Contents Introduction 1 Eco city 1 Benefits of eco-cities 2 Ecological Sustainability 2 Economic Sustainability 2 Social Sustainability 2 Examples of eco cities 2 Masdar City 3 Arcosanti 3 Treasure Island 4 Challenges in transforming African cities into eco cities 4 Conclusion 5 Bibliography 5 Introduction Eco-Cities are places where people can live healthier and economically productive lives while reducing their impact on the environment. They work to harmonize existing
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Edexcel HNC Diploma L4 Unit Name | Business Environment | | | Unit No | 1 | Staff Name | Y.Price | Student Name | Darren Griffiths | | | Hand out Date | Sept 2010 | Hand in Date | 6 p.m.11 Oct 2010 | Late Submission | | | | Date agreed | | Staff Signature | YPrice | Assignment 1 Assessment criteria to be assessed:- LO1 -1.1 Identify the purposes of different types of organisation1.2 Describe the extent to which an organisation meets the objectives of different stakeholders
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or distinctive characteristics associated with most small towns. In particular it has no recognisable town centre and relatively few community facilities. The eco-development presents an opportunity to achieve a number of objectives – meeting the clear need for better local facilities‚ helping the community to protect the natural environment and providing affordable and decent homes. Aims of national and local government The regeneration of the town is being led by a multi-agency partnership which
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International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental‚ sales‚ investments‚ logistics‚and transportation) that take place between two or more nations. Usually‚ private companies undertake such transactions for profit; governments undertake them for profit and for political reasons.[1] It refers to all those business activities which involves cross border transactions of goods‚ services‚ resources between two or more nations. Transaction
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25TH January 2011 Unit 1 the business environment Private sector P1: Private sector: For the private sector I have chosen the company Chevrolet‚ this is a well known American car company that sell many types of vehicles such as sports cars‚ 4x4s super cars‚ medium duty commercial trucks and subcompact cars. The ownership:/ The type of ownership of Chevrolet is a partnership; the two founders for Chevrolet are Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant‚ it was founded on November 8TH 1911. The
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comparison of business environment of Russia and China. Russia and China have a lot in common. Both countries are geographical giants with a rapidly growing economy‚ attracting foreign investors and companies of all sizes looking for new markets. At the same time‚ the economic features of the two countries are very different from each other.In this work‚ both countries will be discussed in terms of foreign investment. With the increasing globalization of the world economy and expanding business transnationalization
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LECTURE 3 Business Environment LEARNING OUTCOME OF LECTURE 3 & 4: * Investigate the economic‚ social and global environment in which organisations operate CONTENTS (Lecture 3): Resource issues and types of economic system: basic economic problem‚ effective use of Resources; type of economic systems — command‚ free enterprise‚ mixed‚ including transitional economies‚ public and private sector initiatives; private finance initiatives. Business Environment : We can divide the types
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TOPIC: COMPUTER ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES 1.2.1 DEFINITION 1.2.2.1 Define Computer Ethics‚ Code of Ethics‚ Intellectual Property‚ Privacy‚ Computer Crime and Cyber law. 1.2.2.2 Differentiate between ethics and law. 1.2.2.3 State the need for intellectual property laws. ETHICS IN GENERAL • A guidelines is needed to stop the current technology products from being exploited for example replicating original CDs and selling them as pirated software‚ this unethical behaviour can
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------------------------------------------------- UNIT 1: THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ------------------------------------------------- P3 & P4 GUIDANCE CRITERIA: P3: DESCRIBE HOW TWO BUSINESSES ARE ORGANISED P4: EXPLAIN HOW THEIR STYLE OF ORGANISATION HELPS THEM TO FULFIL THEIR PURPOSES ------------------------------------------------- CONTENT: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES:
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The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business MGM365-1204A-08 Phase 3: Philosophy Brendon Foster America is a country of true convenience and consumerism. In this country of opportunity‚ the very well established credit industry allows people who only earn fifty thousand dollars a year to purchase and “own” two hundred and fifty thousand dollar homes and thirty thousand dollar cars. We pay over time to enjoy or conveniences and lives now. In developing economies‚ this is very far from the
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