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Targowski, Andrew. "How to Transform the Information Infrastructure of Enterprise into Sustainable, Global-Oriented and to Monitor and Predict the Sustainability of Civilization." Information Resources Management Journal 23, no. 3 (July 2010): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2010070101.
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In this paper, the author defines the evolution of the Classic Enterprise Information Infrastructure into Sustainability and Global Enterprise Information Infrastructure. However, this is not the end of evolution. Since Enterprise Systems operate within larger entities, such as Local, National, Global Information Infrastructures and these create the Civilization Information Infrastructure. The latter is the foundation for modern civilizations and the emerging Global Civilization, with repercussions for lower level infrastructures as well as World Civilization. If such civilizations want to survive, they must be able to monitor and predict sustainability in relationship with enterprises. In this paper, the author then gives recommendations for pathways to a sustainable future.
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Khan, S., E. Dialynas, V. K. Kasaraneni, and A. N. Angelakis. "Similarities of Minoan and Indus Valley Hydro-Technologies." Sustainability 12, no. 12 (June 16, 2020): 4897. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12124897.
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This review evaluates Minoan and Indus Valley hydro-technologies in southeastern Greece and Indus Valley Pakistan, respectively. The Minoan civilization first inhabited Crete and several Aegean islands shortly after the Late Neolithic times and flourished during the Bronze Age (ca 3200–1100 BC). At that time, the Minoan civilization developed fundamental technologies and reached its pinnacle as the first and most important European culture. Concurrently, the Indus Valley civilization populated the eastern bank of the Indus River, its tributaries in Pakistan, and the Ganges plains in India and Nadia (Bangladesh), spreading over an area of about one million km2. Its total population was unknown; however, an estimated 43,000 people resided at Harappa. The urban hydro-technologies, characteristics of a civilization can be determined by two specific aspects, the natural and the social environment. These two aspects cover a variety of factors, such as climate and social conditions, type of terrain, water supply, agriculture, water logging, sanitation and sewerage, hygienic conditions of communities, and racial features of the population. Therefore, these factors were used to understand the water resources management practices in early civilizations (e.g., Minoan and Indus Valley) and similarities, despite the large geographic distance between places of origin. Also discussed are the basic principles and characteristics of water management sustainability in both civilizations and a comparison of basic water supply and sanitation practices through the long history of the two civilizations. Finally, sustainability issues and lessons learned are considered.
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Spiridonova, Valeria I. "The Dichotomy of Civilization and Barbarism: Its Origins and Evolution." Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences 63, no. 2 (May 16, 2020): 27–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.30727/0235-1188-2019-63-2-27-45.
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The article researches the historical transformation the dichotomy of civilization and barbarism, which was originally in ancient Greece without pejorative meaning. This dichotomy has become relevant today to justify the classification of states according to their degree of acceptance of “civilization standards,” which are understood as the standards of the European model of development. The main features of the stereotype of the divide between civilization and barbarism, which took shape in the Roman era, have survived to the present. The premise of “civilizational superiority” of European culture is accompanied by a moral depreciation of other civilizations, turning a barbarian into an enemy of civilization with an explicit racist connotation. Civilization itself is seen as a “vaccination” in the process of missionary work. There emerges the concept of “Eastern barbarism,” coupled with the concepts of terra nullis and the innate irrational behavior of the population of these countries, which justify the seizing of territories for a “more rational” resource management. This activity is historically accompanied by colonization and, in the modern world, by forceful forms of “promoting democracy.” According to the logic of the divide between civilization and barbarism, non-Western countries are doomed to imitate and perpetually fall behind, which causes the disunity of society and internal hostility of “second-rate “Europeanized” nations. The Western mentoring has transformed from protectorate to the creation of governance structures that are headed by Western-educated local elites and are designed to change the cultural patterns of society. There was a conception that the world is divided into spheres, in the first circle of which there is a progressive civilized European world, followed by a number of countries similar in structure and values to the European model, and then there is a sphere of barbarism and backwardness. In the contemporary version, this theory presumes the division of states into “pre-modern,” modern, and post-modern states. It the conclusion, it is noted that this divide contradicts to the humane essence of culture and civilization process.
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Spiridonova, Valeria I. "The Dichotomy of Civilization and Barbarism: Its Origins and Evolution." Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences 63, no. 2 (February 15, 2020): 27–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.30727/0235-1188-2020-63-2-27-45.
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The article researches the historical transformation of the dichotomy of civilization and barbarism, which originally in ancient Greece did not have a pejorative connotation. This dichotomy has become relevant today to justify the classification of states according to their degree of acceptance of “civilization standards,” which are understood as the standards of the European model of development. The main features of the stereotype of the divide between civilization and barbarism, which took shape in the Roman era, have survived to the present. The premise of “civilizational superiority” of European culture is accompanied by a moral depreciation of other civilizations, turning a barbarian into an enemy of civilization with an explicit racist connotation. Civilization itself is seen as a “vaccination” in the process of missionary work. There emerges the concept of “Eastern barbarism,” coupled with the concepts of terra nullis and the innate irrational behavior of the population of these countries, which justify the seizing of territories for a “more rational” resource management. This activity is historically accompanied by colonization and, in the modern world, by forceful forms of “promoting democracy.” According to the logic of the divide between civilization and barbarism, non-Western countries are doomed to imitate and perpetually fall behind, which causes the disunity of society and internal hostility of “second-rate Europeanized” nations. The Western mentoring has transformed from protectorate to the creation of governance structures that are headed by Western-educated local elites and are designed to change the cultural patterns of society. There was a conception that the world is divided into spheres, in the first circle of which there is a progressive civilized European world, followed by a number of countries similar in structure and values to the European model, and then there is a sphere of barbarism and backwardness. In the contemporary version, this theory presumes the division of states into “pre-modern,” modern, and post-modern states. It the conclusion, it is noted that this divide contradicts to the humane essence of culture and civilization process.
