Category: Environmental Science Thesis Topics

Equality Among Unequals in International Environmental Law.   Chapter One of Equality Among Unequals in International Environmental Law. INTRODUCTION To deal effectively with global environmental problems, such as climate change, we need global cooperation. Yet all too many developing countries lack the economics, infrastructures, and technical capacity to tackle these…

Sustainable Consumption and the Importance of Neighbourhood.   Abstract of Sustainable Consumption and the Importance of Neighbourhood. This paper applies urban and environmental sociological theory to survey data on self-reported sustainable consumption practices, using a matched sample of central city and suburban residents in Edmonton, Alberta. We use cluster analysis…

Building Sustainable Societies.   Chapter One of Building Sustainable Societies. INTRODUCTION A collection of articles addressing the issue of whether the industrial model of human progress can be sustained in the long term. It asks what the social, political, economic and environmental implications as well as potential solutions to the…

Consuming Values and Contested Cultures.   Abstract of Consuming Values and Contested Cultures. The term “sustainable consumption” is subject to many interpretations, from Agenda 21’s hopeful assertion that governments should encourage less materialistic lifestyles based on new definitions of “wealth” and “prosperity”, to the view prevalent in international policy discourse…

Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban.   Chapter One of Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban. INTRODUCTION This book is the result of a research project funded by the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (Belgium) that looks into strategic environmental assessment as an instrument to develop urban areas more…

Implementing Sustainable Development.   Chapter One of Implementing Sustainable Development. INTRODUCTION This book examines how governments in industrialized countries have engaged with the challenge of sustained development over the past decade. Analysis of initiatives undertaken by nine national governments and the European Union reveal important differences in the ways the…

Accountability of Fcs Education to a Sustainability Ethos.   Abstract of Accountability of Fcs Education to a Sustainability Ethos. The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences’ (AAFCS) brand, “creating healthy and sustainable families,” implies accountability in promoting sustainable consumer behavior. This study compared students majoring in family and consumer…

Economics and Ethical Concerns for the Environment in Consumer Choices.   Chapter One of Economics and Ethical Concerns for the Environment in Consumer Choices. INTRODUCTION The article examines individual action informed by ethical concerns for the environment as a strategy for moving toward more sustainable consumption. The article first employs…

Sustainable Consumption in Finland.   Chapter One of Sustainable Consumption in Finland. INTRODUCTION This research introduces eight different types of sustainable consumers and their future scenarios. We profiled consumers from the angles of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and egoistic and altruistic motivation. We applied to the Structure of Motivation for…

A Study Into the Effects of Timely Delivery of Construction Project on Economic Development of Nigeria   Chapter One of A Study Into the Effects of Timely Delivery of Construction Project on Economic Development of Nigeria INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Time impacts are inevitable on construction projects, primarily because…