The concepts of sustainability and information society are different topics, approached through their own different vocabularies, development policies and priorities; their lack of interaction leads to a reinforcement of their isolation and stereotypes. The information society has the advantage...

Strategies for sustainably using biofuels must be thoroughly assessed at several levels. First, the use of biofuels must comply with sustainable development’s main dimensions. Second, the use of biofuels must comply with sustainable transport’s main dimensions. Third, gains from using...

The economic, social andenvironmental undesirable impact of theexisting development pattern pushes to theadoption and use of a new developmentparadigm that of sustainabledevelopment. This paper intends tosubstantiate how the marketing can helpthe sustainable development. It beginswith the...

China's economy has risen to the second place since 2010, accompanied by the largest energy consumption in the world. As one of the major air pollutants from the fossil fuel, excessive SO2 emissions have severe negative impacts on eco-environments. In order to achieve the balance between...

This paper compares the economic gains from airports with some of the environmental costs of their operations. The economic effects are divided into direct, indirect, and induced impacts, and the direct impact into employment and income generated by the operation of an airport; while the...

At the crossroads of sustainable development of small island developing states (SIDS) is tourism, the staple income earner of many SIDS and an industry which would not survive without air transport. Typically, therefore, it would be tempting to conclude that SIDS would benefit from an open skies...

To tackle the high rate of deforestation in Indonesia's production forests, a new type of licence was introduced in 2004 known as an Ecosystem Restoration Concession (ERC) or IUPHHK-RE by the Indonesian Government. For the first time, production forests could be managed for the purpose of...

This article was created on the basis of a research task at College of Polytechnics Jihlava (VsPJ) in the Czech Republic under the name "The Influence of Trust, Reputation and other Intangible Assets on Company Performance". The objective of this article is to compare and evaluate the...

Some aspects of discounting of infinite streams of economic quantities (consumption, saving, utility) are considered. The main points of the paper may be summarized as follows. The philosophy of discounting concerns methods of evaluation and/or comparison of multi-period phenomena and processes....

This Viewpoint article reviews the two approaches to climate change, namely mitigation and adaptation, and examines the complex interrelationships between them, and between climate change and sustainable development. Adaptation is about reducing the effects of climate change on both human and...