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Sustainable development requires a multidimensional approach which takes into account at least three dimensions: economic, social and environmental. The defining characteristics of sustainable agriculture are: increased productivity; economic profitability; food safety and environmental protection. Through this work we try to analyze the influence of predominantly agricultural indicators on sustainable production and consumption in Romania. The study was made based on the statistical data available online, at Temp...

Every agroecosystem presumably has the potential for providing some kind of outdoor recreation. We analysed the potential for recreation of National park (NP) Low Tatras. Forest ecosystems with mountain grasslands as a part of agroecosystems participate in the total cultural ecosystem value. Protected natural areas provide a wide range of benefits to the community. Among the benefits most commonly cited are those associated with the provision of tourism and recreational opportunities, as well as those associated w...

High Nature Value (HNV) farming has been developed since the early 1990s as a policy tool to describe those farming systems in Europe which have the greatest biodiversity value and which depend to a great extent upon the continuation of specific farming systems and practices across broad areas of the countryside. Three types of HNV farmland have been distinguished: Type 1 ? farmland with a high proportion of semi-natural vegetation, Type 2 ? farmland with a mosaic of low-intensity agriculture and natural and struc...

Almost 97 percent of water on the planet is seawater, 2.31 percent is frozen in glaciers; 0.66 percent is ground water, and only 0.03 percent of water is included in the hydrological cycle on the surface of the earth. The paper analyzes what factors of human behavior lead to a change in freshwater resources on the planet. The aim is to create a model which will show us the relations between the changes in fresh water reserves and human behavior. An ADL-model (autoregressive distributed lags model) was chosen as a ...

This Article includes results of the research performed within the Project ?The Assessment of the Stability of the Socio-economic Development of Cities of Different Population Size in Terms of Geo-Economic Uncertainty (on Materials of Northwest Russia)?. The role of foreign capital in the development of cities of the St. Petersburg coastal region was reviewed, the region was considered within 200 km from coastal line of the Finish Bay. The coastal region acts as a contact area between the sea and the land and is d...

Rural tourism has many development opportunities, mainly in the areas that still preserve customs, traditions, craft and handicraft. Ideal for creating a tourist offer competitive on international market would be the possibility of developing some tourist packages with local specific, to this purpose all the natural elements, plus the traditions and folklore, creates clear possibilities for realizing a rural tourism, at high international standards, allowing attracting tourists. In many countries operate successfu...

Environment Protection is becoming part of the international and national legislation on human rights. The link between the environment protection and human right is the focus of such paper. Alongside, the paper will raise also the question of environment protection as dispensable mean for the protection of one fundamental right such as the right to life. Indeed, the debate about the relationship between the environment protection and human right at international level is going on for more than forty years. Moreov...

In Romania, agricultural farms represent not only the place where agricultural production is made, as it happens in many European countries, but also the place where live and work almost half of the population of the country (45%); it is also meant to solve the social issues of rural inhabitants. The paper presents the analysis of agricultural farms of Romania as contributors to the development and consolidation of rural farms.The research methodology relies on the analysis, synthesis, representation and interpret...

In the context in which European authorities promote the use and development of rail transport, in Romania, this type of transport is on a continuous decline. To have a better view of the situation, it is necessary to highlight the limitations of the relief in order to reveal some of the Romanian rail system deficiencies. ?he Galati Railway Regional District was chosen as a case study because it includes railroads that run through all types of relief (plain, hill, plateau or mountain areas) and connect cities and ...

Currently, the system of higher education is based on interdisciplinary relations established between the scientific disciplines of the natural sciences. The article covers issues related to improving the quality of environmental learning through the study of disciplines associated with pedology, ecology and geography of soils. The article justifies the significance of the courses dealing with pedology in teaching students to creative professional activities for solution of global and regional ecological problem w...

Poland, as a country with its own energy resources, has one of the lowest energy dependency rates in the EU - 25.8% (Eurostat, 2015). The deposits of black and brown coal ensure this situation. Therefore, in the present situation, it is so important to develop effective methods of forecasting the production of these resources on the basis of internal and external factors of this sector. This paper presents the importance of black coal for the energy security of Poland and the EU. Then, what the paper describes are...

The article shows that during teaching courses on space geodesy, astronomy, and natural science conceptions at Kazan Federal University (KFU) all the possible modern technologies are used. The natural science conceptions (NSC) course includes a large part on astronomy. This paper describes the modernization of the educational observational base at KFU. The complex of space geodesy and astronomy teaching and the natural science conceptions course at KFU can be contingently divided into four parts: theoretical, prac...

