Phenomena that take place at a global level, beyond any control of national governments are subject of great controversies. Even if there is a little knowledge about how to control these processes, scientists are interested in assessing effects of globalization. Because a large part of the...

This paper presents the two most important factors that influence the development of quality management in education: the globalization and the sustainable development. The four well known quality management principles (Deming) can be adapted and implemented in the education system case, too.

Environmental issues are enhanced by crowding together pollution sources as it is occuring in urban areas. Meanwhile urbanization is a continuous process that comprises larger and larger proportions of population. Therefore, urban environmental management is amongst the most important challenges...

The phenomenon of globalization in full swing "eroded" the concept of sustainable development. Its principles were replaced with others imposed by transnational corporations by liberalizing product markets, capital, information and labour. The interplay between the effects of globalization...

Increasing environmental performance is one of the changes involved by sustainable development and became a condition of success in economic activities. Efforts invested in this direction are explained by a number of strategic advantages – operational ecoefficiency, reputation, strategic...

Climate changes are caused directly or indirectly by the human activities that determine the modification of the global atmosphere composition to which it is added the natural climate variability observed through a comparable period of time. The effects are visible especially by the increase of...

The tourism industry plays a more and more important role in the world economy, and is generally acknowledged to represent a significant source of economic growth for the European Union. In the present Romanian tourism losing the competitiveness face to demand of international market, moreover...

Globalization is a constant subject of domestic and international agenda fuelling an unprecedented quest for competitiveness. Finding the sources for this needs a good knowledge of both availability of resources and patterns of globalization. In this respect our study contributes by an analysis...

Correlating private and social interests represents a continuous challenge for environmental policy. Traditional implementation tools proved to be not enough for accomplishing the objectives required by the protection of natural systems. Therefore, they were complemented by a number of actions...

Nature conservation is the second environmental priority at global level. Romania has an outstanding biodiversity at European and global level and its environmental policy mirrors, at least in the last years, the global perspective. The paradigm shift in nature conservation and ambitious goals...