Sustainable software is software which developed with minimal and positive impact on environment, economic and social over its entire lifecycle. The main purpose of sustainable software is to build a software process or product with highlighting the sustainability dimension’s purposes i.e. (environment purpose, economic purpose and social purpose) instead of software development’s benefit. Curr...

The private sector has a crucial role in sustainable development internationally. Private investments and public-private partnerships that are sustainable in environmental, social, and economic terms facilitate socially inclusive growth creating jobs and innovation necessary to raise the quality of life. This is especially important in developing countries, where the private sector provides up ...

« This publication provides policy guidance on good practice in developing and implementing strategies for sustainable development. While it focuses on the experience of developing countries, many of the issues covered and lessons drawn are of equal relevance to developed countries. It draws from international experience over the past two decades in both developed and developing countries as we...

urban management in any context has a different economic, social and political structure, which is in harmony with the existing models of organization. in spite of these differences, in order to reach a sustainable urban development, several different conferences should be referred to. in the “brundtland commission 1987” about urban sustainable development these definitions have been given: “pr...

reaching to a sustainable development of the country requires much attention to the sustainable development of rural areas. in this context, measuring and assessment of the sustainability with the aim of studying current situation, and understanding the differences between the regions in terms of sustainability indicators is very important in order to make optimal decisions regarding rural deve...

The United Nations agenda for sustainable development by the year 2030 proposes 17 sustainable development goals which include access to affordable, reliable and clean energy, sustained economic growth with full productive employment and, urgent action to mitigate environmental degradation. Planning for sustainable development requires integrating conflicting criteria on economy, energy, enviro...

Marine economy plays an important role in the growth of the global economy. With its continuous development in the past years, the driving roll of marine economy in China’s economy has become remarkable. It is of strategic significance for China’s economic sustainable development to strengthen the exploration of marine resources and promote the quality and profit of the marine economy. To explo...

In 2012, world leaders will meet at the Rio+20 conference to advance sustainable development--20 years after the Earth Summit that resulted in agreement on important principles but insufficient action. Many of the development goals have not been achieved partly because social (including health), economic, and environmental priorities have not been addressed in an integrated manner. Adverse tren...