Sustainable Rural Livelihood

2019 ◽  
pp. 97-117
Author(s):  
Sushma Nayak ◽  
Shashikant Nehul ◽  
Aishwarya Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Watershed Development ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
The World ◽  
Livelihood Improvement ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
The Village

In the present day, when human beings have excessively exploited the natural resources, sustainable development has become a catchword for countries around the world. With respect to the rural scenario, diversion of watercourses and settled agriculture are deemed as tactical imperatives for sustainable livelihood. The present study focuses on a village, Hiware Bazar, situated in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India. The village is known for its livelihood status, which can be distinctly categorized into two phases, the period before 1991 and the period after 1991. In the first phase (before 1991), the village was marked by severe livelihood crisis owing to acute water scarcity. The second phase (after 1991) is known for livelihood improvement realized through community engagement and planned investment initiatives for watershed development and organic farming.

scholarly journals Boomerang hiring: Strategy for sustainable development in COVID-19 era

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Penumadu V. Raveendra ◽  
Yellappa M. Satish
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Positive Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
The Right

BACKGROUND: Many companies are forced to restructure themselves by right sizing due to unexpected fall in demand for their products and services created by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID 19 not only affected the health of human beings but also their wealth across the world. Global economic parameters are showing a sign of positive growth with decreased number of COVID 19 cases across the world. Many companies are in a dilemma to rehire their former employees or to hire the new candidates to meet the increased demand. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of study are i) to analyze the key drivers for boomerang hiring and ii) to develop a conceptual process for boomerang hiring. METHODS: An exploratory methodology was designed to identify the key drivers of boomerang hiring by studying the various successful stories of those companies which had rehired their former employees. Various papers were reviewed to develop the process for boomerang hiring. RESULTS: Study showed that knowledge about the culture of the company, cost of hiring, morale booster for the existing employees, and customer retention, are the key drivers for boomerang hiring. This hiring process requires special skills from HR Managers, as this decision will impact long term success of the company. CONCLUSION: The process of boomerang hiring cannot be standardized as each organization culture is different and companies cannot have the same strategy for each candidate as every individual is different. Boomerang hiring will work as the right strategy during pandemic situation as former employees would have built relations with the customers. The customers will be happy to see the former employees who had served them better.

scholarly journals Gandhian Model of Community Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Bharat Prasad Badal
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Great Leader ◽  
The World

 Gandhian Model of Community Development (GMCD) is a sustainable development model for governments in the central, provincial, and local levels of democratic federal countries in the world by the scientific analysis of Gandhian ideology in a specified community. Community Development is a method, a strategy, and a campaign to uplift human life settlements and to solve the community problems from a simple local perspective. The human settlement with local communal acceptance, local norms, and values, environmental protection, help and cooperation, trusteeship, health, education, sanitation, training, transportation, marketing, etc. are the major components of the Gandhian Model of Community Development. The global acceptance with local initiation, norms, knowledge and practices in the positive changes on human life is Gandhian Community Development. It is the core ideological view of the great leader of south Asia-Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi is also pronounced as second Buddha of the world. The main objective of the study is to develop a Gandhian Model of Community Development with the incorporation of thoughts and ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi. The study is the collection of Gandhian ideology with a programmatic model for the future development of the human being specified within the boundary with the specified indicators of the Gandhian Model of Community Development. It is a hermeneutic and historical interpretation of three universal truths- Generation, Operation, and Destruction for the liberation of human beings from a sustainable development strategy guided by Mahatma Gandhi. His ideas are herminuted in contemporary sustainable community development. In conclusion, the Gandhian Model of Community development is a model having Balance Sheet of Production and Consumption within the specified municipality and Gandhian Development Indicators for human liberation or development toward ultimate freedom.

scholarly journals Cottage Industries and Gandhian Village Swaraj

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2119-2122
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Small Pox ◽  
The World ◽  
Manual Labour ◽  
The Village ◽  
Cottage Industries

