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The development of gated communities within the urban realm in Ghana has become a major concern for urban planning and governance. As an aspect of the broader urban system, gated communities have a preponderant effect on the urban fabric and the achievement of urban resilience. Under the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) particularly Goal 11, resilience has become the preoccupation of urban planning and governance. Also, there is the realization that resilient communities are building blocks of a resilient and sustainable city. The paper argues that despite the increase in scholarship on gated communities in Ghana, no attempt has been made to relate the development of gated communities to urban resilience in spatial and temporal scales. Therefore, using systematic review methodology, the paper assessed the gated communities and urban resilience nexus in the rapidly urbanizing city of Accra, Ghana. The results revealed a dichotomous stance which portrays gated communities as both drawbacks (fragments) and promoters (fractals) of urban resilience. The paper further proffers policy recommendations and highlights empirical gaps pertaining to the gated community and urban resilience discourse in Ghana.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also called the 2030 Agenda, introduce a new development agenda focused on long-term articulated solutions. The agenda has adopted an inclusive and transversal project, which considers girls and women as essential to achieve sustainable development. Amongst their 17 goals, SDG 5 addresses gender equality and female empowerment. This paper emphasises SDG 5 and, more specifically, the 5.5 goal, which concerns female participation in political and leadership spheres. This research aims to indicate the female empowerment advances through the initial mapping of initiatives related to female representation in power spheres underway in South America. The methodology includes documentary and bibliographic research, supported by empirical data. The paper is structured into five sections: a historical review about development agendas, feminisms critical approaches, strategies to subvert gender inequalities in politics, other gender-sensitive public policies, and analysis of SDG 5 advances. The results point out gender is far away from parity, despite recent slight advances in South America. In addition, the increase of women in politics is seen as primordial to achieve gender equality.

Food security is a significant global concern as a result of the burden that the fast-expanding global population has placed on finite resources, such as arable land for farming. Additionally, the hunt for more nutritious food alternatives has been prompted by a growing understanding of health, nutrition, and diet. Seaweeds are simple-to-grow aquatic plants that are underused for food and medicine. Recent studies have focused on gaining access to and using these readily available natural resources for nutrition and medicinal objectives. This review systematically evaluated trends of recent research on seaweed, for therapeutic possibilities and product development. After examining several documents, this analysis discovered that seaweeds are incredibly beneficial algae for both nutrition and medicine, and may be further explored in innovative food products, in meeting the increasing global need for food.

Tourism extensively exploits natural resources and uses ecosystem services to expand its potential and increase market share. The present study investigates potential tourism's effects and causalities on the environmental quality levels in the context of the tourism-induced Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis (T-EKC). We conceptualize tourism as a function of its contribution to a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), whereas we consider capital investment spending directly connected with the travel and tourism sector as an additional determinant of environmental quality. We contextualize environmental degradation as a means of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), methane, and nitrous oxide emissions. Furthermore, our models include primary and energy consumption patterns to emphasize energy efficiency in limiting environmental degradation levels. This study's approach also discusses the role of renewables as an explanatory variable. This set of variables remains less visible in the relevant literature, whereas it extensively covers the T-EKC hypothesis concept. We process panel data analyses for the Eurozone member states from 1996 to 2019. Research findings confirm the inverted U-shaped curve for all models regarding tourism's contribution to GDP. Moreover, capital investment spending does not Granger cause air pollution. Additionally, the percentage of renewables should be increased from a long-term perspective since they decrease environmental degradation. Practical implications call for enhancing sustainable growth in the tourism system in light of energy efficiency issues and eco-friendly investments.

As gender equality is the basis for realizing social–environmental–economic sustainability, inequality in gender can significantly hamper economic productivity and negatively affect individuals’ lives. This study examines the desired attitudes towards gender norms that can be used to improve gender inequality in a developing country for sustainable development. A survey was conducted with 230 adults from middle-income households in Lahore, Pakistan. A paired sample t-test was used to determine the difference between the desired role allocation for men and women and gender stereotypes. The results revealed that participants believed in the traditional private/public division of gender roles. However, the inclination towards gender equality in daily activities in the public domain, such as shopping and meeting friends and certain professions (e.g., white-collar jobs), encourages empowerment-based intervention. To enhance gender equality in Pakistan and similar societies, people must know they are not alone in thinking and prioritizing gender equality in everyday roles and professions. Acknowledging that ‘others’ in society are also willing to forego traditional patriarchal trends may promote action toward the desired perception.

