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Exploring the concept of Sustainable Development within Education for Sustainable Development: implications for ESD research and practice University of Antwerp
This paper explores how three major factors in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) practice view the concept of Sustainable Development (SD). These are (a) international policy documents which shaped ESD, (b) the academic discourse in the field of ESD as well as (c) students and teachers. SD is a complex concept and it can be interpreted in several ways. This paper adopts a holistic approach to SD, according to which, SD is considered an ...
A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today's Sustainable Development Goals Institute of Tropical Medicine
Priority setting within health systems has not led to accountable, fair and sustainable solutions to improving population health. Providers, users and other stakeholders each have their own health and service priorities based on selected evidence, own values, expertise and preferences. Based on a historical account, this article analyses if contemporary health systems are appropriate to optimize population health within the framework of cross ...
Multi-level interactions in a sustainable development context: different routes for Flanders to decision-making in the UN commission on sustainable development KU Leuven
This article focuses on how subnational governments try to be part of the global sustainable development debate. In particular, it looks at the Belgian subnational government of Flanders and decision-making in the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. Subnational entities, such as Flanders, are not directly represented in global multilateral organizations and thus need to find other ways if they want to be involved. Yet, those organizations ...
Governance for Sustainable Development at the Inter-subnational Level: The Case of the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD) KU Leuven
Subnational entities increasingly exert agency in multilateral decision making. Since they are often not recognized as actors in multilateral bodies, they use several mechanisms to gain representation. An example of an extra-state mechanism is the participation in inter-subnational networks. This article is about the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD), a network that focuses on sustainable development and that ...
Putting Sustainability into Sustainable Human Development (Reprinted from Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 14 (1). pp. 58-76) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Abating the threat climate change poses to the lives of future people clearly challenges our development models. The 2011 Human Development Report rightly focuses on the integral links between sustainability and equity. However, the Human Development and Capabilities Approach emphasizes the expansion of people's capabilities simpliciter, which is questionable in view of environmental sustainability. We argue that capabilities should be defined ...
Tax and development : the link between international taxation, the base erosion profit shifting project and the 2030 sustainable development agenda Ghent University
Eccentricity in cores: spatial development and sustainable transport - a development guide, in the context of "Nodes and Dynamics". Study commissioned by the Flemish Planning Bureau for the Environment and Spatial Development Departement of spatial development, environment, energy, climate, green economy, animal welfare
Spatial structure and mobility structure interact. We are striving to strengthen the cohesion between the two. Transport nodes of collective transport, or transport nodes for short, are an important lever for spatial transformation. Supra-local public transport networks (such as the rail network) are often characterised by eccentric transport nodes. Due to their peripheral location, these eccentric transport nodes today lack the necessary ...