Pub Date : 2021-05-05DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2020.114864
T. Kurbatova, I. Sotnyk, O. Kubatko, Yevhen Baranchenko, E. Arakpogun, H. Roubík
This paper investigates the role of state policies in supporting renewable energy development in emerging economies by drawing an example from Ukraine. The economic mechanisms aimed at promoting electricity generation from renewable sources, namely, the feed-in tariff, credit programs in renewable energy field, tax and customs privileges as well as indirect mechanisms, are considered in the context of business and household sectors. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of the impact of the motivational mechanisms on the deployment of renewable energy generation capacities introduced in Ukraine from 2009-2018. Despite the state support of renewable energy development and the positive tendencies toward the operational renewable energy facilities, the green electricity share in Ukraine's final electricity consumption remains insignificant. In view of this, this paper explores the barriers impeding the large-scale deployment of renewable energy and makes recommendations for improvement, including the need for changes in the state support mechanisms.
{"title":"State support policy for renewable energy development in emerging economies: the case of Ukraine","authors":"T. Kurbatova, I. Sotnyk, O. Kubatko, Yevhen Baranchenko, E. Arakpogun, H. Roubík","doi":"10.1504/IJGENVI.2020.114864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2020.114864","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the role of state policies in supporting renewable energy development in emerging economies by drawing an example from Ukraine. The economic mechanisms aimed at promoting electricity generation from renewable sources, namely, the feed-in tariff, credit programs in renewable energy field, tax and customs privileges as well as indirect mechanisms, are considered in the context of business and household sectors. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of the impact of the motivational mechanisms on the deployment of renewable energy generation capacities introduced in Ukraine from 2009-2018. Despite the state support of renewable energy development and the positive tendencies toward the operational renewable energy facilities, the green electricity share in Ukraine's final electricity consumption remains insignificant. In view of this, this paper explores the barriers impeding the large-scale deployment of renewable energy and makes recommendations for improvement, including the need for changes in the state support mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46477285","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/ijgenvi.2021.10042228
Arti Yadav, Irfan Ahmad
The livelihood of around 70% of the Indian rural population depends on the agriculture sector. In India, even the earnings of the non-agriculture sectors in terms of backward and forward linkage for agro-based businesses also get impacted by the production of agricultural products. However, issues like cereal-centric, regionally-biased, and resource-intensive production are still about the agriculture sector of India. The present study attempts to provide an insight into the present scenario of the Indian agriculture sector after providing a brief review of the agricultural literature. Through empirical analysis using multiple regression technique, it tries to find out the factors responsible for the growth of the Indian agriculture sector. The study also explores the potential impact of COVID-19 on the agriculture sector of India based on various secondary sources. The result shows that agriculture trade, level of rainfall, and infrastructure development is significantly and positively, while life expectancy and employment in agriculture are significantly and negatively impacting the agricultural contribution to the GDP of India.
