Authors examine different perception of agriculture in the economic theory. Due to the widening of the set of the cinsumers’ needs there has been a differentiation in two limit types of rural setting: mass production andintegrated specialties. The latter is typical of territories with high...

In the last years, the tendency in the tourism industry was that of return towards nature and towards the authentic cultural values. Among all the forms of tourism, ecotourism distinguishes itself through the strongest connection with the natural and cultural environment, representing the most...

The agriculture's sustainable development is a demand of the Community's Agricultural Policy in Romania. The objective can't be reached without competitive agricultural holdings, which work on the basis of high economic performance criteria. This is why agricultural holdings must take into...

A system of factors (indices and indicators) and a new method of quantitative and qualitative evaluation are developed. This system, named “Sustainable Development Gauging Matrix” (SDGM) and data presented by reliable international organizations culminated in a Global Simulation regarding...

This article analyses the implementation of co-management in developing countries twenty years after its introduction. Using the IAD framework, we highlight the fact that the context in which co-management projects take place significantly influences their effectiveness. In a context of tension...

A distinguished group of social scientists provides an economic perspective on critical issues that characterize the topic of sustainable development.

In the paper, in the first part are presented various approaches of sustainable development, the inflexion point moment that have marked the emergence and evolution of the concept, and some reference visions of known specialists in implementation methods for this concept in the world practices....

In a world that is in a permanent change, in which the interdependencies between the states are more and more obvious and the rivalry and the inequalities between the nations deepen, one of the main objectives of the actual era wishes to be the growth of the competitivity and innovation degree...

Sustainable development means maintaining a material possibilities and living conditions for future generations, particularly renewable natural resources at least to the ones existing for the current generation and recovery of environmental factors affected by pollution. The spiritual level,...

In the context of growth of population and consumption of natural resources, sustainable development is a model that concern the balance between growth, quality of life and environmental preservation, for long term, without increasing consumption of natural resources beyond the capacity of...