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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University
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University of Adelaide
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The University of Hong Kong
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Associations of objectively-assessed neighborhood characteristics with older adults’ total physical activity and sedentary time in an ultra-dense urban environment: Findings from the ALECS study
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.HEALTHPLACE.2016.08.009
Abstract: Associations of objectively-assessed neighborhood environment characteristics with accelerometer-based physical activity (PA) and sedentary time, and their socio-demographic and health-status moderators were examined. Data were collected on 402 Hong Kong Chinese older adults from neighborhoods stratified by socio-economic status and transport-related walkability. Few main effects were observed. Sex moderated a third of the associations of environmental attributes with light-to-vigorous PA and sedentary time. Education and car ownership also moderated several associations with moderate-to-vigorous PA, light-to-vigorous PA, and sedentary time. Only two associations depended on age and health-related status. These findings suggest that social factors rather than physical capacity and health status may need to be considered in efforts to optimize activity-friendly environments for Chinese older urban dwellers.
Mexico at the crossroads of natural resource dependence and COP26 pledge: Does technological innovation help?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2022
Unveiling the interconnectedness between energy-related GHGs and pro-environmental energy technology: Lessons from G-7 economies with MMQR approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Aggregate and disaggregate impact of natural resources on economic performance: Role of green growth and human capital
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Do Trade-adjusted Emissions Perform better in Capturing Environmental Mishandling among the most Complex Economies of the World
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 07-09-2023
Linking tourist's footprint and environmental tragedy through transportation, globalization and energy choice in BIMSTEC region: Directions for a sustainable solution using novel GMM-PVAR approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2023
Going away or going green in NAFTA nations? Linking natural resources, energy utilization, and environmental sustainability through the lens of the EKC hypothesis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
Impact of Household Interventions on Homestead Biodiversity Management and Household Livelihood Resilience: An Intertemporal Analysis from Bangladesh
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-02-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S11842-023-09540-4
Abstract: Household livelihood preferences are crucial determinants of homestead bio ersity. Therefore, we conducted a temporal analysis (harnessing data from three different time points (i.e., 1994, 2004, and 2014) with ten years of interval starting from 1994) on three Bangladeshi subdistricts to trace the effect of managed interventions on homestead bio ersity. Our findings unravel the transformation of a non-profitable untapped homestead agrobio ersity from 1994 into an intervened and profitable bio ersity in 2014. The domestication of the introduced species in the homesteads increased the earnings by many folds. The observed stand structure of the introduced tree species was also financially profitable in 2014. We noted that tree ersity, richness, and evenness increased in the study areas while dominance decreased. Animal ersity and evenness decreased however, richness and dominance increased. Management interventions only occurred when households grasped that homestead bio ersity could significantly supplement their family income. Management interventions occurred in the following ways: willingness to dedicate labor for both males and females increased over time, and willingness to pay labor costs significantly increased (i.e., on average, a male and female member in Haluaghat spent 336 labor hours/year and 288 labor hour/year, which is equivalent to an investment of BDT 23,100 (USD 330) and BDT 12,240 (USD 174.9), respectively in 2014), and average annual investment for agrobio ersity management almost tripled. As the yearly investment soared, management interventions became better planned. Consequently, earnings from agrobio ersity increased drastically. In 2014, households in Gouripur, Ishwarganj, and Haluaghat received 43.2, 34.5, and 39.3% of their total income from homestead bio ersity, which generated 157.8, 125.7, and 143.2 person-days employment/household. Thus, planned investment in homestead bio ersity management provides upgraded ecosystem services. Therefore, we claim that intervention is not always wrong, and planned interventions can lead to a progressing symbiotic relationship (a win–win situation) between households and homestead bio ersity.
How effective has the low-carbon city pilot policy been as an environmental intervention in curbing pollution? Evidence from Chinese industrial enterprises
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2023
Revisiting Research and Development Expenditures and Trade Adjusted Emissions: Green Innovation and Renewable Energy R&D Role for Developed Countries
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-03-2023
Premature Deindustrialization and Environmental Degradation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Can small-scale biogas projects mitigate the energy crisis of rural Bangladesh? A study with economic analysis
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-04-2020
Killing billions to save millions? Analyzing the double jeopardy of fossil-fuel-led economic development in Bangladesh
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-06-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S10668-023-03497-2
Abstract: According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Bangladesh is the world’s seventh most climate-vulnerable nation. Being on the verge of facing extreme climatic backlash emerging from unwitting economic development, Bangladesh must comprehend that the current economic growth is not a panacea for its environmental integrity. However, considering Bangladesh’s recent economic sustainability, curbing economic development will be uninviting. As such, we propose a conceptual framework to obtain environmental integrity without decommissioning economic development. Deploying data from 1972 to 2020 and novel econometric methodologies, we unearth that FDI ameliorates Bangladesh’s environmental quality, whereas export with no comparative advantage jeopardizes it due to its redundancy issue. Considering export and FDI as substitutionary in Bangladesh, we support for FDI-led development for an interim period until the redundant export issue is resolved. Furthermore, exchange rate depreciation increases CO 2 emissions. We advocate an exchange rate appreciation policy that will curb redundant exports and improve environmental quality. Findings also validate the EKC hypothesis in both the short run and long run. Turning point estimation indicates that Bangladesh is still below the required income level to phase out growth-induced CO 2 emissions. Moreover, natural resource rent improves environmental quality, whereas consumption of non-renewables degrades it. Besides, gross domestic savings (GDS), agricultural value-addition (AVA), and primary schooling increase emissions. We propose GDS and FDI be channeled into the AVA sectors to equip them with green technologies. This paper further suggests including fundamental concepts of climate change education in pre- and secondary-level textbooks to indoctrinate the younger section of society on environmental pollution.
