Nowadays the concepts “vacations” and “tourism” have become intertwined. Tourism, among others, has eventually become a symbol of social status. Recently, however, alternative forms of tourism including agrotourism have emerged, which have the potential of relieving the congestion of ordinary holiday resorts. Agrotourism constitutes neither a symbol of social status, nor a means of social disti...

Ecologically Sustainable Development in Australia can be described as going beyond the protection of the environment from the impacts of pollution, to protecting and conserving natural resources. In an urban environmental context this means urban development (both greenfield development and urban renewal) that seeks to have no long term effects on various aspects of the environment related to a...

Nowadays, the use of biodegradable and bio-derived plastics such as poly(lactic acid) (PLA) cellulose in food packaging applications are replacing different more conventional oil-derived polymers that much expensive unsuitable for environment. However, their high transparency to ultraviolet (UV) radiation limits current commercialization. Therefore, this study focuses on deposition organic thin...