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Wrobel, Roger A. "Civilization and its Management of Sewage." Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation 2002, no. 16 (January 1, 2002): 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/193864702784247143.
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Angelakis, A. N., and D. S. Spyridakis. "A brief history of water supply and wastewater management in ancient Greece." Water Supply 10, no. 4 (September 1, 2010): 618–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2010.105.
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The evolution of urban water management in ancient Greece begins in Crete during the Middle Bronze and the beginning of the Late Bronze Ages (ca. 2000–1500 B.C.) when many remarkable developments occurred in several stages as Minoan civilization flourished on the island. One of its salient characteristics was the architectural and hydraulic function of its water supply and sewerage systems in the Minoan Palaces and several other settlements. These technologies, though they do not give a complete picture of water supply and wastewater and storm water technologies in ancient Greece, indicate nevertheless that such technologies have been used in Greece since prehistoric times. Minoan water and wastewater technologies were diffused to the Greek mainland in the subsequent phases of Greek civilization, i.e. in the Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. The scope of this article is the presentation of the most characteristic forms of ancient hydraulic works and related technologies and their uses in past Greek civilizations.
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Singh, Pushpendra Kumar, Pankaj Dey, Sharad Kumar Jain, and Pradeep P. Mujumdar. "Hydrology and water resources management in ancient India." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 24, no. 10 (October 5, 2020): 4691–707. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4691-2020.
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Abstract. Hydrologic knowledge in India has a historical footprint extending over several millenniums through the Harappan civilization (∼3000–1500 BCE) and the Vedic Period (∼1500–500 BCE). As in other ancient civilizations across the world, the need to manage water propelled the growth of hydrologic science in ancient India. Most of the ancient hydrologic knowledge, however, has remained hidden and unfamiliar to the world at large until the recent times. In this paper, we provide some fascinating glimpses into the hydrological, hydraulic, and related engineering knowledge that existed in ancient India, as discussed in contemporary literature and revealed by the recent explorations and findings. The Vedas, particularly, the Rigveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda, have many references to the water cycle and associated processes, including water quality, hydraulic machines, hydro-structures, and nature-based solutions (NBS) for water management. The Harappan civilization epitomizes the level of development of water sciences in ancient India that includes construction of sophisticated hydraulic structures, wastewater disposal systems based on centralized and decentralized concepts, and methods for wastewater treatment. The Mauryan Empire (∼322–185 BCE) is credited as the first “hydraulic civilization” and is characterized by the construction of dams with spillways, reservoirs, and channels equipped with spillways (Pynes and Ahars); they also had an understanding of water balance, development of water pricing systems, measurement of rainfall, and knowledge of the various hydrological processes. As we investigate deeper into the references to hydrologic works in ancient Indian literature including the mythology, many fascinating dimensions of the Indian scientific contributions emerge. This review presents the various facets of water management, exploring disciplines such as history, archeology, hydrology and hydraulic engineering, and culture and covering the geographical area of the entire Indian subcontinent to the east of the Indus River. The review covers the period from the Mature Harappan Phase to the Vedic Period and the Mauryan Empire.
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S Iftekhar, M. "From timber management to forest management: an initial discussion on forest management evolution." Journal of Forest Science 51, No. 9 (January 10, 2012): 412–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/4576-jfs.
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Forests have been subject to human intervention since the inception of human civilization. With enhanced knowledge, understanding and capacity humans exert an increasing pressure and influence on forests. Forests in general have undergone different ownership patterns. The requirements for forests have changed over time. The objectives of forest management are shifting from timber production to biodiversity conservation and nature protection. On the other hand, in many places the forests are dwindling due to the anthropic pressure. The management paradigms are changing in response to these triggering mechanisms. In this paper an attempt has been made to summarize the evolution of forest management practices and discuss some recent trends in forest management.
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Appel, S. "Freud on Civilization." Human Relations 48, no. 6 (June 1995): 625–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872679504800602.
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Этенко, Вячеслав, and Vyacheslav Etenko. "Quality management problems of architecture." Construction and Architecture 2, no. 1 (March 31, 2014): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/3380.
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Piontek, Franciszek. "Sustainable Development Management and Building a New Civilization." Problemy Ekorozwoju 16, no. 2 (July 1, 2021): 108–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.11.
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The objective of the paper is to: analyze and assess assumptions which determine the functioning of the category of management; identify the criteria and assumptions of integrated sustainable development management. The hypothesis: Integrated sustainable development management requires: Necessary conditions: the verification of the institutional solutions which function between the category of sustainable development and development concepts based on sustainability and unsustainability and between these concepts and management. Sufficient conditions: the decision-making will in accepting this verification, its assumptions and criteria, including the rules of universal procedures. Final conclusion: Limiting the paradigm of consent, based on the paradigm of deregulation and institutional solutions, which limit creative decisions.
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Neklessa, Alexander Ivanovich. "The Transit of Civilization: Methodological and Prognostic Aspects." Economics of Contemporary Russia, no. 4 (December 31, 2020): 132–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.33293/1609-1442-2020-4(91)-132-146.
