Strategic Challenges of the Portuguese Molds Industry

Product Engineering ◽

The Future

In a competitive environment shaped by continuous change, the understanding of the different forces that support or hinder the development of an industry, enables more informed, and assertive decision making. As such, following a sectoral system of innovation perspective that takes into account the temporal evolution of its most important events, the main objective of this chapter is to define a set of strategic lines for the sustainable development of the Portuguese molds industry. The study supports set of strategic priorities so that the Portuguese molds industry can embrace both an international favorable position and an entrepreneurial outward looking governance perspective. This chapter proposes that the future outlook will support the diversification to and the penetration of new sectoral markets, associated with a strong international product engineering and development cluster capable of supplying integrated solutions to several international markets.

Supply chain – a key factor of the sustainable development of city centers

Pomorstvo ◽

10.31217/p.30.1.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 45-50

Author(s):

Mladen Jardas ◽

Čedomir Dundović ◽

Paola Badurina-Tomić

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Future Development ◽

Distribution Center ◽

End User ◽

City Center ◽

Efficient Delivery ◽

The Future ◽

Key Factor

In the paper importance is given to the organization of the supply chain for a more efficient delivery of goods to city centers. Logistics activities are closely related because they depend on each other. The ultimate goal is to bring the product/goods to the end customer/consumer as soon as possible, on time, at the lowest cost, in perfect condition and in the appropriate quantity. The mutual coordination and cooperation of all participants in the supply chain can result in a satisfied end-user/customer. The development of information – telecommunication technologies – will greatly affect the future development and efficiency of the supply chain by finding new transport solutions that would mostly affect city centers. The paper mostly emphasizes the context of the delivery conditions in Rijeka’s city center with a proposal for the location of a future centralized distribution center.

Study of Influence of Road Construction on Grassland in Inner Mongolia

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.807-809.1881 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 807-809 ◽

pp. 1881-1885

Author(s):

Chun Mei Zhang ◽

Min Zhao ◽

Xue Lv

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Road Construction ◽

Environment Protection ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Inner Mongolia Grassland ◽

Hierarchy Process

In this paper, the indexes that are used to assess the influence of road construction on Inner Mongolia grassland have been proposed based on the environment protection perspective. The Analytic hierarchy process was employed to evaluate the importance of different indexes regarding to influence. These indexes would be used to provide information for decision making about road construction in order to achieve the sustainable development of grassland.

Pelaksanaan Sistem Tribunal di Malaysia: Ke Arah Penambahbaikan

Kanun: Jurnal Undang-undang Malaysia ◽

10.37052/kanun.32(2)no3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 223-242

Author(s):

Fariza Romli ◽

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Harlida Abdul Wahab

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Administration System ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Development Goals ◽

Administrative Body

The existence of a tribunal system, in addition to helping to smooth the administration system, is considered as sharing power with the judiciary in making decisions. Thus arose the question of decision- making power and prevention of abuse by the administrative body. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 to ensure justice in support of effective, responsible and inclusive institutions, transparent and fair practices are essential for ensuring people’s trust in the administrative body and government. This paper, therefore, discusses the tribunal system and its implementation in Malaysia. In view of this, tribunal systems that exist in other countries, especially the United Kingdom, are also examined as models for improvement. Matters such as autonomy or control of power and the trial process are among the issues raised. Recommendations for improvement are proposed based on three basic principles—openness, fairness and impartiality—to further strengthen the implementation of the existing tribunal system in line with developments abroad.

ERT Challenges in the Post-2015 Era

Journal of Education and Research ◽

10.3126/jer.v4i2.12390 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 72-86

Author(s):

Manzoor Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Future Development ◽

Global Development ◽

Rural Transformation ◽

Development Agenda ◽

Key Points ◽

The Future ◽

Scant Attention ◽

High Level

This paper provides a background to the on-going discourse on post-2015 global development agenda. It mentions key points from the UN Secretary General’s report on MDG progress and the process of formulating the future development agenda. The recommendations of the High Level Panel on post-2015 agenda and the work of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) are examined from the perspective of Education for Rural Transformation (ERT). It is concluded that the premise and rationale of ERT has received scant attention in the future development agenda discourse. The arguments regarding the pertinence of ERT in combating poverty and promoting sustainable development are noted, drawing on the recent UNESCO- INRULED study on this topic.

