Pub Date : 2022-09-29DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2125869
S. Senadheera, R. Gregory, J. Rinklebe, Muhammad Farrukh, J. Rhee, Y. Ok
ABSTRACT Investment in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) significantly influences a company’s financial aspects that drive sustainability. This study sample covers the data of 981 articles obtained from the Scopus database spanning over 141 journals from 2001 to 2021 and uses quantitative bibliometric analysis to discover present and future research directions of ESG. This analysis evaluates prolific research elements, such as authors, citations, journals, institutions, countries, regions, possible links between ESG and corporate performance and trends while focusing on the environmental pillar. With the emergence of the term ESG in 2006, the number of publications on this topic has almost doubled every year since 2017. With this exponential increase in the number of publications, the world is expected to give greater consideration to the concept of ESG, including green investing, circular economy, and RE100. This study highlights the key findings during the past decade including the importance of and tendency for ESG investing and revealing the less well-specified metrics of the governance pillar compared to those of the environmental and social pillars.
{"title":"The development of research on environmental, social, and governance (ESG): A bibliometric analysis","authors":"S. Senadheera, R. Gregory, J. Rinklebe, Muhammad Farrukh, J. Rhee, Y. Ok","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2125869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2125869","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Investment in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) significantly influences a company’s financial aspects that drive sustainability. This study sample covers the data of 981 articles obtained from the Scopus database spanning over 141 journals from 2001 to 2021 and uses quantitative bibliometric analysis to discover present and future research directions of ESG. This analysis evaluates prolific research elements, such as authors, citations, journals, institutions, countries, regions, possible links between ESG and corporate performance and trends while focusing on the environmental pillar. With the emergence of the term ESG in 2006, the number of publications on this topic has almost doubled every year since 2017. With this exponential increase in the number of publications, the world is expected to give greater consideration to the concept of ESG, including green investing, circular economy, and RE100. This study highlights the key findings during the past decade including the importance of and tendency for ESG investing and revealing the less well-specified metrics of the governance pillar compared to those of the environmental and social pillars.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73542865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-27DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2125905
Sushita K, Shanmugasundaram N, K. Suriyan, N. R, Kanagaraj Venusamy
ABSTRACT Power system reliability can be improved with the use of energy storage. Energy storage technologies are examined critically, including storage kinds, categorizations, and comparisons. Electrochemical and battery energy storage, thermal and thermochemical energy storage, flywheel energy storage, compressed air energy storage, pumped energy storage, magnetic energy storage, chemical and hydrogen energy storage are all taken into account. The recent research on novel energy storage kinds and its significant achievements and discoveries in energy storage are analyzed. It is the goal of this study to undertake a complete and systematic evaluation of the influence of battery energy storage systems (BESS) on power systems and microgrids. Peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and the start of 2021 provides the basis of the SLR (Systematic Literature Review). Due to inadequate wind or sunlight, renewable energy sources (RESs) like wind and solar are regularly subjected to swings. Energy storage technologies (ESTs) help to solve the issue by storing extra energy and making it available when it’s needed. Despite the fact that there are several EST investigations, the literature is fragmented and out of date. The comparison of EST features and applications is very brief. The purpose of this article is to fill that void. It identifies major ESTs and offers an updated overview of the literature on ESTs and their potential use in the renewable energy industry, based on a set of criteria. The critical analysis reveals that Li-ion batteries have a high potential applicability in the utility grid integration sector and are BESS suited to alleviate RES volatility. However, Li-ion batteries’ costs must be decreased in order for them to be completely utilized in RES utility grid integration. It has long been shown to improve system dependability and reduce transmission costs by introducing energy storage into power networks. The development of energy storage devices is aided by regulations that promote the use of renewable energy sources rather than fossil fuels. There are also voids in this field of research. To help academics better grasp the dependability implications of energy storage systems and fill in knowledge gaps in the field, this review is available. Reduced emissions and global warming as a result of the increased usage of renewable energy resources In terms of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar PV systems are two of the most common. In contrast, the advantages and downsides of using renewable energy sources are numerous. Renewable energy’s biggest flaw is its inability to generate consistent amounts of power. It is difficult to maintain a balance between generation and demand due to the irregularity of renewable energy sources’ power output and the sudden spikes or dips in demand. Consequently, there will be deviations in grid voltage and frequency, leading to operational difficulties and perhaps jeopardizing grid stability. Batt
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Pub Date : 2022-09-07DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2121206
C. Hopwood
ABSTRACT Research shows that plant-based diets help reduce the impacts of climate change and that people who adopt plant-based diets tend to have more proenvironmental attitudes. However, recent work has highlighted that people can have very different reasons to eat meat or be vegetarian, opening up new opportunities to understand how eating motives intersect with attitudes about the environment. In this study, associations were examined between four motivations to eat meat (natural, necessary, normal, and nice), three motivations to be vegetarian (health, the environment, and animal rights), and seven environmental attitudes (knowledge, connectedness to nature, intrinsic, extrinsic and social motives for sustainable behavior, faith in growth, and biospherism) in a community sample from the US (N = 1,234). Distinct profiles of environmental attitude were found across different motivations to eat meat. Ethical motives to be vegetarian were more strongly related to proenvironmental attitudes than health motives. These results move beyond general associations between meat reduction and proenvironmental attitudes by showing that individual differences in dietary motivations have different implications for how individual think about and interact with the environment. Implications for future research are discussed.