{"title":"Indian agriculture sector: impacts from COVID-19","authors":"Arti Yadav, Irfan Ahmad","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10042228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10042228","url":null,"abstract":"The livelihood of around 70% of the Indian rural population depends on the agriculture sector. In India, even the earnings of the non-agriculture sectors in terms of backward and forward linkage for agro-based businesses also get impacted by the production of agricultural products. However, issues like cereal-centric, regionally-biased, and resource-intensive production are still about the agriculture sector of India. The present study attempts to provide an insight into the present scenario of the Indian agriculture sector after providing a brief review of the agricultural literature. Through empirical analysis using multiple regression technique, it tries to find out the factors responsible for the growth of the Indian agriculture sector. The study also explores the potential impact of COVID-19 on the agriculture sector of India based on various secondary sources. The result shows that agriculture trade, level of rainfall, and infrastructure development is significantly and positively, while life expectancy and employment in agriculture are significantly and negatively impacting the agricultural contribution to the GDP of India.","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876114","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/ijgenvi.2021.10043277
Charis Vlados, Dimos Chatzinikolaou
A growing number of policymakers and scholars refer to the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis as a turning point in the evolution of globalisation. Following these interpretations, a relative theoretical deficiency in analysing the contour of the newly emerging global development perspective is identified. We explore the post-war evolution of world capitalism (from World War II and beyond), focusing on the following pillars: the formation of international regimes, the generation of main types of innovation, and the successive articulation of world development and crisis phases. The current transition period of the post-COVID-19 era constitutes, in its essence, a mutational crisis of the global accumulation regime and mode of regulation, accelerating the transition towards a 'new globalisation'. The generation and application of functional, institutional, and organically perceived business innovation seems to constitute the main component for a sufficiently re-stabilised new global development trajectory
{"title":"Searching for a new global development trajectory after COVID-19","authors":"Charis Vlados, Dimos Chatzinikolaou","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10043277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10043277","url":null,"abstract":"A growing number of policymakers and scholars refer to the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis as a turning point in the evolution of globalisation. Following these interpretations, a relative theoretical deficiency in analysing the contour of the newly emerging global development perspective is identified. We explore the post-war evolution of world capitalism (from World War II and beyond), focusing on the following pillars: the formation of international regimes, the generation of main types of innovation, and the successive articulation of world development and crisis phases. The current transition period of the post-COVID-19 era constitutes, in its essence, a mutational crisis of the global accumulation regime and mode of regulation, accelerating the transition towards a 'new globalisation'. The generation and application of functional, institutional, and organically perceived business innovation seems to constitute the main component for a sufficiently re-stabilised new global development trajectory","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876199","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/ijgenvi.2021.10043862
S. Mishra, P. Mishra
This study examined the stock markets' responses to the unprecedented outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in SAARC countries. The results support these countries' surge in stock market return volatilities amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by investors' pessimistic sentiments. The intensive media coverage of information related to the pandemic has weakened investors' sentiments and caused sudden market plunges in the SAARC region. During the pandemic, the performances of the stock markets in SAARC countries are found to be influenced by the number of COVID-19 confirmed and death cases, and movements in the fear index. The implication is that the stock markets of the SAARC region do not qualify to be semi-strong information efficient. This implication is important for investors.
{"title":"Stock markets' responses to COVID-19 in developing countries: evidence from the SAARC region","authors":"S. Mishra, P. Mishra","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10043862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10043862","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the stock markets' responses to the unprecedented outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in SAARC countries. The results support these countries' surge in stock market return volatilities amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by investors' pessimistic sentiments. The intensive media coverage of information related to the pandemic has weakened investors' sentiments and caused sudden market plunges in the SAARC region. During the pandemic, the performances of the stock markets in SAARC countries are found to be influenced by the number of COVID-19 confirmed and death cases, and movements in the fear index. The implication is that the stock markets of the SAARC region do not qualify to be semi-strong information efficient. This implication is important for investors.","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876313","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/ijgenvi.2021.10044381
Saleh Aldaghma, J. Lizaso
