Since children are the key stakeholders supporting and being affected by sustainable development, the framework for the Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI) was proposed. It addresses social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development by considering seven relevant themes of child development, i.e., health, education, safety, economic status, relationship, environment...

Sustainable development is a key component in urban studies. Earth Observation (EO) can play a valuable role in sustainable urban development and planning, since it represents a powerful data source with the potential to provide a number of relevant urban sustainability indicators. To this end, in this paper we propose a conceptual list of EO-based indicators capable of supporting urban plannin...

Sustainable development (SD) requires companies to take into account both the social and environmental consequences within their activities. This paper presents research about green supply chain management and highlight the differences between green supply chain and traditional supply chain management. Then, the paper analyses the sources of the risk in green supply chain according to the SD. S...

rapid urbanization has brought environmentally, socially, and economically great challenges to cities and societies. to build a sustainable city, these challenges need to be faced efficiently and successfully. this paper focuses on the environmental issues and investigates the ecological approaches for planning sustainable cities through a comprehensive review of the relevant literature. the re...

the major purpose of this study is to assess the perception of managers in the forest, range and watershedorganization. it is an applied study by using descriptive–correlative method. a questionnaire was developedand data collected from 105 respondents. the validity and reliability of questionnaires was verified. theresults of study show that there was a relationship between educational level, ...

Aquaculture supply from China has been a remedy to meet the growing global demand for seafood in last decades. However, output growth decreased dramatically 2000s. Previous literature focuses on ecosystem problems arising intensive farming China. In this study, we used stochastic production analysis (SPA) estimate technical efficiency of Chinese large yellow croaker farming, which provides impl...

Aquaculture based on environmentally friendly practices is the best alternative for building a better world when it comes to production of food animal origin. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) United Nations (UN) reinforce and direct this new form farming. Scientists farmers are concerned with maintaining stocks sources natural resources next generations, as well maintenance life earth...

China is rich in oyster resources and has a long history of aquaculture. Various forms aquaculture coexist the coastal regions China, which are dominated by raft long-line The objective this study to assess environmental sustainability systems located Jiantiao Bay, Zhejiang province, China. Emergy synthesis used quantify contributions natural economic inputs systems, order better understand sus...