By Henrik Gudmundsson, Ralph P. Hall, Greg Marsden, Josias Zietsman
This textbook presents an advent to the idea that of sustainability within the context of transportation making plans, administration, and decision-making. The e-book is split into components. within the first half, signs and frameworks for measuring sustainable improvement within the transportation zone are constructed. within the moment, the authors learn genuine making plans and decision-making in transportation enterprises in quite a few governance settings. This research of real-world case reports demonstrates the advantages and barriers of present techniques to sustainable improvement in transportation. The e-book concludes with a dialogue on tips on how to make sustainability count number in transportation decision-making and practice.
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26 2 Sustainable Development Nordhaus and Boyer 2000), its status as an official government document made it one of the most widely known and debated studies of its kind. 8 The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) From June 20 to 22, 2012, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (known as Rio+20) was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 years after the first Rio Conference. The primary purpose of the conference was to reinvigorate the international community’s efforts to promote sustainable development.
6 23 The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: The Rio Summit In response to Our Common Future, the UN General Assembly decided to convene the UNCED in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (also known as the Rio or Earth Summit) in 1992. The UNCED attracted some 178 nation states, including 110 heads of state who attended the final 2-day meeting (UN 1993a–c), an unprecedented global gathering of such leaders. Two of the official documents from UNCED have since taken a central role in shaping the idea of sustainable development: the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and Agenda 21.
14 These issues cover inequalities, governance, growth and employment, health, education, environmental sustainability, food security and nutrition, conflict and fragility, population dynamics, energy, and water. Source: The World We Want, Thematic Consultations, http://www. org/sitemap#thematic (accessed on April 19, 2015). org/ sitemap#national (accessed on April 19, 2015). 18 With the final SDGs yet to be announced, an analysis of the emerging sets of goals developed by the SDSN, the High-level Panel, and the OWG provides some indication of what factors are being considered.