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The article is based on the report “The Transit of Civilizations: Methodological and Prognostic Aspects of Civilizational Competition”. It is devoted to the analysis of methodological and prognostic aspects of diachronic civilizational competition in the process of the current transformation of Modernity into the new historical state, defined as Postmodernity. Methodological and prognostic aspects of this historical transit are analyzed. The general aim of the study is to observe effective strategies for behavior while in situations of complexity, volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity. Different methods of orientation, action and management in post-war period are described and the possibility of their further transformation up to the next epistemological revolution is discussed. There is also an attempt to present certain analytical tools. Civilization is a dynamic concept, a social analogue of evolution. The globalization of modernity is accompanied by post-modern individuation, the antipode of industrial culture and mass society. The process of splitting of political structures, genesis of technical and anthropological complexity, creation of cloud structures – all this distorts the modern World Order. System approach is usually used to study complexities, while view of the future is based on a combination of transdisciplinary analysis, global context and long-term perspective. New methodological approach is produced for replacing the globality with fractality, long-term prognostics with non-linear dynamics, and transdisciplinary generalizations with uniqueness. The article also analyzes the latest generation of methodologies that possibly will allow us to make decisions and effectively act in this complex environment full of wicked situations and processes as well as non-classical approaches, such as the mode of action based on the analysis of deep codes of evolution, the art of non-classical operative, synergetic behavior, phenomen of serendipity etc. Research of the innovative methodological and predictive tools is an imperative for sustainable development, taking into account the upcoming turbulence of the social environment.
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Farraji, Hossein, Nastaein Qamaruz Zaman, Mohammadtaghi Vakili, and Hamed Faraji. "Overpopulation and Sustainable Waste Management." International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management 5, no. 3 (July 2016): 13–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsem.2016070102.
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Civilization and Industrialization are two main side effects of overpopulation. Production of food and living requirement for new generations needs raw materials and production process as well as changing natural environment for infrastructure construction. Huge municipal solid waste, anthropological pollution in terrestrial, aquatic and atmosphere media are responses of numerous industries for engaging with humankind requirement. Economic circumstances, ecological condition as well as effective management of production process by selecting smart managing methods in order to decreasing hazardous wastes which produce throughout the manufacturing human living requirements, will be a suitable or even favorable target for green living and environmental protection. This manuscript will discuss on wastes sources, production and practical strategies for decreasing their hazard effect throughout current human activities. In other words, how civilization and industrialization can engage with emerging requirements of humankind as well as concerning to environmental protection?
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Lonu, Marie-Bernard Dhedya, Markus Gehrin, Marie-Claire Cordonier, Michel Ilume Moke, and Salomon Mampeta Wa Bassa. "Le Régime Foncier Congolais : Du Contact Avec La Civilisation Occidentale à La Veuille de La Loi n°73- 021 du 20 Juillet 1973 Dite Foncière." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 13, no. 10 (April 30, 2017): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n10p211.
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This study focuses on the description of the Congolese land system after formal contact with Western civilization. The contact between the western and Congolese civilizations intervened with the explorations. Moreover, it would have been necessary to wait for the constitution of the Independent State of the Congo to be able to formally speak of a contact of the civilizations. Indeed, the contact between the explorer and the native is not significant at this time. Moreover, land management did not fit into the objectives of these adventurers. Land management has proven to be indispensable with the advent of colonization on Congolese territory. During colonization, land management took into account the rights of indigenous peoples by devoting several categories of land. Moreover, after its accession to international sovereignty through its Independence, the young Congolese state began a land reform by domanialising all the lands. This, however, was even described as expropriation.
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Zhou, Ping, and Tao Qu. "Management of the Marine Economy: An Ecological Civilization Perspective." Journal of Coastal Research 106, sp1 (July 10, 2020): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/si106-018.1.
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DIEV, V. S. "Management in Russian Civilization: Towards Construction of National Model." Issues of social theory 12, no. 1 (2020): 254–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.30936/2227-7951-2020-12-254-262.
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Fan, Zheng, Xiner Tong, Peihua Fan, and Qingli Fan. "A glacier model of Chinese management: perspectives from new institutionalism." Chinese Management Studies 13, no. 4 (November 4, 2019): 742–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-07-2018-0601.
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Purpose This study aims to build an indigenous Chinese management model based on Chinese culture. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts new institutionalism as its theoretical foundation, examines the core values of Chinese civilization in retrospect and identifies the key features of a Chinese management model. In this study, the authors develop a “glacier model” and test its reliability with the Haier Group. Findings This study proposes a new definition for a management model: a knowledge system based on institutional civilization that reflects management theory and practice. It analyzes the institutional environment of Chinese civilization: the recessive bottom-most layers are CBTLG (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, legalism and Guan theory) and MDSX (Mao Zedong thought, Deng Xiaoping theory, scientific thoughts of development and Xi Jinping thought), the dominant principles are “Socialism and Mixed Economy” and the core values of Chinese culture compose the layer between them. This study concludes that the distinguishing features of Chinese management are harmonious management, the order-diversity pattern and Tai Chi management. Research limitations/implications This paper only discussed the management model of China. Based on the conclusions of this paper, in the future, researchers comparative studies on Chinese management and other countries’ management models with glacier model. By so doing, people can have a more comprehensive understanding of management models of different cultures. Practical implications The management characteristics contained in Chinese culture can provide more abundant knowledge for understanding current organizational management issues. A better understanding of the characteristics of a Chinese management model based on Chinese civilization is conducive to foreign investment or cross-cultural cooperation between Chinese and foreign enterprises. Originality/value This study provides a new perspective in studying Chinese management. The theoretical values of the glacier model are as follows: it is rooted in a Chinese management context; it makes up for the insufficiency in the current study of institutionalism; and it guides cross-cultural communication and management. The authors hope that the study attracts the attention of more scholars. Any civilization of any region or country can construct its own management model using the frame of the glacier model.
