Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2020.10034649
Natapol Thongplew, Sukanya Pooyphay, J. Sriburee
Emerging consumers have driven the transformation of lifestyles and consumption patterns in Thailand to resemble industrialised countries. In Thailand, food waste generated from the consumption of consumers (plate waste) has become problematic and the number of research is still limited. This research conceptualises Thai consumers' roles to address plate waste and quantifies plate waste at university canteens for assessing and analysing socio-ethical impacts. Waste hierarchy and citizen-consumer concepts are used to analyse consumers' roles and to guide the analysis on socio-ethical impacts of plate waste. The canteens at Ubon Ratchathani University (UBU) became the investigation site. It is revealed that bringing in the citizen-consumer concept broadens what Thai consumers can do to address food waste, offering potentials to promote sustainable food provision systems and consumption practices. For the socio-ethical aspect, it is found that a week of plate waste from about 3,800 consumers could feed 116 Thai adults for one day.
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Head mounted display is considered useful for designing process. This research aims at investigating how the interactivity of functions and parts in mixed reality (MR) device can support the students' designing process and confirm the possibility of MR as sustainable technology. Students create 3D model using SketchUp, configure the scene in Unity, export Unity file to Visual Studio, build and deploy into MR, and confirm on the site. The result shows that although it is difficult for some students to operate MR, most of them could reach the manipulation and precision stage. MR also accelerates the prototyping of new design. It determines the feasibility of MR on design and planning education. At present, MR can only provide students with more realistic vision and basic operations but cannot significantly improve students' design. This research can be a reference for educators to support students in developing their design ideas.
{"title":"Feasibility study of mixed reality on education of design and planning students based on Bloom taxonomy","authors":"Ade Candra Masrul, Zhenjiang Shen, Xiao Guo, Kenichi Sugihara, T. Nishino","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103697","url":null,"abstract":"Head mounted display is considered useful for designing process. This research aims at investigating how the interactivity of functions and parts in mixed reality (MR) device can support the students' designing process and confirm the possibility of MR as sustainable technology. Students create 3D model using SketchUp, configure the scene in Unity, export Unity file to Visual Studio, build and deploy into MR, and confirm on the site. The result shows that although it is difficult for some students to operate MR, most of them could reach the manipulation and precision stage. MR also accelerates the prototyping of new design. It determines the feasibility of MR on design and planning education. At present, MR can only provide students with more realistic vision and basic operations but cannot significantly improve students' design. This research can be a reference for educators to support students in developing their design ideas.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103697","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47826252","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 : 2019-11-19DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103700
R. Turvey
This article is a review of scholarly works on planning for urban futures with special reference to sustainable cities. The article aims to produce an update of the challenges and current perspectives on urban planning, sustainability and development across the globe. As informed by research from the academic and scientific communities, the review provides the prospective directions and trends for securing a sustainable urban future. Within the sustainable cities discourse, recent intellectual inquiry has centred on the conceptualisation and knowledge production in creating sustainable cities. Though the scope of the review may not be exhaustive, the purpose is to articulate the current progress in the research front concerning concepts and definitions on sustainable cities, planning and methods for urban sustainability development and assessment. The ultimate goal is to provide local authorities, practitioners and/or city governments with some perspective and guidance in working towards urban sustainability in the future.
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Pub Date : 2019-11-19DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103693
Sanghyun Park, Doyeon Won, David J. Shonk
The current study meta-analytically examined empirical studies to assess the gender differences in volunteer motivation, using the volunteer function inventory (VFI), and investigated the moderating effect of volunteering context (sport vs. non-sport events) on the relationship between volunteer gender and motivation. A total of 19 studies, published from 2007 to 2017, met the inclusion criteria, and were reviewed by two readers. Cohen's Kappa was calculated for the reliability between the two coders and all meta-analyses were conducted using the comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) program. Results from this meta-study suggested that women scored higher than men on three of the six subscales of the VFI instrument, particularly social, understanding and value-related motivation. Moderator analyses indicated the type of volunteering context is a meaningful moderator of the relationship between gender and motivation. The results also suggested the volunteering context influenced the magnitude and direction of gender differences in all motivational dimensions, except social motivation.
