0.0 Implementation of Sustainable Development Principles in an Infrastructure Investment Case: Rogun HPP A World Bank-funded project in Tajikistan is due to start in 2014. It will comprise a large hydroelectric power station in the mountains and 100km of four-lane carriageway‚ which will extend from the power station to a new retail park. There will also be 100 new apartments next to the retail park. The retail park and apartments will be powered by the electricity from the new power station.
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Sustainable Energy for India’s Rural Development Anil K Rajvanshi Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) Phaltan‚ Maharashtra‚ INDIA www.nariphaltan.org China 2007 1 Structure of talk Present problems in rural India Decentralized high technology solutions Energy production from agriculture Energy devices for cooking and lighting Financial and other instruments Other issues China 2007 2 Present problems in rural India 60% of rural population (~ 400 million) in India
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Sustainable Development Policy and Guide for The EEA Financial Mechanism & The Norwegian Financial Mechanism Adopted: 07 April 2006 Page 1 of 8 1 Introduction 1.1 Policy Statement Sustainable development is of fundamental importance to the donor states of the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism‚ Iceland‚ Liechtenstein and Norway. The donor states consider the primary goal of the EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms (the EEA Grants)‚ the reduction of social
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‘How Sustainable Am I’ Sustainable Development is a "hot" topic these days and sustainable related change is all around us. Many people struggle though with the question on "how can I make a change to improve the health of our planet?" Our society is clearly in a new state of thinking with respect to the important topic of sustainability and I like to believe that I ’m playing my role‚ but how sustainable am I really? In order to answer that question it obviously is crucial to first clearly
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How sustainable am I? Sustainable Development Essay Sustainability has been a hot topic for over many years. However‚ the real question rising nowadays is: ‘How sustainable am I‚ really?’. In order to answer this question I first had to research the term itself and sustainable development. When growing up‚ I did not realize that sustainability would be of such great importance in our daily lives in the future. In this essay I will explain all the ‘ins and outs’ regarding sustainable development
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Sustainable tourism creates balance between business and customers‚ in the way the business creates profit and the customers enjoy their holiday. Thereby the people and the environment in the destination will continue to thrive. How critical is sustainability to the future of the travel and tourism industry? Sustainable tourism is absolute crucial for the future of the industry. It is one of those things that are easy to say‚ and it is evidently true‚ but if you think about tourism it is not a special
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InternationalJournal.org Sustainable Development Conceptual Framework in Tourism Industry Context in Taiwan: Resource Based View Chih-Wen Wu ‚ National Chung Hsing University‚ Taiwan Abstract: The purpose of this research was to develop and test a conceptual framework for sustainable development in tourism industry context to address the integration of social‚ economic‚ and ecological elements of sustainable development and the contextual nature of sustainable development. Resource-based view theory
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APPRAISAL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ERADICATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA BY OJEBISI‚ A. OLUGBENGA Department Of Curriculum and Instruction Studies‚ Federal College of Education (Sp.)‚ Oyo. E-mail: ojebisi_olugbenga@yahoo.com +234-0-8035624949 An Appraisal of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Resources for Sustainable Poverty Eradication and Development in Nigeria Abstract This paper presents an appraisal of the use of
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Sustainable Development in South Asia * Sustainable Development (SD) implies economic growth together with the protection of environmental quality‚ each reinforcing the other. Sustainable Development‚ thus‚ is maintaining a balance between the human need to improve lifestyles and feeling of well-being on one hand‚ and preserving natural resources and ecosystems‚ on which we and future generations depend. The main features that all the definitions have are as follows: * A desirable human
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United Nations Development Programme CASE STUDIES OF S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E TRIPLE WINS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT United Nations Development Programme C A S E S T U D I E S O F S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E TRIPLE WINS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT United Nations Development Programme June 2012 Copyright © 2012 United Nations Development Programme. All rights reserved. This publication or parts of it may
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