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Prigogine, Ilya. "Science, civilization and democracy." Futures 18, no. 4 (August 1986): 493–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-3287(86)90074-1.
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徐, 琪. "The Enlightenment of Marxist Ecological Civilization Thought to the Construction of Ecological Civilization in China." Advances in Philosophy 10, no. 02 (2021): 126–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.12677/acpp.2021.102023.
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Zeng, Yue E., and Shi Dai Wu. "Ecological Civilization Construction of Eroded Red Soil Region of South China: A Case of Changting." Applied Mechanics and Materials 291-294 (February 2013): 1487–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.291-294.1487.
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As a new research tendency, the definition of ecological civilization presents diversification in academia. Connected with the predecessors’ research results and accorded to reality of the researched area, this paper determines a definition on ecological civilization, and put forward that Ecological Civilization Construction should use a certain space as carrier, dividing the ecological civilization control area. This paper take Changting as a case, reach the idea of dividing the ecological civilization control area, integrating the philosophy and method of the major function oriented zoning. Firstly, regionalize the area of ecological civilization mainly control and protection from all the protected areas as the main body. Secondly, comprehensive evaluation of Indexes that including the aspects of economic, social, environmental, cultural and institutional about ecological civilization, are carried out at the township-level. Thirdly, we make the natural attribute of small watershed as a qualitative reference index, to identify the area of ecological civilization core development, comprehensive management, and centralized restoration. Finally, according to the division, this paper comes up with the advice of industrial layout and the measure of control.
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Li, Yanbin, Hongxing Li, Daoxi Li, Zezhong Zhang, and Ya Feng. "Construction of rural water ecological civilization index system in China." Water Practice and Technology 15, no. 3 (July 13, 2020): 797–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2020.064.
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Abstract Water ecological civilization is an important component and basic guarantee of ecological civilization. With the comprehensive development of ecological civilization in China, the practice of water ecological civilization village construction has been carried out one after another. The establishment of an evaluation index system of rural water ecological civilization is an important step in the construction of rural water ecological civilization from the theoretical stage to the practical application stage. Based on China's rural water conditions, this study constructed an evaluation index system, including 21 evaluation indicators of seven subsystems: water security, water environment, water ecology, water management, water landscape, water culture, and regional characteristic indicators. The indicator weights are determined by the analytic hierarchy process, a set-pair analysis model is established, and typical rural were selected for instance verification. The results show that the evaluation index system of rural water ecological civilization is reasonable, and the comprehensive evaluation model is also feasible.
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Kirsta, Yu. "Spiritual state of modern civilization." National Security and Strategic Planning 2021, no. 1 (May 5, 2021): 14–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.37468/2307-1400-2021-1-14-24.
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The system information-hierarchical analysis of the development of ethnoses, religions and entire world society as socio-natural systems is carried out. The hierarchical structure and cyclic dynamics of 1000-year ethnic, 3000(6500)-year religious and 72000-year civilization levels of sociosphere are considered. The religious 3000-year Christian-Jewish system has gone through two 1000-year ethnic phases and is now collapsing without beginning the third one. The current weakening of Orthodox Russian (Aryan with haplogroup R1a1) superethnos makes it impossible to restore this system, as well as to set right the civilizational level with three parallel religions: Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Consequently, any nowaday confrontation with Russia is suicidal for all countries. The stability of socio-natural systems directly depends on the authenticity of their population collective consciousness in relation to sociospheric processes. A deceitful information war is destructive to the authenticity of countries that wage such a war. An artificial deep management of the collective consciousness is revealed, and the necessity of supporting Orthodoxy by China is shown.
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Baum, Seth D., Stuart Armstrong, Timoteus Ekenstedt, Olle Häggström, Robin Hanson, Karin Kuhlemann, Matthijs M. Maas, et al. "Long-term trajectories of human civilization." foresight 21, no. 1 (March 11, 2019): 53–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/fs-04-2018-0037.
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PurposeThis paper aims to formalize long-term trajectories of human civilization as a scientific and ethical field of study. The long-term trajectory of human civilization can be defined as the path that human civilization takes during the entire future time period in which human civilization could continue to exist.Design/methodology/approachThis paper focuses on four types of trajectories: status quo trajectories, in which human civilization persists in a state broadly similar to its current state into the distant future; catastrophe trajectories, in which one or more events cause significant harm to human civilization; technological transformation trajectories, in which radical technological breakthroughs put human civilization on a fundamentally different course; and astronomical trajectories, in which human civilization expands beyond its home planet and into the accessible portions of the cosmos.FindingsStatus quo trajectories appear unlikely to persist into the distant future, especially in light of long-term astronomical processes. Several catastrophe, technological transformation and astronomical trajectories appear possible.Originality/valueSome current actions may be able to affect the long-term trajectory. Whether these actions should be pursued depends on a mix of empirical and ethical factors. For some ethical frameworks, these actions may be especially important to pursue.
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Taylor, Kenneth B. "The passing of western civilization." Futures 122 (September 2020): 102582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102582.
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Ishwaran, Natarajan. "Elephants and an ecological civilization." Environmental Development 39 (September 2021): 100656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2021.100656.
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Gulzar, Ayesha. "Impact of Industrial Revolution on Management Thought." Sukkur IBA Journal of Management and Business 2, no. 1 (March 28, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.30537/sijmb.v2i1.85.
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This theoretical paper traces the discourse of Western Civilization from the agrarian period to industrialization, focussing on impact of industrial revolution on the process of management thought. This paper argues that, how management thought has been influenced the era of modernism when industrial revolution spread across the Europe and the United States as during modernity materialistic ethics were developed.