{"title":"Individual differences in eating motives and environmental attitudes","authors":"C. Hopwood","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2121206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2121206","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Research shows that plant-based diets help reduce the impacts of climate change and that people who adopt plant-based diets tend to have more proenvironmental attitudes. However, recent work has highlighted that people can have very different reasons to eat meat or be vegetarian, opening up new opportunities to understand how eating motives intersect with attitudes about the environment. In this study, associations were examined between four motivations to eat meat (natural, necessary, normal, and nice), three motivations to be vegetarian (health, the environment, and animal rights), and seven environmental attitudes (knowledge, connectedness to nature, intrinsic, extrinsic and social motives for sustainable behavior, faith in growth, and biospherism) in a community sample from the US (N = 1,234). Distinct profiles of environmental attitude were found across different motivations to eat meat. Ethical motives to be vegetarian were more strongly related to proenvironmental attitudes than health motives. These results move beyond general associations between meat reduction and proenvironmental attitudes by showing that individual differences in dietary motivations have different implications for how individual think about and interact with the environment. Implications for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91362894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-04DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2113542
Demetrio Miloslavo Bova
ABSTRACT The definitions of sustainability and sustainable development in the literature often appear contrasting and contradictory, raising the need for clarification and standardization. This manuscript introduces a formal vocabulary for sustainability to achieve word and meaning standardization for sustainability researchers and strategists. It formalizes key concepts such as processes, systems, ecosystem, sustainability, development and adaptation by providing an English description and a mathematical formalization. These support a high degree of consistency and applicability for science and explicit the approximations needed to deal with the complexity of the specific context they inquire about. The clarifications also allow the author to conclude distinguishing sustainability, its necessary conditions and related strategies. He shows that sustainability may need exploitation, adaptation, parasitism, or mutualism, which these must not be confused with sustainability itself, and that mutualism entails the most extended longevity.
{"title":"A vocabulary for sustainability","authors":"Demetrio Miloslavo Bova","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2113542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2113542","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The definitions of sustainability and sustainable development in the literature often appear contrasting and contradictory, raising the need for clarification and standardization. This manuscript introduces a formal vocabulary for sustainability to achieve word and meaning standardization for sustainability researchers and strategists. It formalizes key concepts such as processes, systems, ecosystem, sustainability, development and adaptation by providing an English description and a mathematical formalization. These support a high degree of consistency and applicability for science and explicit the approximations needed to deal with the complexity of the specific context they inquire about. The clarifications also allow the author to conclude distinguishing sustainability, its necessary conditions and related strategies. He shows that sustainability may need exploitation, adaptation, parasitism, or mutualism, which these must not be confused with sustainability itself, and that mutualism entails the most extended longevity.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"07 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85977043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-02DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2118654
E. N. Wiah, J. Addor, F. I. Alao
ABSTRACT The global economy seems to be sinking in the ocean of plastic wastes. Plastic circular economy has been prescribed the key panacea with recycling as its key strategy. The issue of sustainable plastic circular economy has so far been the challenge amid the production of virgin plastics. The aim of this study is to assess the sustainability of plastic circular economy with complete dependence on plastic wastes. Sustainability assessment criterion was based on plastic waste generation and recycling transitional probabilities. A closed system is assumed to ensure that no new virgin plastic is produced. Data were obtained from eight research publications on plastic waste management. Sustainability was then assessed under four scenarios; joint force of plastic waste incineration and discarding, plastic waste discarding without incineration, plastic waste incineration without discarding; and complete riddance of plastic waste incineration and discarding. It was revealed that the already cumulated volume of global annual plastic waste generated can sustain plastic circular economy in a closed system only if plastic waste incineration and discarding are completely prohibited. The paper therefore has critical policy implications for waste management, resource conservation and sustainability, industrial ecology, and climatic change.