The modern major project on creation a unique, scientific, educational, and technological Center of space researches and technologies was launched on the base of Engelhardt Astronomical Observatory (EAO) of Kazan Federal University in 2008. In EAO educational activity in the fields of training and retraining of specialists is conducted; scientific and practical training courses take place on the following educational programs: space geodesy and remote sensing, astronomy, radio astronomy. It should be noted, curren...

In 2007, we celebrate one decade from the institution, in Romania, of protected natural area as sites of community importance, integrant part of the European Ecologic Network Natura 2000. Along these 10 years, we may observe progress in the management and extension of protected areas and implicitly of the Natura 2000Network in Romania, but also a series of impediments and difficulties in the application of this procedure. In this paperwork, we attempt to analyze the evolution of development and management of the S...

In the paper the analysis of Environmental Management System in the selected company was presented. This system is one of the elements of Integrated Management System. The analysis was based on the results from Plate Mill which is Department of Steel Mill working in the central part of Poland. In the first part of the paper general characteristics of Integrated Management Systems was made. Its individual elements were discussed. Environmental Management System, its conditions and elements were the main component o...

The principal tool used for the implementation of spatial policy in Polish communes is a local spatial management plan. It is an act of local law and its provisions are binding in respect of the purpose of land development and the way it is achieved, development conditions and localisation of public aim investments. All actions undertaken by the commune authorities must be carried out in a manner which is both socially and economically efficient, in compliance with the requirements of environmental protection. The...

Raising the issue of the relevance of culture and peculiar behaviour patterns for taking effective action of individuals and professional groups is an extremely practically useful thread of the analysis of social functioning of a person living in the conditions of modern civilization. The concept of pattern assumes a certain, usually positive, method of its evaluation. Behaviour patterns usually will be transmitted in the area of culture including common environmental views among generations as a tool of a good so...

The quality and issues related to quality assurance of goods has concerned scientists and especially practitioners for a long time.One of the methods used to improve quality is value analysis, which allows to reduce unnecessary or disproportionate costs of some parts of the products compared to the contributions on quality that those parties bring. By using this method is determined to increase the quality of the products, optimising the size of the essential properties and functions. In the present work it is int...

The paper presents the analysis of the impact of quality and organizational parameters of products using industrial waste An attempt to analyze possibility of waste processing steel in order to improve the quality and properties of products. In today of globalization and standardizations processes, products as well as diagnostic systems, extremely a fact of abilities and adjustabilities seems material to the organization of enterprise for completion of diagnostic treatments. It isn't possibile here to omit the nee...

Preservation and liquidation of selected mines is a serious problem of mineral resources sector. It is acknowledged that ?disturbed? lands lose their value due to such activity, and land reclamation appears to be the most efficient solution for this problem. Not all the sites of mines are subject to unconditional liquidation given the academic and historic-cultural potential what allows considering these territories in a different capacity. The practice of industrial space revitalization by museumification and art...

Existing EU standards for environmental protection are strictest in the world. Environmental policy helps to create a green economy, protect the environment, and take care of the health and quality of life of the people of the EU. The nature and content of environmental policy at the EU level was analyzed and the main requirements and trends in its development are specified. The analysis covered trends and potential areas for improvement of environmental policy and also the system of principles required to build t...

In comparison with other economic sectors, the agriculture is known for its specific characteristics. First, the production processes in agriculture are supplemented by a factor of the impact of natural conditions, weather, the length of the production cycle and associated length of current assets turnover. Financing of agriculture is formed from public or private sources in the form of equity capital, loans or gifts to enhance the development of this sector. It includes not only government funds through various g...

The necessity of becoming competitive in the global economy brings many changes in the business. Companies will have to become international and act on global markets. Companies need to expand their cadre of quality people with a global mindset and skills. This requires to know the country, culture, national economy, too the principles of the global market. The role of universities is to promote the education of the graduates with stronger entrepreneurial training, to stimulate entrepreneurship in the global marke...

The electrical power industry of the Russian Federation based on the performance of thermal power stations (TPS) is the largest consumer of the Russian coals. Currently the long-term development program of the Russian coal industry for the period till 2030 is adopted. One of its purposes is increasing supply of the Russian coal for power industry in the domestic market. The researchers dealing with the issues of power industry emphasize the drawbacks of the coal industry having negative influence on optimization o...

At European level, with the evolution of European policies appeared inquiries locally to standard indicators, allowing some degree of comparison between different cities and towns, as a complement to indicators of local specifically related to the problems of each locality and which differs from one place to another, from one country to another EU. Thus, it has been adopted a set of European Common Indicators (ECI). Short and medium-term effects of air pollution harms human health and harm ecosystems and economy. ...

