Browsing Environment, Resources and Sustainability by Subject "Sustainable Development"
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The Human Dimensions of Climate Risk in Africa's Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Climate change impacts are a result of the intersection between the level of climate change, and the socioeconomic conditions that characterize the locale under question. For the low income countries in the world, they ... -
Investigating the Feasibility of Establishing a Biosphere Reserve on the Northeast Coast of St. Lucia
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-28)The feasibility of establishing the northeast coast of St. Lucia as a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve was investigated. A Biosphere Reserve is a concept of sustainability that attempts to harmonize development, the ... -
Linking Moral Renewal and Sustainable Development through Social Enterprises in the Philippines
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-19)Considering the current socio-political atmosphere in the Philippines that arguably cultivates moral ambiguity, ambivalence, and apathy vis-à-vis human rights and development issues, this thesis investigates the relationship ... -
The Voluntary Adoption of Green Electricity by Ontario-Based Businesses
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This paper explores the contextual factors that promote and inhibit firms? motivations to adopt a voluntary environmental initiative that is good for the environment but does not provide a clear competitive or legitimating ...