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by | May 21, 2013

A Case Study on Triple Wins For Sustainable Development

A Case Study about Triple Wins For Sustainable Development

Development is not just about growth. Likewise, sustainability is not just about protecting the environment. Both development and sustainability are primarily about people living in peace with each other and in equilibrium with the planet. Their rights, opportunities, choices, dignity and values are (or should be) at the centre of everything. Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of people today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Case Study on Sustainable Development

Inter-generational equity—avoiding the unjustified transfer of development risks from present to future generations, without sacrificing reductions in poverty and inequality today at the altar of future environmental concerns—is implicit in this approach to development.Current patterns of consumption and production risk breaching planetary boundaries. If the natural environment undergoes significant degradation, so too does the potential to improve people’s lives—both in this and subsequent generations. This is especially true for the world’s poorest—most of whom rely directly upon nature for their livelihoods, and whose prospects are therefore most directly affected by the threats to ecosystems.  Keep reading…

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by | May 20, 2013

A Study on Incentive for Biodiversity Conservation in Mombasa City: Income Generating Activities

Study about Incentive for Biodiversity Conservation in Mombasa City: Income Generating Activities

Mombasa is Kenya’s second largest city, located on the South Eastern coast of the country, along the Indian Ocean and has approximately 939,370 people (KNBS, 2009 Census). The population is growing rapidly, thus, exerting a lot of pressure on the existing natural environment. As a result, the city has a history of disasters related to climate extremes including floods, which cause serious damage nearly every year and, often, loss of life. The majority of the population does not have formal education and is therefore not in formal employment.

Case Study on Biodiversity Conservation

This leads to dependence on natural resources as a source of livelihood, which obviously impacts negatively on the city‟s biodiversity leading to loss of natural capital.This study aims at analyzing the possibility of reversing this trend, through alternative income generation activities, as exemplified elsewhere. The case study approach will be used in this analysis. Can alternative income generation activities be an incentive for nature and biodiversity conservation in Mombasa city? This is the question that this analysis seeks to answer. Keep reading

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by | May 9, 2013

Case Studies of Sustainable Development in Practice

Case Studies about Sustainable Development in Practice

Introduction: Development is not just about growth. Likewise, sustainability is not just about protecting the environment. Both development and sustainability are primarily about people living in peace with each other and in equilibrium with the planet. Their rights, opportunities, choices, dignity and values are (or should be) at the centre of everything. Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of people today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Case Study on Sustainable Development in Practice

Inter-generational equity—avoiding the unjustified transfer of development risks from present to future generations, without sacrificing reductions in poverty and inequality today at the altar of future environmental concerns—is implicit in this approach to development.Current patterns of consumption and production risk breaching planetary boundaries. If the natural environment undergoes significant degradation, so too does the potential to improve people’s lives—both in this and subsequent generations. This is especially true for the world’s poorest—most of whom rely directly upon nature for their livelihoods, and whose prospects are therefore most directly affected by the threats to ecosystems.  Keep reading…

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by | May 2, 2013

A Case Study of Clinical Supervision: An Intensive

A Case Study about Clinical Supervision: An Intensive

Despite its shortcomings, the science of counseling and psychotherapy rests on a solid empirical foundation. Yet the same is not true for the science of clinical supervision, which is still very much in its infancy. In commenting on this, Holloway and Hosford (1983) observed that scientific endeavor progresses through a series of stages, the first of which is observing a phenomenon in its natural environment. They maintained that observation should be the proper research emphasis at this particular stage of the science of supervision.

Case Study on Clinical Supervision

At first glance, this prescription would seem inappropriate, for observational data are amply represented in the supervision literature. For example, Searles (1955) used case material to introduce a phenomenon that others since have called parallel processes; Markowitz (1958) presented a retrospective, comparative account of supervision that he received from each of several supervisors; and Mueller and Kell (1972) used observations of supervision for their rich formulations of supervisory processes. Keep reading…

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by | April 20, 2013

A Case of Study on Environmental Pollution in Functionally Restructured Urban Areas: The City Of Bucharest

A Case of Study about Environmental Pollution in Functionally Restructured Urban Areas: The City Of Bucharest

Abstract: This study aims at analyzing the changes that the functional restructuring of economic activities developed in the communist period brought upon the quality of the natural environment. It has been done an individualization of the main areas affected by the marked dynamics of economic activities in Bucharest due to numberless sources of emission distributed all over the city. The striking lack of balance in the condition of the environment is determined by the profound alterations inside the urban structure. Once the location of performing economic activities has been shifted towards the outskirts of the city, other economic activities have been developed inside the urban structure causing tides to compress, thus exceeding the capacity for support of the road structure.

