One of the most important issues which has been of interest for scholars during the past decades is sustainable rural development and its concerning discussions. Social sustainability as the key aspect of sustainable development is of critical importance to sustainable rural development. Bringing social sustainability issues into focus in the present century has made an opportunity for achievin...

in recent years, sustainable development has been accounted as one of the most important policy goals at the global level. many empirical studies have been carried out to determine the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. the model so-called environmental kuznets curve (ekc) was in most of empirical studies. the aim of this study is to estimate a modified ekc (mekc) i...

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Many tools and concepts in the field of Industrial Ecology are developed in this context, e.g., Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA), streamlined LCA, Design for Environment (DfE), ecological footprint, factor x, environmental space as well as the environmental management systems ISO 14001, EMAS and BS 7750 (Vellinga et al. (1997) give a good overview of different tools). These methods do not necessaril...

Six new antituberculosis compounds in 4 classes are presently in clinical trials. Although these show substantial promise for drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis, the presently planned studies of these compounds will not inform their optimal use, as each will be tested singly vs placebo with existing drugs, rather than in new regimens. Each successive regulatory approval will increase the size, co...

We discuss various views and conceptual frameworks put forward in the discussion of ICT and sustainable development: An optimistic and a pessimistic view of ICT with regard to sustainability, the three-pillar approach to sustainable development, the three-level approach to ICT impacts, the claim of human, social and ecological compatibility of ICT and the plain use of ICT for development. We sh...