Technological Strengths in the Development of Sustainable Technologies
In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 155-162
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In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 155-162
This book Food in a Planetary Emergency is a timely overview of the current food systems and the required transformations to respond to the challenges of climate change, population pressures, biodiversity loss and use of natural resources, such as soils, water and phosphorus. This book takes a planetary health perspective which explores the links between natural systems and human wellbeing implying that there is need for united actions to achieve important environmental and population health co-benefits. This book outlines that the foundation of planetary health is sustainability. It addresses environment and climate change emergency as a global agenda, however, emphasises the urgency of the sustainability perspective which integrates a wide spectrum of issues that require integrated solutions to offer better prospects for humanity. This book drives this argument further through the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where food is not just SDG2 but transcends all 17 goals. This book tackles the problems of food production and consumption at a global, industry and individual level linking it to topics related to the natural environment, climate change, waste, marketing, new ways of producing food and providing alternative proteins, mitigating non-communicable diseases, flexitarianism and the role of Generation Z in the emerging dietary choices. This book benefits readers with understanding the importance and intricacy of their dietary choices at a point in time when our planet is facing an emergency triggered by long-term dependence on fossil fuels and artificial fertilisers but also by the ways we have provided food. However, this book also delivers the message that safeguarding and sustaining planetary health is possible.
In: Routledge research in religion and development
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Introduction: Changing prospects for Muslim women in the global economy -- PART 1: Gender policies and economic participation -- 1. Progressing in a man's world: Women's workforce participation in Bangladesh -- 2. Gender parity through the Saudi Vision 2030: Female representation in English as a Foreign Language textbooks -- 3. Cultural assimilation policies in Bulgaria and the plight of Muslim women
"The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a common global agenda for development. However, the emerging policy issues vary greatly across the world. With 32 contributors, this volume provides a timely, research-based overview for the need for policy interventions to improve the sustainability and development models of the ten selected countries in Asia and the Pacific. The volume is firmly positioned at the cusp between research, policy and practice."--Publisher's website.
In: Practice, progress, and proficiency in sustainability book series
In: Humans, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 259-276
ISSN: 2673-9461
A mixed-methods approach is used to understand the human factors defining cultural heritage in two informal settlements in Islamabad, Pakistan, namely France Colony and Mehr Abadi. The methodology applied is based on spatial investigation within a placemaking framework to create a visual representation of the neighborhoods, and grounded theory to explore the experiences and memories of their inhabitants through verbal communication. A combination of techniques, including transect walks, photography, and on-site interviews, allows us to map the tangible and intangible elements of the informal settlements. Cultural characteristics are identified as essential in the spatio-cultural processes occurring in the informal settlements. The study concludes that cultural dilapidation happens because of obstructions in the processes translating intangible heritage into tangible space. Appropriate policy interventions are suggested to minimize the loss of rural heritage transfer to informal settlements within the urban fabric of Islamabad.
The COVID-19 pandemic is requiring us to reconsider our relationship with the animal world. A large proportion of newly emerging diseases have a zoonotic origin, and human society should acknowledge that it has severely impacted the habitat of animals through livestock production and consumption as well as land clearing for agricultural purposes. There is a role for government in avoiding similar crises by sending clear and transparent messages to the public concerning the benefits of a reduction in the intake of animal-based foods. Two potential solutions are suggested: the use of taxation and a new sustainability social marketing model built on the 4-S mix (sustainability, strength, self-confidence and sharing).
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In: Impact assessment and project appraisal, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 16-27
ISSN: 1471-5465
In: Corruption, Good Governance and Economic Development, S. 101-122
In: International Journal of Sustainable Society, Band 6, Heft 1/2, S. 189
ISSN: 1756-2546
In: Rural Society, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 153-165
ISSN: 2204-0536
In: Rural society: the journal of research into rural social issues in Australia, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 153-165
ISSN: 1037-1656
In: Rural society, S. 3350-3377
In: The Australian journal of politics and history: AJPH, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 98
ISSN: 0004-9522
In: Journal of Economic Surveys, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 587-605
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