The purpose of research - analysis of legal regulation of theoretical and practical problems of environmental activities in the Russian Federation and to ensure environmental safety.The study authors was based on formal logic methods, comparative method, legal and dogmatic, the system and method futurological. The fundamental method of research is the analysis.A good environment is a necessary condition of human existence. Of all the important factors that directly affect their lives and health, environmental fact...

The project focuses on the creation of a structure specifically designed to answer the needs of energy efficiency investment financing in the Rhodope Region of Bulgaria. The structure Rhodoshop aims to promote innovative retrofit financing and operational models tailored to local conditions. Rhodoshop activities are based on the concept of a one-stop-shop that provides technical, economic, legal and administrative expertise to develop investment project pipelines for building and street lighting retrofitting in th...

The overall objective of the project is to increase the energy efficiency in public Government buildings in Kosovo through implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in 140 (140 out of 369 total number of government building stock) public buildings in Kosovo. The updated European Energy efficiency directive sets the energy efficiency target of 30% for 2030 including measures to update the Directive and make sure the new target is met. All European countries have set their national policies a...

The objective of the article was to identify eco-innovations and logistical processes to which eco-innovations are implemented. The article presents the quantitative methods of assessing the impact of logistic processes on the environment, which are also used for eco-design of processes in ecology. In the article the following methods were described: process assessment in supply chain GreenSCOR, LCA, MIPS, OPM. The research objective of the article was to evaluate the impact of the selected logistic process on the...

This article is considering anthropogenic and natural pollution, which leads to a change in global temperature. The article also talks about the Greenhouse effect and global climate change. The average global temperatures can fluctuate within years and even decades, for different natural reasons. The article analyses how the world pollution leads to a change in the global average temperature. The aim is to create a model that will show us the relations between the changes in global average temperature with the pol...

This article is devoted to the analysis of peculiarities and regularities of traditional nature management systems transformation of the Altai mountain region and characterize the main catalyst factors and modern trends of these changes. The article shows generalized results of long-term researches that employed questionnaire methods (questioning and narrative interview), post-event analysis, geoinformational and cartographical methods. The methods used enabled study of spatial, functional, social and psychologica...

Forest complex is the great asset for the country-owner. This segment of the national economy provides the wide spectre of different resources valuable for many industries of the national economy such as construction, printing, trade, medicine. Therefore it is necessary to form proper technical and technological base with industrial modernization mechanisms to use huge potential of forests fully, keeping ecological standards and norms of rational nature use. In the article the questions of industrial management mo...

The section of highway between Prague and Brno represents the oldest and the busiest part of the highway network in the Czech Republic. The current technical state requires renovation and modernization. The total length of 201 km is divided into 21 sections. Works on all sections are gradually planned, introduced and implemented. Highway works are carried out with a few exceptions in full traffic but with lower speed limits, a limited number and width of lanes. Time work is organized in a one-shift operation, seve...

The designation of protected natural areas aims to preserve the natural elements where the ecological balance is becoming unstable. Gradually, the role of the strict nature protection begins to be phased out, whereas most protected areas are an integral part of human settlements or represent points of tourist attraction for nature lovers. It is therefore necessary to harmonise the nature protection with the spatial development in order to minimize the negative environmental impacts and maximize the economic benefi...

The current legislation of the CR does not consider as noise, inter alia, the sound from production of music operated outdoors. Production of music outdoors mainly includes concerts, discotheques; "maj?les" spring student festivals, pilgrimages, open-air markets, various celebrations, Advent concerts, music played during sporting and cultural events, etc. (also including certain daily or frequently repeated cases of such production). The enforceability of protection against such noise pollution is becoming highly ...

In the paper the author has made attempt to prove economically sustainable and complex use of mineral deposits. The paper presents analytical, abstract and logical, comparative and economic-mathematical methods of doing the research. The author recommends to make assessment on the basis of calculation and analysis of the following indicators: cost-and-saving factor of investments for sustainable and complex use of fields; integrated economic effect at the state level; coefficients of rational utilization of minera...

The paper describes the impact of factors which influence the building?s energy consumption. Building constructions are important factor that influences total energy necessity for heating, where energetic efficiency presents way to better competition, since it decrease service costs. Building is greatest consumer of energy and here lies also potential of rationalization of energy costs. During quantification of energy savings there were used two methods: upside down ? evaluation of savings through obligatory indic...

