the main objective of an ecosystem sustainable management is to preserve itscapacity to respond and adapt to current disturbances and/or future changes, and maintain theprovision of environmental goods and services. two very important properties linked to thisobjective are the ecosystem resilience and resistance to disturbance factors. the objective ofthis paper is to recommend conceptual modif...

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With pressing issues arising in recent years, the United Nations proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an agenda urging international cooperations for sustainable development. In this perspective, we examine the roles of systems metabolic engineering (SysME) and its contribution to improving the quality of life and protecting our environment, presenting how this field of study off...

the present study sustainable management of guilan saravan sylvan park was planned. the used method in the form of decision support model in three10-year period was studied for parks of various states and with considering the economic, ecological and social criteria during the years 2008 to 2038. by using hierarchical fuzzy analysis method, the reaching to an optimal level of economic, ecologic...

The performance of today’s chips varies over time due to active thermal management and energy conservation policies. Such changes in performance are necessary in thermally constrained systems that operate beyond sustainable thermal limits, such as Intel’s second generation Turbo Boost. This varying performance creates challenges in accurately benchmarking such systems. This paper gives examples...

This paper argues that tourism will become a major activity in a modern welfare state, which will have serious consequences for environmental sustainability. This issue calls for an assessment of the pros and cons of the ecological efficiency of tourism. We propose an overall efficiency indicator that comprises both a sustainable tourism index and an economic efficiency index. Based on a data s...

Today we tend to go back to the past to our root relation to nature. Therefore in search of friendly spaces there are elements of natural environment introduced as elements of spatial composition. Though reinvented through the use of the new substance such as greenery, water etc. made possible by state of the art technologies, still, in principal, they remain the same. As a result, sustainable ...

ACFOA is committed to the pursuit of good governance as part of an integrated and effective aid program. This is based on an understanding of good governance as enabling a country to be managed in a way that is transparent, accountable, equitable, sustainable and responsive to people's needs. In the context of international aid and development programs, investments in good governance activities...