In response to climate change and limited resources this paper reviews cohousing as a possible option for sustainable development. Sustainable design practices that incorporate economic, environmental and social issues need to be present in our neighborhoods. Other development methods incorporate one, but not all three, of the triple bottom line...
The developmental milestones of Sustainability are consistent with the post-normal versus traditional science, where transdisciplinary and policy/action research are among the important approaches to be added to traditional analysis. This shift requires a new perspective to look at the problem at hand: we are no longer considering a group of...
The result of investigation about impact of aquaculture to water environment quality on Nha Phu lagoon (Khanh Hoa province) acknowledged: water environment quality was serious decline because of chemicals no using true, organic waste from shrimp pond, waste water, mud from shrimp pond and agriculture actions, accumulation sediment from mytilus...
The result of investigation about aquatic exploitation actions on Nha Phu lagoon (Khanh Hoa province) acknowledged: Exploitation of fisherman was individual (100%) and professional skill was very low. Professional exploitations were major drag net (36.92%), drift net (20 %), tunny net (16.92%). They exploited in Nha Phu lagoon and exploitation...
The role of aquaculture industry is becoming more prominent in order to supplement marine capture in meeting the food need of the growing population. In an attempt to minimize depletion of marine fisheries only traditional vessels are allowed to fish along the coastal area while bigger vessels are regulated to...
The ECOST project aims to develop a new approach for the evaluation of fishing activities and policies in
order to contribute to a better management of aquatic resources which affect sustainable development in
coastal zones around the world. It has to be seen from the wider perspective of equipping public...
In developed – and some less-developed – societies, managing an “open access,” renewable
natural resource sector generally involves taxes, quotas, or other government or community
restrictions. But some cultures, especially in their early years, have taken a different approach,
one that involves transfer of part of the output of the...
Thousands of small man-made water reservoirs (water bodies with water surface
from five to some hundreds ha) have been developed in mountainous regions for water
supplying or hydroelectricity purpose, these areas are usually residence of poor,
backward minority groups which often lacks of food supplying resources. Development of
fisheries (both...
Following a ban to export seafood products to EU in 2004, the Philippines
started a very active process of compliancy with European Food Law,
which achievement was successful since the country has been found to be
capable of ensuring the required level of food safety in 2006, after an
inspection...