Part II-Environmental Policies and Practices-An Examination on Evolution of Sustainability in the Context of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals: Turkey Case

Gültekin A. B., Dikmen Ç. B., Erciyes A. H., Örgü D.

in: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Editor Seyhan Fırat , Corresponding Editor John Kinuthia, Editor Abid Abu-Tair, Editor, Springer, London/Berlin , Alabama, pp.252-271, 2017

  • Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Vocational Book
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Publisher: Springer, London/Berlin 
  • City: Alabama
  • Page Numbers: pp.252-271
  • Editors: Editor Seyhan Fırat , Corresponding Editor John Kinuthia, Editor Abid Abu-Tair, Editor
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study focuses on international summits which have defined the

framework of sustainability, and which have played an important role in the

emergence and development of the concepts, sustainability and sustainable

development in the recent past. The paper concentrates on the effects of international

summits between the United Nations Conference on the Human

Environment (1972) and HABITAT III (2016) (Quito), which can be defined as

milestones. Furthermore it explores the developments in Turkey with respect to

the selected indicators for sustainable development goals and the process of

achieving such goals that are identified in a global scale in the 2015 United

Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Summit.