Introduction The achievement of sustainable has been facing several challenges that are associated with lack of adopting societal activities that are adaptable to the natural environment and humans. Transport is among the activities that society has embraced since it affects people’s way of living by contributing to efficiency in moving from one place to another. Transport also has greater effects on the environment, although it is vital to the societal development and people’s mobility. The increased
Introduction Sustainable development is a concept that emerged in the context of a growing awareness of an impending ecological crisis. According to the Brundlant report (1987; 43), “sustainability is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Scholars and government diplomats have tried to come up with the key understanding of what sustainable development is about, what led to the issue and what measure should
in describing the concept you make reference to legal sources of ‘sustainable development’ in South Africa, including the Constitution, NEMA and relevant case law. In your criticism you must refer to the article of Jacklyn Cock entitled ‘Green Capitalism’ or Environmental Justice? A critique of the Sustainability Discourse’ (available Online), as well as your own views on the possible use and abuse of the
This article aims to introduce the concept and significance of Triple Bottom Line (TBL) with relationship to Sustainable Development Principle (SD) and Sustainable Construction (SC). Construction industry is one of the biggest industries in the world which needs a lot of attention to monitor and achieve the goals for a sustainable environment. In this report a case study has also been included which will be examined based on Global Report Initiatives (GRI). Introduction Sustainability
Introduction Sustainable Housing (SH) underscores the importance of considering social and ecological factors, apart from economic factors in housing development. In the discourse of housing development, the implementation of SH in housing development would not only provide people with housing, but it will give a major impact on health and well-being (Ilensanmi & Ogunshakin 2010). SH also adopts the fifth principle of the United Nations’Conference Declaration for Human Environment, which states
only be gained first through a brief review of the concept of sustainable economic development and its relation with environmental concerns. For most of the last couple of hundred years, the environment was largely viewed as external factor to humanity, mostly to be used and exploited, and on the entire the relationship between people and the environment was thought of as humanity’s conquest over nature. The concept of sustainable economic development is the result of growing awareness of the global
Sustainable Development Sustainable development has had several different meanings over the course of history. This is because sustainable development relates to economic, environmental and social impacts of humans on their surroundings. Humans have impacted these three pillars of sustainable development in many ways, both in a positive and negative manner. The goal of sustainable development is to provide the needs of the current generations without diluting the needs of the future generations.
An exploration of measures of social sustainability and their application to supply chain decisions Margot J. Hutchins, John W. Sutherland* Department of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics, Sustainable Futures Institute, Michigan Technological University, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Available online 11 July 2008 Keywords: Sustainability Corporate social responsibility Supply chain Decision-making a b s t r a c t Sustainability recognizes the interdependence of ecological
-Lee Iacocca 1.0 INTRODUCTION The modem concept of sustainability was originally defined at the World Commission on Economic Development in 1987, often known as the Brundtland Commission. At the most basic level, sustainability is balancing the three concepts of people, planet, and profit to maximize the absolute value of an undertaking. Using this concept, sustainability has been embraced at the corporate level in many corporations. However, this
Sustainable Development: The Interdependence between Nature and Society Goodland and Daly (1996) state that there is a unification between social, environmental and economic sustainability and the sustainable development thereof. Sustainable development can be defined as development that allows for the needs of the present generations to be met, without depleting our natural resources and thus conceding the needs of future generations (World Commission on Environment and Development). This refers