World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development: Volume 11 Issue 3

Sustainability in complex environments: making sense of the Katrina lawsuits

Catalin Ratiu, Beverlee B. Anderson

The meaning of sustainability continues to be debated by scholars and professionals alike. But how do individuals, who are expected to contribute to implementing sustainability…

Responding to climate change through joint partnership: Insights from the Okavango Delta of Botswana

Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole, Piotr Wolski, Barbara Ngwenya, Gagoitseope Mmopelwa, Olekae Thakadu

Climate change continues to pose a serious challenge to mankind. Given their socio-economic and vulnerable situations, resource-poor farmers will be hard hit and likely to be the…

An econometric study of energy consumption, carbon emissions and economic growth in South Asia: 1972-2009

Harishankar Vidyarthi

The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between energy consumption, carbon emissions and economic growth for a panel of five South Asian economies…

Fiscal incentives promoting REEE measures in Trinidad and Tobago

Zaffar Khan, Kathryn Siriram, Kyren Greigg

Dependence on foreign energy supplies have resulted in some islands successfully harnessing alternative and renewable energy (RE) sources in order to provide a small degree of…

A framework for accident reduction and risk identification and assessment in Saudi Arabia

Attiyah M. Al-Atawi, Ravindra Kumar, Wafaa Saleh

– The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework methodology for the assessment and improving accident data collection and analysis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Introducing a new medical waste tracking and classification system for Jordan

Bashaar Y. Ammary

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a cradle to grave manifest system for medical waste in Jordan. As part of this program, medical waste classification, generation rates…