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Maslanov, Evgeniy. "Digitalization challenges for technogenic civilization." Digital Scholar Philosopher s Lab 4, no. 1 (2021): 6–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.32326/2618-9267-2021-4-1-6-21.
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Based on the comparison of technogenic civilization and traditional society, the article argues that the desire for change is a major feature of technogenic civilization. The latter tends to focus on the practice of writing and data recording. At the same time, the new European scientific knowledge, a key element of the technogenic civilization, emerged not only as the practice of mathematized experimental research of nature, but also as the practice of fixing new data and results and disseminating them among scientists. Management practitioners also actively use data capture. The active introduction of digital technologies has contributed to progress in all areas of public life. The analysis of these processes leads to the conclusion that they pose at least two fundamental challenges to the technogenic civilization associated with new methods of recording and processing data. First, the formation of a person's digital footprint raises the question of the specifics of her or his identity in the digital world and its connection with corporeality, and creates new existential challenges. Secondly, the ever-growing array of data and their active inclusion in the scientific turnover results in a huge number of data processing techniques and technologies. On their basis, research practices are constructed that focus on the search for correlations, rather than the formation of “bold hypotheses” that allow describing the world in a new way.
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Chang, I.-Shin, Wenqi Wang, and Jing Wu. "To Strengthen the Practice of Ecological Civilization in China." Sustainability 11, no. 17 (August 27, 2019): 4661. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11174661.
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Ecological civilization is the inevitable route of human development. However, the practice of ecological civilization is not as positive as expected, especially for college students. Hence, the aim of this research is to investigate how to strengthen the practice of college students towards ecological civilization in China. Based on the Triandis’ Interpersonal Behavior Model, a questionnaire survey is performed to explore the status quo of factors affecting college students’ ecological civilization behaviors. Results reveal that society does not provide enough facilities for ecological civilization. Thus, as personal interests conflicting with the environment, some college students would not carry out the concept of ecological civilization. Meanwhile, though most of college students have the right attitude and good habits of water saving and waste batteries proposal, the guidance of ecological civilization for the habits of takeout and online shopping has not been formed. Also, college students could not actively participate in ecological civilization construction. Therefore, to strengthen ecological civilization practice, it is indispensable to acquire joint efforts from individuals, government, families, universities and social organizations. The practice of ecological civilization is inseparable from the efforts of every college student. Besides, the government, every social organization, every family, and every university should create appropriate facilitating conditions, so that college students could form ecological civilization habits consciously. At the same time, universities, society and family should form good social reference standards to directly and indirectly educate college students so as to help them identify their roles and self-concept.
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Mulva, Stephen. "JCEM and CII: Advancing Civilization." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 143, no. 12 (December 2017): 02517012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001375.
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Zhao, Liuwei, and Shuai Jin. "Research on the Impact of Ecological Civilization Construction on Environmental Pollution Control in China—Based on Differential Game Theory." Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2021 (March 4, 2021): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5552069.
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With environmental pollution problems becoming more and more serious, administrators need to change their original system of performance achievement evaluation and build a new performance achievement view of ecological civilization. Based on the view of achievement evaluation of ecological civilization, this research develops a continuous-time differential game of environmental pollution control between local government and enterprises by taking into consideration dynamic change in pollutants in the environment into account. By analyzing the equilibrium solution of the game, the role of the assessment mechanism of ecological civilization is explored, and countermeasures are proposed to provide a scientific basis for improving the assessment mechanism of ecological civilization in China’s environmental pollution control. The results have shown that enterprises’ equilibrium pollutants output is negatively correlated to Ecological Civilization Index. Instead, the government’s efforts to curb pollutions are positively correlated to the environmental review. With th`at, lowering enterprises’ cost of production and pollution reduction alongside imposing more severe punishment would help improve pollution management. Setting up reasonable reward-punishment system would improve local governments’ pollution management. Elsewhere, the research employs the method of numerical simulation to testify the relationship among the importance of environmental review, enterprises’ pollutant output, and government’s efforts to manage pollutions. Finally, the research also suggests necessary measures to solve environmental pollutions and introduces a numerical simulation analysis.
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Mays, L. W., D. Koutsoyiannis, and A. N. Angelakis. "A brief history of urban water supply in antiquity." Water Supply 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2007): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2007.001.
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A brief history of ancient water supply techniques for urban areas from the earliest civilizations through the Roman times is presented. Throughout the history of urban centers, a sufficient water supply has been the backbone of each city. All sources of water, rivers, lakes, springs, underground sources, and rainwater collection, were exploited for urban supply starting from the earliest civilizations. The specific choice was dependent upon the civilization, the geomorphology, the topography, and the local climatic and hydrological conditions. No large-scale lifting techniques were available; thus, water was transferred from the source by aqueducts from a higher altitude. Cisterns used for collection of rain water and wells for drawing groundwater were very well developed since the Bronze Age. During historical times, Greeks and later Romans reached a high level of water supply technologies that greatly influenced modern achievements in water engineering and management.
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Fu, Hanxiu, Yong Liu, Yuanfang Chen, Jian Hu, Ying Zhang, and Qingfang Hu. "Study on the Construction Mode of Water Ecological Civilization in Coastal Cities——Taking Shenzhen as an Example." MATEC Web of Conferences 246 (2018): 02034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201824602034.
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Based on the present situation of water ecological civilization construction in Shenzhen, the paper summarizes the path of water ecological civilization construction with Shenzhen characteristics. That is to say, the construction is around the development vision of “river and sea are calm and peaceful, green mountains and clear water, modern livable, beautiful Pengcheng”, to create the eight major systems of water safety, water environment, water ecology, water conservation, water management, water landscape, water economy and water culture according to local conditions on the basis of the spatial layout of “nine basins and four sections, three bays and two belts, five-point and dual-core”. This construction mode provides an important reference for promoting the governance of Shenzhen water problems under the guidance of the concept of ecological civilization and provides a model reference for the construction of water ecological civilization in coastal cities[1,2,6].
