Among today’s modes of transportation, rail remains of great interest because of its explicit advantages arising from the fact that it is the least polluting and most environmentally friendly. These are just some of the reasons why, in recent years, the European Union strategies seek to...

Sustainable development addresses the complex concept of quality of life, economically, socially and environmentally, by promoting the idea of balance between economic development, social equity, efficiency and environmental conservation. This article aims to analyze a number of indicators of...

The gap between science and practice has been highlighted in a number of scientific disciplines, including the newly developing domain of ecosystem service science, posing a challenge for the sustainable management of ecosystem services for human wellbeing. While methods to explore...

This paper proposes an empirical method to estimate the model of sustainable profit and corporate social responsibility originated by Sudtasan and Suriya (2013). It suggests analysts to use data from official financial statements of companies which may be reported to the Stock Exchange in a...

Coperative Social responsibility is of great significance for the sustainable development of the whole society as well as every enterprise. Data were collected from 200 stake holders and 500 local people from Dhahrki and their vicinity. Structural questionnaire were developed for the reliability...

In 2008, when most economically advanced countries over the world were struggling against the financial crisis that later on triggered the global economic crisis , the Romanian decision-makers were giving positive signals by encouraging non-productive consumption and were competing in promising...

The paper takes for granted that urban areas - and hence the built environ­ment - may play a catalytic role for effective environmental policy. This position is based on the fact that most residential, production and transportation activities in the developed world take place in urban areas. A...

Energy is a key-resource to economic development and is required to be available continuously and in adequate amounts. Also, it is expected to be affordable and environmentally friendly. Ensuring this is a challenge, yet strategic to maintain economies running under a sustainable pattern. Energy...

Ideology is a primary factor that influences socioeconomic development and social stability, particularly in rapidly changing developing countries such as China. To understand the socioeconomic value of ideology during China's recent history, and the impacts of ideological change, I evaluated...

Wonderland, a compact, integrated economic, demographic and environmental model, is investigated using methods developed for studying critical phenomena. Simulation results show the parameter space separates into two phases, one of which contains the property of long term, sustainable...