Trade-offs between social and environmental Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development, Environmental Regulation, and International Trade

Spatiality in Videoconferencing: Trade-offs between Efficiency and Social Presence

In this paper, we explore ways to combine the video of a remote person with a shared tabletop display to best emulate face-toface collaboration. Using a simple photo application we compare a variety of social and performance measures of collaboration when using two approaches for adding spatial cues to videoconferencing: one based on immersive 3D, the other based on traditional 2D video-planes....

Trade and Sustainable Development

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Challenges of sustainability even under maximum cooperation 3. Erosion of social development policy in the rich countries and consequent distress 4. Guidance given by the Earth Summit and its rejection by the rich 5. Asymmetries and systemic biases in the trading system against weaker members 6. Rich country civil societies attack and undermine international intergov...

Somatotropic signaling: trade-offs between growth, reproductive development, and longevity.

Growth hormone (GH) is a key determinant of postnatal growth and plays an important role in the control of metabolism and body composition. Surprisingly, deficiency in GH signaling delays aging and remarkably extends longevity in laboratory mice. In GH-deficient and GH-resistant animals, the "healthspan" is also extended with delays in cognitive decline and in the onset of age-related disease. ...

Using Optimal Land-Use Scenarios to Assess Trade-Offs between Conservation, Development, and Social Values

Development of land resources can contribute to increased economic productivity but can also negatively affect the extent and condition of native vegetation, jeopardize the persistence of native species, reduce water quality, and erode ecosystem services. Spatial planning must therefore balance outcomes for conservation, development, and social goals. One approach to evaluating these trade-offs...