{"title":"A meta-analysis of gender differences in volunteers' motivations: sport vs. non-sport events","authors":"Sanghyun Park, Doyeon Won, David J. Shonk","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103693","url":null,"abstract":"The current study meta-analytically examined empirical studies to assess the gender differences in volunteer motivation, using the volunteer function inventory (VFI), and investigated the moderating effect of volunteering context (sport vs. non-sport events) on the relationship between volunteer gender and motivation. A total of 19 studies, published from 2007 to 2017, met the inclusion criteria, and were reviewed by two readers. Cohen's Kappa was calculated for the reliability between the two coders and all meta-analyses were conducted using the comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) program. Results from this meta-study suggested that women scored higher than men on three of the six subscales of the VFI instrument, particularly social, understanding and value-related motivation. Moderator analyses indicated the type of volunteering context is a meaningful moderator of the relationship between gender and motivation. The results also suggested the volunteering context influenced the magnitude and direction of gender differences in all motivational dimensions, except social motivation.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103693","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49388196","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 : 2019-11-19DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103695
A. Shukla, Geetika Goel, N. Shukla
The study examines the impact of corporate social responsibility expenditure (CSRE) on financial performance of energy sector firms in India. The research is based on the cost benefit approach to determine whether the expenditure made by the firms on CSR activities can accrue financial benefits to them or not. As a case study energy sector of India has been studied using the sample of 38 firms listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) of India. The study found that CSR expenditure and financial performance of the firms have positive and significant relationship which implies that social responsibility taken up by energy firms yields them financial benefits. Hence, it is recommended that it is beneficial for the firms to engage in CSR activities in order to sustain and grow. The major contribution of the study is a validated model of relationship between CSR expenditure and financial performance of the firm.
{"title":"Evaluating the impact of corporate social responsibility expenditure on profitability of energy sector firms in India","authors":"A. Shukla, Geetika Goel, N. Shukla","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103695","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines the impact of corporate social responsibility expenditure (CSRE) on financial performance of energy sector firms in India. The research is based on the cost benefit approach to determine whether the expenditure made by the firms on CSR activities can accrue financial benefits to them or not. As a case study energy sector of India has been studied using the sample of 38 firms listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) of India. The study found that CSR expenditure and financial performance of the firms have positive and significant relationship which implies that social responsibility taken up by energy firms yields them financial benefits. Hence, it is recommended that it is beneficial for the firms to engage in CSR activities in order to sustain and grow. The major contribution of the study is a validated model of relationship between CSR expenditure and financial performance of the firm.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103695","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46105826","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 : 2019-11-19DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.103694
M. Ebrahimi
The objective of this paper is to attain a better understanding of factors affecting residential energy efficiency and propose macro policies to reduce energy consumption in the residential sector. It was performed using system dynamics methodology on a family of medium social class. Residential energy efficiency was considered as a system with five sub-models based on energy, economic, social, home appliance, and house efficiencies. Once finished with determining a causal loop diagram, dynamic models, and significant trends and validating and simulating the system, macro policies were presented both separately and together as a combined policy for system improvement. Policies included GDP improvement, the rise of energy prices, and enhancement of promotion programs. Further reviewed in the present study were relevant policies set forth by the International Energy Agency and four countries: USA, Germany, China, and Saudi Arabia. According to the results and reviews, improvement policies are coming to an end.
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Pub Date : 2019-11-15DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025352
B. Lidestam, B. Thorslund
Effects of ADHD on driving speed were studied in a driving simulator with only visual motion cues, by comparing drivers with ADHD diagnosis (n = 36) to drivers from a normal student population (n = 28). Their task was to repeatedly accelerate to own preferred speed for a total of 26 trials (2 baseline, 24 experimental trials). Field of view (1, 3, 5, and 7 monitors) and virtual road markings (on, off) were manipulated. These eight experimental conditions were presented three times each (replicates). Overall mean speed did not differ between groups, but the ADHD group was less affected by the extra motion cues. Also, whereas the control group lowered their speed between replicates, the ADHD group did not. The combined results suggest that for ADHD drivers, speed perception is more of a rule-based skill and more based on attention, whereas the normal student population perceives speed more effortlessly.
{"title":"Visual perception of speed in drivers with ADHD","authors":"B. Lidestam, B. Thorslund","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025352","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of ADHD on driving speed were studied in a driving simulator with only visual motion cues, by comparing drivers with ADHD diagnosis (n = 36) to drivers from a normal student population (n = 28). Their task was to repeatedly accelerate to own preferred speed for a total of 26 trials (2 baseline, 24 experimental trials). Field of view (1, 3, 5, and 7 monitors) and virtual road markings (on, off) were manipulated. These eight experimental conditions were presented three times each (replicates). Overall mean speed did not differ between groups, but the ADHD group was less affected by the extra motion cues. Also, whereas the control group lowered their speed between replicates, the ADHD group did not. The combined results suggest that for ADHD drivers, speed perception is more of a rule-based skill and more based on attention, whereas the normal student population perceives speed more effortlessly.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43848638","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 : 2019-11-15DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025346
Albert Juncà, Judit Bort-Roig, J. Martori, A. Puig-Ribera
Promoting walking and walkable communities is a priority to reduce the burden of physical inactivity-related ill health. A participation-action project and empowerment model - composed by three phases - was used to design and evaluate the impact of tailored strategies to improve paths walkability in three Catalan middle-size towns. In phases I and II focus groups with stakeholders and citizens identified local needs and weaknesses towards promoting walkability and explored perceptions on how to improve it. In phase III, strategies addressing local walkability were developed, implemented and evaluated. Based on findings from focus groups, low-cost physical and communicative initiatives were implemented: clearing the paths; improving cleaning, the width and greenery of the paths; and doing communication campaigns through signalling the paths. A significant increase in path users (+5.95%) was observed after implementation. This is a valuable model for creating walkable communities tailored to specific contextual and cultural needs.
