Sustainable Development By the year 2200 there will be a lot more people living on this planet then there are now. Estimates range anywhere from 15 to 36 billion people. Where will these people live? How will they live? The answer is sustainable development. Sustainable development‚ "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. " It also‚ "requires meeting the basic needs of all peoples and extending to them the opportunity
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NORTH EAST AND LADAKH ABSTRACT Tourism acts as a backbone for majority of nations especially the growing economies while the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and the sociocultural are not ignorable. The tourism sector‚ if driven well in the right direction‚ can play a holistic process of economic‚ social and environmental sustenance as well as development. Sustainable form of tourism not only ensures the profitable income but also
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Sustainable living is the maintaining of one’s life or lifestyle at a steady level without exhausting resources or causing damage to the environment. It is a lifestyle that assumes continuous economic growth without irreversibly damaging the environment. Sustainable living is also a lifestyle that reduces an individual’s use of natural resource. Having a sustainable lifestyle brings about change especially in the society. It provides us with the energy we need to be a positive force in the world
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The word ’sustainable’ means maintainable or bearable. Hence sustainable development refers to that development which may be prolonged for a considerable period of time or which may be bearable by the system and the society. It refers to a type of development that meets the needs of the present generation‚ maintains same level of development for a longer period of time‚ conserves the existing resources for the future generation so that same level of development could continue and causes very
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Introduction to Agenda 21 v The Earth Summit held in Rio De Janerio‚ Brazil was attended by 178 country leaders (including Malaysia) on June 1992. The Earth Summit provides world’s action plan towards sustainable development. This action plan was known as Agenda 21 - an agenda to achieve sustainable development in the 21st century. Agenda 21 is designed as a bridge v between environment and development v between the public and private sectors v between governments and civil society v between
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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE WORKING PAPER 00-04 Basic Principles of Sustainable Development Jonathan M. Harris June 2000 Tufts University Medford MA 02155‚ USA http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae © Copyright 2000 Global Development and Environment Institute‚ Tufts University G-DAE Working Paper No. 00-04: “Basic Principles of Sustainable Development” Basic Principles of Sustainable Development 1 Jonathan M. Harris jonathan.harris@tufts.edu 1. The Concept of Development
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Sustainable Urban Public Transport Planning in Indonesia‚ Case Studies in Yogyakarta and Jakarta Background Traffic congestion has existed since many years ago and continually remains a major problem in most cities all over the world‚ especially in the urban areas of developing regions. Congestion occurs when the number of vehicles using on the road is larger than the capacity of the available road space‚ hindering the efficient traffic situation (Dr Peter Frost‚ 17 April 2013). Traffic represents
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ASSIGNMENT ON TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT BY ADERIBIGBE OLUBISI GEORGE SUBMITTED IN FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR PROFFESIONAL DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO NIIT‚ ZARIA OCTOBE‚ 2010 Contents Assignment number one • Different types of transport carriers with example of each and companies that engage the carrier. • Economic and service characteristics of different modes of transport. • Physical characteristics of different modes of transport. • What are transport
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landlocked. Nevertheless‚ the lack of unhindered access to the sea adds transport costs and time to international trade transactions. In addition‚ landlocked countries face greater transport risks and hazards than countries which have direct access to international sea routes. The United Nations has addressed the specific concerns of landlocked countries in a number of documents. Among those which are directly related to transport are the following: General Assembly resolution 50/97 of 20 December
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DEGREE DATE: 23 May 2013 Title ‘INVESTIGATING TRANSPORT PRICING IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE IMPACT ON FREIGHT TRANSPORT COSTS ‘ BY BRIAN K CHIKWAVA. 1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been widely viewed‚ documented and believed that South African transport policy and transport plans focus almost entirely on passenger transport rather than on freight transport‚ yet Freight transport plays a very crucial role in the whole transport pricing‚ and the economy as a whole. A number of studies
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