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Simon, Kornél. "Civilization stress, cardiovascular risk, evidence based medicine, guideline." Orvosi Hetilap 150, no. 19 (May 2009): 895–902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/oh.2009.28611.
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Cardiovascular diseases have the pole-position on the list of morbidity and mortality statistics. Despite the great advances have been made in management of cardiovascular diseases, prevalence of these disorders increases worldwide, and even younger and younger ages are threatened. This phenomenon is strongly related to obesity and type 2 diabetes pandemic, which shows an unequivocal association with expansion of modernized life-style. The pathomechanism proposed to have central role is the chronic stress induced by civilized life-conduct. The authors criticizes the everyday practice suggested for management of cardiovascular diseases, focusing on normalization of cardiovascular risk factors, instead of fighting against the primary cause ie. chronic stress. There is growing evidence, that achieving the target values defined in guide-lines will not necessarily result in improvement of patient related clinical outcomes. The statistical approach generally practiced in randomized clinical trials is primarily striving for the drug-sale, instead of discovering novel pathophysiological relations. Pharmaceutical industry having decisive role in research and patient-care is mainly interested in profit-sharing, therefore patients’ interest can not be optimally realized, and costs are unnecessarily augmented. Separation of patient-, and business-oriented medical care is an ethical question of fundamental importance.
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Brewer, Jeffrey L. "HOUSEHOLDERS AS WATER MANAGERS: A COMPARISON OF DOMESTIC-SCALE WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FROM TWO CENTRAL MAYA LOWLAND SITES." Ancient Mesoamerica 29, no. 1 (2018): 197–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956536117000244.
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AbstractMultiple studies conducted over the past few decades have recognized the necessity of rainwater collection and storage as a critical aspect in the evolution of Maya civilization. Few of these efforts, however, have emphasized the importance of managing water resources at the household level. Data are presented from two central lowland sites—the dispersed hinterland community of Medicinal Trail and the urban center of Yaxnohcah—that elucidate the function of small reservoirs and associated landscape modifications in residential water management. Despite differing physical geographies and trajectories of urban development, residents of both communities were clearly engaged in water management activities based, at least in part, on the creation and use of small reservoirs. Decentralized household water management practices appear to have been temporally and spatially widespread components of Maya civilization beginning in the Preclassic period.
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Gorokhovich, Yuri, Larry Mays, and Lee Ullmann. "A survey of ancient Minoan water technologies." Water Supply 11, no. 4 (September 1, 2011): 388–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2011.072.
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A survey is presented of water technologies used by the ancient Minoan civilization during the Bronze Age. This survey considers eleven Minoan settlements on the eastern part of Crete and is based upon a field assessment of the water technologies. While water systems had a monumental role in the life of the Minoans there has been little understanding of these ancient systems. Partially this can be explained by the multiple levels of modifications to the original structures since the demise of the Minoan civilization. In addition, post-excavation activities on archaeological sites obscure and mask features of the ancient structures making it difficult to discern their original purposes. Today, Minoan water technologies can serve as models for sustainable water management and adaptation to climatic fluctuations. Our present day practice of designing water systems in many developed parts of the world has forgotten the more sustainable practices, based upon traditional knowledge, such as rainfall water harvesting, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. In many developing parts of the world people overlook the technologies and know how that was used thousands of years ago by ancient civilizations, such as the Minoans. How do we overcome these modern day shortcomings and strive for water resources sustainability? Possibly one way is to study the past.
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Bryson, Reid A. "Civilization and Rapid Climatic Change." Environmental Conservation 15, no. 1 (1988): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s037689290002840x.
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Research over the past century has shown that the rates and magnitudes of climatic change constitute a continuum. Changes have now been identified in the climatic record that range in duration from interannual through decades and centuries to the multi-millennial time-scale. Examples range from the drought years of the 1930 and 1970 decades to the ponderous comings and goings of the ice-ages. More recently it has become clear that some changes can be quite rapid. In recent decades great progress has been made in identifying the causes of climatic variation.The present understanding of the causes of climatic change emphasizes continental drift (or ‘plate tectonics’) at the million-years' scale, with pulses of plate movement producing significant bursts of volcanic activity that may act on the millennial or century scale. At the multi-millennial scale there is growing agreement that the variations in irradiance of the Earth, resulting from slow changes in the Sun-Earth geometry (the so-called Milankovitch variations), exercise the operative control on the timing of ice-ages and interglacials. At the decadal and interannual scales there is less agreement; but there is at least a body of research which suggests that significant volcanic activity is a contributing factor. There is considerable agreement—but little direct evidence—that anthropogenic causes such as increased carbon dioxide and other Man-made or-enhanced trace gases in the atmosphere, will be important in the coming decades.Cultural responses might be expected to differ across this continuum. To assess the expected response to a climatic variation, one must know at least the shape of the response surface.There is probably a critical threshold combination of climatic change magnitude and duration. Human cultures seem to be adapted to frequently-occurring short ‘aberrations’ from the expected climate. Some evidence indicates, on the other hand, that relatively small changes of climates (of the order of a century in duration) have been associated over the past 8,000 years with cultural changes that proved large enough to lead to different names being assigned in perhaps half of the cultural termini identified. A climate model which includes the effect of volcanic aerosols, suggests that most of the climatic changes associated with these globally synchronous cultural termini are related to peaks of volcanic activity. Some apparently catastrophic events have been recognized in this connection.There remains the problem of assessing, in realistic terms, the impact of large-magnitude climatic variations on modern human societies. Of particular concern is the effect of climatic events associated with very large-scale short-term insertions of aerosols into the atmosphere. It is likely that non-equilibrium models of the atmosphere, with specified sea-surface temperatures, would give realistic results if refined to the degree that they could replicate events of lesser magnitude which have occurred in the past century. At present there appear to be no models in which the formulation of the radiative effect of aerosols or gases gives a good match with observed radiative effects. It seems that much more research, including field experiments, will be needed if science is to supply reliable advice to society on the nature of coming climatic changes.
