organizational responsibilities to new categories of partners interested in the results...

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SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION CUBE — A FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE SUSTAINABILITY-ORIENTED INNOVATIONS

HANSEN, ERIK G.; GROSSE-DUNKER, FRIEDRICH; REICHWALD, RALF - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 13 (2009) 04, pp. 683-713

Corporations increasingly subscribe to the principles of corporate sustainability, which is generally described as the … sustainability-oriented innovations (SOI). SOI is considered a tool both to address sustainability issues and to tap into new … customer segments and markets. Yet SOI are very risky: both their market success and non-economic sustainability are uncertain …

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Knowledge Based Economy - The Basis for Insuring a Sustainable Development

Sîrbu, Mirela; Doinea, Ovidia; Mangra, Mădălina Giorgiana - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 9 (2009) 4, pp. 227-232

impact over the functionality and performance of organizations, assuring the sustainability of the economy on long term …

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