Environmental Agenda, Legislative Power and Social Participation: An In-Depth Analysis of the Commission on the Environment and Sustainable Development in Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-115
Author(s):  
Carolina Pimentel Corrêa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Legislative Power ◽  
Depth Analysis

A Real Or a Marginal Trend in Participatory Budgets in Local Governments

e-Finanse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Beata Zofia Filipiak ◽  
Marek Dylewski
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Participatory Budget

AbstractThe purpose of the article is analysis of participatory budgets as a tool for shaping decisions of local communities on the use of public funds. The authors ask the question of whether the current practice of using the participatory budget is actually a growing trend in local government finances or, after the initial euphoria resulting from participation, society ceased to notice the real possibilities of influencing the directions of public expenditures as an opportunity to legislate public policies implemented. It is expected that the conducted research will allow us to evaluate the participatory budget and indicate whether this tool practically acts as a stimulus for changes in the scope of tasks under public policies. The authors analyzed and evaluated the announced competitions for projects as part of the procedure for elaborating participatory budgeting for selected LGUs. Then, they carried out an in-depth analysis of the data used to assess real social participation in the process of establishing social policies.

Movement for Sustainable Development through Green Economics

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Rangwani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Heads Of State

Despite substantial improvements over the past 23 years in many key areas of sustainable development, the world is not on track to achieve the goals as aspired to in Agenda 21, adopted in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and reiterated in subsequent world conferences, such as the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002. While there have been some achievements in implementing Agenda 21, including the implementation of the chapters on “Science for Sustainable Development” and on “Promoting Education, Public Awareness and Training”, for which UNESCO was designated as the lead agency, much still remains to be done. This decade had seen the idea of a “green economy” float out of its specialist moorings in environmental economics and into the mainstream of policy discourse. It is found increasingly in the words of heads of state and finance ministers, in the text of G20 communiqués, and discussed in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. The research paper focused to establish a relationship between sustainable development and green economics. The research paper is descriptive and analytical in nature. The data collected from secondary sources such as report from niti aayog, IMF indicators, RBI reports, newspapers, journals. The research design was adopted to have greater accuracy and in depth analysis of the research study. The statistical tools for the analysis are also being used.

scholarly journals Decolonizing, conviviality and convivial conservation: towards a convivial SDG 15, life on land?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith E. Krauss
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Radical Ideas

In their article 'Towards convivial conservation' (2019), Büscher and Fletcher propose a vision for conservation which partly builds on Ivan Illich's 1973 book Tools for conviviality. Given a growing chorus of voices calling for decolonizing conservation to address the ramifications of racialized mindsets and biases,this article asks: what role could conviviality play in envisioning alternative, decolonizing conservation ideas, particularly for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15? The article first reflects on the case for decolonizing conservation. It then conducts an in-depth analysis of Illich's radical ideas as well as subsequent understandings of conviviality, before juxtaposing Illich's ideas with Büscher and Fletcher's suggestions through a decolonizing lens. Finally,the article reviews SDG 15, 'Life on Land', against the backdrop of the prior decolonizing and convivial perspectives. The article argues that Illich's conviviality and related ideas have much to offer in envisioning alternative, decolonizing conservation ideas by promoting grassroots, democratic decision-making, living within bounds by the rich, emphasizing interdependencies between and within people and the environment, yet need to avoid imposition and incorporate intergenerational and marginalized viewpoints adequately.

Problems and Countermeasures for our Country’s Sustainable Development of Real Estate Economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 1030-1032 ◽  
pp. 2597-2600
Author(s):  
Wei Xu ◽  
Xin Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Compressive Force ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Real Estate Industry ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Real Estate Market

In 2010 to 2013 the national macro-control policies on the real estate market has a strong compressive force, although the development of China's real estate investment market continued to grow still present, but under the influence of regulation just to be national policy, the growth momentum has slowed . In this paper, based on the current status of the domestic real estate industry, in line with the theoretical basis of sustainable development, in-depth analysis of the domestic real estate industry problems encountered in the development process, made some suggestions and solutions for sustainable development

scholarly journals Toward a Validated Competence Framework for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Ploum ◽  
Vincent Blok ◽  
Thomas Lans ◽  
Onno Omta
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Future Change ◽  
Sustainable Entrepreneurship ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Competence Framework

Knowledge, skills, and attitudes to manage sustainable development have become significant components of different career paths. Previous research has explored which competencies are needed for future change agents in the field of sustainable development. Sustainable entrepreneurship can be seen as a promising work context in which these competencies are truly at the forefront and enacted. Several researchers have compiled frameworks of key competencies. However, their work is exploratory in nature and a more in-depth analysis of these frameworks is called for. In this study, an existing competence framework for sustainable entrepreneurship was tested in terms of construct validity, among 402 would-be entrepreneurs. The results suggest the inclusion of six competencies, which constitute a competence framework with a good model fit. Furthermore, a new combination of two existing competencies is proposed. This study has important implications for the debate on which competencies for sustainable entrepreneurship are essential on theoretical and empirical grounds.

scholarly journals Diversity, Inclusive Governance and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Federal Character Principle in Focus