Mahatma Gandhi “The Father of the nation” was one of the prominent socio-political thinkers of the 20th century. He had greatly emphasis the village swaraj. He was interested in developing the villages as self sufficient units. In order to village swaraj Gandhi said, “The village of my dreams is still in my hand. After all, every man lives in the world of his dreams. My ideal village will contain intelligent human beings. They will not live in dirt and darkness as against anyone in the world. There will be neither plague, nor cholera, nor small pox, no one will be idle and no one will wallow in luxury. Everyone will have to contribute his quota of manual labour.”

scholarly journals Geospatial Assessment of Water-Migration Scenarios in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 11, and 16

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1376
Author(s):  
Nidhi Nagabhatla ◽  
Rupal Brahmbhatt
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Aral Sea ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Water Migration ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Climate Crisis

Communities and countries around the world are gearing up efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda goals and targets. In this paper, the water and migration scenarios are explained with a focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6 (water-related), 11 (urbanization), and 16 (peace and political stability). The study has two phases. The first phase illustrates the application of geospatial data and tools to assess the water-migration interlinkages (nexus) by employing a case study approach. Three case studies, Lake Chad, the Aral Sea region, and the Nile Delta, representing various geographic and socio-political settings, were selected to perform the multitemporal analysis. For this analysis, a mixed toolset framework that combined algorithmic functions of digital image processing, the Landsat sensor data, and applied a geographic information system (GIS) platform was adopted. How water-related events directly or indirectly trigger human migration is described using spatial indicators such as water spread and the extent of urban sprawl. Additionally, the geospatial outputs were analyzed in tandem with the climate variables such as temperature, precipitation data, and socio-economic variables such as population trends and migration patterns. Overall, the three case studies examined how water and climate crisis scenarios influence migration at a local and regional scale. The second phase showcases global-scale analysis based on the Global Conflict Risk Index (GCRI). This indicator reflects on the risks and conflicts with environmental, social, and political aspects and comments on the connection of these dimensions with migration. Together, the two phases of this paper provide an understanding ofthe interplay of water-related events on migration by applying the geospatial assessment and a proxy global index. Additionally, the paper reiterates that such an understanding can serve to establish facts and create evidence to inform sustainable development planning and decision making, particularly with regard to SDGs 6, 11, and 16. Targets such as 6.4 (managing water stress), 6.5 (transboundary challenges) and, 11.B (adaptation and resilience planning) can benefit from the knowledge generated by this geospatial exercise. For example, the high GCRI values for the African region speak to SDG targets 11.B (integrated policies/plans) and 16.7 (decision support systems for peaceful societies). Two key highlights from the synthesis: (a) migration and urbanization are closely interconnected, and (b) the impact of water and climate crisis is comparatively high for rural-urban migration due to the considerable dependence of rural communities on nature-based livelihoods. In conclusion, geospatial analysis is an important tool to study the interlinkages between water and migration. The paper presents a novel perspective toward widening the scope of remote sensing data and GIS toward the implementation of the SDG Agenda.

Initial Northern Iroquoian Coalescence

2018 ◽  
pp. 89-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Birch ◽  
Ronald F. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Village

Northern Iroquoian societies experienced two phases of community coalescence, one in the thirteenth century, which brought semi-sedentary populations together into the first true villages, and a second phase two centuries later that created large palisaded settlements. This chapter is primarily concerned with the first wave of village formation and the changes in social organization and gender and power relations that accompanied the transition to sedentism. This included more formalized decision-making at the village level as well as the development of recursive entanglements between regional networks defined by kin- and clan-based relations and materialized through ritual and mortuary programs. We argue that transformations in the social and physical labor performed by males and females at the village and regional levels is key to understanding this transition.

