The study investigates the impact of multinational corporations MNCs on sustainable development of Nigerian economy. The activities of the Shell B.P Petroleum Corporation which is one of the major oil producing multinational corporations operating in the country was investigated with a view to...

It is widely recognised that for the green economy to develop successfully, new educational curricula will be required to help professionals develop appropriate knowledge and skills. Relatively few university courses have been developed to date that explicitly focus on the green economy,...

The changes of spatial pattern in energy consumption have an impact on global climate change. Based on the spatial autocorrelation analysis and the auto-regression model of spatial statistics, this study has explored the spatial disparities and driving forces in energy consumption changes in...

The concept of sustainable development is the result of an integrated approach to policy and decision makers, the environment and long-term economic growth are seen as complementary and mutually dependent (Romanian National Strategy for Sustainable Development). Sustainable development pursues...

The article justifies the necessity of introduction of management of regional development of strategic planning. It focuses on importance of the complex work on creation of regulatory and legal, organisational and educational grounds of these activity and also availability of social and material...

En este estudio se analizan las investigaciones sobre los aspectos éticos, sociales y medioambientales publicadas en las revistas españolas en el período 2004-2012. Las principales áreas de ocupación de los investigadores españoles son el análisis de las prácticas nacionales, la...

This paper will identify specific planning conditions that arise when planning aims at sustainable development. First, attention will be paid to socio-ethical attitudes toward sustainability issues and to the reasons why much of the sustainability debate deserves an urban focus. Then, specific...

The paper positions the communications and transport in the centre of a rejuvenation policy for a sustainable urban habitat, taking for granted the success of urban govemance will depend on the professionality of local/regional policy-making govemed by sound principles from business practice in...

The sustainability of settlements is determined not only by local ecological quality or availability of green spaces, but also by a wide array of architectural and heritage parameters that contribute to local quality of life and the beauty/attractiveness of settlements in both rural and...

Transport plays a pivotal role in the dynamics of our society, not only in economic terms but also in a spatial setting. New driving forces such as technologi­cal progress, privatisation and deregulation exert a structuring impact on transport systems and on their related consequences induding...