The concept of sustainable development has been formulated at a time when modern humanity gained the technological means to carry out almost any transformation of the world around us, but, at the same time also got lost in the goals that their actions should serve. This is connected with the...

The article is on the technological dimension of exclusion, which concerns the states underprivileged in transnational economic processes, phenomenon, which is of crucial importance for development and growth. The article deals with the consequences of unbridled economic growth, unequal access...

The poverty may be a complicated and stereotypical drawback at both national and international levels. There are no bilaterally symmetrical measures known which would be suitable for worldwide application. However, every country takes specific initiatives to tackle poverty and international...

While debates on sustainable development have traditionally pitted the developing countries of the global South against the industrialized countries of the North, this essay addresses possible new elements in the so-called North-South debate, mainly by examining it from the perspective of a...

The Rio Earth Summit of 1992 had emphasized on the development of suitable indicators for the measurement of sustainable development, as aids for decision-making at all levels. In this paper, the authors demonstrate how a Holistic National Sustainability Index can be constructed, by taking into...

The essay briefly refers to the etymology of 'sustainability' and to its current use in the development of nations, agriculture and ecology. In absence of a singular consensual definition, we are advised to try as best we can to make use of the concept in development efforts. In agriculture,...

The work consists of two interrelated parts. The first one presents general issues relating to sustainable development. There are examples of the road investments, in which the problems arising from the lack of a general approach to environmental principles and consequently sustainable...

Resource-based cities were once the backbone of Chinese economy for decades. When natural resources were depleted, however, these cities become negative assets of China and urgently need sustainable transition. Given the vast number of resource-exhausted cities in China, their success...

Orchard development on eroded uplands is considered as a successful method in integrating soil erosion treatment with economic development in many developing countries. However, much attention focused on its present achievements without thinking over the economic viability over long plantation...

Sustainable development as well as implementation of sustainable practices stems from commitment to certain values. It is an expression of a particular ethical worldview – a sustainable ethic, a core value of which is the value of sustainability. This ethics is an applied ethics that is built...