Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2021.122713
A. Haddach
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2021.10042442
S. Ahmad, R. Kamaruddin, Nur Hikmah Zulhaid
{"title":"Vulnerability of climate change among rubber smallholders: case study in Baling and Padang Terap districts of Kedah, Malaysia","authors":"S. Ahmad, R. Kamaruddin, Nur Hikmah Zulhaid","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2021.10042442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2021.10042442","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66719827","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2021.10042445
J. Rouchier
: This paper describes processes of disqualification in an environmental dispute, and the impact they [can] have. Scientists, benefiting from an aura of neutrality and reason, publicly express their negative personal opinions as relevant constructed knowledge. This has an impact on the public’s level of trust in the scientific inquiry, and can destroy the possibility of doing field work. This is especially the case when the problem under study (here, pollution issues) has strong links with scientific activity, and can generate serious delays in a political process. The disqualification of others being often observed in academics, an institution should be designed to solve such issues with civility.
{"title":"Scientific misconduct as social misconduct","authors":"J. Rouchier","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2021.10042445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2021.10042445","url":null,"abstract":": This paper describes processes of disqualification in an environmental dispute, and the impact they [can] have. Scientists, benefiting from an aura of neutrality and reason, publicly express their negative personal opinions as relevant constructed knowledge. This has an impact on the public’s level of trust in the scientific inquiry, and can destroy the possibility of doing field work. This is especially the case when the problem under study (here, pollution issues) has strong links with scientific activity, and can generate serious delays in a political process. The disqualification of others being often observed in academics, an institution should be designed to solve such issues with civility.","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66719926","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 : 2020-12-18DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034382
S. N. Wahab, Muhammad Iskandar Hamzah, Xiaoqiao Ye, Vrindavaneshwaree Hareeah
This paper aims to provide insight into factors affecting bike-sharing acceptance among Malaysians. Through a quantitative survey, data were collected from 120 commuters residing in the Klang Valley. The findings indicated that safety, comfort, and enjoyment are the decisive determinants of bike-sharing acceptance. Meanwhile, availability and costs have no significant impact. Based on the findings, bicycle distributors and competent authorities in Malaysia should focus on improving the comfort of service, bicycle infrastructure, and network that would support the growth of bicycle usage, especially in urban communities. The theory of routine mode choice decisions served as the underpinning theory to predict bike-sharing acceptance. Since limited studies have been carried out on the Kuala Lumpur public bicycle-sharing program, this study is among the first to contribute on the subject. The current study provides a platform for future empirical bike-sharing studies in Malaysia as a greenhouse-friendly and sustainable transportation mode.
{"title":"Bike-sharing acceptance through the lens of the theory of routine mode choice decisions","authors":"S. N. Wahab, Muhammad Iskandar Hamzah, Xiaoqiao Ye, Vrindavaneshwaree Hareeah","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034382","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to provide insight into factors affecting bike-sharing acceptance among Malaysians. Through a quantitative survey, data were collected from 120 commuters residing in the Klang Valley. The findings indicated that safety, comfort, and enjoyment are the decisive determinants of bike-sharing acceptance. Meanwhile, availability and costs have no significant impact. Based on the findings, bicycle distributors and competent authorities in Malaysia should focus on improving the comfort of service, bicycle infrastructure, and network that would support the growth of bicycle usage, especially in urban communities. The theory of routine mode choice decisions served as the underpinning theory to predict bike-sharing acceptance. Since limited studies have been carried out on the Kuala Lumpur public bicycle-sharing program, this study is among the first to contribute on the subject. The current study provides a platform for future empirical bike-sharing studies in Malaysia as a greenhouse-friendly and sustainable transportation mode.","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43925620","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 : 2020-12-18DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034400
M. Viccaro, B. Rocchi, M. Cozzi, S. Romano
This paper provides an ex-ante assessment of the impact on income distribution of a social card to support poor families in the Basilicata region, Italy, funded by fiscal revenues from oil extraction. The distributive effects of this policy are assessed by combining microeconomic information from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) with a two-region social accounting matrix (SAM). The simulations show that a proper design of the policy could lead to relevant improvement of equity and poverty indicators, contributing to regional sustainability. The analysis has shown that the EU-SILC data sample, combined with a SAM, can be used to support the design of an evidence-based regional development policy.
