... the environmental, social and economic dimensions of a delimited and specific area (Milán-García et al., 2019), with the final goal of improving the quality of life of residents (Dawkins, 2003). Thus, local development is a rather complex phenomenon because it encompasses several drivers. Firstly, local...

... environmental, social movements and the media in the works of and image as a locus for EC (Freeman, 2020 ; Joosse et al., 2020 ; Fjællingsdal and Klöckner, 2020). In some important books from the 1990s, investigations of the relationship between media, culture and the environment also...

... demanded by environmentalists for decades that the economy should lead along with a decarbonized environment. Thus, an outbreak of this sort does not see thousands of people’s lives as a route to bring about environmental change, as it is not precisely known how long this pollution dip will be in effect...

... that there are no safe havens. The 1970s strategy of the “establishment” (as we called it then) was unravelling, as even the wealthy were by then hard-pressed to isolate their environments from everyone else’s, and the poor became environmental activists. Migrant farm workers organized against toxic pesticide use...

... the large consumption of water, energy, and other material inputs per crop; consider the establishment of a World Environment Organization with powers like the World Trade Organization (WTO); and encourage synergy between environmental movements and human rights groups to make clean air, water, and land...

..., environment and behaviour are principal factors in health and disease. Biotechnology will contribute to the understanding of the specific predisposing causes and the factors that affect the course of diseases. As disease aetiology is unravelled, genetic, environmental and behavioural screening tests...

... and globalization, are making the planning of environmental viability for life support more important in the future. The article highlights eight environmental security developments and potential military requirements to address them. Environment Security Delphi method Armed forces Strategy...

... by the spatial scope of the system to be managed. For example, managing water systems and maintaining biodiversity at a local level should be based on local scientific and technological capacities, and take into account local socio-economic characteristics. 1 Environmental Signals 2000, European Environment...

...Peder Jensen Without transport there is no activity in society. Thus transport has been allowed to grow more or less unchecked for decades and even centuries. Environmental concerns seem, however, to be on the brink of changing this for good. While the challenge for technology is to provide...

... at the `cutting edge of technology, particularly in high-quality, energy-efficient equipment, is also seen as very important. It is in this area that the nexus of energy, environment and technology is most apparent. For in the new mood of global environmental concern, Europe s green technologies can be expected...

... husbandry and agriculture, human and animal health, or environmental conservation. Who pays, who earns, and how much? The biggest firms are the most able to fund the typical R&D pre-life of products, a period typically of 10-12 years duration. These patents will protect the intellectual property-owners...

... from military planning to the prediction of global warming and the performance of the stock and commodities markets. Actuarial data is used by insurance companies covering potential loss of life and property due to human and natural disasters. Similar models are used by government to make environmental...

..., and extolling the virtues of “intergenerational solidarity”. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Environment Globalization Information society Camford foresight/ vol.03, no.02, apr.01 the journal of futures studies, strategic thinking and policy © 2001 Camford Publishing Ltd .095 article: environmental...

... m ore sustainab le developm ent F utu res, Vol 30, No 6, 1998, pp 485 ± 498. 1 7 Martin Jänicke, State Failure, Polity Press, Padstow, 1990. a r tic le : environmental policy perspective and beyond .. considerable impacts on the environment. Such forms are, for example, transport and tourism. Ellger...

...Peter Eder; Fabio Leone This paper examines future trends in the environment and clean technologies (ECT) sector. Seven national technology foresight studies have been reviewed with the purpose of (i) screening the main issues linked to environmental and clean technologies (ii) highlighting major...