Integrated water management plans towards sustainability: the Taiwan experience

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.C. Chiang ◽  
E.E. Chang ◽  
C.P. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
The Government

This report summarizes past and current activities in water management in Taiwan based on four major programs: (1) Taiwan 2000: Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Protection (The 1985–1988), (2) Taiwan Agenda 21: National Sustainable Development (1998–2003), (3) Local Agenda 21: Environmental Action Plan Towards Sustainability (2003–2006), and (4) Sustainable Water Environment. Taiwan 2000 was for the first time in Taiwan the government encouraged industries to seek a balance between economic development and environmental protection. According to the principles and visions of Agenda 21, the Government has implemented visions and strategies for national sustainable development to serve as the basic guidelines for keeping up with the development in the 21st century. Local Agenda 21 was also developed by the local city and county governments from 2003 to 2006. It has an emphasis on sustainable water environment, total emission control, eco-industrial parks, sustainable transportation, and green community promotion. In addition, a fifth program, Water Safety Plan, was developed as the “Green Blue-Print” for the development of strategies and guidelines of national sustainable water environment. It focuses on Source Water Implementation Plan Rule (SWIPR), modernization of water treatment plants, and the implementation of Integrated Performance Evaluation (IPE) Program.

scholarly journals THE EVALUATION OF ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN OF MARIBOR

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 65-81
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
Integrated Waste Management ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
The Town

In 2001, the Municipality of Maribor already prepared a Report on the stateof environment with the goal to actively approach the realisation of the Local agenda 21 for Maribor. Conditions of that time didn’t allow a realisation of all planned objectives and measures, therefore the Municipality of Maribor decided to once more prepare the Municipal Environmental Protection Programme, based on the Reports on the state of environment in the Municipality of Maribor. For the period 2008 – 2015 the EPP included areas of integrated waste management, the system of safe healthy drinking water supply, air protection, protection against noise and climate change, sustainable traffic development, preserving of natural values and green areas and comprehensive environmental informing and awareness-raising. Desiring to improve the implementation of set objectives and to plan objectives and measures more realistically, in the preparation of the new EPP for the period after 2015, the emphasis in the paper is on the research of the connection of measures to achieve the objectives.This paper shows the evaluation methodology and the objective and measure achievements of the Municipality of Maribor that are recorded in the Municipal environmental protection programme for the period 2008 to 2013.

Study on the Mechanism of Water Resources Cultural under the Perspective of Cross-Domain Consultation Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 3145-3150
Author(s):  
Xian Ze Peng ◽  
Cai Yuan ◽  
Qian Yu
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Control Mechanism ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Water Culture ◽  
Cross Domain ◽  
Rivers And Lakes ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Government

Along with the main rivers and lakes of China are polluted inordinately, water environment issues in China have been becomingincreasingly severe. The cross-domain water pollution contradictions cannot be well settled by the government-centered river and watercourse control, which means that,urgently, a new river and watercourse control mechanism needs to be established. With continuous changes of water management, in order to get along with water even more harmoniously, the mankind has formed the concept of water resource management through cross-domain consultation. Combining traditional, historical and social culturefactors, ancient and modern, this paper analyzes influences of the cross-domain consultation upon water culture, proposes detailed countermeasures of establishing the water culture featuring“harmoniousco-existence between mankind and water”by cross-domain consultation, so as to effectively settle contradictions triggered by water pollution amongdifferent administrative regions, and improve the efficiency ofwatercontrol.

scholarly journals Co-operative Investment Policy as a Tool to Accelerate the Entrepreneurship and Improve the Poverty Condition in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Raju Mohammad Kamrul Alam ◽  
Md. Nazmul Hossain ◽  
Ahmad Al Humssi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Investment Policy ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Cooperative Investment ◽  
The Government

Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world with low GDP/capita and minimum purchasing power. A third of the total population (24.3%) lives below the national poverty line ($2/day) while a half of them do live in extreme poverty level ($1.25). It’s now a national issue as high rate of poverty is the cause of permanent economic downturn and socio-economic depression in Bangladesh. Many policies have been applied by government and NGOs since its independent in 1971 to alleviate the poverty but no policy has brought a remarkable outcome. The main purpose of the study is to examine the causes for high rate of poverty in Bangladesh and insufficiency of the government agencies that are working to alleviate the poverty and propose innovative approaches to growth of entrepreneurship to bring sustainable economic growth and improve the poverty condition. The study is based on structural and semi-structural questionnaires and face to face interview. A total of 60 structural and same numbers of semi-structural questionnaires were given to 100 recipients of various age, sex, education, profession and economic levels regarding the factors to get feedback. In this research, a cooperative investment policy and a government action plan have been drawn up based on coordination between the various agencies, which allow the impoverished section of the population to save and invest collectively in order to involve them in entrepreneurship to lift themselves out of the poverty cycle and bring sustainable development. The aim of the research involving the impoverished population to entrepreneurship through co-operative investment policy and promoted government mechanisms to improve the poverty condition in Bangladesh. Search tasks: *To examine the major reasons for the high rate of poverty in Bangladesh. *To explore the impacts of entrepreneurship to accelerate the economic growth and improve the poverty condition in Bangladesh. *To discover the most effective ways to involve the impoverished population to entrepreneurship. *To develop a co-operative investment policy and an integrated government strategy covering all financial, administrative, supervisory and regulatory aspects that will regulate the state's action to accelerate the entrepreneurship and achieve economic growth. Subject of the research cooperative investment policy and improved government mechanism for poverty reduction in Bangladesh through entrepreneurship growth. Object of the research the rate of poverty, entrepreneurship. Keywords: Impoverished Population, Co-operative Investment Policy, Entrepreneurship, Government Performance, Sustainable Development.

scholarly journals Local Agenda 21 and sustainable development: The case of Harran, Turkey

Urbani izziv ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 144-153
Author(s):  
Reyhan Genli Yiğiter ◽  
Funda Yirmibeşoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Local Agenda 21

Analysis of Sustainable Development Path for Green Finance

2019 ◽  
pp. 62-83
Author(s):  
Hsu Chao Feng ◽  
Lee Bi Ru
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Market Society ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Green Finance ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government

The development of green finance is a global trend in the current era. At present, developing the green finance has been included as an important national development project by the Chinese government. With the rapid economic growth, the priorities or trade-offs between the economic development and the natural environment have also aroused different contradictions and problems. With the improvement of people's quality of life, they start to pay more attention to the pollution of the surrounding environment. Therefore, the government should properly intervene and propose effective measures, and green finance is an excellent tool to reconcile social economy and environmental protection and transform the physical investment, thus guiding the social resources towards the environmental protection industry and reaching an optimal interests allocation among the market, society, and government. Consequently, in the face of such a situation, it is necessary to propose a series of models and paths that suit the needs of the Chinese society and promote sustainable development.

Community Based Eco Cultural Heritage Tourism for Sustainable Development in the Asian Region

2012 ◽  
pp. 347-363
Author(s):  
G. Poyya Moli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Tourism has emerged as one of the world’s largest industries and a fast growing economic sector. The Asian region attracts a growing number of quality-conscious tourists as it is endowed with a rich bio-cultural/heritage diversity. However, the diversity and integrity of many Asian tourist destinations have been severely eroded or irreversibly damaged due to ill-conceived, poorly planned, and under-regulated mass tourism and other human activities, increasing the conflicts between conservation and local livelihoods. Fortunately, the newly emerging community-based eco-cultural heritage tourism (CBECHT) can be effectively used in the region for achieving the objectives of sustainable development by integrating pro-poor tourism approaches. Such approaches are strongly promoted and supported by several international organizations as well as Local Agenda 21. This article provides a broad conceptual framework for this approach and evaluates the potentials and constraints for evolving and implementing such strategies in the region with their policy/planning implications.

Incorporate Environmental Protection into the Olympic Games

2015 ◽  
pp. 289-308
Author(s):  
Liyan Jin ◽  
James J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Beijing Olympics ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Government ◽  
Energy Transportation ◽  
Environmental Agencies ◽  
The Olympic Games

The objective of this chapter is to illustrate how Beijing has addressed its environmental issues to fulfill its “Green Olympics” promise. A general overview is first provided on how environmental protection has become an important part of the Olympic Games. Then, the chapter presents the extensive environmental efforts associated with hosting the Beijing Olympic Games, mainly focusing on such areas as air quality, energy, transportation, water environment, green coverage, solid waste, and environmental education. Finally, the chapter touches on the environmental impact of the Beijing Olympics from local residents' perspectives, illustrating that the Beijing Olympics provided a unique opportunity for the city to speed up its urban environmental reform. With a mandatory environmental policy and collective efforts involving the government, environmental agencies, and community groups, hosting a mega sport event can create a positive environmental legacy to the host city and its country.

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