Land reformations have always been the reflection of political, economic and legal circumstances. The politics of the governing elites has been realized through them. As governments changed in the time course, as well as their political priorities and the reasons for the adjustment of land management, the means and implications of the changes for land regulations evolved. Land reformations are organized in public interest, which is an ever-changing entity in the historical context. The Act No 229/1991 Coll., on th...

In my paper, I analyse the existing curriculum on the subject of ecological education in Romanian schools, in order to offer some practical solutions that can be implemented in kindergarten, schools, universities and also during cultural events and fairs (that I also consider an important educating factor). The abstract information taught at the higher levels of education dominate the curricula of our schools and universities, where pupils and students get very little practical knowledge ? either concerning a part...

Employing models in science teaching is considered to be fundamental for an authentic learning of science. In fact, the use of models in science classes may help students in the development of a better understanding of scientific content, of inquiry skills and also in the understanding of the nature of models and of the nature of science. Also, the analysis of historical models may also play a major contribution to the understanding of scientific knowledge construction and development. Moreover, in geoscience educ...

The problems of environmental protection and ensuring of the necessary level of environmental safety are relevant in a globalized world. In this regard, an achievement of balance between ecology and economy, the formation of "green" economy are a global trend. Sustainable business development, increase its competitiveness and value company growth, in turn, are inextricably linked with the intensity of the environmental activities of the enterprise. The article is devoted to the under-investigated problem the creat...

The research paper deals with the issues involved in regulating cooperation between the EU and CIS in their space programs. The environmental factor in exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes has become extremely urgent in the light of intensified exploration. Analysis of the international legal regulation of the use and protection of outer space was therefore carried out with specific emphasis on the environmental factors. While many agreements containing no clearly expressed conservation nature ...

The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) has been introduced by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as a desire to develop a system approach to the problem of the increased CO2 emission level generated by the world fleet. The paper is an attempt to answer the question whether the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) may be classified as a management system. It also comprises of a comparative analysis of the requirements included in the IMO guidelines regarding developing the SEEMP and...

According to the national laws and legislation, the pyrotechnician is the person who has expertise and is authorized to handle and/or use in Romania fireworks of category F2, F3, F4, pyrotechnic articles of category T2 and/or other pyrotechnic articles of category P2. Taking into account the inherent character of the risk specific to the pyrotechnic articles as well as the complexity of carrying out operations with these types of products, it requires acquiring thorough technical and practical updated knowledge to...

The present study aims to analyze the impact of the aridization process on the demographic evolution of the territorial systems, most affected by. The aridization process is a climate phenomenon, characterized by extreme climate parameters (high temperatures and low precipitation quantities). Three main counties in the southern part of Romania have been chosen as a case study (Mehedinti, Dolj and Olt counties). This is a geographical area where the aridization process is largely spread. In this area, a demographic...

The change in the composition and structure of the formation of demand for factors of production depends on the growth or decline in the economic efficiency of the sale of goods, work, services or from the successful achievement of socio-economic goals. In the first case, replacing some of the resources employed in the production cycles allows the economic entity to get an extra financial effect in the form of profit, and to the state in the form of tax payments. In the second case, the economic effect cannot occu...

The smart development is a quite new tendency introduced in regional and territorial planning focusing on innovations, effective use of resources and knowledge based economics. Therefore there is no methodology elaborated jet how to characterise the smart territorial development progress in municipalities on Latvia. The National Research Program EKO-SOC-LV is established to create knowledge base on sustainable development processes of the state and society, and to elaborate a theoretical justification for sustaina...

Halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons - trihalomethanes (THMs), are formed in disinfected swimming pool water? mostly when chlorine compounds are used for the process. THMs have a negative impact on human health because they are carcinogenic and mutagenic. In Poland, the contents of THMs in swimming pool water and air are standardized, the norm for swimming pool water is 100 g/dm3. Several factors can influence the THMs formation in water, but most important are processes and chemicals used for water treatment. The ...

Transmission devices damages such as power lines, transmission pipelines, oil and gas transmission pipelines can be divided into those associated with their construction and the ones which result from their location on the property. Among the second group landscape damages are increasingly often mentioned. What is more, the methodological valuation of such damages is extremely difficult. That difficulty stems from the lack of legal and methodological regulations regarding the aforementioned issue. The valuation st...

Along the whole history, the human civilizations were depended mainly on the soil fertility and further on the ecosystem well function and its appropriate characteristics. These functions (as natural processes occurring in ecosystems) depend on its structure (on biotic and abiotic constituents respectively) and provide ecosystem services. The paper emphasized the way that one of the ecosystem services, essential to our health and well being, as the ?regulation of the nutrients and their uptake? arises from the int...