{"title":"Transitional probabilities for plastic waste management and implication on sustainability","authors":"E. N. Wiah, J. Addor, F. I. Alao","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2118654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2118654","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The global economy seems to be sinking in the ocean of plastic wastes. Plastic circular economy has been prescribed the key panacea with recycling as its key strategy. The issue of sustainable plastic circular economy has so far been the challenge amid the production of virgin plastics. The aim of this study is to assess the sustainability of plastic circular economy with complete dependence on plastic wastes. Sustainability assessment criterion was based on plastic waste generation and recycling transitional probabilities. A closed system is assumed to ensure that no new virgin plastic is produced. Data were obtained from eight research publications on plastic waste management. Sustainability was then assessed under four scenarios; joint force of plastic waste incineration and discarding, plastic waste discarding without incineration, plastic waste incineration without discarding; and complete riddance of plastic waste incineration and discarding. It was revealed that the already cumulated volume of global annual plastic waste generated can sustain plastic circular economy in a closed system only if plastic waste incineration and discarding are completely prohibited. The paper therefore has critical policy implications for waste management, resource conservation and sustainability, industrial ecology, and climatic change.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89836911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2115685
You Siming, C. Sonne, Young‐Kwon Park, Sunil Kumar, K. Lin, Y. Ok, Feng Wang
ABSTRACT Eight to ten percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food loss and waste. Tackling the challenges of food loss and sustainable food waste management is key to fulfilling the Paris Agreement. However, among the Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement, very few countries make references to food loss and waste. In this work, we reviewed the problem of food loss and waste from a global viewpoint and highlighted the opportunities of managing food loss and waste towards carbon mitigation and beyond. The importance of developing a coherent collaboration among all associated stakeholders was implied. Some recent policy developments and the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic are discussed followed by the summarization of potential solutions to tackling the fool loss and waste challenge.
{"title":"Food loss and waste: A carbon footprint too big to be ignored","authors":"You Siming, C. Sonne, Young‐Kwon Park, Sunil Kumar, K. Lin, Y. Ok, Feng Wang","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2115685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2115685","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Eight to ten percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food loss and waste. Tackling the challenges of food loss and sustainable food waste management is key to fulfilling the Paris Agreement. However, among the Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement, very few countries make references to food loss and waste. In this work, we reviewed the problem of food loss and waste from a global viewpoint and highlighted the opportunities of managing food loss and waste towards carbon mitigation and beyond. The importance of developing a coherent collaboration among all associated stakeholders was implied. Some recent policy developments and the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic are discussed followed by the summarization of potential solutions to tackling the fool loss and waste challenge.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90559260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-28DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2093058
Getahun Haile, F. Itanna, Beyene Teklu, G. Agegnehu
ABSTRACT Land use change causes a remarkable change in soil properties. The nature of change depends on multiple factors such as soil type, type and intensity of land use, climate, and the like. It is essential to study and understand how these factors interact and affect soil properties. In this study, we investigated the variation in soil physicochemical properties across five common land use practices, i.e. enset system, farmland, and grazing-land (closed and open), and Eucalyptus woodlots practiced on originally same soil type and comparable topographic and climatic settings. A total of 105 soil samples from three depths of 0–15 cm, 15–30 cm, and 30–45 cm were collected and analyzed for selected soil physicochemical properties. The results showed significant differences between the land uses in soil physical and chemical properties. Enset system had higher pH, available phosphorus (P), exchangeable potassium (K+), soil organic carbon (SOC), and total nitrogen (TN) and their stocks than other