نتایج جستجو برای: sustainable indices

تعداد نتایج: 204778  

2015
Paul Mark Suprenand Michael Drexler David L. Jones Cameron H. Ainsworth

This study evaluates information produced from 14 fisheries independent monitoring programs (FIM) in the Gulf of Mexico. We consider the uniqueness of information from each program and its usefulness in estimating fisheries management indices. Biomass values of 35 functional groups are extracted from an operating model (Ecospace) with a method that replicates the patterns of historic FIM sampli...

2016
P. Niclas Broer Hillary E. Jenny Joshua S. Ng-Kamstra Sabrina Juran

In September 2015, the international community came together to agree on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity. Ambitious and far-reaching as they are, they are built on three keystones: the elimination of extreme poverty, fighting climate change, and a commitment to fighting injustice and inequality. Critical to the achievement of ...

Journal: :Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014
Megan J Cole Richard M Bailey Mark G New

Nations in the 21st century face a complex mix of environmental and social challenges, as highlighted by the on-going Sustainable Development Goals process. The "planetary boundaries" concept [Rockström J, et al. (2009) Nature 461(7263):472-475], and its extension through the addition of social well-being indicators to create a framework for "safe and just" inclusive sustainable development [Ra...

Journal: :Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017
Weihua Xu Yi Xiao Jingjing Zhang Wu Yang Lu Zhang Vanessa Hull Zhi Wang Hua Zheng Jianguo Liu Stephen Polasky Ling Jiang Yang Xiao Xuewei Shi Enming Rao Fei Lu Xiaoke Wang Gretchen C Daily Zhiyun Ouyang

Recent expansion of the scale of human activities poses severe threats to Earth's life-support systems. Increasingly, protected areas (PAs) are expected to serve dual goals: protect biodiversity and secure ecosystem services. We report a nationwide assessment for China, quantifying the provision of threatened species habitat and four key regulating services-water retention, soil retention, sand...

2016
Michael Obersteiner Brian Walsh Stefan Frank Petr Havlík Matthew Cantele Junguo Liu Amanda Palazzo Mario Herrero Yonglong Lu Aline Mosnier Hugo Valin Keywan Riahi Florian Kraxner Steffen Fritz Detlef van Vuuren

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for a comprehensive new approach to development rooted in planetary boundaries, equity, and inclusivity. The wide scope of the SDGs will necessitate unprecedented integration of siloed policy portfolios to work at international, regional, and national levels toward multiple goals and mitigate the conflicts that arise from competing resource deman...

Sustainable forest management standards and measurement instruments subject and use them as the main tool is very important for monitoring and control in forest management. Sustainable progress monitoring and measuring possible by tools and standards. Tools and standards to help sustainable forest management can be more accurate and better information provided to forest managers and decision-ma...

Journal: :Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2013
Demetris Demetriou John Stillwell Linda M. See

(2013) A new methodology for measuring land fragmentation. Abstract The presence of land fragmentation implies that the existing land tenure structure is defective. It is a major problem in many regions because it restricts agricultural development and reduces the opportunities for sustainable rural development. Whilst policies to counter land fragmentation require reliable measurement indices,...

Journal: :international journal of environmental research 2010
m.e. bruni f. guerriero v. patitucci

the need for monitoring the overall performance of countries in sustainable development (sd) is widely recognized, but scant attention has been devoted to methods for aggregating and analyzing vast amounts of empirical data. this paper describes the development and application of a data envelopment analysis (dea) methodology for addressing the challenges of benchmarking sustainable development....

2017
Yung-Cheng Pan Yin-Hao Chiu

Local industries are crucial for enhancing urban competitiveness and are closely related to national economic performance. To sustainably develop local industries, a set of assessment indices should be formulated in addition to factors such as geographical environments, cultural history, development processes, and industrial structures for governments to promote development policies while satis...

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