â â â  each of planning must be accomplish according to the principles of sustainable development to success urban planning. this article evaluates sustainable index in social, physical, economical and environmental biological dimensions of mashhad metropolis which is the second biggest city in iran using descriptive –analysis method and quantitative models and statistical software. in the fi...

A central principle of corporate social responsibility is that firms should treat their stakeholders in an ethical fashion and that this behaviour should embrace environmental, as well as economic and social considerations. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a theoretical exploration of the concept of sustainable development in its broadest sense and, in so doing, encourage researchers a...

Land conversion is often not carried out in a sustainable way. The loss of arable land and biodiversity, concern about food security and rising costs of infrastructure due to urban sprawl are just some of the problems under discussion. This paper compares Germany, China and Cambodia. The article points out that, despite huge differences in institutions and governance, unsustainable land use cha...

determining the growth prospects of countries. However, there is considerable controversy about governance priorities and the types of governance capabilities that are critical. These disagreements are related to fundamental disagreements on the role of markets versus other social, political and technological characteristics that need to be fulfilled for sustainable growth to take off. The cont...

The choice to conserve or be greedy in a commons dilemma may be influenced by the behavior of others and by pro-environmental values. Participants completed a measure of pro-environmental values one week before taking part in an Internet-based commons dilemma microworld consisting of a shared fishery with three computer-controlled virtual fishers whom participants believed to be real people. Th...

In South Fujian, China, the abundant agricultural resource of tea is under the threat of unsustainable exploitation of soil and water, and the pressure of industry upgrade. This paper takes the development plan of Xiping, a town in South Fujian, as an example to explore the method of sustainable planning in the areas of agricultural resource. The strength of the town as well as the weakness of ...