This paper develops guidance framework for sustainable energy engineers. This guidance can be considered while looking towards some possible breakthrough solution for sustainable energy development. The research analyzes and refers core TRIZ based works related to sustainability, energy...

Half of the global population is regarded as poor to the extent that the very lives of a large number of people are endangered. Poverty is a multi-dimensional worldwide problem of modern society. In addition to similarities with other countries in transition, Serbia shows some specific features....

The subject of the discussion in the article is the principle of sustainable development in the law of planning and land development planning, shown on the background of the development of this policy or how it is defined in the legal and economic sciences.

The concept of sustainable development, launched in 1987, knew an evolution that might be summarized like this: it was accepted and transformed in strategic objectives at the level of many national economies; it was extended at the level of economic branches, in various fields (human resources...

Parallel sustainable monetary systems are being developed by civil society groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), informed by ecological economics perspectives on development, value, economic scale and growth, and responding to the unsustainability of current global financial systems....

The Renewable Energy Law has been formulated by China government in 2005. During the next few years, there has been dramatic progress in China's renewable energy industries, along with the formation of the policy system of renewable energy in China. It is widely recognized that a reasonable and...

The purpose of this paper is to learn from Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory to inform the development of Problem Structuring Methods (PSMs) both in general and in the specific context of marine management. The focus on marine management is important because it is concerned with a CAS...

The climate change and the increasing complexity of the energy sector along with the prerequisite for sustainability have broadened the energy policy shaping field by bringing out new challenges. Decision support tools and methods, such as Multicriteria Decision Aid (MCDA), are necessary for...

In 2002 the International Institute of Environment and Development published the landmark report Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD). The report portrayed an industry distrusted by stakeholders and under threat from opposition groups. When read closely, the...

This research paper is based on the analysis of the sustainability aspects in cross-border cooperation programmes. The importance of this research topic consists in presenting if the implementation of the activities of the projects submitted under cross-border cooperation programmes is based on...