The Need to Cope with Environmental and Climate Change Threats. The recent approval of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the end of the year 2015 in the General Assembly of the United Nations, culminates a process ...

Low-Elevation Coastal Zones in Central and South America are exposed to climate-related hazards (sealevel rise, climate variability and storms) which threaten the assets (people, resources, ecosystems, infrastructure, and ...

Development paradigms refer to basic postulates which provide groups of researchers and decisionmakers a common theoretical framework to pursue their activities and priorities. The word paradigm first identified by ...

Las tendencias políticas, socio-económicas y medioambientales son examinadas en los ya pasados más de 50 años. Tres fases son distinguidas durante ese lapso de tiempo. La primera fase llamada “Optimista” (1960-1970) tiene ...

El tema que han tratado es un tema muy importante para la humanidad. Se trata del calentamiento global, el cambio climático y el desarrollo sostenible, y reflexionando sobre estos temas, me alarma mucho todo lo que está ...

The findings outlined in this paper have two core audiences in mind. The first are decision-makers with interest in sustainable development, and who can use the information to shape policy. The second are sustainable ...

Many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world are involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives. These are acknowledged to be important elements in fostering the cause of sustainability in HEIs, in ...