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Herausforderungen eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements in Tourismusdestinationen
Wehrli, Roger; Weber, Fabian; Stettler, Jürg; Taufer, … - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 5 (2013) 1, pp. 41-56
Zusammenfassung Die Berücksichtigung der Nachhaltigkeit wird immer wichtiger für die langfristige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von touristischen Destinationen. Keines der existierenden Modelle zum Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement im Tourismus ist so operationalisiert, dass es in Destinationen einfach...
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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security
Londhe, Sunil - In: International Journal of Disease Control and … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 32-46
Many studies have demonstrated the sensitivities of crop yield to a changing climate, a major challenge for the agricultural research community is to relate these findings to the wider societal concern with food security. Apart from few exceptions, the likely impacts of climate change on...
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Irrigation Measurement System for Dry Areas Based on WSN
Granda, Juan; Almanza, Mauricio; Fontalvo, Jose; Calle, … - In: International Journal of Interdisciplinary … 9 (2017) 3, pp. 10-20
exceeded. Water pressure provides the kinematic energy used on irrigation systems to spray the water on the field. The amount … of water that the irrigation system can provide per hour should be carefully monitored to save water in dry areas. The …. Results show sensor nodes exhibit a 4% average error, and 9% packet loss maximum. Both values are adequate for crop irrigation …
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Overcoming Challenges to Long-Term Financing: A Behavioral Perspective
Mohamed, Hazik Bin - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 6 (2017) 2, pp. 37-51
A concern that has emerged repeatedly in the support for long-term sustainable development is the insufficient availability of long-term finance for projects such as infrastructure. This paper considers some of the possible strategies to overcome obstacles (cognitive or otherwise) to ensure the...
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Exploring the Impact of Tourism to the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions: Implications of the Climatic Conditions
Tsiaras, Stefanos - In: International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 14-28
Sustainable development is difficult to be achieved in mountain regions because of their sensitivity to climate change. The rapid development of mountain tourism worldwide during the last years makes the goal for sustainable mountain tourism even more challenging. Key factor to the development...
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Applying Andragogical Concepts in Creating a Sustainable Lifelong Learning Society
Charungkaittikul, Suwithida; Henschke, John A. - In: International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and … 8 (2017) 4, pp. 38-51
Today, the world is changing, re-establishing the role of education to have a developed society. This article aims to explore the practical application of Andragogy as a key element for creating a sustainable lifelong learning society, to propose strategies for developing a lifelong learning...
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Ethical Appraisal of the Role of Civil Society in Nigeria: Pathway for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development
Essien, Essien D. - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 2, pp. 23-38
Contemporary studies surrounding the creation of civil society in Africa have revealed two important findings. First, despite the effort of civil society organizations in supporting inclusive democratic governance, promoting participation, advocating for transparency and accountability,...
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Post Disaster Housing Management for Sustainable Urban Development: A Review
Das, Kanu Kumar; Sharma, Nagendra Kumar - In: International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18
Developing countries have still shortage of housing due to natural disasters. Houses get destroyed wholly or partly and it causes the increase of lack of housing stock of a country. In disaster management cycle, rehabilitation or reconstruction is an important issue to protect, reduce or...
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Youths' Social Traits in Water Management as a Precursor for Good Water Governance
Gatt, Kevin - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Social … 7 (2016) 3, pp. 16-26
Today's youths are yesterday's future generation and tomorrow's guardian of future generations. Successful water governance requires the sustainable management of water resources which in turn implies the maximisation of economic, social and environmental goals. This research, whilst focusing on...
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Strategic Behaviors in Sustainable Development: The Case of Tunisian Banks
Heraghi, Ines Shili; Zouari, Ezzeddine - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 4, pp. 25-38
As part of the extension of the recent theoretical work from several sociopolitical approaches such as stakeholder and neo institutional, theory. This paper studies the strategic behavior of banks in sustainable development in the context of the Tunisian banking sector. The main mode of data...
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