Global concern over the state of the natural environment has been increasing enormously in recent years. This concern has materialized within global, national and local policy circles with an array of citizen participation in environmental conservation and efforts at the national and local levels as well as international initiatives such as the 1992 Earth Summit, 1994 Rio summit, 1997 Kyoto Sum...

In this study, factors influencing the willingness to participate in public bicycle projects were analyzed using the binary logistic model. The study builds on a broad and practical conceptual framework that embraces four dimensions of influencing factors, including household demographic, psychological, external, and public bicycle variables. The empirical results are based on a questionnaire s...

Biodiversity is nature's expression of the principle of holism. This 'natural holistic imperative' is manifested in all aspects of the environment. While environmental health originated through a concern for protecting humans from environmental risks, it is now concerned with protecting the environment from the activities of humans. In order to protect the health of humans, there is a need to b...

Technological innovation and private entrepreneurship are 'change-makers' increasingly counted upon to avert social and environmental crisis. However, as crisis deepens into the possibility of catastrophe, given the likes of resource wars and climate change, the quest for solutions is morphing into a requirement for near-salvation. The situation is an odd one. Messianic hopes are being invested...

Millions of people live on the U.S.-Mexico border, drawn by employment opportunities from industry and agriculture, and booming growth is expected to continue in the coming decades. But the influx of people has long outstripped the capacity of border towns and cities to provide for their citizens, and a large percentage of the population lives in sprawling, underserviced shantytowns. Although i...