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The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a cross-country measure of discrimination against women in social institutions. Discriminatory social institutions intersect across all stages of girls’ and women’s life, restricting their access to justice, rights and empowerment...
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Germany has long been a pioneer in urban policy. The country has aimed at sustainable urban development in order to … social change. This book analyses these steps against the background of features specific to Germany: its federal system, the … Germany, the book argues for an integrated and forward-looking multisectoral approach that cannot be guided solely by economic …
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Most people support sustainable development without knowing what it is. What exactly are sustainable consumption and sustainable production, and how are these practices identified? This volume reviews the state-of-the-art in measuring sustainable production processes in industry. It includes...
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The city of Bonn, Germany, has a long-standing commitment towards sustainable development. The city has gone through a …
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On the surface there is agreement, sustainable development refers to a broad set of issues, going beyond the relationship between the economy and the environment to encompass human and social concerns. Scratch the surface and you open a Pandora's box of differing notions of sustainability and...
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