Sustainable Development - Education, Business and Management - Architecture and Building Construction - Agriculture and Food Security

Ghenai, Chaouki

Sustainable Development - Education, Business and Management - Architecture and Building Construction - Agriculture and Food Security

Edited by Chaouki Ghenai

Abstract: Securing the future of the human race will require an improved understanding of the environment as well as of technological solutions, mindsets and behaviors in line with modes of development that the ecosphere of our planet can support. Some experts see the only solution in a global deflation of the currently unsustainable exploitation of resources. However, sustainable development offers an approach that would be practical to fuse with the managerial strategies and assessment tools for policy and decision makers at the regional planning level. Environmentalists, architects, engineers, policy makers and economists will have to work together in order to ensure that planning and development can meet our society's present needs without compromising the security of future generations. Better planning methods for urban and rural expansion could prevent environmental destruction and imminent crises. Energy, transport, water, environment and food production systems should aim for self-sufficiency and not the rapid depletion of natural resources. Planning for sustainable development must overcome many complex technical and social issues.

JEL-codes: Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-953-51-0116-1
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Alternative Perspective to Funding Public Universities in Nigeria: Shina Olayiwola
Improving Food Security Risk Management for Sustainable Development: Lieven Bydekerke and Menghestab Haile
Indigenous Epistemologies, Sustainability and Schooling: The Case of South Africa: Anders Breidlid
Malaysian Primary Pre-Service Teachers' Understanding and Awareness of Environmental Knowledge: Zurida Ismail and Mageswary Karpudewan
Mapping is a Key for Sustainable Development of Coastal Waters: Examples of Seagrass Beds and Aquaculture Facilities in Japan with Use of ALOS Images: Teruhisa Komatsu
Modelling for Sustainable Development: Inundation Risk Management and Decision Making in Water Sector: Mohamed Habib Sellami
Saving the World's Most Precious Resource: Alessandro Bettin and Dewi Rogers
Sustainability in Urban Ecosystems and Detecting Urban Vegetation from Different Images Using an Object-Based Approach: Metin Tunay, Ayhan Atesoglu, Aycan Murat Marangoz, Serkan Karakis and Hakan Akcin
Sustainable Building in Malaysia: The Development of Sustainable Building Rating System: Zuhairuse Darus, Nor Atikah Hashim, Nor Atikah Hashim and Nor Atikah Hashim
Sustainable Business Development - A Case Study of the International Logistics Industry: Anna Larsson, Ronald Muyingo, Dmytro Serebrennikov, Shohana Ahmed and Cecilia Mark-Herbert
Sustainable Development of the Built Environment: The Role of the Residential/Housing Sector: Tom Kauko
Sustainable Farming Systems vs Conventional Agriculture: A Socioeconomic Approach: Athanasios Theocharopoulos, Stamatis Aggelopoulos, Panoraia Papanagiotou, Katerina Melfou and Evangelos Papanagiotou
Sustainable Solutions in Development Countries - Lithuania Case: Marija Burinskiene
Temporal-Spatial Changes of the Oasis in the Heihe River Basin over the Past 25 Years: Yaowen Xie
The Obligation of Sustainable Fisheries Management: Review of Endured Failures and Challenges in Exploitation of the Living Sea: Hans-Joachim Ratz
Three Totally Different Environmental/GDP Curves: Leif Bratt
Using Index to Measure and Monitor Progress on Sustainable Development: Geoffrey K F Tso and Jin Li

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