Sustainable Development: Linking Environment and Development

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluf Langhelle
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Environmental Limits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Key Questions

This chapter starts with the origin of the concept sustainable development and establishes what the innovation of sustainable development represented – the merging of environment and development. It then explores what has happened with this concept in its 30 years of existence in terms of two key questions: What has been the impact of sustainable development? Has sustainable development made any difference at all? These questions are discussed in light of two different but equally important issues that have permeated the whole complex of global environment and development linkages since the late 1960s: the question of (environmental) limits and the question of economic growth. The chapter argues that sustainable development is both simple and notoriously complex. It is simple in the sense that it builds on intuitive ideas which merge environmental and developmental concerns. It is complex in the sense that it demands the cooperation of all countries in a globalized, competitive, capitalist system. Further, the merging of environment and development is argued to be inescapable–there is simply no way out of the sustainable development equation. Sustainable development will therefore continue to be the main framework for the integration of the challenges of environment and development.

The Impact of Collaborative Consumption on Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-49
Author(s):  
Erhan İşcan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
The Impact

Excessive use of goods and services and industrialization progress of 20th century depleted resources and emerged the sustainable development as the main target of the policymakers, but past experiences and consequences of rapid economic growth of 20th century showed that there must be a change in the policies. Alleviating of poverty with inequalities and hunger in a degraded environment is needing sustainable cities and communities that have decent work for economic growth. In this context, perhaps, there must be a change in the economic paradigm beyond a policy change. Collaborative consumption is this new economic paradigm that has changed the understanding of the economic system. This new economic paradigm is depending on the sharing of idle resources with or without a fee that changed the importance of asset ownership. The main aim of this chapter is to present the impact of collaborative consumption on the 10 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

The Legal Mandate of Multilateral Development Banks as Agents for Change Toward Sustainable Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günther Handl
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Multilateral Development Banks ◽  
Resource Degradation ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Development Banks

In its June 1997 review of the state of the global environment and the implementation of Agenda 21, five years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the UN General Assembly drew a rather gloomy picture. While acknowledging that some progress toward sustainable development had been made, for example, in curbing pollution and slowing the rate of resource degradation in a number of countries, the Assembly’s report noted that, overall, trends tended toward continued deterioration. Not surprisingly, therefore, the report also reiterated Agenda 21’s call upon, inter alia, multilateral development banks (MDBs) to ensure that development funding “contribute to economic growth, social development and environmental protection in the context of sustainable development.” The report, in short, enjoined MDBs to strengthen their commitment to sustainable development.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF BIOFUELS UTILISATION IN TRANSPORT ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela SIMIONESCU ◽  
Lucian-Liviu ALBU ◽  
Monica RAILEANU SZELES ◽  
Yuriy BILAN
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Greenhouse Emissions ◽  
Causality Tests ◽  
The Impact

The biofuels sustainability in transport depends on the energetic products demand and the limited resources. According to European legislation, the energy consumption in transport from renewable energy in the European Union should increase by 10% till 2020. Considering the environmental requests related to greenhouse gases reduction and a lower dependency on oil fuels stimulated more the biofuels production, this research empirically assessed the impact of energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel and bioethanol on sustainable development in terms of economic growth and greenhouse emissions. Using dynamic panel and panel vector-auto-regression models for European Union countries during 2010–2015, we proved that only the energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel had a positive impact on economic growth. The greenhouse emissions did not have any impact on economic growth while the energy consumption in transport based on bioethanol negatively affected the economic growth. The Granger causality tests on panel data indicated a bilateral relationship between economic growth and energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel and between economic growth and energy consumption in transport based on bioethanol. Given these empirical results, the energy policies should focus on the higher utilisation of biodiesel in transport in the EU.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Impact of the Business Incubator Center on the Economic Sustainable Development of Regions in USA and Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Olkiewicz ◽  
Radosław Wolniak ◽  
Michaline Eva-Grebski ◽  
Anna Olkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Business Incubator ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Economic Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact

The innovativeness boosted by incubator centers has an important role in the sustainable development of the country and its regions. The paper describes a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the business incubator center on the economic growth of a region. The goal of the paper is a comparison between two business incubators, CAN-BE in Hazleton, PA USA and Technopark in Gliwice, Poland. A number of indicators were used to measure economic growth. These selected indicators reflected social, organizational, technical, and financial aspects of economic growth.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF PEOPLE MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MEST Journal ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Olszewski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Common Future

