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Facilitating Sustainable Development in the Developing World – Paper [ John Cornacchia ]
John Cornacchia at Globacorp Developments International writes: I encourage you to read this clear and concise paper which emphasises that a meaningful concept of sustainable development necessarily must be holistic in nature as the economic, environmental and social aspects of human behaviour and quality of life are closely linked. Therefore, sustainable development essentially involves inclusive growth that is also environmentally sustainable. The subject paper critically reviews the literature on sustainable development concepts that explicitly recognise this important linkage and uses this review as well as the recent development experience of India and China to […]
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Sustainable Development Visions and Visionaries [ John Cornacchia ]
John Cornacchia at Globacorp Developments International writes: Similar to most creatively new ideas, nearly all sustainable real estate development begins with inspiration or a vision. This is not necessarily a vision of what the finished development will look like, but rather what it will be, the overall relationship to the environment, the interaction with the community, the impact it will have on the world, and the general qualities and features it will possess. The vision is the first occurrence or idea that inspires and excites a developer, an architect, a corporation, or a […]
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What is Sustainable Development? [ John Cornacchia ]
John Cornacchia at Globacorp Developments International writes: Do those living today owe anything to the future? If answered, “Yes”, then we must now determine what and how much we owe future generations, since continuing our present course unabated too far into the twenty-first century, will inevitably destroy many options for generations that follow. In times past, the survivors of dying communities could simply move themselves to less populated, more fertile areas. Today however, there are no such places left to move to. Unquestionably, communities face enormous challenges as their social, economic, and environmental […]