Sustainable development is and will be an act of humanity and intelligence for present and future activities it is engaged. Human development is needed to achieve truly sustainable activities, so it becomes more a matter of morality and inner value than one that involves material benefits. True...

Global food supply is dominated by transnational corporations, which have great power and are widely critiqued for the negative environmental and social impacts of their operations. Many argue that this industrial food system is unsustainable, yet its expansion seems inevitable and alternatives...

The recent World Summit on Sustainable Development once again has focused attention on the relationship between economic development and the state of the environment. Sustainable development remains a nebulous concept. Problems with its implementation and the trade-offs that arise often...

We consider the effect of population age distribution in inclusive wealth accounting. Numerical results demonstrate that the wealth of nations with an aging demographic structure, as well as those with a rapidly increasing working-age generation, may have been overestimated.

A central issue in the study of sustainable development is the interplay of growth and sacrifice in a dynamic economy. This paper investigates the relationship among current consumption, sacrifice and sustainability improvement in a general context and in two canonical, stylized economies. We...

The potential of algae-based biofuels to replace petroleum fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas production through microalgal photosynthesis has long been recognized. However, currently there are no commercial algae-to-fuels technologies that can overcome techno-economic barriers and address...

The aim of the paper is the definition of a new scheme of environmental management for local authorities. Such a scheme originates from the characteristics of existing processes of local action (Local Agenda 21) and environmental management and certification (EMAS II and ISO 14001). This...

Contemporary environmental policy is marked by an emphasis on the fight against climate change. Technological improvements for energy efficiency and transition to a low carbon economy are seen as principal environmental policy measures. Has this been the case 40 years ago when modern...

National comparative advantages and latecomer advantages have been much discussed within the economic and international trade and management literature respectively. This paper adapts these two concepts and presents an integrated strategy for sustainable development in emerging economies.It...

This paper analyses the relations between the sustainability dimensions of Italian territorial local systems and public expenditure. The starting point is the ESA model, which describes some basic elements of sustainable socio-economic development. The introduction in the model of the public...