Pub Date : 2022-11-05DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2142692
Chang Liu, Lina Tang, Jinshan Yan, Jingyi Ouyang
ABSTRACT Thermal comfort in outdoor spaces is of vital importance to human health and well-being, and affects the livability of cities. In a humid-hot region with elevated temperatures, it is difficult to improve the thermal experience of urban residents by changing objective conditions such as the microclimate. This study created a set of experience indices in different dimensions including visual, auditory, and olfactory perceptions and psychological cognitions, to explore the influencing factors and mechanisms of visitor’s thermal comfort in an urban park. We found that visual, auditory, and olfactory experience indices and psychological cognition indices were both strongly correlated with thermal comfort (Pearson correlation coefficients were above 0.3). By analyzing a survey data with a structural equation model, we found that Visual, auditory, and olfactory experiences have a complete, mediating effect on thermal comfort. Explicitly, visual, auditory, and olfactory perceptions affect thermal comfort through two mediating variables: thermal sensation and psychological cognitions. In turn, thermal sensation and psychological cognitions have a direct effect on visitor’s thermal comfort. Psychological cognitions has the largest direct effect on thermal comfort. Quantitatively, a 1-unit increase in psychological cognitions produces an increase of 0.601 units in thermal comfort. A potential approach is to improve multisensory modalities that affect necessary sensory perception and psychological cognitions of visitors. The findings of this study provide a valuable reference for the planning and design of recreational spaces in humid-hot regions and for the studies of outdoor thermal comfort.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-03DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2127033
Regiane Cristina Laveli de Souza Kirby, Leticia da Silva Inácio, Ivete Delai
ABSTRACT This article identifies the key factors that influenced the consumer purchase behaviour of green-certified buildings in Brazil. To do this, a theoretical model was developed from three systematic literature reviews (SLR) on three literature streams (green buildings, traditional buildings, and green products) – alongside classical consumer behaviour model. The resulting model was then used to set up the hypotheses that were evaluated through a mixed-method approach based on in-depth interviews and a survey with Brazilian customers who had bought a green building certified apartment or house. Our findings showed that there were nine key factors that positively influenced their purchasing behaviour: motivation, knowledge, environmental attitude, values and personality, physical attributes, external environment, trust, lifestyle, and situation. They were motivated by the desire to live in a sustainable property, live in a more secure environment, own a home and leave a legacy for future generations; and having background information and knowledge about green buildings and a high degree of environmental attitude and sustainability related values and lifestyle. Our contribution is threefold. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the key factors that influenced the actual behaviour of green building consumers in the Brazilian market, and one of the few that studies the actual buying behaviour rather than intention. It extends the extant literature by studying a more comprehensive set of factors and it contributes to the investigation of consumer behaviour of traditional and sustainable products in emerging markets.
{"title":"Factors affecting green building consumer behaviour: evidence from Brazil","authors":"Regiane Cristina Laveli de Souza Kirby, Leticia da Silva Inácio, Ivete Delai","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2127033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2127033","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article identifies the key factors that influenced the consumer purchase behaviour of green-certified buildings in Brazil. To do this, a theoretical model was developed from three systematic literature reviews (SLR) on three literature streams (green buildings, traditional buildings, and green products) – alongside classical consumer behaviour model. The resulting model was then used to set up the hypotheses that were evaluated through a mixed-method approach based on in-depth interviews and a survey with Brazilian customers who had bought a green building certified apartment or house. Our findings showed that there were nine key factors that positively influenced their purchasing behaviour: motivation, knowledge, environmental attitude, values and personality, physical attributes, external environment, trust, lifestyle, and situation. They were motivated by the desire to live in a sustainable property, live in a more secure environment, own a home and leave a legacy for future generations; and having background information and knowledge about green buildings and a high degree of environmental attitude and sustainability related values and lifestyle. Our contribution is threefold. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the key factors that influenced the actual behaviour of green building consumers in the Brazilian market, and one of the few that studies the actual buying behaviour rather than intention. It extends the extant literature by studying a more comprehensive set of factors and it contributes to the investigation of consumer behaviour of traditional and sustainable products in emerging markets.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"19 1","pages":"164 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75472207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-25DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2137261
