Sustainability is a key challenge for humanity in the 21st century. Ecosystem services-the benefits that people derive from nature and natural capital-is a concept often used to help explain human reliance on nature and frame the decisions we make in terms of the ongoing value of nature to human wellbeing. Yet ecosystem service science has not always lived up to the promise of its potential. De...

This paper proposes two hypotheses on the publicity requirement and the limitations of possession to provide information for legal titling. It then tests these hypotheses by examining how legal systems deal with possession in movable and immovable property, and comparing actual and documentary possession. It concludes that exercise of possession is effective as a titling mechanism when it is ob...

in thelight of historical and economic circumstances of 1960s, dominant paradigm in international development law was essentially relayed on economic development. but gradually by international efforts and issuing brountland report, the conception of sustainable development came up in context of international law; the conception that by avoiding of mere consideration of economic development and...

Land-titling programs in low-income nations have provided the opportunity to leverage the application of geospatial technology to support low-cost titling and expedite implementation. The spatial data acquired and managed in land administration is often a cornerstone of a broader spatial data infrastructure (SDI) in a country. Geospatial technology use in land titling is often viewed narrowly i...

sustainable tourism development is a process that interacts with host life quality, visitor′ demands and preservation of natural and human environment. in the sustainable tourism approach, with an emphasis on the key function of hosts and guests' perception to understand and constantly evaluate their beliefs and imaginations toward tourism development in destination, subjective indicator...

The controversy over the relative merits of customary and individual land tenure in Papua New Guinea and other island states of the South Pacific continues unabated. Steven Gosarevski, Helen Hughes and Susan Windybank (2004b) (hereafter cited Hughes as the senior author) stirred up a hornet’s nest by asserting ‘communal ownership has not permitted any country to develop. In Papua New Guinea, wh...

The need for sustainable development has been widely recognized and sustainable development has become a hot topic of various disciplines even though the role of ergonomics in it is seldom reported or considered. This study conducts a systematic survey of research publications in the fields of ergonomics and sustainable development over the past two decades (1992-2011), in order to identify the...

The Biosphere Reserve (BR) concept aims at encouraging sustainable development (SD) towards sustainability on the ground by promoting three core functions: conservation, development, and logistic support. Sweden and Ukraine exemplify the diverse governance contexts that BRs need to cope with. We assessed how the BR concept and its core functions are captured in national legislations. The result...