Sustainable Development Research Advances

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ADVANCES......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
1. CHANGING FROM GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNANCE......Page 15
2. CONSEQUENCES FOR RESEARCH AREAS IN PLANNING AND INFORMATION......Page 17
REFERENCES......Page 19
ABSTRACT......Page 21
INTRODUCTION......Page 22
1.1. Sustainable Development......Page 23
1.2. Sustainable Energy Development......Page 26
1.3. Energy Market Failures......Page 27
1.4. State Interventions into Energy Markets......Page 31
2.1. EU Sustainable Development Strategy and Sustainable Energy Priorities......Page 34
2.2. Indicators Addressing Climate Change and Clean Energy Targets......Page 38
2.3. Methodological Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Energy Development Targets......Page 43
3.1. Value Added Tax (VAT)......Page 44
3.3. Excise Taxes......Page 45
3.4. Feed in Prices for Electricity Produced from RES......Page 46
3.7. The Impacts of Policies Targeting EU Sustainable Energy Development Targets......Page 47
4.1. Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Measures......Page 50
4.2. Assessment of GHG Mitigation Policies Impact on Sustainable Energy Development Goals......Page 52
4.3. Application of Multiply Criteria Decision Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation Policies Assessment......Page 59
4.4. EU Sustainable Development Policies Goals for Conjoint Choice Analysis......Page 62
5.1. Review of Post-Kyoto Climate Change Mitigation Approaches......Page 63
5.2. The Main Criteria for Selecting the Future International Climate Change Mitigation Regimes......Page 69
5.3. Assessment of Post-Kyoto Climate Change Mitigation Regimes Based on Sustainability Criteria......Page 72
CONCLUSION......Page 77
REFERENCES......Page 79
ABSTRACT......Page 83
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 84
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE – DECENTRALIZATION IN INDONESIA......Page 86
3. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK – RESOURCE DEPENDENCY THEORY......Page 87
4.2. Formulation of Pre-understanding and Propositions......Page 91
5.1. Degree to which Information was Homogeneous......Page 95
5.2. Degree to which Internal Resource are Available at Each Organization......Page 97
5.3. Degree to which Resources Need to be Exchanged and Are Mutually Dependent......Page 102
5.4. Degree to which Hierarchical and Fragmented Exchange of Resources Takes Place......Page 104
5.5. Degree to which non-hierarchical and Non-fragmented Forces Influence the Generation of Access to Land Information......Page 111
6. CONCLUSIONS......Page 118
7. REFERENCES......Page 119
SUMMARY......Page 123
INTRODUCTION......Page 124
THE PROVISIONS OF THE HABITATS DIRECTIVE IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 127
WHERE IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE?......Page 131
THE HUMBER ESTUARY – SETTING THE SCENE......Page 133
THE START OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF THE HUMBER ESTUARY......Page 138
THE PORTS INDUSTRY AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE HUMBER ESTUARY......Page 139
PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS......Page 141
A FORWARD LOOK: LINKING COMMERCIAL ASPIRATIONS TO NATURE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT......Page 144
A POSSIBLE MODEL FOR STRATEGIC HABITAT CREATION......Page 146
AUTHOR PROFILE......Page 149
REFERENCES......Page 150
ABSTRACT......Page 153
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 154
II. CURRENT APPROACH TO PROJECT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES IN OIL PIPELINES INDUSTRY......Page 155
IV. PIPELINE ROUTE SELECTION USING AHP......Page 157
Socio-economic Factors......Page 161
Project Selection Model......Page 162
Validation of the Model......Page 166
V. RISK-BASED INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE MODEL FOR OIL PIPELINES USING AHP......Page 167
Selection of Inspection and Maintenance Strategy......Page 172
Pipeline Insurance Plan......Page 175
VI. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 176
REFERENCE......Page 179
INTRODUCTION......Page 181
SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION......Page 187
Planetary Protection......Page 190
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 191
Earth Orbits......Page 192
Moon and Mars Orbits......Page 194
Surface Environments......Page 195
SPACE TOURISM......Page 197
REFERENCES......Page 200
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 203
2. ENERGY RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT......Page 208
3. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS......Page 209
4. SUSTAINABILITY......Page 211
(2) Applying Cleaner Production Processes and Techniques......Page 213
(4) Managing and Conserving Water Resources......Page 214
(7) Implementing the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change......Page 215
6. POLICY DEVELOPMENT......Page 216
7. WATER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 217
8. CONCLUSIONS......Page 218
REFERENCES......Page 219
ABSTRACT......Page 221
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENTA LPSYCHOLOGY FRAMEWORK......Page 222
The Complexity of People-environment Relationships......Page 223
The Social Representations Approach......Page 224
AGRICULTURE, AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 225
SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES......Page 227
THE PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 229
CONCLUSION: WHICH OTHER FACTORS FOR AN ECOLOGICAL COMMITMENT?......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 233
ABSTRACT......Page 237
INTRODUCTION......Page 238
FOREST INVENTORY......Page 240
MONITORING FOR REPORTING AND TREATY COMPLIANCE......Page 241
ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION, INCLUDING DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS......Page 242
DATA FUSION......Page 243
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 244
REFERENCES......Page 245
Selected Silvilaser 2006 Papers......Page 246
ABSTRACT......Page 249
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 250
2. QUANTIFYING THE SHARE RIGHTS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS......Page 252
2.1. The Value of the Investment Opportunity......Page 253
2.2. The Value of the Option to Extract an Oil Property......Page 255
2.3. The Share Rights of Future Generations......Page 256
3. DISCUSSION......Page 259
REFERENCES......Page 264
ABSTRACT......Page 267
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 268
3. THE ROUTE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 269
4. MALAYSIAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SCENARIO......Page 270
5. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES......Page 271
6. CHALLENGES IN POLICY MAKING......Page 272
8. LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY......Page 273
9. WHY USE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT?......Page 274
10. INTERGRATING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR POLICY MAKING......Page 275
2. Life Cycle Approaches Can Help Regulatory Agencies Achieve Policy Objectives......Page 276
12. CONCLUSION......Page 277
REFERENCES......Page 278
INDEX......Page 281