Evaluating the sustainability of a society requires a system of shadow or accounting values derived from the sustainability objective. As a first step toward the derivation of such shadow values for a maximin objective, this paper studies an economy composed of two reproducible assets, each...

Today, there are a lot of studies on climate change and sustainability from social sciences’ perspectives. Achievements of sociology, psychology or political sciences can be extremely helpful in designing, adopting, implementing and evaluating of effective climate and sustainability policy....

This paper develops a scenario-based model to identify and provide an array of electricity demand in Africa, and to derive them from the African power system of development. A system-based approach is performed by applying the scenario methodology developed by Schwartz in the context of the...

A major challenge for almost all extractives activity is that benefits accrue predominantly at the national level while disruptions are invariably highly localized close to the resource. Recently, extractives companies have intensified efforts to correct this imbalance. The aim of this paper is...

Cement industry is among the most energy-intensive economic sectors. Moreover, significant amounts of carbon dioxide are released to the atmosphere as a result of Portland clinker combustion process, where carbonates (limestone, marl) are the main raw materials applied. To offset the harmful...

Present technological innovations and social organizations continue to impose risks and limitations on the efficient performance of the biosphere. Human activities have increasingly short-lived sustainable natural endowments, to the extent that, the multiplier effects have ripples beyond the...

The sectors of transport and energy are at a turning point, which is generated by various factors such as climate change, population growth and its reliance on classic fuels , the necessity of access to modern energy services for the rural population. The solution would be widespread use of...

Whether China continues its business-as-usual investment-driven, environment-polluting growth pattern or adopts an investment and innovation-driven, environmentally sustainable development holds important implications for both national and global environmental governance. Building on a...

Man, being one of the elements of the environment, depends on its quality. Currently, the right to a clean environment is included in the basic human rights and the way to maintain it is sustainable development. One element of this development is the preservation and protection of biodiversity,...

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Voraussetzungen dafür erfüllt sein müssen, damit sich Naturschutzvorhaben, die Nutzungsverzichte und Veränderungen der gewohnten Landbewirtschaftung verfolgen, als regionales Anliegen etablieren können und nachhaltige Entwicklungen...

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of...

This paper analyses the development strategies followed by the governments of Argentina and Brazil since the election of left-oriented parties (2002 in Brazil and 2003 in Argentina), and focuses on the role the trade union movement has had on their policies and how it challenged their growth...

This paper discusses the Brazilian rural development model in the context of Green Economy and the debate about sustainable development, issues that have been discussed in international sphere. In this way, conceptions and new concepts have been defined which clarify the ideas and mechanisms...

A large mining project has the potential to be a partner in assisting local communities in their development efforts. Communities located in close proximity to a large mine have every right to expect that the project will benefit their community. Often, reality falls short of their expectations...

Für den deutschen Aquakultursektor existieren weitreichende europäische und nationale Vorschriften. Deren Vollzug liegt im Binnenland zu großen Teilen im Verantwortungsbereich der einzelnen Bundesländer. In diesem Rahmen werden auf Basis bestehender Rechtsgrundlagen, verschiedene Daten zur...

Environmental awareness of managers and employees can be an important factor favouring the implementation of eco-innovation in enterprises. This article aims to identify the role of entrepreneur’s ecological awareness in implementing the eco-innovation. In order to attain this purpose, the...