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Saint-Petersburg's way of fighting floods.
by Dmitriy Generalnickiy Even though floods bring plenty of destruction in this world, for most modern people it seems ridiculous that a big city could be ruined by a flood. Thatâ€TMs why many governments donâ€TMt take the problem seriously. According to the Financial Times, Mr. Bush acknowledged that authorities had not been prepared for the [...]
Continue reading...Transition to Hydrogen Fuel: Identifying Key Policy Challenges
23. October 2005
Paper presented on WSCSD Annual Meeting 2005 by Shuan Sadreghazi Hydrogen fuel can play an important role in building more sustainable transportation systems, but there are many challenges in the way of transition to hydrogen fuel. By using an analytical framework we focus on some important processes in large-scale technological transitions and identify their policy [...]
Continue reading...Sustainability : A South Asian Perspective
4. October 2005
by Nitin Tanwar, Department of Civil Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh 160012, India Sustainable Development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.†This definition has been accepted de facto ever since the Brundtland report of 1987. However during recent times there has been a [...]
Continue reading...Local Initiatives for Sustainable Development Column
3. October 2005
by Faisal Ibney Hai, Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo This column focuses on the small scale initiatives taken locally within different communities for sustainable development. Local initiatives usually do not enjoy much coverage in international media; those rather remain in the pages of local newspapers and eventually pass into oblivion. Our aim is [...]
Continue reading...Hurricane Katrina and Social Development
2. October 2005
A column from Nour T. Dar Tawil We are living in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Katrina unleashed its mighty power against the United States South Eastern coast, bringing devastation as never seen before. It also brought disaster to thousands of people who were unable to evacuate to safer areas inland. The hurricane and its [...]
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