From the middle of 1990s, geotourism was introduced through first geotrails, their evolution, and geopark worldwide in Gerolstein/Vulkaneifel, Germany. The latter is one founding members European Geoparks Network, which established 2000 at International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin. main goal to link geological heritage with tourism a rural area that trying create new perspectives inspire young ...

Historically the main objectives of waste management have been to dispose of society’s waste and to protect public health. Increasing public awareness of environmental issues has added sustainability to this list. Solid waste management needs to be environmentally sustainable to reduce overall environmental burdens, and economically acceptable for all sectors of the community served. Integrated...

The European network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) was established to increase cooperation in European health technology assessment (HTA) by developing a common set of tools, methods, documents, and HTA information. The collaboration is well recognized within the European HTA community and at an international level. Timely and efficient usage of European HTA resources is possible ...

Drug and health literacy is a key determinant of health outcomes. There are several tools to assess drug and health literacy. The objective of this article is to determine drug literacy level and its relationships with other factors using a single screening tool. A cross- sectional survey was conducted among 1104 people in Qazvin province, Iran. Based on the proportional-to-size method, partici...

The United Nations has defined sustainable development as development that meets “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations, 1987). Therefore, a sustainable food chain implies that the entire food chain must be both competitive and resilient if it is to ensure a secure, environmentally sustainable, and healthy supply...

Sustainability assessments bring together different perspectives that pertain to sustainability to produce overall assessments, and a wealth of approaches and tools have been developed in the past decades. However, two major problems remain. The problem of integration concerns the surplus of possibilities for integration; different tools produce different assessments. The problem of implementat...

Rapid urbanization has brought environmentally, socially, and economically great challenges to cities and societies. To build a sustainable city, these challenges need to be faced efficiently and successfully. This paper focuses on the environmental issues and investigates the ecological approaches for planning sustainable cities through a comprehensive review of the relevant literature. The re...

This commentary examines how specific sustainable development goals (SDGs) are affected by antimicrobial resistance and suggests how the issue can be better integrated into international policy processes. Moving beyond the importance of effective antibiotics for the treatment of acute infections and health care generally, we discuss how antimicrobial resistance also impacts on environmental, so...