Needs of Agriculture Development for Sustainable Living Communities

Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Development

The paper provides an updated insight on the role that urban agriculture can play in pursuing the Millennium Development Goals and more specifically MDG 1 and 7, related to poverty reduction, food security, and environmental sustainability. Reference is made to urban agriculture in relation to the recent and important issues affecting the world economy and the environment, regarding climate cha...

Ethics and Justice Needs for Sustainable Development

1. Sustainable Development, Environmentalisms, and Justice 2. The Meaning of Development 3. Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights 4. Ecological Rationality, Justice, and the Development Project 5. Women and the Challenges of Sustainable Development 5.1. Women in Development 5.2. Women and Development 5.3. Gender and Development 5.4. Women, Environment, and Development 5.5. Women, Culture, and Devel...

Sustainable Development of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry

Sustainable Digital Library Development for Scientific Communities

The paper analyses the digital library services for China’s scientific communities, explores the challenges toward sustainable digital libraries, presents a development strategy for digital libraries using Chinese Academy of Sciences as an example, and provides a layered design framework for a digital library in an e-science environment.

Sustainable Development: Growing Green Communities

Background: The purpose of this study was investigate the dose proportionality of a novel, oncedaily, controlled-release formulation of hydromorphone that utilizes the OROS® Push-PullTM osmotic pump technology. Methods: In an open-label, four-way, crossover study, 32 healthy volunteers were randomized to receive a single dose of OROS® hydromorphone 8, 16, 32, and 64 mg, with a 7-day washout per...