This paper is in line with the pleadings in favor with the need of transposition into facts of the seductive speech of sustainable development; the focus is on the normative field. Being aware that implementing sustainable development, multidimensional concept, require a full arsenal of tools...

How can we reconcile economic and social progress without endangering the natural balance of the planet? How can we spread the wealth between developed and less developed ones? How to ensure a decent living for millions of people in danger, where the planet already seems stifled by excessive...

The scope of hereby paper is drafting a proposal on the environmental cost accounting, environmental performance and eco-efficiency indicators. The paper briefly presents the main trends on the environmental cost accounting. Having in view the material flow expenses and their impact on...

In this paper we have studied the dependence between pollution and economic results, taking Romania as study case. Among the pollution level indicators we have chosen greenhouse gas emissions, and as economic results indicator we have chosen the GDP per capita. We started by explaining the...

In this paper we have tried to make a synthesis of the economy-environment relationship in terms of its determinants. The environmental crisis, whose effects we feel more and more often, is a world crisis, and its causes are not strictly related to one type of economy or another, centralized or...

In contemporary society knowledge and innovation are seen as vital sources and driving forces for sustainable development, one of the major goals in the world we live today, a subject of great interest for researchers and policy makers. Given this context, the paper aims to analyze and determine...

Vulnerability–resilience indexes fail to grasp all dimensions of sustainability, whereas sustainable development has gained momentum. We fill this gap with a hierarchical multimetric composite index (Net Vulnerability Resilience Index: NVRI) whose robustness relies on a mathematical algorithm...

Since the publication of path-breaking contributions on the governance of environmental resources in the early 1990s many political initiatives have been taken, many governance experiments have been run, and a large multidisciplinary field of research has opened up. The aim of this...

Increasing the role of leisure in promoting rural areas, to ensure their sustainable development and meet the needs of tourists has led to its transformation into tourist motivation itself, leading to the emergence of new types of vacations. Recreational activity is one of the effective ways for...

The theme of this paper is the relationship between tourism and environment, with particular reference to the ways of protecting tourist areas characterized by fragile ecosystems, such as parks and beaches. This paper analyzes and tries to show that environmental protection is not only a legal...