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This book is a joint work with colleagues providing studies of sustainability assessment from research project results within Europe and around the world that can be use for guiding strategies, policies, programmes and projects towards sustaianability. It ranges from innovative tools and methods for sustainability assessment, sustaianability assessment from practices with cases from many regions around the world to emerging current socio- cultural issues that are threats to sustainale development. Contributing are coming from West and East Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America with interesting results. Therefore this book offers in current times joint studies of sustaianability Assessment in many regions in the world, which can be essential for development cooperation to foster sustaianability in activities taking place around the world that are threats to sustaianable development. The book can be very important to decision makers, researchers, local and international organisations, students, government agencies and community members as well.

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currently dependent researcher at BTU Cottbus. Had been a teaching & research assistant at the Dept. of Ecosystems & Environmental Informatics at BTU Cottbus. Has BSc., MSc. & PhD in Environmental & Resource Management and did a professional training as an environmental management commissioner & auditor. He is interested in environmental assessment

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