The research assesses public awareness and knowledge about seawater desalination and its impacts on the environment in the coastal area in Gaza strip, Palestine focusing on the residents who live in Dier Al balh city (where the biggest seawater desalination plant was constructed). The study investigates how sociodemographics, motivational factors, and information use shape public awareness and knowledge. Data was collected using a survey from a random sample of residents in Dier Al balh city in Gaza applying criteria’s McNeill. This research followed the similar method used in previous studies for testing public awareness about desalination, marine life, and impacts on the environment. The study assessed three indicators to examine people knowledge and awareness. These indicators are Public awareness of desalination and the impacts on the environment; People self-assessed knowledge of desalination and the impacts on the environment; and Factual knowledge of desalination and the impacts on the environment. The results of the research were: Both People self assessed knowledge and factual knowledge about the desalination and its impacts on the environment were poor, with only three of thirteen factual questions answered correctly by more than 45% of respondents. Furthermore, it was found that people who were more connected with their place showed high awareness. Besides, information resources record a low relation with self assessed knowledge and awareness and lower with factual knowledge. The study encourages the public agencies to increase their efforts and be more effective in dealing with the environmental issue and to educate people more about environment. keywords: Desalination; Water crisis; Awareness; Knowledge; Environment; Palestine
{"title":"Public knowledge of seawater desalination and its impacts on the environment in Gaza strip, Palestine","authors":"Saleh Aldaghma, J. Lizaso","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10044381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10044381","url":null,"abstract":"The research assesses public awareness and knowledge about seawater desalination and its impacts on the environment in the coastal area in Gaza strip, Palestine focusing on the residents who live in Dier Al balh city (where the biggest seawater desalination plant was constructed). The study investigates how sociodemographics, motivational factors, and information use shape public awareness and knowledge. Data was collected using a survey from a random sample of residents in Dier Al balh city in Gaza applying criteria’s McNeill. This research followed the similar method used in previous studies for testing public awareness about desalination, marine life, and impacts on the environment. The study assessed three indicators to examine people knowledge and awareness. These indicators are Public awareness of desalination and the impacts on the environment; People self-assessed knowledge of desalination and the impacts on the environment; and Factual knowledge of desalination and the impacts on the environment. The results of the research were: Both People self assessed knowledge and factual knowledge about the desalination and its impacts on the environment were poor, with only three of thirteen factual questions answered correctly by more than 45% of respondents. Furthermore, it was found that people who were more connected with their place showed high awareness. Besides, information resources record a low relation with self assessed knowledge and awareness and lower with factual knowledge. The study encourages the public agencies to increase their efforts and be more effective in dealing with the environmental issue and to educate people more about environment. keywords: Desalination; Water crisis; Awareness; Knowledge; Environment; Palestine","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876746","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/ijgenvi.2021.10038859
S. Gupta
Due to the novel coronavirus spread (COVID-19) globally, governments across the world recommended the mandatory use of facemasks. The facemask helps people prevent and control the spread of virus infection. In this paper, we propose a design and model of facemask to inactivate the virus particles present in our surroundings. The proposed facemask is able to purify the air when a person inhales and exhales. The proposed mask is cost-effective, reusable, washable, and possesses the ability to disinfect the surface of facemask. The mask has the capability to trap all dust particles and virus present in the air, drastically decreasing the chance of infection. The mask is well-designed on the concept of activated carbon and copper filter.
{"title":"Design and model of facemask to inactivate the novel coronavirus","authors":"S. Gupta","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10038859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10038859","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the novel coronavirus spread (COVID-19) globally, governments across the world recommended the mandatory use of facemasks. The facemask helps people prevent and control the spread of virus infection. In this paper, we propose a design and model of facemask to inactivate the virus particles present in our surroundings. The proposed facemask is able to purify the air when a person inhales and exhales. The proposed mask is cost-effective, reusable, washable, and possesses the ability to disinfect the surface of facemask. The mask has the capability to trap all dust particles and virus present in the air, drastically decreasing the chance of infection. The mask is well-designed on the concept of activated carbon and copper filter.","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876349","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/IJGENVI.2021.10036873
Ö. Özden, S. Gucel, Mukhtar Sabiu Yahuza, Buket Asilsoy
One of the biggest world problems now is rural-urban migration, with about more than 50% of the total world's population living in urban centres. Looking at the world's virus pandemic of COVID-19 is spreading very fast;this is because of the congestion, unsanitary and high population in the urban centres. This paper highlights the problems of urbanisation in Kano State, and Nigeria as a whole. Relevant literatures were revised and conclusion and recommendation were deduced. Results show that migration problems resulted in the city over sprawl, deforestation, disturbance of wildlife, abandonment of cultural heritage, agricultural land, craftsmanship and loss of ancestral informal education and occupation. Therefore, it is recommended that rural areas of Kano State should be given special attention to reduce the rate of migration problem in urban centres around Kano State, Nigeria.
