scholarly journals Global Demographic Pressures and Management of Natural Resources – Foresights about the Future of Mankind

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Angelica BĂCESCU-CĂRBUNARU ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
The Future

Natural Resources, Sustainability, and Intergenerational Ethics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Intergenerational Ethics

This chapter examines a variety of views about the nature of society’s putative duty to conserve natural resources for the future, with a focus on the contested idea of sustainability. This chapter examines competing conceptions of sustainability and their implications for natural resource conservation across generations. Sustainability is a very popular concept, but there are many different positions on what might be called the “sustainability of what?” question. The chapter examines a number of competing views and shows how controversy here has informed the debate between so-called weak and strong conceptions of sustainability. It concludes with an examination of the politics of sustainability, and in particular the connections and possible tensions between goals of natural resource conservation and of global justice.

Digging into “Resource War” Beliefs

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Le Billon
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Resource Control ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
War Narratives ◽  
Water Wars ◽  
The Future ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Multiple Causes

Water wars, oil conflicts and blood diamonds. Three terms reflecting a widespread belief that people fight over resources. Is this belief backed by evidence? What power relations does such a belief reflect and shape? If natural resources have a conspicuous presence in accounts of armed conflicts, the term ‘resource wars’ represents a gross oversimplification. Strategically deployed to prepare for ‘the wars of the future’ or to shame belligerents by exposing their ‘greedy’ motives, ‘resource war’ narratives often overlook the multiple causes of conflict and alternative options to militarized resource control. A main threat from ‘resource wars’ narratives is that they become self-fulfilling prophecies. As such, ‘resource wars’ studies should first be self-reflexive, and then strive to encompass the broad causes, specific historical contexts, and wide variety of effects that resource sectors have on the environment and social relations.

scholarly journals The legal principle of rational nature management: modern context

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-E) ◽  
pp. 639-643
Author(s):  
Evgeniy E. Tonkov ◽  
Vladislav Yu. Turanin ◽  
Aleksey S. Fedoryaschenko ◽  
Ekaterina Yu. Arkhipova ◽  
Viktoria A. Katomina
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Environmental Harm ◽  
Rational Nature ◽  
Legal Principle ◽  
The Future ◽  
Modern Context ◽  
Practical Recommendations ◽  
Minimal Residual

The main aim of the article is to consider the modern scientific and practical legal views on the principle of rational nature management. To meet the objective of the study, the universal systems approach as a methodology of cognition is used. The summary of the article includes the conclusion that any use of natural resources should be rational, which implies the use of fewer natural resources while meeting the needs of the same level, provided there is no or minimal residual environmental harm. In the end, some practical recommendations are made to be taken into consideration in the future relevant studies

scholarly journals Impact of a Growing Population on Natural Resources: The Challenge for Environmental Management

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pimentel ◽  
X. Huang ◽  
A. Codova ◽  
M. Pimentel
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Many ◽  
Growing Population

The food situation worldwide is becoming critical. At present, more than 2 billion humans are malnourished and experience unhealthy living conditions (FAO, 1992a,b; Neisheim, 1993; McMichael, 1993; Maberly, 1994; Bouis, 1995). The number of humans who also are diseased is the largest number ever, and about 40,000 children die each day from disease and malnutrition (Kutzner, 1991; Tribe, 1994).  The many problems that are now evident emphasize the urgent need to reassess the status of environmental resources. Based on the evidence, definitive plans must be developed to improve environmental management now and for the future. Of major importance is the limiting and slow reduction of human numbers to better balance the carrying capacity of the earth's natural resources. 

scholarly journals Natural Resources and the Constitution: Some Recent Developments and their Implications for the Future Regulation of the Resource Industries

1980 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowland J. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Constitutional Reform ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Developments

This paper reviews recent developments with respect to constitutional jurisdiction over natural resources. Particular reference is made to discussions between the federal and pro vincial governments directed towards reallocation of authority. It also examines poten tial implications of the constitutional reform movement for the future regulation of the petroleum industry.

scholarly journals The Application of Principles of Green Building in Traditional Housing in Iraq

2015 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Maryam Qays Oleiwi ◽  
Ayat Ali ◽  
Nangkula Utaberta ◽  
Mastor Surat
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
The Future ◽  
Definition Of

Green building has become an important issue among architects and urban planners due to the increment in global warming risks and climatic changes which influenced negatively on natural resources. It is also one of measures been put forward to alleviate the significant impacts of the influence of buildings on the environment, society and economy. There have been extensive studies on green buildings, as evidenced in the rapid growing number of papers been published in last decades. These studies have been conducted in both developed countries and developing countries, indicating this is a global issue. However, there is lack of extensive researches on the green buildings in Iraq that is crucial for the future exerts. This paper reports the definition of green building, the environmental, social and economical aspects of green building, and application of green building's principles in traditional housing in Iraq.

It's the Speciesism, Stupid!

2018 ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Brügger
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
The Core ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
The Future ◽  
Livestock Raising ◽  
The Mass Media

In a time of intense instrumentalization of life, nature becomes a mere factory from which natural resources are withdrawn. This system is causing immense social, ethical and environmental impacts, and livestock raising is at the core of these problems. The concept of speciesism – a prejudice concerning nonhuman animals, analogous to racism and sexism – is paramount in this realm. This chapter analyses the role of the mass media in perpetuating speciesist values and the urgent need for a paradigm shift. A genuine concern about the future of the planet and nonhuman animals involves questioning our speciesism and our narrow instrumental and economic paradigms.

Social Innovation Practices in Services for Sustainable Consumption

2017 ◽  
pp. 32-65
Author(s):  
Banu Atrek ◽  
Burcu İlter
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
The Future ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
The Way

Overconsumption is fueled by the idea that the more people buy, the happier they become; however, this is not compatible with sustainability and the future of the planet. Deep concerns about the sustainability of nature and natural resources give rise to discussions of sustainable consumption, and social innovation applications may lead the way to sustainable consumption. Thus, this chapter aims to provide a picture of social innovation practices in services for sustainable consumption in an emerging economy. Although the chapter focuses mainly on contemporary social innovations, an overview of the social innovation concept and possible historical roots of social innovations from Turkish history are also provided.

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