Sustainable development opportunities in small island nations: A case study of the Cook Islands

2020 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 123045
Author(s):  
Elijah Tyedmers ◽  
Arunima Malik ◽  
Jacob Fry ◽  
Arne Geschke ◽  
Moslem Yousefzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Cook Islands

Transnational Advocacy and the Politics of Sustainable Development in a Small Island Developing State: An Uncertain Future for the Grenada Dove

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-261
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Transnational Advocacy ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
Domestic Level

This article presents a qualitative case study of a transnational activist network (TAN) to protect the endangered Grenada Dove that achieved measurable success in the 1990s and then reformed in the 2000s when a planned resort complex and new law allowing the privatization of public lands renewed threats to the dove habitat. Unlike many of the success stories of TAN influence, this case questions the long-term efficacy of TANs engaged in political contestation over biodiversity conservation in small, economically dependent democracies. Findings suggest that when TANs participate directly in political contestation over national development policy, they do amplify the voices of local activists but lose influence and cohesion when engaged in domestic-level political contestation against alliances of elected officials and transnational corporations, especially when powerful and popular politicians, responding to exogenous economic shocks, link their “sustainable” development priorities to foreign direct investment and competitiveness in global markets.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

LAND PLANNING AS A SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF SLOVAK RURAL REGION

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Klauco ◽  
Bohuslava Gregorova ◽  
Peter Koleda ◽  
Ugljesa Stankov ◽  
Vladimir Markovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Land Planning ◽  
Rural Region
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