Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2021.121621
Thomas Mc Donagh
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Pub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031904
K. R. Sharma, D. Palit
Decentralised mini-grids can support household electrification needs in remote rural communities in developing countries. Adopting a practice-oriented perspective to research, we describe our experience in implementing a decentralised solar mini-grid project in India over a period of three years. Focusing on processes, we demonstrate how technical design, organisational mandates and project contingencies coevolve with business strategies, user practices, local institutions and ecosystems. Recognising and facilitating coevolution between systems can have important causal impacts on project outcomes. In our case, the project deviates from the original blueprint towards a higher technical design value, service-based tariffs, and greater time and resource investment by the implementing agency. The coevolutionary perspective has been used previously as an analytical tool. We propose here that it can also serve as a practical how-to guide for micro-level projects by alerting implementers to the requirements of greater time, resources and community engagement.
{"title":"A coevolutionary perspective on decentralised electrification: a solar mini-grid project in India","authors":"K. R. Sharma, D. Palit","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031904","url":null,"abstract":"Decentralised mini-grids can support household electrification needs in remote rural communities in developing countries. Adopting a practice-oriented perspective to research, we describe our experience in implementing a decentralised solar mini-grid project in India over a period of three years. Focusing on processes, we demonstrate how technical design, organisational mandates and project contingencies coevolve with business strategies, user practices, local institutions and ecosystems. Recognising and facilitating coevolution between systems can have important causal impacts on project outcomes. In our case, the project deviates from the original blueprint towards a higher technical design value, service-based tariffs, and greater time and resource investment by the implementing agency. The coevolutionary perspective has been used previously as an analytical tool. We propose here that it can also serve as a practical how-to guide for micro-level projects by alerting implementers to the requirements of greater time, resources and community engagement.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42354855","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 : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031896
Jason Lam, Ling Suan Choo, Yit Leng Oh, S. Khor
Previous research on image attributes of river tourism destinations has focused on general image or cognitive attributes, subjective components of image formation, the affective and conative elements, have largely been ignored. We argue that cognitive image may not necessarily induce a positive affective attribute, and hence explored the possible significant relationships by using the tri-component model of destination image in the context of river tourism destinations. A self-administered survey was conducted in the vicinity of Malacca River (Sungai Melaka) and the results for a sample group of 203 international tourists revealed that three cognitive image dimensions, landscape, quay amenities and night attractions, significantly influenced affective and conative images respectively. The findings also determined that the tri-component model was a 'fit' to the study and, thus, contributes to the river tourism destination literature.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031894
Pastaya L. Briggs, S. Azhar, M. Khalfan
Hiring veterans is a valuable way through which the construction industry may overcome the workforce development challenges it faces. In spite of the several initiatives introduced by construction firms alongside the government and other stakeholders to take advantage of veteran talent, little research has been conducted to understand the impact of hiring veterans as workforce in the construction industry. Based on in-depth interviews with five veterans and one individual, all from the construction industry, this study sought to understand the positive impact hiring veterans can have on workforce development in the construction industry as well as the challenges associated with hiring veterans. According to the findings of the study, veterans possess unique skills and abilities that make them ideal for construction jobs: a strong work ethic, teamwork and leadership skills, organisation and the ability to develop action plans, resilience and problem solving skills, and cross-cultural competence.
{"title":"Veteran workforce development: how veterans can make a positive impact on workforce development in the construction industry","authors":"Pastaya L. Briggs, S. Azhar, M. Khalfan","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031894","url":null,"abstract":"Hiring veterans is a valuable way through which the construction industry may overcome the workforce development challenges it faces. In spite of the several initiatives introduced by construction firms alongside the government and other stakeholders to take advantage of veteran talent, little research has been conducted to understand the impact of hiring veterans as workforce in the construction industry. Based on in-depth interviews with five veterans and one individual, all from the construction industry, this study sought to understand the positive impact hiring veterans can have on workforce development in the construction industry as well as the challenges associated with hiring veterans. According to the findings of the study, veterans possess unique skills and abilities that make them ideal for construction jobs: a strong work ethic, teamwork and leadership skills, organisation and the ability to develop action plans, resilience and problem solving skills, and cross-cultural competence.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42100535","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 : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031913
N. Aini, Zhenjiang Shen
This research focuses on the design of trees planting patterns based on CO2 dispersion emitted from transportation in a real 3D environment. This study provides five scenarios based on some element design of trees planting pattern, which is the position of trees planting, avenue-tree layouts, and the spacing of the trees. This research simulates fluid flow, so computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) was used to simulate the spread of CO2. The study area and emission data are according to the actual condition of the road in Surabaya City, Indonesia. The result displayed the CO2 dispersion at an altitude of 1.8 metres as an average of human height and proved that the design influences CO2 dispersion. Pattern B has a design that can disperse CO2 emission better than other patterns. Meanwhile, pattern A is not good enough in dispersing CO2 from transportation, so this design has large areas in poor road-air quality.
