Sustainable Development (SD) Performance Measurement in the Mauritian context. PROBLEM STATEMENT We want to measure Sustainable Development (SD) Performance in the Mauritian context. Today we have reached a point where it not very clear if Mauritius has a weak sustainability or a strong sustainability. Due to the intensity of economic (boom in the Business Process Outsourcing sectors leading to construction of more buildings‚ industrial developments and increase in use of IT equipment)‚ social
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Impacts From Tourism Change or loss of indigenous identity and values Tourism can cause change or loss of local identity and values‚ brought about by several closely related influences: Commodification Tourism can turn local cultures into commodities when religious rituals‚ traditional ethnic rites and festivals are reduced and sanitized to conform to tourist expectations‚ resulting in what has been called "reconstructed ethnicity." Once a destination is sold as a tourism product‚ and
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Tourism has been highly touted as a route to the Development of a city or environment. It professes to bring much-needed revenue and employment to the inhabitants of the place‚ while simultaneously claiming to preserve its cultural‚ historical‚ or natural ‘attractions’. These arguments are currently being used by the Rajasthan Government in its mission to expand tourism in the state (an estimated expenditure of nearly Rs.1‚200 crore). Because Udaipur and its surrounding villages are targets within
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Development and Sustainable Agriculture in Central America: A Case Study of Belize ABSTRACT This paper examines a sample of the numerous obstacles that affect and inhibit economic‚ social‚ environmental‚ and agricultural development within the Central American country of Belize. After surveying a number of these influences‚ agricultural development (as it relates to overall development) will be explored in depth‚ with special attention given to environmentally safe agrarian practices
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1. Briefly discuss measures required for sustainable agriculture in your country/region in the context of urban and rural development. Focus on what you consider to be the most important element Sustainable agriculture in the context of urban and rural development is the management and conservation of natural resources and institutional changes in such a manner as to ensure the attainment of human needs for present and future generations. Sustainable agriculture compliments rural and urban livelihoods
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Tourism in Nepal Tourism is an organized journey to a particular place for recreation and learning. It is the hospitality industry. Everyone likes to enjoy watching beautiful places. Nepal is famous for high mountains‚ fast flowing rivers‚ green forests‚ tranquil lakes and old temples. These facts lure everyone to visit Nepal. People do not like to say consistently in a place for ever. They often visit the places of their own country or of a foreign country with eagerness to getting knowledge‚
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Introduction I. In preparing for this speech I decided to choose something related to my field of study. After searching through several journals I came across one titled: Sustainable Buildings‚ Applying Prevention Through Design. A. The journal article was published by Professional Safety. Jun2013‚ Vol. 58 Issue 6‚ p76-80. 5p. B. This article was contributed to by three authors: Mohammed Albattah‚ a graduate student from the University of Colorado at Boulder who is a LEED Green Associate
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Applied Sciences | Sustainable Development | How Sustainable Am I ? | | Definition Let’s start with the definition of ‘sustainable’. According to the U.N. Brundtland Commission in Our Common Future (1987) sustainability means ‘the ability to sustain’ or‚ ‘the capacity to endure’. Definition of development‚ according to the English dictionary: the act or process of growing‚ progressing‚ or developing. Let’s now combine these definitions. Sustainable development means the process or
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Children with a learning or physical disability may be exposed to prejudice or discrimination at school for the reason that they could be treated differently than the rest of the children. They may be bullied or teased by other students which will affect their self-confidence and in turn affect their learning ability and development. Disabilities are categorised in different forms i.e. learning or physical. Learning disabilities which affect development could be. Autism; autism is a disability which
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Sustainable material －POROUS PAVEMENT -- OPEN-JOINED PAVING BLOCKS Introduction: This essay will focus on the application of open-joined paving blocks to minimize the impact of urban development on natural drainage system-capturing‚ slowing and absorbing storm water in the urban condition. In the natural system‚ 10% surface flow‚30% evapotranspiration‚ 40% infiltration‚ 20% interflow‚ while in an urban condition‚ 75% surface flow to pipes‚ 15% evapotranspiration
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