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Caminos de Desarrollo
ISSN: 25211552 Year: 2014 Publisher: Paris Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,


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ICIAfS : 2014 7th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability : "Sharpening the future with sustainable technology" : December 22 - 24, 2014, Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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ISBN: 1479945978 1479945986 Year: 2014 Publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,


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Research and applications for energy, the environment, and economics
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ISBN: 1629488941 9781629488943 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers,


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Sustainability science : managing risk and resilience for sustainable development
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ISBN: 9780444627292 0444627294 1306992850 9781306992855 044462709X 9780444627094 0444638083 Year: 2014 Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier,

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A new, holistic transdisciplinary endeavour born in the 21st century, Sustainability Science: Managing Risk and Resilience for Sustainable Development aims to provide conceptual and practical approaches to sustainable development that help us to grasp and address uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity and dynamic change. Four aspects that permeate our contemporary world and undermine much of our traditional ways of thinking and doing. The concepts of risk and resilience are central in this endeavour to explain, understand and improve core challenges of humankind. Sustainability and sustainable


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Ecosystem services in forests : how to assess and value them? nordic workshop, oslo, thursday 13th september 2012 - conference report
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ISBN: 9289327863 9789289327862 Year: 2014 Publisher: Copenhagen : Nordic Council Of Ministers,

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A Nordic Workshop on "Ecosystem Services in Forests - how to assess and value them" was held in Oslo Thursday the 13th of September 2012. During the day, 13 presentations were made, and altogether 41 participants had the opportunity to discuss the way forward and to formulate issues and research fields as recommendations to the Nordic Council of Ministers. This report presents a synthesis of the presentations and provides a brief summary of issues that were raised in the discussions. The workshop addressed both current knowledge of services as well as challenges and possibilities related to assessment and valuation, and challenged participants to formulate new and important issues based on their respective fields of expertise.


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Global sustainability & human prosperity : contribution to the post-2015 agenda and the development of sustainable development goals
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ISBN: 9289327715 9789289327718 Year: 2014 Publisher: Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers,

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The development of a Post-2015 agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, provide a global window of opportunity to address both social needs and environmental challenges together. This discussion paper by the Stockholm Resilience Centre looks into the links between human wellbeing and the biosphere, and describes why and how these links should influence the formulation of the new SDGs. It explores what we can learn from the MDGs, and how existing international agreements can be reflected in the Post-2015 MDG process. The paper also seeks to contribute to the elaboration of targets, including process-oriented targets and scalable indicators suitable for a rapidly changing world.


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Multi-dimensional Review of Uruguay : Volume 1: Initial Assessment
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ISBN: 926420945X 9264209441 1322127034 Year: 2014 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Uruguay has made remarkable progress over the past decade. Stable macroeconomic policies and a favourable external environment have permitted brisk growth and the financing of social policies. Substantial improvements in several dimensions of human well-being have occurred during this period, alongside considerable reductions in external risks. The conditions ahead, however, may present challenges to maintaining performance. Overcoming these challenges will require finding the appropriate balance between long run objectives and macroeconomic and fiscal stability. One of the main obstacles to economic growth is the insufficient and inadequate provision of human capital and skills. A number of challenges remain for education, which, together with fiscal policy, are key means of reducing inequalities and sustaining economic growth. In addition, Uruguay needs to address labour shortages to avoid constraints on future growth, especially as exports become more skills-intensive. It is important to orient social policies and expenditures towards the most vulnerable groups.


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2014 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom) : 05th to 07th Магсh, 2014, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computers Applications and Management (ВVIСАМ)
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ISBN: 9380544103 1479922781 938054412X Year: 2014 Publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,


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Promotion of greener technologies for sustainable development
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ISBN: 1633210065 9781633210066 9781633210035 1633210030 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers,


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Media construction of environment and sustainability in India
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ISBN: 9351501086 9789351501084 9788132117414 8132117417 9351504395 Year: 2014 Publisher: New Delhi, India : Sage Publications,

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The book analyses the role of media and communication in negotiating the meaning of environment and sustainability in the developmental context of India. As part of the global development discourse, it has become necessary to refocus on the meanings attributed to environment, sustainability, and sustainable development at the local and national level. The impact of these globally generated imperatives on a democratic, fast-developing nation like India is determined by the extent to which meaning negotiation through discourse aids their acceptance within society.Media Construction of Environmen

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