this paper examines the application of a gis based planning support system, what if? tm, to evaluate alternative growth policies for sustainable urban growth in a rapidly growing city of iran. the paper describes the study area, dorood city, and the what if? model. it then explains the procedures that were used to obtain the required data and to run the model to dorood city. the paper concludes...

Rural Development is a priority in Europe and it is supported by specific, financial programmes. At the same time, sustainability is the key word for the European Union to construct programmes and policies for all human activities. However, measuring sustainability of rural areas is not easy, due to their particular features. The improvement of knowledge on sustainability in rural areas is impo...

Lautenschlager, R.A. 2000. Identifying specific indicators of sustainable forest management. In Proceedings, From science to management and back: a science forum for southern interior ecosystems of British Columbia. C. Hollstedt, K. Sutherland, and T. Innes (editors). Southern Interior Forest Extension and Research Partnership, Kamloops, B.C., pp. 7–9. Identifying specific indicators of sustain...

On the 21 of May, the Ministry of Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB), the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility officially launched the Coastal Protected Area Management Project in Nickerie. This three year initiative will promote the sustainable development of the Coastal Protected Area and the promotion of biodiversity through effective management an...

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...

nowadays, issues such as global climate change, poverty and inequity, and the unsustainable use of resources are driving organizations to incorporate the principles of sustainable development into projects. sustainable development of organizations and companies requires consideration of all three sustainability dimensions: environmental, economic and social should integrate economic, social and...

abstract. the main purpose of this paper is investigation and identification the concept of dynamic capabilities and clarifying the relationship between these capabilities with the knowledge management process capabilities. as expected, the results showed a positive relationship between these two concepts. this paper includes three main sections. in first section, we identify the concept of pro...

This working paper examines recent sustainability reports published by corporations listed on the London Stock Exchange. Changes in UK legislation mean reporting of carbon emissions is now mandatory for these companies. This provides an opportunity to analyze the relative carbon associated with different sectors, and the significance of internal action, covered by sustainable operations managem...

Background: According to the sustainable development theory, managers have a high incentive to observe ethical principles in business operations. However, some of the immoral behaviors of managers in earnings manipulation lead to ethical failures in companies. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between sustainable development performance and managers’ immoral...

The term ‘sustainable development’ and its component ‘sustainable land management (SLM)’ have been receiving increasing attention in development co-operation and at the global level. However, practical tools which can help local users and multi-disciplinary teams to work together and apply these general concepts at the local to regional levels have emerged only very recently. Some of these tool...