world is putting emphasise on sustainable development. Even in Mauritius we are talking about Maurice ‘ile durable’. So the future of integrated resorts in Mauritius and around the world will go mainly in the pipeline of the sustainability concept. Using a sustainable approach to integrated resort development can offer a real contribution to institutions in terms of optimising their assets and reducing risks‚ costs and impacts. The benefits associated with sustainable integrated resort development
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information modeling for sustainable design and LEED® rating analysis Salman Azhar a‚⁎‚ Wade A. Carlton a‚ Darren Olsen a‚ Irtishad Ahmad b a b McWhorter School of Building Science‚ Auburn University‚ Auburn‚ AL‚ USA Department of Construction Management‚ Florida International University‚ Miami‚ FL‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Today‚ there is a high level of demand for sustainable buildings. The most important decisions regarding a building ’s sustainable features are made during
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Sample #1 My interest in International Relations and my decision to continue my education in this field is the outcome of my profound interest in Asian studies. Majoring in History of India‚ during my final year I became especially interested in the sphere of International Relations and Foreign Policy of India‚ writing my thesis on Indian Foreign Policy during Nehru’s Government and Indian-Chinese relations. Two trips to India 1997 and 1998 allowed me to become better acquainted with this country
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regions of the world an estimated one in five children will not live to see their fifth birthday‚ primarily because of environment-related diseases. Eleven million children die worldwide annually‚ equal to the combined populations of Norway and Switzerland‚ and mostly due to malaria‚ acute respiratory infections or diarrhoea — illnesses that are largely preventable. When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged‚ environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental
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Academic Integrity What is the importance of writing‚ both academically and professionally? The importance of writing‚ both academically and professionally is to be able to communicate your thoughts properly to everyone whom you communicate with. I believe being able to write academically give you the foundation in which you are going to use when you write professionally. When you write professionally its important to be able to communicate to co-workers as well as potential clients
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Solar energy is argued to be the most sustainable type of energy there is‚ but some argue that it isn’t actually as sustainable as others would like to believe. The reason for this is‚ like with the wind energy‚ manufacturing the solar panels has some reports call ‘environmental downsides’. However‚ it is also considered to be one of the most sustainable energy types because it has two forms – light and heat‚ both of which are important to us and the wildlife surrounding us. Plants need the light
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exponentially increased creating a strain on the world’s energy resources. Interests into renewable energy sources have developed with the realization that the world’s global dependence on finite oil reserves is both unsustainable and damaging to the environment (Owen‚ 2004). Due in part to the harsh climate‚ energy intensive industries‚ and great distances between inhabitants‚ Canadians on average use the most energy per capita of the industrialized nations‚ where each citizen accounts for 21 tonnes of
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THE DYNAMIC DIAMOND INDUSTRY: IS IT FEASIBLE FOR ITS PLAYERS TO GAIN SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? Nkiruka Chidia Maduekwe ABSTRACT: This report seeks to analyse the diamond industry from a global point of view. The diamond industry is global in nature. Its supply chain pipeline moves from one country to the other‚ thus making it impossible to analyse the industry from a regional or local angle‚ as so doing will fail to give the true picture. As an industry whose product derives its value
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BNL-73894-2005-CP Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan: Using Oil & Gas Production by-Product Sulfur for CostEffective Secondary End-Use Products P.D. Kalb‚ S. Vagin‚ P.W. Beall‚ B.L. Levintov Presented at the REWAS 2004 Global Symposium on Recycling‚ Waste Treatment and Clean Technology Madrid‚ Spain September 2004 Environmental Sciences Department Environmental Research & Technology Division Brookhaven National Laboratory P.O. Box 5000 Upton‚ NY 11973-5000 www.bnl.gov Managed
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Essay 1 Discuss the subjects in which you excel or have excelled. To what factors do you attribute your success? Everybody has something in life that they are good at; something that person naturally has a knack for. Some people excel in athletics‚ for others it may be fine arts such as art or theater‚ for many it may be an academic subject‚ such as English and writing. In my case‚ I am considered an exception to normality. Since starting school‚ I have always had an exceptional aptitude for
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