For several years, the concept of sustainable development appears the philosophy of many scientific studies. This concept came from the field of forestry. It means that forest management cut down only as many trees as they can grow in this place. That way, the forest is never liquidated and can always rebuild itself. There are many definitions of sustainability. Perhaps the best comes from the 1987 report "Our Common Future" of the UN World Commission on Environment and Development, where "sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." That implies a challenge to developing all areas of human life without harming any of them. One of the areas with significant impact is the activity of organizations that affects the development and stability of the economy. Also, in studies on organization and management, the sustainable development concept is increasingly common. Progress in the application of the sciences of organization and management undoubtedly has a positive impact on the activities of organizations, which leads to economic development and changes in the quality of life. This paper intends to bring closer the meaning of the evolution of people management in today's state of development and to determine trends in future organizations management. The content of this paper does not exhaust the discussed issues but may contribute to further discussion and activities in the field of sustainable development.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-170
Author(s):  
Mariya Seroshtan ◽  
Galina Akimova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Government Support ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

The article shows that the epidemiological situation has significantly slowed down economic growth not only in Russia, but also in all countries of the world, which causes new challenges and threats in achieving the sustainable development Goals. This increases the importance of government support aimed at the recovery of employment and income, growth and long-term structural changes in the economy, with software-targeted and implemented under the state programs and projects at both the Federal and regional levels. In our country, unprecedented and decisive actions are being taken within the framework of state support to restore effective employment and effective demand, improve the business climate and economic growth in the context of the sustainable development goals. At the same time, in the context of global integration, when the economies of all countries of the world are becoming increasingly dependent on each other, strengthening international cooperation and developing multilateral partnerships between countries should be considered as one of the important factors for mitigating the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and sustainable development of the national economy in the long term.

scholarly journals The role of industrial parks in ensuring sustainable development of the region

2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Natalia Borodavkina ◽  
Elena Mukovnina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Priority Direction ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

Sustainable development of regions is a priority direction of state policy. The creation and development of industrial infrastructure within the region becomes one of the recent trends aimed at obtaining the highest results in indicators of sustainable development. The formation of industrial parks as drivers of economic growth contributes to the formation of an integral production system within the region aimed both at ensuring the economic security of the region and at accelerating its development. In order to assess the role of industrial parks in achieving sustainable development goals (SDG) at the regional level, the authors correlated the SDG and the contribution of industrial parks to their achievement. The authors proposed indicators of the impact of industrial parks on the sustainable development of the region based on a theory review of regional sustainable development and indicators of its assessment. Evaluation of development indicators of industrial parks in the Russian Federation made it possible to determine the trends of economic growth in the region with an increase in investment in industrial parks.

Assessing the sustainability of the Siberian Federal District regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 891-908
Author(s):  
T.A. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Siberian Federal District ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Empirical Analyses

Subject. This article deals with the issues of functioning of the region as a system. Objectives. The article aims to identify the problems of the region's functioning as a system, develop methodological tools to monitor the sustainable development of the Siberian Federal District territories, and determine the the impact of socio-economic and environmental factors on the sustainable development of the region as a whole. Methods. For the study, I used the methods of theoretical, statistical, and empirical analyses taking into account an integrated approach. Results. The article reveals the impact of some individual components of regional development on the sustainability of the territorial system as a whole. Relevance. The results of the study can be used to analyze the sustainability of regions' development.

Directions of Accounting Environmental Factors for Forecasting Formation of Agroecosystems

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
L.Z. Khalishkhova ◽  
◽  
A. Kh. Temrokova ◽  
I.R. Guchapsheva ◽  
K.A. Bogаtyreva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Logical Analysis ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact

Ensuring the sustainable development of agroecosystems requires research into the justification of the impact of environmental factors on the formation of territorial agroecosystems and identifies ways to take them into account in order to justify management decisions and ensure environmental safety. The main goal of the research within the article is to identify the most significant environmental factors in predicting the formation of agroecosystems. Provisions are devoted to the study of the laws governing the functioning of agroecosystems in order to increase their stability. The methods of comparative analysis, generalization, abstraction, logical analysis are applied. A number of provisions are formulated regarding ways to account for the influence of factors on the formation of key elements of agroecosystems.

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