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Aelita Skarzauskiene; Monika Maciuliene; Kristina Kovaite – European Journal of Education, 2024
The accelerating impacts of climate change present significant challenges to sustainable urban development, testing the resilience of current governance frameworks and stakeholder responsibilities. In alignment with the EU's Green Deal, robust adaptation strategies and proactive climate risk anticipation are essential. Traditional discussions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Adjustment (to Environment), Capacity Building
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Jermolajeva, Elita; Trusina, Inese – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2022
The aim of the article is to explain holistically the main provisions of sustainable development in the nature-society-human system based on the methodology for analyzing changes in energy flows and the power of socio-economic systems. The authors consider the development of society as a creative process aimed at changing the direction and speed…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Social Systems, Social Change
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Frolova, Elena V.; Vinichenko, Mikhail V.; Kirillov, Andrey V.; Rogach, Olga V.; Kabanova, Elena E. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the article is conditioned by the exceptional importance of the social infrastructure for the development of the state, society and each individual. Social infrastructure ensures the development of the municipal unit, satisfaction of the basic needs and interests of the population, creation of the conditions for its subsistence…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Municipalities
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Hasslof, Helen; Ekborg, Margareta; Malmberg, Claes – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2014
Education for Sustainable Development has been discussed as problematic, as a top down directive promoting an--"indoctrinating" education. The concept of the intertwined dimensions (economic, social-cultural, and environmental) of sustainable development is seen both as an opportunity and as a limitation for pluralistic views of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Conflict
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Fusarelli, Lance D. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2011
In their search for magic bullets to fix failing schools, policymakers seldom directly address powerful ecological factors impacting schooling. This article identifies several major demographic, societal, economic, and educational changes and trends in U.S. society over the past several years; analyzes their impact on schoolchildren; and offers a…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Educational Change, Public Sector, Ecological Factors
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Lenihan, Martin H.; Brasier, Kathryn J. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2010
This paper examines the debate surrounding the inception of the Conservation Security Program (CSP) under the 2002 US Farm Bill as a possible expression of ecological modernization by examining the discursive contributions made by official actors, social movement organizations, and producer organizations. Based on this analysis, the CSP embodies…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Natural Resources, Social Action, Discourse Analysis