The collapse of Soviet-style “industrial†agriculture in Cuba following the end of deliveries of agricultural machinery, spare parts, petroleum, and petroleum derivatives from COMECON countries at the beginning of the 1990s left Cuba face-to-face with a gigantic food security problem,...

Capitalist agriculture is highly exploitative of both producers and the environment. Fair trade is a movement attempting to mitigate this exploitation, partly by baiting corporate actors into the arena of “ethical production.†In the coffee industry, major corporations are responding...

In the field of tourism, the development of tourist attractions is playing an increasingly crucial role in tourism economy, regional economy and national economy. However, the eco-environment has been damaged while tourism industry develops rapidly. Thus, to solve the contradiction between...

The present study investigates renewable energy analyzing the last twenty years of worldwide scientific production and the dynamics of interest around relevant policies in this direction. Based on a review on the role of knowledge development in technology transitions, we coupled bibliometric...

The consensus of the '92 Rio summit was that all development should aim for sustainable development. The major growth region for the next decade is SE Asia, particularly the cities of South China for which Hong Kong is a role model. Current buildings are heavily dependent on air-conditioning...

The paper presents results obtained from a much elaborated stakeholders’ assessment on potential of sustainable energy technologies conducted in Thailand. It also gives an overview of the status of clean development mechanism (CDM) portfolio in Thailand. The stakeholders from different sectors...

In most developing countries more than 25% of total energy use comes from biofuels. In Ghana, the figure is between 70–80%. Bioenergy is mainly used for cooking and heating, and is also important in rural or cottage industries. As a developing country, Ghana's economic growth remains coupled...

With the increasing scarcity of fossil fuel resources, the demand for greenhouse gas reduction and environmental protection all over the world, developing hydropower becomes one of the most important energy strategies. This paper introduces the current development situation of hydropower in...

The investigation summarised in this paper applied a sustainability assessment methodology on a renewable energy technological system in a rural village project that was commissioned by the South African Department of Minerals and Energy. The project comprised of wind, solar and lead-acid...

India has a large number of remote small villages and islands that lack in the electricity, and probability of connecting them with the high voltage gridlines in the near future is very poor due to financial and technical constraints. The main electrical load in these villages is domestic. In...