Mois : septembre 2009

Agronomy for Sustainable Development is an international journal for scientific research on the interactions between cropping systems and other activities in the context of sustainable development. The Editors welcome monodisciplinary contributions in agronomy that will constitute the grounds of sustainability from environmental, economical or social viewpoints. The Editors also welcome multidisciplinary articles that bridge agronomy with ecology, environmental and social sciences. Manuscripts should focus on novel findings underlining those relationships … about /aims and scope 1/2).

Homepage;
All Issues; Special Issues; Reviews; E-first; Forthcoming; Press; News; Events;
Address: EDP Sciences, 17, Avenue du Hoggar, Parc d’Activité de Courtaboeuf, BP 112, F-91944 Les Ulis Cedex A, France;
Contacts.

About /aims and scope 2/2: … The journal publishes original research articles that demonstrate a clear scientific breakthrough versus current knowledge. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere.   Continuer la lecture de « Agronomy for Sustainable Development »

(for many countries and in many languages)

• INTBAU offers membership to those who accept, publicly acknowledge and at all times act in accordance with the principles and spirit of the Charter. We encourage members to be actively involved in the propagation of our Charter principles.
• Join INTBAU today as a free General Member using our online registration form, or support INTBAU as a Friend by making a quick online donation.
• For all other categories of membership, please contact us. To read more about membership categories and benefits, please use download our most recent Prospectus (440kb) … (full text Join INTBAU).

Homepage;
All other pages have the same URL, find their internal link in the heft column, as: Projects, Education, Listings, Opinions, Bookshop, Documents, Chapters, Groups, People.
Exeptions: Partnerships: ICTP; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 20): CENTRAL OFFICE, Aura Woodward (née Neag), General Manager, INTBAU, 19-22 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3SG, UK;
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Charter: The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism is an active network of individuals and institutions dedicated to the creation of humane and harmonious buildings and places which respect local traditions.   Continuer la lecture de « International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism INTBAU »

the transportation perspective

Smart Growth is an integrated, environmentally-sensitive approach to land use and transportation planning. Smart Growth transportation strategies include:

• Transit enhancements and transit-oriented development (TOD)
• Visionary community and regional policies and land use plans that reduce the need to travel and minimize impacts.
• Streets that provide context-sensitive, multi-modal mobility for traffic, transit, pedestrians, and bicyclists … (full text Homepage).

Livable Streets; Strategies; Mesuring performance; Case Studies; Community Vision; FAQs; Links;
Contact.

Typical effects, Matching transit investment to context: There are commonly-accepted residential density thresholds for various transit modes.   Continuer la lecture de « smart growth planning.org »

(in many languages)

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership is a global initiative to track progress towards achieving the « 2010 biodiversity target » to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.
The Partnership is a collaboration between many organizations and agencies developing global biodiversity indicators and is the leading source of information on trends in global biodiversity … (what is biodiversity).

Homepage;
News; Indicators; Resources; Challenge; Partnership; Outputs; FAQs;
Address: 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, UK;
Contact.

About /Target: … Recognition of the importance of biodiversity and the global scale of biodiversity loss has gained a high political profile over the last few decades.   Continuer la lecture de « 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership »

(also in french and portugues)

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been in existence since 1980, when it was formed as a loose alliance of nine majority-ruled States in Southern Africa known as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), with the main aim of coordinating development projects in order to lessen economic dependence on the then apartheid South Africa. The founding Member States are: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe … (SADC profile 1/2). http://www.sadc.int/index/browse/page/359.

english Homepage http://www.sadc.int/index/browse/page/358
Sitemap: from here find all other pages with internal links;
Address: SADC Secretariat, SADC House, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone, Botswana;
Contact.

SADCprofile 2/2: … SADCC was formed in Lusaka, Zambia on April 1, 1980, following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration – Southern Africa: Towards Economic Liberation.  Continuer la lecture de « Southern African Development Community SADC »