The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicator framework marks the first time that a specific on transboundary water cooperation (indicator 6.5.2) has been adopted within an inter-governmental process. Achieving political and technical support for this was not easy. However, through widespread consultation, by building upon existing practice relating to cooperation, ultimately approved. 201...

While the right to health is increasingly referenced in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) discussions, its contribution to global health and development remains subject to considerable debate. This hypothesis explores the potential influence of the right to health on the formulation of health goals in 4 major SDG reports. We analyse these reports through a social constructivist lens which view...

In the past few decades, there have been extensive efforts on measuring sustainability. One example is the development of assessment tools based on sustainability indicators. Several individuals and organisations have suggested various indices for assessing sustainability. This paper focuses on the review of water sustainability assessment using the indicator-based approach. It discusses major ...

Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy. But rapid economic development accelerates the process of urbanization, meanwhile resources and environment problems appear. Now, China has given energy and environment high priority in its economic stimulus package, drawing on goals set for the 12th Five Year Plan. The overall approa...

There is currently no established bacteriological beach quality monitoring (BQM) program in place in Malaysia. To initiate cost-effective, sustainable bacteriological BQM schemes for the ultimate goal of protecting public health, policy decision makers need to be provided robust, indigenous empirical findings that validate appropriate water quality parameters for inclusion in such monitoring pr...

The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) was first calculated for the United States by Daly and Cobb (1989). It draws upon an earlier tradition of attempts to build a comprehensive indicator of economic welfare, beginning with Nordhaus and Tobin (1972). Since then it has been applied to a handful of other countries, including several in Western Europe as well as Australia, Chile and Tha...

The purpose of this research paper is to develop a framework to understand the consumer’s preference affecting variables and consumer’s perception choice in telecommunication service providers in India. The present study use a hybrid approach to access the relative efficiency based on fuzzy AHP and DEA model. The fuzzy AHP is used to determine weights of the consumer’s preference as criteria an...