Industrial ecology

idea for green infrastructure (GI) has started 150 years ago. However, the term was first appeared in a Floridian report to the governor on land conservation strategies in 1994. It is becoming a popular term which used by planning, conservation, ecology related disciplines in recent years and it means quite different to different disciplines, people and purposes. Basically, green infrastructure can be defined as an interconnected network of green space that conserves natural ecosystem values, functions

Why “Freedom in a Commons” Ruins Everything In the article “The Tragedy of Common”, Garret Hardin, a professor of human ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, writes that, “ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, which pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons bring ruin to all” (Garret 33). As we all know, freedom is the right people are born with, so why will it ruin everything? In the beginning, we

unities and challenges associated with integrating diverse knowledge systems into natural resource management Introduction: The world climate is degrading in different ways to strive with the human need as well as some place of the earth is still occult to modern science. Standing in this situation, we are trying to organize the natural resource management through the utilization of scientific (research based) and local or indigenous knowledge system. On the other hand, to keep a continuous food

wrenching social and economic price. But one thing most sustainable development advocates agree upon is the tremendous threat that Chinese economic growth poses to global sustainability. Says Shapiro, "If emerging economies have to relive the entire industrial revolution with all its waste, its energy use, and its pollution, I think it 's all over" (quoted in Magretta 1997: 87). Douglas Murray, former president of the China Institute and executive secretary of the Committee on International Relations

Introduction: The world climate is degrading in different ways to strive with the human need. Standing in this situation, we are trying to organize the natural resource management through the utilization of scientific knowledge (research based) as well as other knowledge like local or indigenous knowledge system. On the other hand, to keep a continuous food supply for every living body along with a stable climate, are the concerning parts of the natural resource management. When increasing production

While Sustainability and the world 's ecology are a well-known topic in most countries these days we are nonetheless a long way from achieving the measures of progress needed to gain a big difference to the universe. There are many factors that contribute to this lack of progress, such as low government funding or personal struggles with financial issues that prevent the use of more sustainable options and a generational gap of knowledge and education. These are some of the contributors to the limitations

The term green washing denotes the use of false or misleading information concerning green marketing by companies to compel consumers to buy their products on the perception that the company is environmentally friendly. It involves the misleading use of green marketing to endorse a false perception that the company products or policies are environmentally friendly. Green washing has been growing in the recent years mainly due to the increasing demand for green products. Due to increasing

Invasive plant Alien species – plant xenophobia or real conservation concern? Abstract: Invasive plant species are a cause of great concern in many countries of the world due to their impact on the environment, the economy and on human health. The movement of these plants across borders have been facilitated by global trade and travel. Invasive alien species are non-native plants that are introduced in new areas causing drastic changes to the natural habitats, thus threatening the indigenous plant

Policy- and decision-makers claim information about the causes of population declines which driving species on the brink of extinction (). However, it is pointed out that the causes of vulnerability remain unclear to explain the variation to the risk of extinction (). According to Reynolds (2003), vulnerability is determinate by both the decline of species population and the reduction of their geographical range. These two forms of vulnerability are affected by both species’ mortality and habitat

(2011) provides examples of this theory by pointing the heavy industrial production in East Asia and former socialist countries after World War II. Principally, Treadmill Production Theory do not consider population and affluent as significant factor for environmental degradation, and put more emphasis on the issue of