Mahdi Pouresmaieli, M. Ataei, Amirhossein Taran
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development (SD) has played an important role in all industries and mining activities. The Internet of Things (IoT), interacting with industrial machines or home appliances through an interconnected network, can assist in developing real-time platforms for monitoring and operating a complex production system with minimal intervention of humans, which made it possible to benefit from the data obtained to increase production rate, Net Present Value optimization, workforce and machine safety, and decreasing pollution. Ideal automated mining can be achieved by designing an IoT based framework and suitable SD assessment. This research aims to achieve a holistic understanding of the current IoT scenario by conducting a comparative analysis of the prevailing literature regarding IoT applications in the mining and SD area. The results showed that, in the economic index of sustainability, mining activity based on IoT can increase productivity, wealth, income, and GDP and decrease operating expenses, depreciation costs, and total cost. From environmental point of view, a significant reduction in emission and pollution can be obtained. Also, the increase in workforce safety and positive impact on culture and knowledge are the components of the social index of sustainability. These activities are followed by some significant challenges such as developing infrastructures, modern machinery, adequate security for data transmission, increase business in the area, creating new jobs for individuals, especially those who have lost their jobs. It’s essential to devise new rules to protect local people, properly distribute the wealth gained from this development to improve the infrastructure of the mining area. Graphical Abstract
{"title":"Future mining based on internet of things (IoT) and sustainability challenges","authors":"Mahdi Pouresmaieli, M. Ataei, Amirhossein Taran","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2137261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2137261","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sustainable Development (SD) has played an important role in all industries and mining activities. The Internet of Things (IoT), interacting with industrial machines or home appliances through an interconnected network, can assist in developing real-time platforms for monitoring and operating a complex production system with minimal intervention of humans, which made it possible to benefit from the data obtained to increase production rate, Net Present Value optimization, workforce and machine safety, and decreasing pollution. Ideal automated mining can be achieved by designing an IoT based framework and suitable SD assessment. This research aims to achieve a holistic understanding of the current IoT scenario by conducting a comparative analysis of the prevailing literature regarding IoT applications in the mining and SD area. The results showed that, in the economic index of sustainability, mining activity based on IoT can increase productivity, wealth, income, and GDP and decrease operating expenses, depreciation costs, and total cost. From environmental point of view, a significant reduction in emission and pollution can be obtained. Also, the increase in workforce safety and positive impact on culture and knowledge are the components of the social index of sustainability. These activities are followed by some significant challenges such as developing infrastructures, modern machinery, adequate security for data transmission, increase business in the area, creating new jobs for individuals, especially those who have lost their jobs. It’s essential to devise new rules to protect local people, properly distribute the wealth gained from this development to improve the infrastructure of the mining area. Graphical Abstract","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"10 1","pages":"211 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90215990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-20DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2134939
Ernest Baba Ali, R. Radmehr, Samira Shayanmehr, B. Gyamfi, Valery P. Anufriev
ABSTRACT Human progress has become detrimental to the environment. Moreover, the failure to mitigate pollution would eventually impact negatively on the economy. This study investigates the influence of technological innovation, research and development, and quality of governance on carbon emissions for the European Union countries while controlling for industrialization, renewable energy, trade openness and foreign direct investment from 1996 to 2018 by employing the method of moment quantile regression technique. The result revealed that renewable energy, trade openness, and quality governance boost environmental quality, while technological innovation and industrialization increase carbon emissions. Also, the interaction between technological innovation and quality governance, research and development and quality governance as well as industrialization and quality governance decreases carbon emission while that of foreign direct investment and quality governance increases carbon emission. From the causality analysis, there is a bidirectional relationship between research and development and carbon emission, technology innovation and carbon emission, renewable energy and carbon emission, trade openness and carbon emission as well as industrialization and carbon emission. Moreover, a unidirectional connection was obtained between foreign direct investment and carbon emission, as well as quality governance and carbon emission. Based on the outcomes, comprehensive policy directions are suggested for policymakers in these countries.