Overcoming the shock of energy depletion for energy policy? Tracing the missing link between energy depletion, renewable energy development and decarbonization in the USA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Analyzing the N-shaped EKC among top nuclear energy generating nations: A novel dynamic common correlated effects approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2023
Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: a protocol for an observational study
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 2016
Unveiling the past, shaping the future: Analyzing three centuries of data to explore China's trajectory towards carbon neutrality
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Articulating CO2 emissions limiting roles of nuclear energy and ICT under the EKC hypothesis: An application of non-parametric MMQR approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Natural resource dependency and environmental sustainability under N-shaped EKC: The curious case of India
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed neighbourhood attributes with depressive symptoms in older adults of an ultra-dense urban environment: the Hong Kong ALECS study
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 03-2018
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2017-020480
Abstract: This study aimed to examine the associations between objectively assessed neighbourhood environmental attributes and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong Chinese older adults and the moderating effects of neighbourhood environmental attributes on the associations between living arrangements and depressive symptoms. Cross-sectional observational study. Hong Kong. 909 Hong Kong Chinese community dwellers aged 65+ years residing in preselected areas stratified by walkability and socioeconomic status. Attributes of participants’ neighbourhood environment were objectively assessed using geographic information systems and environmental audits. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale. Overall, pedestrian infrastructure (OR=1.025 P=0.008), connectivity (OR=1.039 P=0.002) and prevalence of public transport stops (OR=1.056 P=0.012) were positively associated with the odds of reporting depressive symptoms. Older adults living alone were at higher risk of reporting any depressive symptoms than those living with others (OR=1.497 P=0.039). This association was moderated by neighbourhood crowdedness, perceptible pollution, access to destinations and presence of people. Residing in neighbourhoods with lower levels of these attributes was associated with increased deleterious effects of living alone. Living in neighbourhoods with lower public transport density also increased the deleterious effects of living alone on the number of depressive symptoms. Those living alone and residing in neighbourhoods with higher levels of connectivity tended to report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts. The level of access to destinations and social networks across Hong Kong may be sufficiently high to reduce the risk of depressive symptoms in older adults. Yet, exposure to extreme levels of public transport density and associated traffic volumes may increase the risk of depressive symptoms. The provision of good access to a variety of destinations, public transport and public open spaces for socialising in the neighbourhood may help reduce the risk of depressive symptoms in older adults who live alone.
Inward foreign direct investment in Bangladesh: Do we need to rethink about some of the macro-level quantitative determinants?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-02-2021
Energy mix with technological innovation to abate carbon emission: fresh evidence from Mexico applying wavelet tools and spectral causality
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-08-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11356-022-22555-2
Abstract: The global warming issue arises from climate change, which draws scientists' attention toward cleaner energy sources. Among clean sources, renewables and nuclear energy are getting immense attention among policymakers. However, the significance of nuclear energy in reducing CO
Can the resource curse be reversed through financialization, human capital, and institutional quality? Evidence from Sustainable Development Index
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
To what extent does physical activity explain the associations between neighborhood environment and depressive symptoms in older adults living in an Asian metropolis?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
Objective neighbourhood attributes as correlates of neighbourhood dissatisfaction and the mediating role of neighbourhood perceptions in older adults from culturally and physically diverse urban envir
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Do pro-environmental interventions matter in restoring environmental sustainability? Unveiling the role of environmental tax, green innovation and air transport in G-7 nations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2023
Nexuses between rent of natural resources, economic complexity, and technological innovation: The roles of GDP, human capital and civil liberties
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2023
Associations between the neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical activity in older adults with specific types of chronic conditions: the ALECS cross-sectional study
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-04-2016
How urban densification shapes walking behaviours in older community dwellers: a cross-sectional analysis of potential pathways of influence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-04-2020
DOI: 10.1186/S12942-020-00210-8
Abstract: Population growth, population ageing, and urbanisation are major global demographic trends that call for an examination of the impact of urban densification on older adults’ health-enhancing behaviours, such as walking. No studies have examined the pathways through which urban densification may affect older adults’ walking. This information is key to evidence-based, health-oriented urban and transport planning. This study aimed to identify neighbourhood environment characteristics potentially responsible for the effects of neighbourhood densification on older adults’ frequency and amount of transportation and recreation walking within and outside the neighbourhood. The Active Lifestyle and the Environment in Chinese Seniors (ALECS) project collected self-reported data from 909 older adults (≥ 65 years) living in 128 physically and socially erse neighbourhoods in Hong Kong (71% response rate). Walking was measured using the Neighbourhood Walking Questionnaire for Chinese Seniors. Objective residential density and other neighbourhood environmental attributes were assessed using Geographic Information Systems. Generalised additive mixed models examined the total effects of neighbourhood residential density on walking and the mediating role of other environmental attributes and car ownership. A complex network of potential pathways of positive and negative influences of neighbourhood residential density on different aspects of walking was revealed. While residential density was positively related to within-neighbourhood transportation and outside-neighbourhood recreation walking only, it exhibited positive and/or negative nonlinear indirect effects on all examined aspects of walking via recreation, public transport, food/retail and street intersection densities, and/or car ownership. High-density environments appear to support within-neighbourhood walking by providing access to food and retail outlets via well-connected street networks and discouraging car ownership. However, extreme density may lead to reductions in walking. Public transport density accompanying high-density areas may facilitate outside-neighbourhood walking but deter within-neighbourhood walking. The development of activity-friendly communities for ageing populations need to consider these opposing influences.