{"title":"Improving walkability in Catalonia through a participatory and empowerment model","authors":"Albert Juncà, Judit Bort-Roig, J. Martori, A. Puig-Ribera","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025346","url":null,"abstract":"Promoting walking and walkable communities is a priority to reduce the burden of physical inactivity-related ill health. A participation-action project and empowerment model - composed by three phases - was used to design and evaluate the impact of tailored strategies to improve paths walkability in three Catalan middle-size towns. In phases I and II focus groups with stakeholders and citizens identified local needs and weaknesses towards promoting walkability and explored perceptions on how to improve it. In phase III, strategies addressing local walkability were developed, implemented and evaluated. Based on findings from focus groups, low-cost physical and communicative initiatives were implemented: clearing the paths; improving cleaning, the width and greenery of the paths; and doing communication campaigns through signalling the paths. A significant increase in path users (+5.95%) was observed after implementation. This is a valuable model for creating walkable communities tailored to specific contextual and cultural needs.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47192910","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 : 2019-11-15DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025306
Louise Lester, R. Howard
Active school travel has physical, mental, social and economic benefits. However, uptake is low in the UK. The aim was to understand how road safety perceptions influence school travel choices. An epidemiological review was conducted alongside a literature review to understand evidence for effective interventions to increase active travel. A survey and qualitative focus groups gathered stakeholder views. Of 1,646 survey responses (49 schools), 47% reported actively travelling to school during winter, and 58% in summer. Pupils believed greater numbers of serious accidents occur from active school travel than police reports, particularly overestimating cycling accidents. Focus groups with 13 teachers, 48 students and 21 parents identified active travel barriers including distance, weather, attitudes, car speed, congestion, safety, and time. Active school travel promotion should include safety perception messages. Planners and developers should consider active travel infrastructure, address structural barriers, and introduce traffic calming zones near schools.
{"title":"Associations between perceptions of road safety and active travel for school children and their parents a health needs assessment","authors":"Louise Lester, R. Howard","doi":"10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10025306","url":null,"abstract":"Active school travel has physical, mental, social and economic benefits. However, uptake is low in the UK. The aim was to understand how road safety perceptions influence school travel choices. An epidemiological review was conducted alongside a literature review to understand evidence for effective interventions to increase active travel. A survey and qualitative focus groups gathered stakeholder views. Of 1,646 survey responses (49 schools), 47% reported actively travelling to school during winter, and 58% in summer. Pupils believed greater numbers of serious accidents occur from active school travel than police reports, particularly overestimating cycling accidents. Focus groups with 13 teachers, 48 students and 21 parents identified active travel barriers including distance, weather, attitudes, car speed, congestion, safety, and time. Active school travel promotion should include safety perception messages. Planners and developers should consider active travel infrastructure, address structural barriers, and introduce traffic calming zones near schools.","PeriodicalId":38780,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42154759","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 : 2019-08-28DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2019.10023507
E. Neequaye, G. Amoako, Mayqueen Attatsitsey
Despite the growing practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the telecommunications industry of Ghana, it has received limited research attention. Thus, the primary purpose of this study is to examine perceptions and expectations of consumers' regarding Airtel Ghana CSR initiatives, consider their impact on purchase intentions and identify any gap between consumers' perceptions and their expectations of Airtel Ghana CSR initiatives. A cross-sectional survey was adopted for this study and the study is quantitative in nature. The results suggest philanthropic and legal CSR were the current main drivers of Airtel Ghana consumers' purchase intentions. However, based on their expectations, Airtel Ghana consumers' wished their purchase intensions were driven by economic and ethical CSR practices instead. The researchers' discuss managerial and theoretical implications of the research results. Future research will adopt the three part model of CSR and findings compared to get a view of CSR from different perspectives.
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