land use types. Further, the widely accepted notion of the alleged effects of Eucalyptus tree on soil nutrient composition was not demonstrated in this study except its lower pH of (5.61) and soil moisture contents of (26.14%) than other land use types over 15–20 years old. SOC stocks showed a decreasing trend of enset system (127.36 Mg ha−1) > closed grazing land (108.07 Mg ha−1) > eucalyptus woodlot (92.55 Mg ha−1) > open grazing-land (88.57 Mg ha−1) > cereal farm (76.65 Mg ha−1) at 0–45 cm soil depth, implying the potential of enset system for climate changes mitigation. TN was also measured in the same trend. Overall, some land use systems (e. g. enset agroforestry) improve the soil biophysical and chemical properties, while others such as cereal production degrade the soil. The low input continuous cultivation of cereal farm land coupled with its poor soil conservation measures in the area could be the major factors for the depletion of soil nutrient in cereal farming. Hence, future soil management strategies should be focused on mitigating the continuous loss of soil nutrients from the dominantly practiced cereal cropping system through the retention of crop residues, practice of crop rotation and scaling-up agro-forestry practice.
{"title":"Variation in soil properties under different land use types managed by smallholder farmers in central Ethiopia","authors":"Getahun Haile, F. Itanna, Beyene Teklu, G. Agegnehu","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2093058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2093058","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Land use change causes a remarkable change in soil properties. The nature of change depends on multiple factors such as soil type, type and intensity of land use, climate, and the like. It is essential to study and understand how these factors interact and affect soil properties. In this study, we investigated the variation in soil physicochemical properties across five common land use practices, i.e. enset system, farmland, and grazing-land (closed and open), and Eucalyptus woodlots practiced on originally same soil type and comparable topographic and climatic settings. A total of 105 soil samples from three depths of 0–15 cm, 15–30 cm, and 30–45 cm were collected and analyzed for selected soil physicochemical properties. The results showed significant differences between the land uses in soil physical and chemical properties. Enset system had higher pH, available phosphorus (P), exchangeable potassium (K+), soil organic carbon (SOC), and total nitrogen (TN) and their stocks than other land use types. Further, the widely accepted notion of the alleged effects of Eucalyptus tree on soil nutrient composition was not demonstrated in this study except its lower pH of (5.61) and soil moisture contents of (26.14%) than other land use types over 15–20 years old. SOC stocks showed a decreasing trend of enset system (127.36 Mg ha−1) > closed grazing land (108.07 Mg ha−1) > eucalyptus woodlot (92.55 Mg ha−1) > open grazing-land (88.57 Mg ha−1) > cereal farm (76.65 Mg ha−1) at 0–45 cm soil depth, implying the potential of enset system for climate changes mitigation. TN was also measured in the same trend. Overall, some land use systems (e. g. enset agroforestry) improve the soil biophysical and chemical properties, while others such as cereal production degrade the soil. The low input continuous cultivation of cereal farm land coupled with its poor soil conservation measures in the area could be the major factors for the depletion of soil nutrient in cereal farming. Hence, future soil management strategies should be focused on mitigating the continuous loss of soil nutrients from the dominantly practiced cereal cropping system through the retention of crop residues, practice of crop rotation and scaling-up agro-forestry practice.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88980487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-24DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2079190
Seona Park, Hyun Suk Kim, Sun-Jin Yun
ABSTRACT Understanding how psychological factors affect individual intentions is essential to designing a better communication campaign that promotes sustainable transport. This empirical study investigates the roles of beliefs and descriptive norms on behavior that would reduce particulate matter (PM2.5). We proposed public bikeshare usage as a way college students could help reduce PM 2.5 and analyzed cognitive factors affecting public bikeshare usage intentions through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The analysis results show that attitude, self-efficacy, and descriptive norms had a significant effect on behavioral intention; among these, descriptive norms had the greatest effect. Beliefs about personal benefits also had a positive effect on attitudes and descriptive norms; in contrast, beliefs about social benefits did not have a significant effect. Based on the findings, we suggest foregrounding the personal benefits and making effective normative appeals to overcome the difficulty of following the practice.