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Yasuda, Yoshinori. "Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management for the Future Civilization." Material Cycles and Waste Management Research 27, no. 5 (September 30, 2016): 317–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/mcwmr.27.317.
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Tehranian *, Majid. "Civilization: a pathway to peace?" Globalizations 1, no. 1 (September 2004): 82–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1474773042000252174.
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Hu, Yu. "Evaluation of Ecological Civilization Construction of Water System." Advanced Materials Research 933 (May 2014): 959–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.933.959.
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Water Environment Comprehensive Assessment System is a comprehensive system of water environment impact related to a variety of factors, including water and other natural attributes, and human social and economic activities and other social attributes of the water environment giant system merits of a scientific evaluation system, which for the water environment pollution prevention and scientific management decision-making basis. This paper presents the evaluation of water environment system engineering methods, the method takes into account the water environment facilities and managerial factors, etc., may reflect the situation of water environment of the objective entity.
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Goerner, S. J. "Integral science: rethinking civilization using the learning universe lens." Systems Research and Behavioral Science 20, no. 4 (November 28, 2002): 339–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.509.
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Wang, Xiaotian, and Xingpeng Chen. "An Evaluation Index System of China’s Development Level of Ecological Civilization." Sustainability 11, no. 8 (April 16, 2019): 2270. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11082270.
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Ecological civilization, a word with distinctively Chinese characteristics, will be the key strategy to address a series of problems in China’s economic transformation in the future. This study elaborated the concept and connotation of an ecological civilization from both narrow and broad perspectives, and established an evaluation index system with 26 specific indicators. These indicators were based on concepts to evaluate the development level of ecological civilization in mainland China and its 31 provinces (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan), autonomous regions, and municipalities from 2004 to 2016. The results reveal that China has achieved a transition in the development level of ecological civilization from low to intermediate as a whole, however, even rapid economic growth at the expense of the ecological environment cannot enable China to get rid of the fact that its social and economic development is lagging behind developed countries and regions. China and its various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities should gradually reduce their own deficiencies in the process of ecological civilization construction, under the premise of maintaining their own advantages, so as to achieve sustainable development and accelerate the construction of an ecological civilization.
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Ahmed, Abdelkader T., Fatma El Gohary, Vasileios A. Tzanakakis, and Andreas N. Angelakis. "Egyptian and Greek Water Cultures and Hydro-Technologies in Ancient Times." Sustainability 12, no. 22 (November 23, 2020): 9760. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12229760.
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Egyptian and Greek ancient civilizations prevailed in eastern Mediterranean since prehistoric times. The Egyptian civilization is thought to have been begun in about 3150 BC until 31 BC. For the ancient Greek civilization, it started in the period of Minoan (ca. 3200 BC) up to the ending of the Hellenistic era. There are various parallels and dissimilarities between both civilizations. They co-existed during a certain timeframe (from ca. 2000 to ca. 146 BC); however, they were in two different geographic areas. Both civilizations were massive traders, subsequently, they deeply influenced the regional civilizations which have developed in that region. Various scientific and technological principles were established by both civilizations through their long histories. Water management was one of these major technologies. Accordingly, they have significantly influenced the ancient world’s hydro-technologies. In this review, a comparison of water culture issues and hydro-structures was adopted through the extended history of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The specific objectives of the work are to study the parallel historical cultures and hydro-technologies, assessing similarities and differences, and to analyze their progress since primitive times. The tools adopted for the research include visits to historical aeras and museums, comments, consultations, correlation and exhibitions available in the cyberspace. Review results herein showed that dams and canals were constructed in ancient Egypt to manage the flood of the Nile river and develop irrigation systems from ca. 6000 BC. In the second millennium BC, Minoans managed the flow of the streams via two dams, to protect arable land from destruction after intense rainfall and to irrigate their farms. Additional results showed that ancient Egyptians and Greeks invented many devices for lifting water for plant irrigation such as the shadouf, sakia and tympanum and pumps, of which some were already in use in Mesopotamia for irrigating small plots. The ancient Egyptians were the first who discovered the principle and the basis of coagulation (after ca. 1500 BC). They used the alum for accelerating the settlement of the particles. Additionally, the ancient Greeks developed several advanced water treatment technologies since the prehistoric times. To sum up, the study captured many similarities between two civilizations in water technologies. In addition, it confirmed the sustainability and durability of several of those hydro-technologies since they are still in use up to now in many places.
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Yahaya, Mahayudin Hj. "ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH LEARNING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 5, no. 7 (July 31, 2017): 315–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i7.2017.2138.
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This study examined the term of `Umran made by Ibn Khaldun in the 14th Century A.D. with the aim to compare with other terms, notably civilization and urbanization practiced by modern society in the context of development and management. The objective of the study is to identify the triangular theory of universal prosperity (ToUP/`Umran/) to be implemented according to the current situation and circumstances in line with the demands of Shari`a Law in Negara Brunei Darussalam. Among the focus of the study is the definition of ToUP, its resource, principles and ultimate goals for the welfare of human beings and universal prosperity. The study concludes that the Theory of Universal Prosperity is the base of the tree of all the problems that affect every aspect of human life whether in culture or civilization.