Application of Ecological Building Materials in the External Layer Design for Building

2014 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 337-340
Author(s):  
Xue Song Luo ◽  
Chun Gan ◽  
Jiang Rong Ge
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Material Surface ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
External Layer ◽  
Surface Design ◽  
The World ◽  
Ecological Building

In recent years, as the change of the building of aesthetic requirements, building skin is given more and more attention, and the material of the carrier material surface design exposition will play a huge role. In the second half of the 21st century, the living environment and sustainable development has become the focus of attention of the world. Environmental protection concept is being accepted by more and more people. People are realizing the importance of ecological building material to the protection of the environment, the save of resources and the health of human beings. All kinds of ecological building materials receive much popularity among architectures around the world.

scholarly journals Rebuilding a Smart and Sustainable Human Society for the World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renaud Richard
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Share Information ◽  
Shed Light

A bit under 10 years: That’s what it took engineers and project managers to bring some human beings to the Moon in the 60’s. That’s also the time we have to act and rebuild a smart and sustainable human society for the world, and one good indicator for this is reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030. The Sulitest’s matrix gives an excellent structure to explain the current situation and share information in a structured and helpful way; a way in which all can find an answer to this key question: “What can YOU do NOW to rebuild a smart and sustainable society for the world?” The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, also known as The Natural Step Framework, is the best approach I’ve found to help create needed systemic and strategic changes. Examples from the business or scientific areas can shed light on how to achieve this incredibly needed change to discuss the role of technology, and to explore how systems change and can be transformed. In this paper, I’ll share some of the experience and learnings I’ve gained over the last 20 years, trying to acce lerate change towards sustainability. I’ll share the fact that it’s fun and motivating, as well as an incredible opportunity for all, even if it’s not necessarily always easy like most good things which do require efforts to reach. And for all the ones who won’t be able to read further: If not now, when? If not here, where? If not you and I, who?

scholarly journals Comparative Study: Chinese and Western Theoretical Sources for Sustainable Development Theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu Tongzhen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
International Level ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Countries around the world are now plagued by deteriorating environmental problems (including global warming, desertification, reduction of biodiversity, and possible sources of unknown viruses such as COVID-19). Besides cooperation at the international level, countries, especially the East and West, have adopted different approaches. Philosophy can guide our actions, and exploring the theories of each period could help us understand what people know about and how they behave. The Chinese “San cai” and “Sheng Wang Zhi Zhi” theories and the "Anthropocentrism" and "Resource are limited" of the West countries have their on the relationship between human beings and environment, which play important roles in their traditional philosophies before the largely accepted definition of Sustainable Development (SD).

Sustainable Development Provisions in the 1994 GATT/WTO Agreements

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-144
Author(s):  
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
World Summit ◽  
Trade Disputes ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Wto Agreements

This chapter argues that, while the World Trade Organization (WTO) may have accepted sustainable development as an objective of its members, it is not clear that the WTO has successfully integrated either environment or social development concerns into trade policy-making, to date. It considers the three opportunities for integration discussed in Chapter 3, and the implications of attempts to respond to them within the WTO, in two phases. First, it considers the WTO Agreements after the conclusion of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and the 1994 Uruguay Round, and how they are interpreted by the WTO Panel and Appellate Body in trade disputes, as well as any progress in WTO negotiations with respect to the tensions identified earlier during that period. Second, it considers developments in the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations that were launched in 2001, directly before the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), and how subsequent WTO disputes have addressed these tensions.

scholarly journals Green Design in the View of Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Zhenqing Sun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

With the continuous rising of economic benefits and the increasing innovation of science and technology, the relationship between human beings and natural environment is becoming more and more prominent. Especially after the world enters into industrialization, human beings plunder resources recklessly and destroy the stable cycle of ecological environment. In recent years, China has put forward the development concept of "not only the golden and silver mountains, but also the lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. The 13th Five-Year Plan of China has established five development concepts: innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing. The concept of "green" has been incorporated into the national strategic design, which highlights the harmonious development between human beings and nature, people and people. As the guider in the future, under the background of sustainable development, the green design takes innovation as the starting point, so as to become the permanent motive force of green development.

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