{"title":"Predicting PM2.5 reduction behavior among college students: The role of beliefs and descriptive norms","authors":"Seona Park, Hyun Suk Kim, Sun-Jin Yun","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2079190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2079190","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Understanding how psychological factors affect individual intentions is essential to designing a better communication campaign that promotes sustainable transport. This empirical study investigates the roles of beliefs and descriptive norms on behavior that would reduce particulate matter (PM2.5). We proposed public bikeshare usage as a way college students could help reduce PM 2.5 and analyzed cognitive factors affecting public bikeshare usage intentions through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The analysis results show that attitude, self-efficacy, and descriptive norms had a significant effect on behavioral intention; among these, descriptive norms had the greatest effect. Beliefs about personal benefits also had a positive effect on attitudes and descriptive norms; in contrast, beliefs about social benefits did not have a significant effect. Based on the findings, we suggest foregrounding the personal benefits and making effective normative appeals to overcome the difficulty of following the practice.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"17 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77501843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-18DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2076400
H. Sepehrdoust, Davood Javanmard, Marziyeh Rasuli
ABSTRACT The main objective of the present study is to investigate the determinants of environmental impacts, focusing on the impact of construction and energy consumption on the environment in Iran from 1994 to 2019. The results confirmed the existence of a long-term relationship between the variables of construction, energy consumption, and environmental index. The variables of construction and energy consumption had a positive and significant impact on the country’s environmental index. The estimated coefficient for the variable of housing investment also showed a positive effect on the environmental index. In general, it is concluded that to reduce the negative impact of construction on the environmental index, it is necessary to change the old construction styles and instead apply new construction strategies in favor of lower energy consumption and less CO2 emissions into the environment.
{"title":"Environmental impact of building construction and energy consumption; case study of Iran","authors":"H. Sepehrdoust, Davood Javanmard, Marziyeh Rasuli","doi":"10.1080/27658511.2022.2076400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2022.2076400","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The main objective of the present study is to investigate the determinants of environmental impacts, focusing on the impact of construction and energy consumption on the environment in Iran from 1994 to 2019. The results confirmed the existence of a long-term relationship between the variables of construction, energy consumption, and environmental index. The variables of construction and energy consumption had a positive and significant impact on the country’s environmental index. The estimated coefficient for the variable of housing investment also showed a positive effect on the environmental index. In general, it is concluded that to reduce the negative impact of construction on the environmental index, it is necessary to change the old construction styles and instead apply new construction strategies in favor of lower energy consumption and less CO2 emissions into the environment.","PeriodicalId":29858,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82478138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-05DOI: 10.1080/27658511.2022.2066811
Haile Fentie, G. Sime
ABSTRACT The depletion of bioenergy sources has caused significant deforestation, low agricultural production, and energy crisis. This study evaluates factors associated with biogas technology adoption and the amount of biomass fuels, kerosene, and chemical fertilizer that can be replaced or saved upon adoption by rural households. Questionnaire household survey, key informant interview, focus group discussion and field obervation were used for data collection. Biogas technology adoption reduced the use of firewood, charcoal, dung cake, and kerosene consumption by 58%, 36%, 71%, and 74%, respectively. It also reduced the use of chemical fertilizer by 94% and the combined use of chemical fertilizer and manure by 91%. Adoption turned the majority of households (65.4%) to use a combination of bio-slurry and chemical fertilizer as well. It helped the majority (89.95%) of adopters to construct and connect toilets to biogas operational system. In doing so, the adoption reduced defecation in the field and improved environmental sanitation and human health. It further enabled saving of about 38% of adopters’ time, which otherwise would be expended for firewood and dung collection. It similarly enhanced adopters’ income through decreasing expenses for chemical fertilizer, kerosene, and other fuel sources. Biogas technology has huge potential of replacing traditional fuel sources for domestic consumption, and of reducing the consumption of kerosene and chemical fertilizers as well as of increasing income and decreasing labor for biofuel collection. The adoption of biogas technology could also reduce deforestation rate, improve agricultural production and improve energy supply of rural households.
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