{"title":"The role of technology innovation, R&D, and quality governance in pollution mitigation for EU economies: fresh evidence from method of moment quantile regression","authors":"Ernest Baba Ali, R. Radmehr, Samira Shayanmehr, B. Gyamfi, Valery P. Anufriev","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2134939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2134939","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Human progress has become detrimental to the environment. Moreover, the failure to mitigate pollution would eventually impact negatively on the economy. This study investigates the influence of technological innovation, research and development, and quality of governance on carbon emissions for the European Union countries while controlling for industrialization, renewable energy, trade openness and foreign direct investment from 1996 to 2018 by employing the method of moment quantile regression technique. The result revealed that renewable energy, trade openness, and quality governance boost environmental quality, while technological innovation and industrialization increase carbon emissions. Also, the interaction between technological innovation and quality governance, research and development and quality governance as well as industrialization and quality governance decreases carbon emission while that of foreign direct investment and quality governance increases carbon emission. From the causality analysis, there is a bidirectional relationship between research and development and carbon emission, technology innovation and carbon emission, renewable energy and carbon emission, trade openness and carbon emission as well as industrialization and carbon emission. Moreover, a unidirectional connection was obtained between foreign direct investment and carbon emission, as well as quality governance and carbon emission. Based on the outcomes, comprehensive policy directions are suggested for policymakers in these countries.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"27 1","pages":"244 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87900082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-13DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2134230
A. Jan, F. Lai, M. Asif, S. Akhtar, S. Ullah
ABSTRACT The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the most pressing issues that need to be resolved by the global community, including the Islamic banking industry, to ensure social equity, economic viability, and environmental protection. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a practical framework for evaluating the sustainability reporting performance of Islamic banks in the purview of the SDGs. This study employed the most recent Global Reporting Initiative and religious sustainability indicators to establish the measurement framework for evaluating sustainability reporting in relation to the SDGs. Centering on the Malaysian Islamic banks, this study found that overall performance on corporate sustainability reporting is quite low, though it has increased over time from 2011–2020. The bank-wise analysis implies that the SDGs reporting differs for Islamic banks, where most of the banks outperform on SDGs disclosure scores. Further, the SDG-wise analysis indicates that SDG-9, SDG-17, SDG-11, and SDG-1 appear to have the highest disclosure scores. Nevertheless, SDG-16 revealed the least SDG disclosure score, indicating that the sampled Islamic banks do not provide complete information about addressing sustainability-related issues. The outcome of the study might be useful to the regulators and managers of Islamic banks in embedding sustainability into their strategy for reporting on SDGs. This will help in recognizing the strong and weak points of their sustainability reporting procedures regarding the SDGs.