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 4873-4880
Author(s):  
Roseline C. Onah ◽  
Gabriel Igwebuike Ayogu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Inclusive Governance ◽  
Recruitment And Selection ◽  
Effective Service

The need for inclusive governance has become more urgent in the face of the ethno-politically propelled violence prevalent in the world especially in Africa. The Federal Character Principle though introduced to redress geopolitical imbalance and bring about national integration, has become the Achilles heel of Nigerian politics. Thus, the thrust of this paper is an in-depth analysis of the Federal Character Principle as an instrument of retooling Nigeria diversity for inclusive governance and sustainable development. Through a documentary search, the paper examined the application of the principle and its effect on key principles that promote effective public service delivery and sustainable development. Our findings show that the principle has gone a long way to reduce various factors of mutual distrust and rivalries among states and geopolitical zones for sharing of the Nigerian commonwealth. However, the implementation of the principle has impinged on the application of the merit principle in public service recruitment and selection which is key to effective service delivery and sustainable development. In its varied application, the principle tries to prop the weak but downplays excellence thereby brewing injustice and inefficiency. Based on the thesis that Nigeria can only continue to seek unity and development upon the continuing basis of ethno-political diversity, the paper makes some recommendations towards a more effective application of the Federal Character Principle. These include applying the principle only at the entry level into the service while climbing up the ladder should depend on solely on merit, recruitment for post requiring specialist training should not be based on Federal Character Principle but strictly on merit among others.

scholarly journals Regional Status Report 2020: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children in the Americas

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
First Time ◽  
Global Strategies

Violence against children is widespread in the Region of the Americas and it takes many different, equally unacceptable forms. This report is a major milestone for the Region, because it is the first of its kind. It specifically builds on and is informed by the momentum of INSPIRE: Seven Strategies to End Violence Against Children, a technical package of seven strategies based on the best available evidence and with the highest potential to end violence against all children. The report provides a more in-depth analysis of strategies and approaches to prevent and respond to violence against children in the Americas. Being in line with the commitment made by Member States to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and multiple regional and global strategies, attention to this topic is timely. Its importance is further underlined by the fact that it is the first time that governments are self-reporting on their work to address violence against children in line with the evidence-based strategies of INSPIRE. The report comes at unprecedented times, as the COVID-19 pandemic has created a new urgency for action on violence against children. This report offers a baseline of effort in the Region to prevent and respond to violence against all children everywhere.

scholarly journals Policy Implications of the Active Aging Framework in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 430-430
Author(s):  
Jolanta Perek-Białas ◽  
Maria Varlamova
Keyword(s):  
Social Participation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Young Population ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dominant Strategies ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Older Citizens

Abstract Poland's relatively young population in the past, is aging rapidly, which provokes a growing interest in the realisation of the older population's potential within the framework of the concept of active ageing. From 2012, when the first Governmental Program on Social Participation (ASOS 2012-2013) was introduced, the active aging framework remains one of the dominant strategies in developing and implementing social policies for the older generation. In the current paper, the focus is made on the employment and social participation of older citizens policies, showing the considerable gap in the prioritisation and hence in the outcomes, highlighted both by Active Ageing Index (AAI) indicators and more in-depth analysis. We will discuss the perceived risks and pitfalls of the current long-term ageing policy approach in Poland and provide recommendations for improvement.

Analysis of optimization effect of large-scale construction engineering based on building information model

2020 ◽  
pp. 002072092094059
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Li ◽  
Wenjie Xia ◽  
Zongcai Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Information Model ◽  
Scale Construction ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Technical Specifications

Due to the continuous introduction of new building technologies, research results, and technical specifications, the design and construction process of buildings has become extremely complex, paying more attention to the sustainable development of the building itself; it not only requires close communication between project participants, but also an in-depth analysis of building performance and structure is required during the design phase. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology has been widely used in the development of the construction industry in recent years. It can effectively realize the integration of building information, so that all parties involved in the project can work together based on the same platform, which can more effectively improve work efficiency and save resource input, lower construction costs, and ultimately achieve the goal of sustainable development. On the basis of summarizing the previous research results, this paper uses BIM technology to analyze the optimization effect of large-scale construction engineering from the aspects of information model, resource allocation and technology optimization. The analysis results provide reference for subsequent in-depth research.

Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-268
Author(s):  
Claudia Helena Henriques ◽  
Isabel Teotónio
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of cultural tourism and namely of tourists' awareness of Portuguese World Heritage (WH). In accordance, firstly, there is the discussion of a theoretical framework associated to a cultural role and cultural identity in the sustainable development of tourism is presented. Secondly, it follows a case study approach based on the evaluation of Algarvian tourists' awareness of Portuguese WH. A questionnaire was applied in the Algarve region with the aim to determine the importance of cultural motivation and the level of knowledge regarding Portuguese culture by tourists. The results of this exploratory analysis underline the growing importance of cultural motivation and the recognition of culture's importance in the sustainable development of destinations. However, it also shows the low level of cultural motivation by Algarvian tourists as well as the low level of Portuguese WH knowledge, namely by foreign tourists. Nationality, age, academic background are key variables in tourism knowledge about Portuguese culture.

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