The Future of the SUN Movement in Light of the Sustainable Development Goals

10.52439/zyjt3631 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Tom Arnold

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

The Sun ◽

The Future ◽

Development Goals

Urban equality and the SDGs: three provocations for a relational agenda

International Development Planning Review ◽

10.3828/idpr.2021.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (0) ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Stephanie Butcher

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Poor ◽

Global South ◽

Significant Potential ◽

Development Goals ◽

Equitable Outcomes ◽

The City

We live in an increasingly urban, increasingly unequal world. This is nowhere more evident than in cities of the global South, where many residents face deep injustices in their ability to access vital services, participate in decision-making or to have their rights recognised as citizens. In this regard, the rallying cry of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to ‘leave no one behind’ offers significant potential to guide urbanisation processes towards more equitable outcomes, particularly for the urban poor. Yet the SDGs have also faced a series of criticisms which have highlighted the gaps and silences in moving towards a transformative agenda. This article explores the potentials of adopting a relational lens to read the SDGs, as a mechanism to navigate these internal contradictions and critiques and build pathways to urban equality. In particular, it offers three questions if we want to place urban equality at the heart of the agenda: who owns the city; who produces knowledge about the city; and who is visible in the city? Drawing from the practices of organised groups of the urban poor, this article outlines the key lessons for orienting this agenda towards the relational and transformative aims of urban equality.

Contribution of Ecosystem Services to Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2019030008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Veidemane

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Land Use ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Well Being ◽

Trade Off ◽

Development Goals ◽

Water Ecosystems

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) for 2030 are established to address global challenges including environment and human well-being. The SDGs are interconnected and achievement of them requires consideration of the planet’s ecosystems and resources - land, water and air. Ecosystem services (ES) approach has a high potential for better planning, policy and decision making. Understanding how different ecosystems (e.g., forests, rivers, wetlands, grasslands) contribute to the social and economic benefits is critical to ensure the long-term biodiversity protection and sustainable use of ecosystems. A conceptual framework linking biodiversity and ecosystem condition (its structure and functions), and ES to human well-being has been well-established in EU by so called MAES process (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services) lead by the European Commission. The framework is applied in recent research studies and projects, as well as national MAES processes. Various methods are applied for MAES in terms to determine biophysical, economic and social values and to deliver integrated ecosystem assessment. Assessment of ES and trade off analysis shall provide a new perspective for land use planning and decision making at different administrative and spatial levels and in different sectoral policies. EU and national policies for instance on agriculture, fishery, forestry, climate should account the benefits provided by relevant ecosystems and to ensure that the values are not diminished but rather enhanced during the implementation of the policies. Terrestrial and water ecosystems are interconnected as land-based human activities creates pressure that impacts the conditions in water ecosystems and thus delivery of ES by rivers and lakes. For example, intensive agricultural land use produces food for people and income; however, the activity also most frequently causes problems with water quality and quantity in the catchment area and a loss of biodiversity. A risk of such trade-off shall be handled in policy development. Ecosystems also contributes to the resilience of communities by reducing the risk of natural hazards and mitigate adverse impacts. Regulating services such as flood control are substituting investments in flood protection ensured by forests, wetlands and grasslands instead of human built infrastructure. Appropriate land cover and land use shall serve as a basic flood protection measure. Natural processes are increasingly recognised to create new-type solutions that use and deploy the properties of natural ecosystems and their services in an “engineered” way. A wide range of measures called also as nature-based solutions provide another opportunity to work with nature towards global sustainability.

An Eco-GAME Meta-Evaluation of Existing Methods for the Appreciation of Ecosystem Services

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12187805 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 7805

Author(s):

Maurizio Sajeva ◽

Marjo Maidell ◽

Jonne Kotta ◽

Anneliis Peterson

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Science Policy ◽

Dimensional System ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

The One

The isolation of science disciplines and the weak integration between science, policy and society represent main challenges for sustainable human development. If, on the one hand, the specialization of science has produced higher levels of knowledge, on the other hand, the whole picture of the complex interactions between systems has suffered. Economic and natural sciences are, on matters of sustainable development, strongly divergent, and the interface informing decision-making is weak. This downplays uncertainty and creates room for entrenched political positions, compromising evidence-based decision-making and putting the urgent need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030 at risk. This article presents the heterodox Eco-GAME framework for interconnecting science through trans-disciplinary social-learning and meta-evaluation of scientific knowledge in pursuit of SDGs. The framework is tested and refined in the BONUS MARES project by systematic literature analysis, participatory workshops, and semi-structured interviews, in relation to the specific habitats of Baltic Sea mussel reefs, seagrass beds and macroalgae ecosystem services produced and methods applied. The results, acknowledging the urgency of interfacing science, policy and society, validate the Eco-GAME as a framework for this purpose and present a multi-dimensional system of indicators as a further development.

Study on Main Issues of Sustainable Urban Public Transport in China

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.838-841.2121 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 838-841 ◽

pp. 2121-2126

Author(s):

Li Gai Yang ◽

Hong Yang Wu ◽

Xu Mei Chen ◽

Hao Zhi Zhang

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Transport ◽

Urban Management ◽

Strategic Measures ◽

Urban Public Transport

Urban public transport is the basic and guiding industry for the cities development. And it is also important livelihood projects. In this paper, the main problems of urban public transport development are analyzed, and the strategic measures are proposed for the problems to promote the sustainable development of public transport. This paper aims to provide decision-making reference for urban management department.