Sustainable Development of Metallurgical Enterprises: Aspects, Criteria, Indicators

Crisis Management in Metallurgical Enterprises

B.Gajdzik, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy,Katowice, Poland On the basis of report analysis which presents situation in metallurgical sector after 2008 the range of changes implemented in management of metallurgical enterprises was characterised. A defi nition approach to crisis management was suggested as the process when the enterprise is managed...

indicators of urban sustainable development

in the recent decades, urbanization has affected social, economical, cultural, political and physical aspects of human life-style. presentation of sustainable development as one of the goals of the third millennium is derived from the effects of cities on earth and on different aspects of human life. undoubtedly, talking about sustainability and sustainable development would be impossible witho...

Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development

Toward Refined Indicators of Sustainable Development

My remarks highlight the misleading signals that are generated when standard neoclassical models are used to indicate economic growth and development. I wish to build on the now accepted fact that anthropogenic activity, what has been descriptively termed "technometabolism," has grown in scale to the point that it rivals in environmental impact some of the earth's natural systems. I will argue ...

Sustainable Development Indicators and Environmental-Economic Accounting

The central subject of a policy for sustainable development is the coordination of the different sector policies with the objective of finding a balance between conflicting economical, ecological and social goals. The headline indicators for sustainable development itself are mainly a communication tool directed to the general public and the media. They are used for describing important problem...