{"title":"Embedding sustainability into bank strategy: implications for sustainable development goals reporting","authors":"A. Jan, F. Lai, M. Asif, S. Akhtar, S. Ullah","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2134230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2134230","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the most pressing issues that need to be resolved by the global community, including the Islamic banking industry, to ensure social equity, economic viability, and environmental protection. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a practical framework for evaluating the sustainability reporting performance of Islamic banks in the purview of the SDGs. This study employed the most recent Global Reporting Initiative and religious sustainability indicators to establish the measurement framework for evaluating sustainability reporting in relation to the SDGs. Centering on the Malaysian Islamic banks, this study found that overall performance on corporate sustainability reporting is quite low, though it has increased over time from 2011–2020. The bank-wise analysis implies that the SDGs reporting differs for Islamic banks, where most of the banks outperform on SDGs disclosure scores. Further, the SDG-wise analysis indicates that SDG-9, SDG-17, SDG-11, and SDG-1 appear to have the highest disclosure scores. Nevertheless, SDG-16 revealed the least SDG disclosure score, indicating that the sampled Islamic banks do not provide complete information about addressing sustainability-related issues. The outcome of the study might be useful to the regulators and managers of Islamic banks in embedding sustainability into their strategy for reporting on SDGs. This will help in recognizing the strong and weak points of their sustainability reporting procedures regarding the SDGs.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"29 1","pages":"229 - 243"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87343348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-12DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2124551
John Nyandansobi Simon, K. Okpara, N. Nuthammachot, K. Techato
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) has grown in popularity among policymakers as a novel approach to sustainable development, and a trending tool driving sustainable development in many countries around the world. Fundamentally, interactions between socioeconomic, socioecological, and technological factors determine sustainable development. Para rubber is a vital feedstock for bio-based industries. However, utilizing para rubber resources inefficiently can be a barrier to the desirable shift towards a CE system and sustainable development. In this present study, the sustainability factors enhancing the implementation of the CE potential of Para rubber resources in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, was evaluated. The classical Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) were complementarily used to evaluate the main factors and sub-criteria for para rubber CE potential. The findings revealed the factors that will facilitate the implementation of para rubber CE and enhance sustainable development in the following order of priority: resource (0.420)> development (0.177)> environment (0.162)> economy (0.127)> population (0.114). Consequently, the para rubber resource has been identified as a bioeconomic gem in Thailand, with the potential to facilitate CE and enhance sustainable development in the study area. This study is useful to all stakeholders, including policymakers, in promoting para rubber resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production trends at the national, provincial, and district levels, as well as improve the social, economic, ecological, and cultural resilience of rural areas. To drive Thailand’s CE transition, a comprehensive scientific assessment of Songkhla megatrends and prospects is recommended.
{"title":"Sustainability factors influencing para rubber resources for the implementation of circular economy in Songkhla province, southern Thailand","authors":"John Nyandansobi Simon, K. Okpara, N. Nuthammachot, K. Techato","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2124551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2124551","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) has grown in popularity among policymakers as a novel approach to sustainable development, and a trending tool driving sustainable development in many countries around the world. Fundamentally, interactions between socioeconomic, socioecological, and technological factors determine sustainable development. Para rubber is a vital feedstock for bio-based industries. However, utilizing para rubber resources inefficiently can be a barrier to the desirable shift towards a CE system and sustainable development. In this present study, the sustainability factors enhancing the implementation of the CE potential of Para rubber resources in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, was evaluated. The classical Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) were complementarily used to evaluate the main factors and sub-criteria for para rubber CE potential. The findings revealed the factors that will facilitate the implementation of para rubber CE and enhance sustainable development in the following order of priority: resource (0.420)> development (0.177)> environment (0.162)> economy (0.127)> population (0.114). Consequently, the para rubber resource has been identified as a bioeconomic gem in Thailand, with the potential to facilitate CE and enhance sustainable development in the study area. This study is useful to all stakeholders, including policymakers, in promoting para rubber resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production trends at the national, provincial, and district levels, as well as improve the social, economic, ecological, and cultural resilience of rural areas. To drive Thailand’s CE transition, a comprehensive scientific assessment of Songkhla megatrends and prospects is recommended.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"1 1","pages":"126 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88403465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-10DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2130465
George Asumadu, R. Quaigrain, D. Owusu-Manu, D. Edwards, E. Oduro-Ofori, A. Kukah, S.K. Nsafoah
ABSTRACT Within some developing countries, wetlands have long been regarded as dumping grounds. However, there has been a gradual paradigm shift in societal attitudes towards recognising their importance as landscape features that provide benefits for humans and wildlife. Unfortunately, construction activities have continually plagued their existence. Therefore, this present research examines the risks factors associated with construction projects in wetlands ecosystem, using Ghana as a case study. A quantitative research strategy leaning towards the positivist paradigm was adopted. A structured survey was developed to collect data from key stakeholders. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit construction experts in the Kumasi Metropolis, with a total of 78 experts agreeing to participate. Relative Importance Index (RII), Mean Score Ranking and a One-Sample T-Test were used to analyse primary data collected. The findings revealed that the key driving forces spurring construction projects in wetlands were rapid urbanisation; high rate of migration; and scarcity of land for development. Critical risks factors associated with construction projects in wetlands were identified as cost overruns; exploitation of biological resources; and water pollution. Finally, the findings also showed that the most critical detrimental effects of construction projects in wetlands were the destruction of aquatic and terrestrial lives; loss of flood control capability; and deterioration of wetland water quality. The study recommends the protection and conservation of wetlands environments through systematized enactment and enforcement of environmental protection regulations by government and non-governmental institutions. This would ensure the preservation of important biodiversity and aid with pollution control and flood protection.
