Swedish Business School Informatics‚ Orebro University Sweden Project work thesis Knowledge based sustainable development-case Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. Spring Semester: 2010 Supervisor: Assistant professor Anders Avdic Author: Liaqut Ali E-mail Address: liaqut.alih091@student.oru.se 1 Acknowledgement I would
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"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: 1) the concept of needs‚ in particular the essential needs of the world’s poor‚ to which overriding priority should be given 2) the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment’s ability to meet present and future needs." Over the past two decades
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responsible holidays. These include various forms of alternative or sustainable tourism such as: ’nature-based tourism’‚ ’ecotourism’ and ’cultural tourism’. Sustainable tourism is becoming so popular that some say that what we presently call ’alternative’ will be the ’mainstream’ in a decade. All tourism activities of whatever motivation - holidays‚ business travel‚ conferences‚ adventure travel and ecotourism - need to be sustainable. Sustainable tourism is defined as "tourism that respects both local people
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and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Key concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism‚ values and ethics of sustainable tourism and the needs of sustainability in all form of tourism shall be discussed in this essay. 2.1 Sustainable Tourism Since World War II‚ tourism has developed from a relatively minor activity to the world’s largest industry. The travelling within more developed
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Sustainable living 3.A Comment If we look back‚ just 10 or 20 years‚ the technology and consumerism has escalated. The technology has become a big part of our everyday-life. We‚ humans‚ have founded the technology to make our lives easier in so many ways. The statement of Leo Babauta from his blog: “… we rarely stop to consider whether technology and consumerism have always changed our lives for the better.” He is questioning whether the world has change for the better. Even though‚ the everyday
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Introduction Sustainable Tourism can be best described as tourism that considers its economic (future and current)‚ environmental and social impacts‚ coveting to the needs of the host communities‚ environment and visitors‚ that are defined as sustainable tourism (UNWTO‚ 2005) and the protection‚ enhancement of the natural‚ social and cultural resources in which tourism depend on‚ is one of the fundamental principle of all sustainable tourism development polices (Sharpley‚R 2000‚ pp.12). To
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For the sustainable design‚ it is the philosophy of designing physical objects‚ the built environment‚ and services to comply with the principles of social‚ economic‚ and ecological sustainability. In the Langham Place Hotel‚ there are four areas that have sustainable designs‚ including public area‚ sleep‚ eat or drink and meet or celebrate. For the public area of Langham Place Hotel‚ double glazed windows are used in order to maintain the inside temperature. This take the benefits that can save
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NORTH EAST AND LADAKH ABSTRACT Tourism acts as a backbone for majority of nations especially the growing economies while the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and the sociocultural are not ignorable. The tourism sector‚ if driven well in the right direction‚ can play a holistic process of economic‚ social and environmental sustenance as well as development. Sustainable form of tourism not only ensures the profitable income but also
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cultural preservation). The success of Whale Watching has created a sustainable development in the area of accommodation‚ dining‚ tour operations and transport services. WWK employs 70 locals in Moari and is committed to provide professional development for its employees. In addition to being a 2010 Tourism for tomorrow Community Benefit Award Winner it also is a Qualmark Envrio Gold Accredited – the highest level of sustainable tourism given in New Zealand. 2. Negative Environmental Impacts
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Sustainable living is the maintaining of one’s life or lifestyle at a steady level without exhausting resources or causing damage to the environment. It is a lifestyle that assumes continuous economic growth without irreversibly damaging the environment. Sustainable living is also a lifestyle that reduces an individual’s use of natural resource. Having a sustainable lifestyle brings about change especially in the society. It provides us with the energy we need to be a positive force in the world
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