{"title":"Natural resources exploitation and social sustainability: an ex-ante regional policy simulation using EU-SILC data","authors":"M. Viccaro, B. Rocchi, M. Cozzi, S. Romano","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034400","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an ex-ante assessment of the impact on income distribution of a social card to support poor families in the Basilicata region, Italy, funded by fiscal revenues from oil extraction. The distributive effects of this policy are assessed by combining microeconomic information from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) with a two-region social accounting matrix (SAM). The simulations show that a proper design of the policy could lead to relevant improvement of equity and poverty indicators, contributing to regional sustainability. The analysis has shown that the EU-SILC data sample, combined with a SAM, can be used to support the design of an evidence-based regional development policy.","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47764740","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 : 2020-12-18DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034388
André Melachio Tameko, Laurent Ndjanyou
This paper, through the contingent valuation method and the 'referendum' format, values the preferences of the users of 'Bois Sainte Anastasie' park for a policy of endowment of this environmental non-market good with more amenities. The certainty calibration and the 'consequentialism script' are incorporated to further minimise hypothetical behaviours. Parametric and non-parametric methods are applied to elicit the willingness to pay for the improvement of the park. From the results, the probability that the respondents accept the pre-chosen bid is positively influenced by the income level. The average WTP is USD 0.38 from the parametric model and USD 0.63 from the non-parametric model. 78% of visitors are eager to pay a higher entrance fee if this park is endowed with more amenities. The results reveal high demand for the described change from current users.
{"title":"The willingness to pay for urban parks' amenities: the economic value of 'Bois Sainte Anastasie' in Yaoundé, Cameroon","authors":"André Melachio Tameko, Laurent Ndjanyou","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034388","url":null,"abstract":"This paper, through the contingent valuation method and the 'referendum' format, values the preferences of the users of 'Bois Sainte Anastasie' park for a policy of endowment of this environmental non-market good with more amenities. The certainty calibration and the 'consequentialism script' are incorporated to further minimise hypothetical behaviours. Parametric and non-parametric methods are applied to elicit the willingness to pay for the improvement of the park. From the results, the probability that the respondents accept the pre-chosen bid is positively influenced by the income level. The average WTP is USD 0.38 from the parametric model and USD 0.63 from the non-parametric model. 78% of visitors are eager to pay a higher entrance fee if this park is endowed with more amenities. The results reveal high demand for the described change from current users.","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45944470","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 : 2020-12-18DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034390
V. M. Oliveira, C. P. Gómez, S. É. N. Correia
This article aimed to analyse the roles of governments to promote sustainable consumption in the perception of Brazilian specialists. As methodological procedures, a research was carried out among 40 Brazilian specialists on the topic, using the Policy Delphi to identify the papers' relevance identified in an extensive bibliographic survey of a national and international basis. The results point out the concern of specialists when it comes to issues related to environmental regulation and inspection as being the main aspects associated with structuring. That context being favourable to the sustainability of consumer practices, elements that should be linked to instruments that promote greater consumer awareness, and the use of public procurement as an example of sustainable practices for society. The technique was applied in two rounds, as the research participants maintained, in the second round, the relevance trend attributed to the sustainable consumption promotion papers obtained in the first round.
{"title":"The role of governments in sustainable consumption: the perception of Brazilian experts","authors":"V. M. Oliveira, C. P. Gómez, S. É. N. Correia","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034390","url":null,"abstract":"This article aimed to analyse the roles of governments to promote sustainable consumption in the perception of Brazilian specialists. As methodological procedures, a research was carried out among 40 Brazilian specialists on the topic, using the Policy Delphi to identify the papers' relevance identified in an extensive bibliographic survey of a national and international basis. The results point out the concern of specialists when it comes to issues related to environmental regulation and inspection as being the main aspects associated with structuring. That context being favourable to the sustainability of consumer practices, elements that should be linked to instruments that promote greater consumer awareness, and the use of public procurement as an example of sustainable practices for society. The technique was applied in two rounds, as the research participants maintained, in the second round, the relevance trend attributed to the sustainable consumption promotion papers obtained in the first round.","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44435833","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 : 2020-12-18DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034394
Lucy J. Wishart, J. Bebbington
This paper offers an account of how zero waste governance 'works' in Scotland. Zero waste has been widely adopted by governments as a policy goal; yet, the term remains equivocal. Using Scotland as a case study, this paper investigates how zero waste is understood and pursued as a policy goal within a national context and how socio-political factors shape zero waste governance. Providing the first academic study of waste governance in Scotland, the paper introduces key actors, initiatives and objectives from zero waste policy documents. Using conceptual insights from waste governance research, the paper identifies the importance of boundary organisations, networks, existing institutions, expertise, and stakeholder engagement in shaping the zero waste policy in Scotland. Through these concepts, the paper presents an account of how zero waste governance works in Scotland and offers potential themes to further zero waste governance research.