{"title":"The impact of rural-urban migration and its effects on urbanisation in Kano State, Nigeria","authors":"Ö. Özden, S. Gucel, Mukhtar Sabiu Yahuza, Buket Asilsoy","doi":"10.1504/IJGENVI.2021.10036873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2021.10036873","url":null,"abstract":"One of the biggest world problems now is rural-urban migration, with about more than 50% of the total world's population living in urban centres. Looking at the world's virus pandemic of COVID-19 is spreading very fast;this is because of the congestion, unsanitary and high population in the urban centres. This paper highlights the problems of urbanisation in Kano State, and Nigeria as a whole. Relevant literatures were revised and conclusion and recommendation were deduced. Results show that migration problems resulted in the city over sprawl, deforestation, disturbance of wildlife, abandonment of cultural heritage, agricultural land, craftsmanship and loss of ancestral informal education and occupation. Therefore, it is recommended that rural areas of Kano State should be given special attention to reduce the rate of migration problem in urban centres around Kano State, Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66874596","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/IJGENVI.2021.10036340
P. Choudhury, Virendra Kakotiya
{"title":"Photochemical behavior of pretilachlor on black soil surface","authors":"P. Choudhury, Virendra Kakotiya","doi":"10.1504/IJGENVI.2021.10036340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2021.10036340","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66874921","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/ijgenvi.2021.10040427
M. Benmenni
{"title":"Hydrogen perspectives in the world and in Ukraine","authors":"M. Benmenni","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10040427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10040427","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876441","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/ijgenvi.2021.10044383
Yibeltal Walle, Diptimayee Nayak
: Effective implementation of participatory forest management requires understanding of the needs of local communities and their valuation of forest resources conservation. Hence, this study used a contingent valuation method to estimate forest conservation value as hold by local community using data collected from 450 households in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. The findings reveal that most households (83.9%) are willing to pay for forest conservation practices. The estimated average willingness to pay (WTP) for forest conservation is found to be 121.17 birr per household per year. The binary probit model result reveals that education, access to extension services, farmland ownership, dependency on forest resources, and membership in community forest management organisations favourably determine WTP for forest conservation. The result indicates that a significant economic value is attached to forest resources conservation, and hence, this study suggests that participatory forest management approach is important in sustainable forest management and the livelihood of the local community. School of Economics, University of Gondar. He has experience in teaching various economics courses for undergraduate students and has broad research interests in the areas of environmental economics, forestry and sustainability. Diptimayee Nayak is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Her research interests spread in the broad areas of environmental and ecological economics including forest ecosystems, protected area management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability, and non-market environmental valuation techniques.
{"title":"How do local communities valuate forest conservation through participatory management A case of Amhara Region, Ethiopia","authors":"Yibeltal Walle, Diptimayee Nayak","doi":"10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10044383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijgenvi.2021.10044383","url":null,"abstract":": Effective implementation of participatory forest management requires understanding of the needs of local communities and their valuation of forest resources conservation. Hence, this study used a contingent valuation method to estimate forest conservation value as hold by local community using data collected from 450 households in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. The findings reveal that most households (83.9%) are willing to pay for forest conservation practices. The estimated average willingness to pay (WTP) for forest conservation is found to be 121.17 birr per household per year. The binary probit model result reveals that education, access to extension services, farmland ownership, dependency on forest resources, and membership in community forest management organisations favourably determine WTP for forest conservation. The result indicates that a significant economic value is attached to forest resources conservation, and hence, this study suggests that participatory forest management approach is important in sustainable forest management and the livelihood of the local community. School of Economics, University of Gondar. He has experience in teaching various economics courses for undergraduate students and has broad research interests in the areas of environmental economics, forestry and sustainability. Diptimayee Nayak is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Her research interests spread in the broad areas of environmental and ecological economics including forest ecosystems, protected area management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability, and non-market environmental valuation techniques.","PeriodicalId":52429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Global Environmental Issues","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66876935","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}
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