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A PRINCIPLE-BASED APPROACH FOR THE EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

HERMANS, FRANS; KNIPPENBERG, LUUK - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 03, pp. 299-319

In order for sustainability assessments to realise their full potential, there is a need for criteria against which … for the application of this framework within sustainability assessment processes based upon Participatory Integrated …

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT: WHY ARE THEY NEEDED AND WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

HACKING, THEOPHILUS; GUTHRIE, PETER - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 03, pp. 341-371

The established approach to impact assessment is baseline-led, whereby the conditions that are likely to prevail in the absence of a proposed initiative are used as the "benchmarks" for determining the significance of impacts. Proponents of sustainable development (SD) criticise this approach...

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SOUTH AFRICA'S RESERVE: CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

QUA-ENOO, ALISON BODURTHA; SCHENDEL, KATE; QUINN, NEVIL - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 01, pp. 61-83

South Africa introduced a visionary policy for water resource management in 1998. The South African National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) contains several innovative mechanisms with the potential to transform water resource management within the country and abroad. The Reserve is one of these...

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Allocating responsibilities in multi-level governance for sustainable development

Karlsson, Sylvia I. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) February, pp. 103-126

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare three different principles – the culpability, capacity and concern principles – for allocating responsibility for governance in a multi-level context of addressing sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach – The...

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Tourism and the general agreement on trade in services: Sustainability and other developmental concerns

George, Babu P.; Henthorne, Tony L. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) March, pp. 136-146

Purpose – The paper is developed around, and aims to focus on, the possible impacts of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for sustainable development of tourism, especially in the context of the third world. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is an exploration of the...

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Environmental sustainability and microfinancial system: What is the link?

Sica, Edgardo; Testa, Giuseppina - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 5 (2009) 3, pp. 244-255

In recent years, millions of poor people worldwide have benefited from microfinance activities, such as microcredit, microsaving and microinsurance, making this range of financial services a key-tool for economic growth of many developing countries. At the same time, the concept of Sustainable...

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A normative-functional concept of sustainability and its indicators

Renn, Ortwin; Jager, Alexander; Deuschle, Jurgen; … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 4, pp. 291-317

Often concepts of sustainability have been criticised for being theoretically ill-founded and lacking practical impact … sustainability are deduced that allow to measure progress in sustainable development. Based on the set of criteria and its indicators …, interdependencies between the different aspects of sustainability are analysed with the help of expert judgements and cross impact …

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Short- and long-term prospects of Indian economic growth: a dispassionate analysis

Das, Dilip K. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 2 (2009) 2, pp. 194-210

addressed by policy makers. This paper puts forth several reasons why questioning the sustainability of 9% GDP growth is …

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RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY: CHANGING APPROACHES AND CONFLICTS

VARI, ANNA; FERENCZ, ZOLTAN - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 09 (2007) 02, pp. 185-209

One of the most interesting paradoxes of the application of nuclear energy in Hungary is that although the building, operation, and even the recent lifetime extension of the Paks nuclear power plant has not faced significant social opposition, attempts for siting radioactive waste disposal...

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DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION

KOBUS, DARIUSZ - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 07 (2005) 03, pp. 457-491

The insufficient operationalisation of the sustainable development (SD)concept hinders development of widely recognised standards for assessment of SD progress. This paper reports on development and testing of a conceptual framework for assessment of progress towards achieving sustainable...

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