Theme: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A VOLATILE WORLD ECONOMY Panel Themes: - Global Financial Crisis - Sustainable Economic & Social Development Under Financial Meltdown - Change in Trade Patterns and Composition for Sustainable Development - Gandhian Planning for Sustainable Development -...

Developing and transition economies will be increasingly concerned with environmental and natural resources management issues; they will have to solve a three-fold challenge: a better environment, good economic performances and poverty reduction as targeted by the Millennium Development Goals....

ISIE Asia-Pacific Meeting Main theme: Strengthening industrial ecology for the Asia-Pacific region The growing Asia-Pacific region would be a good field for applying industrial ecology concepts and tools and for examining their effectiveness and weakness. We encourage you to submit industrial...

Recent research has shown that trust and civic spirit influence economic performance, but that economic performance also influences social values. In particular, it appears that civic spirit and trust are essential components of the efficiency of the welfare state. On the other hand, the quality...

Technology has been identified with a host of problems and solutions that are closely linked with aims for sustainable development in lowand middle-income countries. It is an essential enabling feature of globalization, and local applications of technology offer possibilities for building...