sustainable development

Description This paper analyses changes in corporate environmental reporting practices among large Finnish firms in the past five years. Using content analysis of annual reports, we analyzed the willingness of firms to disclose environmental information in the years 1987 and 1992. Our sample...

Description This editorial aims to situate the papers chosen for this special issue within academic literature and identify their contributions to new knowledge International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Island tourism: destinations: an editorial introduction to the...

Description The purpose of this paper is to suggest a shift in the tourism marketing paradigm away from economic profit priorities toward sustainability. The sustainability approach adopts a holistic, integrated view of marketing, considering social equity, environmental protection, and economic...

Description This paper tries to explore the possibilities of developing sustainable, community-based tourism (CBT) in Boa Vista in Cape Verde, Africa. Island territories are generally considered preferential tourist destinations. However, the negative effects of tourism in these destinations...

Description To provide training exercises that will help tourism planners and analysts better understand the fundamentals of tourism sustainability and dynamics. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Management exercises and trainer's note in sustainable tourism and...

Description Poverty is becoming an obvious phenomenon worldwide and in line with Ikoni, poverty is noticeable in all parts of the world but the extent, severity and characteristics of poverty may differ within and across countries. Ajala and Fakoye in Ogbuabor, Malaolu and Elias confirmed that...

Description Sustainable development (SD) is a concept which first originated in the 1970s when the developed world undertook massive development project in terms of cutting and clearing forests and constructing high rising buildings and spacious highways. Development of a country is essential to...

Description The International Institute for Sustainable Development contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resources management. International...

Description GTZ believes that progress in the water sector requires strong and intensive cooperation among all stakeholders. To this end it works with a number of local and international partners in Syria to ensure its work in the water sector is relevant and effective. Managing Water for...

Description As services have become increasingly tradeable on the global market—due in part to technological developments and regulatory reform—they have consequently become more important in international trade negotiations. In addition, the recent review of the General Agreement on Trade in...

Description The growth rate of the world population shows an increasing trend although the pace is slowing down, while in some countries, such as Italy, it has come to a standstill. The most industrialized countries constantly deplete resources, such as water and energy from the environment...

Description The concept of sustainable development has received growing recognition, but it is a new idea for many business executives. Business strategies for sustainable development Based on the book Business Strategy for Sustainable Development: Leadership and Accountability for the 90s...

Description Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. BELMONT COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES May 5, 2006 Prepared for Sustainable Belmont Alexandra...

Description Sustainable development as defined by the UN is not universally accepted and has undergone various interpretations Strategies for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Supplier Interaction Devices Shannon E. Fitzgerald, Estela Luck A., Anne L. Morgan School of Engineering Blekinge...

Description Study on Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies: Dynamic Innovation and Sustainable Development:- Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while ensuring the sustainability of natural systems...

POLICIES TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM Transport-Energy Database Generation and Use The database available for the transport sector in India and its energy use is acutely inadequate and even imprecise, particularly in the case of the road sector which is the major consumer of...