Case Study on Environmental Pollution

Introduction: The study tries to pinpoint the changes that occurred in the quality of the urban environment following the functional restructuring of big cities, in countries which have joined the European Union. The analyses have been carried out in Bucharest, a city which has felt the effects of an impressive economic dynamics, spatially expressed by shifting between the locations where economic activities had been traditionally performed and spectacular growths in urban traffic. This is not to mention the pressure that the environment has to face by the condensing of living, economical, cultural-administrative and strategic functions in limited areas. Keep reading…

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by | March 2, 2013

Case Study for Ecosystems

The natural environment underpins economic prosperity, health and wellbeing. Society relies on natural ecosystems for food, water, and air. Land, seas, rivers, woods and fields, parks and open spaces provide benefits so fundamental that they are often overlooked. However, worldwide urbanisation, rapid technological advances, population growth and ever-increasing global connectedness, along with the ascendance of the market as the pre-eminent global economic system have placed an ever-increasing demand on ecosystems and the services they provide.



Case Study for Ecosystems

Over the last decade the ecosystem approach has provided an increasingly valuable framework for policy makers and practitioners in conserving, managing and enhancing the natural environment. This derives from the adoption of the ecosystem approach by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that defines it as ‘a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way, and 2) The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment that defined how human well being was critically dependent on the delivery of ecosystem goods and services.

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by | December 19, 2012

Case Study for Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat

At Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat a once degraded dairy farm has been transformed into a rainforest paradise. The roperty has undergone significant revegetation and the focus is now on educating visitors on the importance of our natural environment and sustainable use of resources. The property also provides visitors with the opportunity to offset their travel emissions by participating in a tree planting project. Last year, this resulted in the property having carbon credits of 325 tonnes. Since 1994 when Jon and Peta Nott purchased the site of what is now Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat, they had a goal of converting the once degraded dairy farm into a rainforest paradise.



Case Study for Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat


The couple wanted to put into practice their strong environmental values and they have been more then successful in this pursuit. Over the past 15 years they have developed Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat into a successful ecotourism accommodation provider. They have planted over 20,000 rainforest trees which sequester over 400 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. They actively engage their guests in their passion through education and carbon offsetting. For more information on Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat click here






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by | December 6, 2012

A Case Study on Biodiversity Conservation

In brief, we learn that deforestation for implanting pastures is probably not economically justifiable at the individual rancher level and certainly not at greater spatial levels. We also show that wood extraction is not likely to be economically feasible for most landowners.

A Case Study on Biodiversity Conservation

We learn that policy interventions to encourage biological diversity at the local level may focus upon informational barriers, conservation education and maximizing the sustainable, managed harvest of extractive and non-extractive goods and services other than cattle ranching. Finally, we learn that justification exists for integrating environmental policy in the Pantanal from local through, potentially international levels due to the global value of the Pantanal’s unique natural environment. Click here to read more…

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by | December 5, 2012

Case Study for Yarra Ranges Council

“The move to the Network Box managed security service has been a huge win for us.”
- Craig Whalley, Manager Information Services, Yarra Ranges Council.



Background: Yarra Ranges Council is located on metropolitan Melbourne’s eastern fringe, with parts just 45 minutes from the CBD. Stretching from the foothills of the Dandenongs, through the Yarra Valley and beyond to the top of the Black Spur. It is known for its beautiful natural environment and its strong sense of community. The Council covers an area of almost 2,500 square kilometres, the largest area of any metropolitan council and is home to more than 151,000people.



Case Study for Yarra Ranges Council


Requirement: Before the switch to the Network Box managed security service, Yarra Ranges Council used a number of different solutions to filter web and email traffic, and a firewall to secure and protect the network.“That wasn’t ideal,” says Craig Whalley, the Council’s Manager Information Services. “Having multiple applications not only requires management and maintenance of the infrastructure for the devices and software, it also increases the overhead associated with managing them.”…
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by | August 1, 2012

Case study on Green Supply Chain Management


Green Supply Chain Management: A Case Study from Indian Electrical and Electronics Industry

Increasing awareness about environmental protection in India and world, the green trend of conserving the Earth‘s resources and protecting the environment is overwhelming, thereby exerting pressure on industries in India and worldwide.


India has gained its position among the top ten countries and has become one of the largest manufacturing economies of the world (Chetan Kumar M. Sedani, Ramesh R. Lakhe, 2011) [1]. The pressure and drive accompanying globalization has prompted industries to improve their environmental performance (Zhu and Sarkis, 2006) [10]. Consequently, industries have shown growing concern for the environment over the last decade.


Industrial environments have experienced drastic change and face competitive challenges. Recently supply chain management has directed its attention to the role of the supply chain in impacts to the natural environment. Click here to read more…

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