{"title":"Analysis of risks factors associated with construction projects in urban wetlands ecosystem","authors":"George Asumadu, R. Quaigrain, D. Owusu-Manu, D. Edwards, E. Oduro-Ofori, A. Kukah, S.K. Nsafoah","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2130465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2130465","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Within some developing countries, wetlands have long been regarded as dumping grounds. However, there has been a gradual paradigm shift in societal attitudes towards recognising their importance as landscape features that provide benefits for humans and wildlife. Unfortunately, construction activities have continually plagued their existence. Therefore, this present research examines the risks factors associated with construction projects in wetlands ecosystem, using Ghana as a case study. A quantitative research strategy leaning towards the positivist paradigm was adopted. A structured survey was developed to collect data from key stakeholders. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit construction experts in the Kumasi Metropolis, with a total of 78 experts agreeing to participate. Relative Importance Index (RII), Mean Score Ranking and a One-Sample T-Test were used to analyse primary data collected. The findings revealed that the key driving forces spurring construction projects in wetlands were rapid urbanisation; high rate of migration; and scarcity of land for development. Critical risks factors associated with construction projects in wetlands were identified as cost overruns; exploitation of biological resources; and water pollution. Finally, the findings also showed that the most critical detrimental effects of construction projects in wetlands were the destruction of aquatic and terrestrial lives; loss of flood control capability; and deterioration of wetland water quality. The study recommends the protection and conservation of wetlands environments through systematized enactment and enforcement of environmental protection regulations by government and non-governmental institutions. This would ensure the preservation of important biodiversity and aid with pollution control and flood protection.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"53 1","pages":"198 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74807419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-05DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2127032
Samuel Ikendi
ABSTRACT In the ancestral heritage, mankind was in mutual interdependence with nature through hunting of animals, gathering of plant materials, and animal and plant domestication. However, agricultural advancements detached mankind from that heritage. In U.S. Midwest, it is evident that technological advancements over the past half-century have threatened man’s survival for centuries to come. Midwest is the prime agricultural land area in North America whose recent glaciation, deep-rooted prairie vegetation, and moderate precipitation favored the development of highly productive rain-fed farming systems. Evolution of productionist paradigm in Midwest focused on crop and livestock output but also resulted in numerous environmental externalities. Massive use of agrochemicals, for instance, resulted in pollution of Mississippi River watershed from upperstream to downstream creating a hypoxic zone in Gulf of Mexico. In this situation, it is appropriate to ask what best alternatives for mankind could be to reconnect with nature to achieve sustainability. The study explored three approaches including ecological conservation, biodiversity, and agricultural education. Conservation requires the passion of humanity to reconnect with ecological community and become part of it rather than to manipulate and seek control over it to reap ecosystem services. In creating interrelated diversity through domestication of culturally important wild species, agroforestry, horticulture, animal husbandry, and inclusion of relevant language and culture we can define a sustainable world. Agricultural education brings in three tenets of teaching/learning, research/discovery, and extension/engagement to provide, create, and apply knowledge, respectively, which are important in communicating the science of sustainability.