{"title":"Zero waste governance: a Scottish case study","authors":"Lucy J. Wishart, J. Bebbington","doi":"10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034394","url":null,"abstract":"This paper offers an account of how zero waste governance 'works' in Scotland. Zero waste has been widely adopted by governments as a policy goal; yet, the term remains equivocal. Using Scotland as a case study, this paper investigates how zero waste is understood and pursued as a policy goal within a national context and how socio-political factors shape zero waste governance. Providing the first academic study of waste governance in Scotland, the paper introduces key actors, initiatives and objectives from zero waste policy documents. Using conceptual insights from waste governance research, the paper identifies the importance of boundary organisations, networks, existing institutions, expertise, and stakeholder engagement in shaping the zero waste policy in Scotland. Through these concepts, the paper presents an account of how zero waste governance works in Scotland and offers potential themes to further zero waste governance research.","PeriodicalId":35908,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49659262","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 : 2020-12-18DOI: 10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034408
M. Munasinghe
This perspective article examines the current sustainable development framework in the context of COVID-19, and argues that it is robust enough to face multiple long-term global challenges including pandemics, poverty and climate change. COVID-19 highlights major existing unsustainabilities, including unhealthy interactions between ecological and socio-economic systems, like human encroachments into wildlife habitats that have facilitated coronavirus transmission. Seven preliminary policy-relevant lessons are given to re-prioritise sustainable development issues - protect the environmental base and avoid dangerous feedbacks; find integrated, globally-coordinated, systems-based long-term solutions for multiple problems; empower individuals to act now; focus on social issues; pursue a transformative path to sustainability via balanced inclusive green growth (BIGG); promote sustainable urban habitats and lifestyles by leveraging digital technology; and use better risk analysis and management. The practical and integrated way forward towards BIGG is discussed, in the context of currently unsustainable human activities. Key problems of implementation are outlined, including linkages with UN SDG and 2030 Agenda.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-01Epub Date: 2019-11-07DOI: 10.1037/cou0000399
Dena M Abbott, Debra Mollen, Caitlin Mercier, Elyxcus J Anaya, Victoria A Rukus
Despite a general shift toward secularity, very few people of color in the United States identify as atheist. Further, atheists of color are underrepresented in studies of atheists, and the experiences of atheists of color specifically have, to date, not been captured in the extant scholarship. Addressing this gap in the literature, we interviewed 17 self-identified adult atheists of color, predominantly from Christian backgrounds, residing in the United States using a critical feminist phenomenological approach. Six broad themes emerged from the data: (a) atheist identity development; (b) experiences of discrimination; (c) isolation; (d) violations of cultural expectations; (e) strategic outness; and (f) benefits of atheist identification. Experiences consistent with previous literature and novel and unique experiences specific to atheists of color are reported. Implications for training, practice, and research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
尽管美国人普遍转向世俗化，但只有极少数有色人种认为自己是无神论者。此外，有色人种无神论者在有关无神论者的研究中代表性不足，而有色人种无神论者的具体经历迄今为止尚未在现有的学术研究中得到体现。针对文献中的这一空白，我们采用批判女性主义现象学方法，采访了 17 位自我认同的成年有色人种无神论者，他们主要来自基督教背景，居住在美国。数据中出现了六大主题：（a）无神论者身份发展；（b）歧视经历；（c）孤立；（d）违反文化期望；（e）策略性出走；以及（f）无神论者身份认同的益处。报告了与以往文献一致的经历以及有色人种无神论者特有的新颖独特的经历。讨论了培训、实践和研究的意义。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)。
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