Background
Continuous exploitation of resources and unabated industrialization has made a tremendous influence locally and regionally. It had pushed up sustainability issues to new heights. New technologies and better information flows have inadvertently encouraged even more exploitation of the natural environment which directly and indirectly held a close link to humans’ livelihood. This applies to the developed as well as developing countries. In such a condition stakeholders engaging in sustainability issues are facing new problems, and the task has never been challenging. While traditional approach will continue to be employed, future research and practice on this increasingly complex issue will only be meaningful if stakeholders in this field are equipped with better knowledge and tools. New and multi-disciplinary methods have to be employed, better strategies have to be applied and new technologies have to be invented. This conference is aimed at bringing together stakeholders, researchers, and those in support of sustainability agendas to discuss the latest development in the ways in which our planet is being managed, and to chart future strategies in dealing with the changing conditions.
Objectives
The conference is aimed at achieving the following objectives:
- As a venue of meeting among researchers in sustainability studies from the Asia Pacific Region
- To report research findings on the latest development in methods of sustainability from own country’s experiences.
- To share experiences in approaches, strategies, institutional arrangements and support in managing impacts of development on the sustainability issues.
- To promote regional co-operation and networking among experts, managers, researchers and activists in sustainability studies
Conference Topics
The conference will cover topics in areas related to:
Environmental Management and Sustainability – Studies of sustainability, with a focus on environmental analyses
- Environmental Sustainability & Human Consumption: Food and Water, Hunger and Thirst
- Environmental Sustainability & Human Consumption: Waste
- Environmental Sustainability & Environmental Management: Freshwater, Oceans and Seas
- Environmental Sustainability & Environmental Management: Land Use & Misuse
- Environmental Sustainability & Environmental Management: Atmosphere and Air
Management and Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context – Studies of sustainability, with a focus on socio-cultural and economic analyses
- Economic Sustainability: Environmental Challenges and Economic Growth
- Economic Sustainability: Sustainable Businesses and CSR
- Social Sustainability & Social Justice
- Social Sustainability, War and Peace
- Social Sustainability & Sustainable Living
Management and Sustainability Policy and Practice – Addressing sustainability agendas and the practices flowing from these in government, corporate and community sectors
Management Sustainability Education & Awareness – On teaching and learning about human relations to the environment, and raising community awareness of sustainability
Cultural Sustainability: Protecting, Preserving and Conserving
Energy: Environmental Degradation
Energy: Renewable Energy and Environmental Solutions
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