{"title":"Ecological conservation, biodiversity, and agricultural education as integrated approaches for envisioning the future of sustainable agriculture in North America","authors":"Samuel Ikendi","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2022.2127032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2127032","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the ancestral heritage, mankind was in mutual interdependence with nature through hunting of animals, gathering of plant materials, and animal and plant domestication. However, agricultural advancements detached mankind from that heritage. In U.S. Midwest, it is evident that technological advancements over the past half-century have threatened man’s survival for centuries to come. Midwest is the prime agricultural land area in North America whose recent glaciation, deep-rooted prairie vegetation, and moderate precipitation favored the development of highly productive rain-fed farming systems. Evolution of productionist paradigm in Midwest focused on crop and livestock output but also resulted in numerous environmental externalities. Massive use of agrochemicals, for instance, resulted in pollution of Mississippi River watershed from upperstream to downstream creating a hypoxic zone in Gulf of Mexico. In this situation, it is appropriate to ask what best alternatives for mankind could be to reconnect with nature to achieve sustainability. The study explored three approaches including ecological conservation, biodiversity, and agricultural education. Conservation requires the passion of humanity to reconnect with ecological community and become part of it rather than to manipulate and seek control over it to reap ecosystem services. In creating interrelated diversity through domestication of culturally important wild species, agroforestry, horticulture, animal husbandry, and inclusion of relevant language and culture we can define a sustainable world. Agricultural education brings in three tenets of teaching/learning, research/discovery, and extension/engagement to provide, create, and apply knowledge, respectively, which are important in communicating the science of sustainability.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"1 1","pages":"152 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83096652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-03DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2054877
T. Adebayo
ABSTRACT By comparing ecological footprint and biocapacity, the load capacity factor follows a given ecological threshold, thus allowing for a thorough study of environmental deterioration. As a result, this research uses the load capacity factor (LCF) as a distinct proxy for ecological deterioration, resulting in a detailed environmental evaluation tool that considers both ecological footprint and biocapacity at the same time. Based on this knowledge, the current research investigates the relationship between load capacity factor (LCF) and fossil fuel (FF), renewable energy (REC), economic complexity (ECI) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Spain utilizing a dataset covering the period between 1970Q1 and 2017Q4. We applied the novel wavelet coherence technique to assess the connection and/or causality interrelationship between LCF and the exogenous variables at various frequencies and different timeframes. The outcomes of the wavelet correlation disclosed that: (i) In the short and medium term, REC enhances the quality of the environment; (ii) In the short and medium term, fossil fuels worsen the quality of the environment; (iii) At all frequencies, FDI inflows enhance the quality of the environment; and (iv) In the short, medium and long term, economic complexity hinders the quality of the environment. In addition, the MWC and PWC outcomes are consistent with the wavelet coherence outcomes. Moreover, the wavelet-based Granger causality revealed that all the variables can predict each other at various frequencies.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-03DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2022.2128929
Lu Wang, Pingtao Yi, Weiwei Li, Qiankun Dong
ABSTRACT The economy, society, and environment of the world are undergoing profound changes. Achieving sustainable development has become the common aspiration of the international communities. In recent years, sustainability issues are gaining increasing prominence for cities to formulate long-term development strategies. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) urban agglomeration, one of China’s most developed and densely populated industrial areas, has encountered environmental problems. Assessment of city sustainability of the YRD is a prominent issue in the process of urban construction. The paper used multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) framework to evaluate the sustainability level of 26 cities in the YRD by selecting 24 indicators from the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. In the weighting process, the paper proposed a new subjective and objective integrated weighting method based on stochastic simulation techniques. Relative results including pairwise priority matrix (PPM), comprehensive priority index (CPI), and the most likely ranking were obtained to reflect the superiority degree between two cities by adequate comparisons. The assessment results indicate that all the cities showed an upward trend from 2015 to 2019. Shanghai had overwhelming advantages over the other cities. The CPIs of Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou in Jiangsu province, and Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan in Zhejiang province were above 50 in 2015 and increased to over 85 in 2019. Additionally, most cities had unbalanced development on the three dimensions. Each city should firstly pay more attention to their own weak points, and then achieve balanced development and long-term sustainability.
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