The extractive sector is positioned as one of the most polluting activities, contributing considerably to the environmental liabilities (EL) generation, especially in countries with a significant dependence on mining resources exploitation, such as Latin America. Colombia represents a good approximation to this scenario, mainly due to the convergence between high biodiversity and mineral deposits (first producer of emeralds worldwide, and first and second in coal and gold for Latin America). In Colombia, the economic valuation and the classification of EL have been proposed as tools to manage Els. However, a process of valuation and classification that includes a pluralistic approach is essential to obtain a better understanding of the implications of the EL in the territories, and with it, the validation of the management mechanisms. A case study of environmental liabilities for coal mining is shown, through which the sufficiency and assertiveness of the classification and economic valuation of liabilities developed by Rodríguez-Zapata and Ruiz-Agudelo (2021) is analyzed. The evaluated EL typologies were considered as an adequate tool to support the operationalization of EL focused on its management, however, due to the null capacity to detect the mismatch between a legal/administrative declaration of remediation of damages and a real remediation, this is considered insufficient to prioritize the degree of EL management and with this its urgency for intervention. In relation to the revision to the economic valuation, the reported amount of US$ 2.4 billion seems to be underestimating the costs of the ELs, mainly due to the magnitude of the human and natural communities on which each of these falls.

A case of the rapid propensity of urbanization leading to skewed dynamics of metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA) and its extent of complementarities with the socio-economic and socio-cultural well-being of the communities. Analyses of the dynamics and complementarities offer researchers a range of innovative opportunities to explore metropolitan livability variations. Presently, policymakers are more concerned about earmarking and augmenting livability as a basic yardstick for metropolitan management and decision-making. This yardstick shapes the settings of MUA loosely or compactly, forming a metropolis. The paper explores the dimensions of livability variations within a MUA based on an objective-subjective approach. The initial part of the paper explores the livability variations within an MUA based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Later, it validates the existing rural-urban dichotomy based on subjective attainments. The amalgamation of the objective-subjective approach will encourage future researchers to explore the livability variations and their potential within any MUAs globally.

Since gaining independence in 1957, Ghana has significantly increased its economic ties with the global community through trade liberalization policies. However, this integration has profoundly affected the environment, particularly in utilizing natural resources, and has subsequently impacted sustainable development. This study examines the relationship between trade, environmental considerations, and sustainable development within the Ghanaian context. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) error correction estimation technique, we found that trade positively impacts sustainable development in Ghana despite causing adverse environmental effects. This suggests that economic gains are prioritized over environmental preservation, indicating weak sustainability. However, sustainable development requires a balance between economic, social, and environmental factors, and a shift towards strong sustainability may be necessary for long-term sustainability. Therefore, pivotal policy interventions are warranted to navigate the path toward strong sustainability. Mechanisms that ensure the judicious pricing of Ghana's forest and natural resources are necessary to optimize resource exploitation while mitigating negative externalities. Ghana can promote inclusive and sustainable development by establishing a delicate balance between economic expansion and environmental stewardship.

Improved and environmentally friendly agricultural waste management technology is needed to improve the environment and avoid some health issues as a result of poor waste management. Yet, its adoption is low and there is little documented work on the subject matter, especially in Nigeria. Therefore, this study assessed cassava processors’ willingness to adopt improved cassava waste management technology in Nigeria. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze data collected from 240 cassava processors using a structured questionnaire. The current cassava waste management practices among the processors were disposing of the solid waste through open dumping around the processing site, letting liquid waste run off and dry on the ground, channelling liquid waste to the drainage system, burning waste and disposing of waste on the farm. These methods caused insects and pests to breed and bad odor in the area, which resulted in an unhealthy environment and affected people's health. Awareness of biogas technology for cassava waste management was very low (21.25%) among the processors and only 10.83% were aware of its benefits. However, 74.17% were willing to adopt biogas technology to manage waste after the creation of awareness about biogas technology. The significant factors responsible for their intention to adopt improved technology were awareness of biogas technology, awareness of the benefits of biogas technology, age, experience, extension services, access to credit, and membership in an association. This study advocates the creation of awareness about modern improved waste management by institutions, and agricultural extension to have a healthy environment.

Despite the recognized role of wetlands in providing ecological benefits for human wellbeing, ∼70% of global wetland ecosystems have been destroyed since the 1990s. Further intensive studies revealed that 3.4 million km² of natural wetland has declined since 1700. In particular, wetland habitats in the world's megacities have been replaced unsustainably by faster economic, urban, and population growth, and have received less attention in research and policy. However, wetlands degradation in the megacities of developing countries is not quantified and the trends of Land Surface Temperature (LST) are not well understood. Therefore, we are making our first attempt to unravel the historical and future spatiotemporal dynamics of wetlands and the trends of LST in the megacity of Dhaka. The results show that Dhaka lost ∼69% of wetlands and LST has increased between 3.44°C and 9.35°C from 1990 to 2020. An environmental Kuznets curve analysis implies that the point has not yet been reached for wetlands when economic development feeds back to the sustainability of the environment. This assumption coincides with our model-based prediction, as respectively ∼74% and ∼90% of wetlands area of Dhaka city will be decreased by 2050 in Business as Usual (BAU) and development scenarios, whereas, ∼66% of wetlands area will be decreased under conservation scenario over the time period of next 30 (2020 to 2050) years. Our findings suggest that it will be incredibly challenging to restore wetlands to their 1990s condition. Efforts to preserve them should be made, as they potentially provide a nature-based alternative for coping with wetland sustainability and climate change.