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Angelakis, A. N. "Urban waste- and stormwater management in Greece: past, present and future." Water Supply 17, no. 5 (March 22, 2017): 1386–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2017.042.
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Urban wastewater and storm management has a long history which coincides with the appearance of the first organized human settlements (ca. 3500 BC). It began in prehistoric Crete during the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3200 BC) when many remarkable developments occurred in several stages known as Minoan civilization. One of its salient characteristics was the architecture and function of its hydraulic works and especially the drainage and sewerage systems and other sanitary infrastructures in the Minoan palaces and other settlements. These technologies, although they do not give a complete picture of wastewater and stormwater technologies in ancient Greece, indicate that such technologies have been used in Greece since the Minoan times. Minoan sanitary technologies were transferred to the Greek mainland in the subsequent phases of Greek civilization, i.e. in the Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and present times. The scope of this article is the presentation and discussion of the evolution of waste- and stormwater management through the long history of Greece, focusing on the hydraulic characteristics of sanitary infrastructures. Also, the present and future trends of wastewater and stormwater management are considered. Practices achieved in prehistoric Greece may have some relevance for wastewater engineering even in modern times.
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Li, Wei, and Xin Long Li. "Study on Governmental Ecological Protection - Based on the Ecological Responsibility Auditing Perspective." Advanced Materials Research 962-965 (June 2014): 2137–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.962-965.2137.
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After the Eighteenth CPC National Congress, the Ecological Civilization Construction has been promoted to unprecedented height, the government is mostly responsible in the process of Ecological Civilization Construction. On the circumstance of governmental performance appraisal, the auditing of governmental ecological responsibility is particularly important. This paper gave a definition to the meaning and nature, and regarded it as a kind of management innovation tool. And on this basis this paper discussed the theoretical frame on governmental ecological responsibility auditing and the suggestions of promoting the government ecological responsibility carried out.
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Khatamova, Rano. "TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS OF WATER CIVILIZATION ARE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UZBEKISTAN." JOURNAL OF LOOK TO THE PAST 4, no. 2 (February 28, 2021): 79–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.26739/2181-9599-2021-2-10.
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The article describes the water civilization in Uzbekistan and its role in the development of the country. An innovative approach to water resources was mentioned, which is now a global issue.One of the most important aspects of the life of our rapidly developing country today is the training of mature irrigators with modern thinking based on the capabilities of the water civilization, the high culture of our people in the use and protection of water, the combination of traditional management methods with universal values. it is not in vain that special attention is paid. In this regard, the achievement of deep knowledge and high talent, especially for young irrigators, a clear definition of current tasks related to the issues of their spirituality and enlightenment, becomes one of the most important life needs.Index Terms: irrigation, civilization, Avesto, innovation, education for sustainable developmen
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Li, Ming Chang, and Ying Jie Zhao. "Trend Analysis of Marine Ecology with Nearshore Reclamation for Ecological Civilization." Advanced Materials Research 955-959 (June 2014): 1414–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.955-959.1414.
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The amount and diversity of phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos are very essential indexes for the marine ecology. These indexes are meaningful guidance for the regional management, sustainable development and ecological civilization. In this paper, the trend of marine ecology is researched for guiding and improve the environmental impact assessment and management in the Caofeidian marine district, Tangshan Bay. The amount and diversity of phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos are analyzed by five years’ field data. The research results show that the marine reclamation has influence on the marine ecology.
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Bieńkowska, Jolanta, and Czesław Sikorski. "Changing the philosophy of organization management in the times of e-economy." Management 21, no. 2 (December 1, 2017): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/manment-2017-0001.
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SummaryThe paper highlights the fundamental changes in the way of thinking in science and the management practice caused by the transition from the era of industrial civilization to the information civilization. These include the change in the subject of management, i.e. the transition from the management of the organization to the management of joint projects; from the requirement of flexibility from own resources to the ability to use external resources and the departure from the methodological rationality of a decision to the material rationality.The change of management philosophy is particularly evident in the electronic market which sets a new and interesting research area, due to its cognitive appeal resulting from different conditions in comparison to the traditional market, and due to the high dynamics of development.The article is theoretical and its purpose is cognitive. Its subject is a fragment of the author’s concept of the evolution of management in the organizational space. It presents the synthesis of observations on the transformations of the essence of management. To undertake such a research task is motivated by the argument that one of the tasks of management science is to visualize the changes that take place within it, in order to induce the revision of anchored old cognitive patterns inadequate to reality and replace them with new, described by an appropriate conceptual apparatus.
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Rockefeller, Abby A. "Civilization and sludge: Notes on the history of the management of human excreta∗." Capitalism Nature Socialism 9, no. 3 (September 1998): 3–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10455759809358806.
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Nithyanandham Masilamani and Dhanraj Ganapathy. "Herbal remedies in the management of atherosclerosis and hypertension." International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 11, SPL3 (September 18, 2020): 852–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.3036.
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Traditional ethnomedicine, characterized as culmination of traditional systems of medicine adopted by different ethnic groups, areas antique as cultural civilization. Nature helps in discovering new medicines that can contribute to the treatment of illnesses. While herbs are commonly used both in traditional and modern medicine. Traditional Medical care has traditionally depended on biological resources as medicines. Their impressive restorative capabilities, herbal treatments are incorporated with evidence-based medicines for the prevention and management for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). These pretty efficient compounds are the key components of cardiovascular disorder medications.