Relationships between the neighborhood environment and depression in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 10-12-2017
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021700271X
Abstract: While depression is a growing public health issue, the percentage of in iduals with depression receiving treatment is low. Physical and social attributes of the neighborhood may influence the level of depressive symptoms and the prevalence of depression in older adults. This review systematically examined the literature on neighborhood environmental correlates of depression in older adults. Findings were analyzed according to three depression outcomes: depressive symptoms, possible depression, and clinical depression. Based on their description in the article, environmental variables were assigned to one of 25 categories. The strength of evidence was statistically quantified using a meta-analytical approach with articles weighted for s le size and study quality. Findings were summarized by the number of positive, negative, and statistically non-significant associations by each combination of environmental attribute – depression outcome and by combining all depression outcomes. Seventy-three articles met the selection criteria. For all depression outcomes combined, 12 of the 25 environmental attribute categories were considered to be sufficiently studied. Three of these, neighborhood socio-economic status, collective efficacy, and personal/crime-related safety were negatively associated with all depression outcomes combined. Moderating effects on associations were sparsely investigated, with 52 articles not examining any. Attributes of the physical neighborhood environment have been understudied. This review provides support for the potential influence of some neighborhood attributes on population levels of depression. However, further research is needed to adequately examine physical attributes associated with depression and moderators of both social and physical neighborhood environment attribute – depression outcome associations.
Role of energy mix and eco-innovation in achieving environmental sustainability in the USA using the dynamic ARDL approach: Accounting the supply side of the ecosystem
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Do technology and renewable energy contribute to energy efficiency and carbon neutrality? Evidence from top ten manufacturing countries
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Enhancing export product quality through innovative cities: A firm-level quasi-natural experiment in China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Does China's low-carbon city pilot intervention limit electricity consumption? An analysis of industrial energy efficiency using time-varying DID model
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2023
Investigating the role of economic complexity in evading the resource curse
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Objectively-Measured Neighbourhood Attributes as Correlates and Moderators of Quality of Life in Older Adults with Different Living Arrangements: The ALECS Cross-Sectional Study
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 10-03-2019
Abstract: With an ageing world population, preservation of older adults’ health and quality of life (QoL) is paramount. Due to lower levels of physical functionality, older adults are particularly susceptible to local environment influences, especially those living alone and lacking family support. Using generalised additive mixed models, we examined associations and confounder-adjusted associations between objectively-measured neighbourhood attributes and QoL domains in 909 Hong Kong Chinese elderly community dwellers. Most examined neighbourhood attributes were not associated with QoL in the whole s le. Neighbourhood residential and entertainment density was curvilinearly and/or linearly related to specific QoL domains. Number of parks was negatively associated with social QoL and having well-treed parks with higher levels of social QoL. Older adults living alone in neighbourhoods with poor access to destinations and few activities in parks showed lower environmental and/or social QoL than their counterparts. Neighbourhood built environment characteristics do not seem to impact Hong Kong older adults’ physical and psychological QoL. Medium-to-high density, well-ordered neighbourhoods with optimal mixes of well-treed public open spaces and services meeting their daily needs may significantly contribute to social and environmental QoL in this population and appear particularly important to those living alone.
Causality analysis of the determinants of FDI in Bangladesh: fresh evidence from VAR, VECM and Granger causality approach
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-06-2022
Heterogenous Effects of Circular Economy, Green energy and Globalization on CO2 emissions: Policy based analysis for sustainable development
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2023
Main and interacting effects of physical activity and sedentary time on older adults’ BMI: The moderating roles of socio-demographic and environmental attributes
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 09-07-2020
Asymmetric environmental performance under economic complexity, globalization and energy consumption: Evidence from the World's largest economically complex economy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Recent scenario and nexus between natural resource dependence, energy use and pollution cycles in BRICS region: Does the mediating role of human capital exist?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University
Location: Bangladesh
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