{"title":"Design of tree planting pattern: impacting on the road-air quality for pedestrians from CO2 dispersion emitted from transportation","authors":"N. Aini, Zhenjiang Shen","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10031913","url":null,"abstract":"This research focuses on the design of trees planting patterns based on CO2 dispersion emitted from transportation in a real 3D environment. This study provides five scenarios based on some element design of trees planting pattern, which is the position of trees planting, avenue-tree layouts, and the spacing of the trees. This research simulates fluid flow, so computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) was used to simulate the spread of CO2. The study area and emission data are according to the actual condition of the road in Surabaya City, Indonesia. The result displayed the CO2 dispersion at an altitude of 1.8 metres as an average of human height and proved that the design influences CO2 dispersion. Pattern B has a design that can disperse CO2 emission better than other patterns. Meanwhile, pattern A is not good enough in dispersing CO2 from transportation, so this design has large areas in poor road-air quality.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44183990","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 : 2020-06-23DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10030135
Jeffrey Overall
Natural selection theorists suggest that the characteristics that result in the greatest advantage to an organism are retained whilst those that do not, are naturally rejected, overtime. It is argued that organisms are naturally egoistic and programmed to behave in ways that advance their long-term interests. A large body of literature (e.g., Simon, 1955) suggests that individuals have bounded rationality, whereby it is argued that they are incapable of behaving perfectly egoistically. They can, at times, behave irrationally. However, individuals have volition - they can choose whether to behave rationally or otherwise. It is further suggested that when people apply various rational egoistic virtues, they are not only more likely to behave rationally, they are also more successful (Woiceshyn, 2009). Given that rational egoistic behaviours tend to lead to economic success, using natural selection theory, rational egoistic behaviours should become the norm in society, overtime.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-23DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10030133
Yeni Rosilawati, Krisna Mulawarman, N. Sofyan, Enny Mulyantari
The phrase local culture refers accumulated experiences of a community which is then passed on from generation. Local culture exists in all societies, communities and individuals. This paper is conducted specifically in identifying the role of local wisdom as part of local beliefs, as a crucial aspect of local culture in the efforts to conserve and preserve the Ayung River which is the longest river on the island of Bali. The Tri Hita Karana (THK) philosophy firmly held by the Balinese community. It derives from Hindu communities. The THK philosophy refers to the three sources of life. In Sanskrit, tri means 'three', hita means 'prosperity' and karana means 'cause'. In short, this concept teaches that God is one, inseparable entity. This paper adopting a qualitative approach vis a vis case study method, this research uses in-depth interviews with the local community leaders and community members residing all the river bank. It has been found that the THK philosophy serves as the guidelines for the locals and concerned stakeholders to engage together in the efforts to preserve Ayung River.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-23DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10030134
Rajat Chatterjee
As an integral component of achieving sustainable consumption across societies at large, sustainable consumption behaviour has been found to play an important role. Values are an integral component of any behaviour, however, in this respect, not much exploration has been undertaken in the context of sustainable consumption behaviour. Voluntary simplicity is a value-based lifestyle orientation, which emphasises on consumption reduction as a core principle. In the context of value mechanisms, several studies have demonstrated similar attribution characteristics for both the above constructs. However, a comprehensive review of the shared commonality across these two constructs and their intrinsic value to behavioural links has not been undertaken. This study addresses this gap by conducting a value to behaviour mapping exercise of voluntary simplicity values towards sustainable consumption behaviour. The results confirm their relative attribution towards certain traits considered inherent to both the constructs. The review further pinpoints the exact attribution characteristic for each of the VS value dimensions towards this behaviour. This study also contributes to consumption literature by adding a new perspective towards addressing the individual and societal value mechanisms required to adopt sustainable consumption behaviour.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-23DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10030131
A. Koźlak
The sharing economy and smart city concepts have been growing in importance in the research activities worldwide. The main purpose of the article is to explore the interactions and complementarity of these models. This conceptual paper discusses how the sharing economy concept can support progress in achieving the smart city idea. Special attention is paid to the role of shared mobility (i.e., ridesourcing, ridesharing, carsharing and bike-sharing) in developing smart mobility. Shared mobility has the potential to improve the use of assets and contributes to a reduction in the number of passenger cars in congested cities. The methodology of the research includes a literature review and a deductive research method. The research has shown that both these concepts are important for the future of cities to make them more sustainable and provide a high quality of life for residents and visitors. The results of this study can be useful for policy makers, especially at local and regional levels.
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Pub Date : 2020-02-07DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10026773
Sophia Belghiti-mahut, Anne Lafont, Angélique Rodhain, F. Rodhain
The present research explores the role the partner plays in women's motivation for entrepreneurship and how spousal support influences the female entrepreneurship process. A qualitative study, using life-story methodology, was conducted with 29 French women entrepreneurs. It was found that women perceived the partner's support as explicit, implicit, or absent. Women who perceive significant and visible support from their partners are clearly grateful to their partners, without whom their entrepreneurial journey might not have commenced. A majority of respondents perceived the tacit approval of the partner and sometimes his income as implicit support. Finally, a certain proportion of female entrepreneurs experienced no support, which they considered mostly as a hindrance or a challenge.
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