Sustainable development becomes increasingly important in the design of development policies. The economic field, due to the businesses it involves, is regarded as a tool capable of generating social well-being by caring for resource conservation. The retailing is part of this process, playing...

Developing businesses in compliance with the principles of sustainability has been a tough challenge in our century. A planned, integrated and properly coordinated orientation towards environment protection, involvement in activities of society and local communities, supporting and streamlining...

This paper illustrates the relationship formed in the economy between human capital and sustainable development considering that in recent years we are witnessing an expansion of the concept of human development towards sustainable human development. This requires increased performance and...

The paper shows new analysis assumptions and a new managementand planning approach for the emergency and development sector- founded on philosophy, models and logic of territorial marketing- and highlight premises and advantages of this use on the base of aqualitative research on operators.This...

One of the main issues of designing strategies in renewable energies domain is the one of estimating the effects that different support mechanisms may have on investment flows. When designing these strategies, public authorities aim to achieve maximum efficiency by attracting local and foreign...

The European Neighborhood Policy promotes a diversity of significant initiatives which have permitted the EU and its neighbors to develop stronger relationships in all policy fields. One of the main objectives of this policy is promoting sustainable development. This article has three sections....

Effective governance is an important key on which depends social welfare and coherent organization of society according to the needs and expectations of citizens. The success of XXI century organizations depends to a large extent by the search, discovery and effective use of the "talented...

Disaster losses continue to escalate globally and in many regions human losses (death, injury, permanent displacement) often exceed the economic toll. Current disaster policies are reactive with a short-term focus―respond and rebuild as quickly as possible and in the same way after the...

The authors outline economic and ecological aspects of a sustainable development paradigm. They call for active methods of nature preservation, including introducing environment-friendly innovations.

In order to understand the implications of GHG emissions reduction targets in the Brazilian economy it is important to understand the sector composition of these emissions in Brazil. According to the 2010 Second National Communications of Brazil to the UNFCCC, in 2005, the majority of Brazil's...