Social economy must meet the challenge of facing the dangers of dilution or trivialization of its characteristic features that give specific social usefulness. To this end, the actors of social economy must become more aware of their common core values, use all the social and cultural means...

Business strategy involves adopting the equilibrium between competitiveness and performance, on one hand, and the responsibility towards environmental goals, on the other hand. The transition to green economy becomes synonym with two structural transformations: firstly, the IT industry...

The aim of the present paper is to design a choice model for agricultural land use, in which the demand for both nutrients and bio-fuels is taken into consideration. To that end, we employ an AEM (Agricultural Economy Model) as part of a broader integrated environmental sustainability system....

In this study, an inexact two-stage water resources allocation (ITWR) model is put forward for supporting sustainable development and management of water resources in Sanjiang Plain, China, which is in such a situation, with multi-water source, multi-water supply subarea, multi-water user and...

Ecosystem Management (EM) is a new holistic approach to the management of natural resources. It integrates the scientificknowledge on ecological interrelationships and the complex socioeconomic and political frame of values, aiming at the long-term sustainability of a region, i.e., the...

Water is essential for economic, social, and environmental development. Global water resources are vulnerable due to increasing demand related to population growth, pollution potential, and climate change. Competition for water between different sectors is increasing. To meet the increasing...

This paper presents the development and the first application of a superiority–inferiority-based inexact fuzzy-stochastic quadratic programming (SI-IFSQP) approach for sustainable water supply under multiple uncertainties. SI-IFSQP improves conventional nonlinear programming by tackling...

Water is a limiting factor for sustainable economic growth and development in many countries. Its allocation has significant impacts on overall economic efficiency, particularly with growing physical scarcity in certain regions. Water also has become a strategic resource, involving conflicts...

This paper deals with the issue of education for sustainable development of the generation of future managers in the context of the green economy. The paper analyses the need for environmental education of graduates in theoretical way who are expected to act as executives and in positions which...