Sustainable Development Plans and Strategies
Sustainable development is a process of changes in which the use of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs.
–WCED 1987
Sustainable development requires a fundamental change in the decision-making process at the individual, corporate, and government levels. Presently development is gauged predominantly by its economic impact without taking into consideration its social or environmental impact. Sustainable development requires that economic, social, and environmental issues be factored into the decision making process. It provides a comprehensive integrated planning approach, which takes future generations and their needs into consideration. From changing consumption patterns, protecting human health, and conserving biological diversity to technology transfer, human capacity building, and developing national sustainable development strategies, every facet of society has an important contribution to make.
MCSDP recognizes that each country and community in the Mediterranean Basin has a unique political, social, economic, historical, and cultural identity. Within these parameters we assist clients and stakeholders to formulate policies and develop action plans that recognize the relationship between prosperity, environment, and fairness, while promoting best practices for sustainable development at the national and local levels.
Areas of Intervention
- Formulation of Sustainable Development Strategies and Action Plans
- Identification and Use of Sustainable Development Practices
- Public Awareness and Environmental Practices
- Knowledge Networking for Sustainable Development
- Participation and Public Consultation
- Sustainable Cities Program Design
- Localizing Sustainable Development/Local Agenda 21
- Land Use Planning
- Integrated Water Resources and Coastal Zone Management
- Sustainable Tourism Policy
- Urban Ecology and Sustainable Communities
- Integrated Urban Management
- Urban Rehabilitation and Shelter Upgrading
- Renewable Energy
- Resource Mobilization and Investment Programs
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