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Public Policy | Research, Science And Technology Policy | Policy and Administration | Econometric And Statistical Methods | Agriculture, Land and Farm Management | Public Health and Health Services | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy | Environment And Resource Economics | Financial Econometrics | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | Economic Development Policy | Natural Resource Management | Health equity | Sustainable Development | Social determinants of health | Health promotion | Urban And Regional Planning | Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified | Banking, Finance and Investment | Urban and Regional Planning | Applied Economics | Economic Development And Growth | Landscape Ecology | Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified | Public health
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Environmental and resource evaluation not elsewhere classified | Macroeconomic issues not elsewhere classified | Technological and organisational innovation | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education | Land and water management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Workforce Transition and Employment | Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified | Social Structure and Health | Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis | Employment Patterns and Change | Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified | Education and Training Systems Policies and Development | Economic issues not elsewhere classified | Housing | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Determinants of Health |
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Timing crisis information release via television
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-06-2010
DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-7717.2010.01180.X
Abstract: When and how often to release information on television are important issues in crisis and emergency risk communication. There is a lot of crisis information, including warnings and news, to which people should have access, but most of it is not significantly urgent to interrupt the broadcasting of television programmes. Hence, the right timing for the release of crisis information should be selected based on the importance of the crisis and any associated communication requirements. Using recursive methods, this paper builds an audience coverage model of crisis information release. Based on 2007 Household Using TV (HUT) data for Hefei City, China, the optimal combination of broadcasting sequence (with frequencies between one and eight times) is obtained using the implicit enumeration method. The developed model is applicable to effective transmission of crisis information, with the aim of reducing interference with the normal television transmission process and decreasing the psychological effect on audiences. The same model can be employed for other purposes, such as news coverage and weather and road information.
Soybeans Consumption and Production in China
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.CH064
Abstract: China is the world's top consumer and largest importer of soybeans used as human food and livestock feed. Since the 1980s, China's meat consumption has been growing despite this being an inefficient way of feeding the world's largest population. It erts resources which can be used directly for human consumption. If the Chinese people were to maintain or expand their high consumption of soybean-based foods instead of switching to a meat-rich diet, greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced, and natural resource use improved. This chapter examines the trends in soy consumption and production in China and explores people's dietary preferences for soybeans, including concerns about the import of genetically modified soybeans. Without erting soybeans to animal feed, the demand for them will decrease and will make China more self-sufficient. This study also provides educational guidance about the health benefits of plant-based foods and environmental damage associated with high consumption of animal-based products.
Meat Me Halfway: Sydney Meat-Loving Men’s Restaurant Experience with Alternative Plant-Based Proteins
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-01-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14031290
Abstract: Within the theoretical framework of psychological reactance and impression management, this study conducted in Sydney, Australia, in 2020–2021, explores the acceptance by men of alternatives to animal-based foods. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 36 men who have visited a vegan restaurant and have eaten a plant-based burger. The findings from the study show that, despite the increasing popularity of these novel food options, men are unlikely to include the plant-based alternatives as a permanent feature of their diets as explained by the theory of psychological reactance. However, the study’s male participants acknowledged the importance of women for their visit to the vegan restaurant which can be explained by impression management theory. Using excerpts from the interviews, men’s experience is highlighted, particularly as it relates to concerns linked to masculinity, dietary identity and social perception by others. The analysis reveals the complexity of transitioning to more sustainable food choices within a gender-constructed social environment. Whether the new plant-based alternatives to meat are going to be a short-lived trend or a more lasting option in the men’s diets is also discussed. Practical implications for social marketing as a tool to influence collective behaviour are drawn. They emphasise the role of women, changing social perceptions and transparency about the new plant-based products.
Surveying inventors listed on patents to investigate determinants of innovation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2006
Spending on research and development and economic growth: a cointegration approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-1995
Disaster assistance: determinants of countries around the world contributing towards disaster donations
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2014
Evaluation of the green technology innovation efficiency of China's manufacturing industries: DEA window analysis with ideal window width
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-04-2018
Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-03-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14073774
Abstract: Nutrition professionals (nutritionists and dietitians) assess nutritional and food-related health problems. They also identify appropriate interventions and support people in making dietary and lifestyle changes. The current climate change emergency constitutes a global threat to health, and the nutrition professionals can promote some diet-related alterations that encourage practical mitigation actions against it. This study assessed the knowledge and awareness levels of Turkish nutrition professionals about climate change by using a multiple-choice online quantitative survey conducted in 2021. It uses a s le of 1200 nutrition professionals who graduated from Turkish Universities. The findings showed that the participants’ climate change knowledge and awareness levels were correlated and significantly affected each other when it comes to understanding, responding, effects and awareness (p 0.05). However, the links with knowledge about sustainable diet and scientific collaboration were statistically insignificant (p 0.05). Educational and practice-based opportunities for linking climate change and diet-related advice are suggested for Turkish nutrition professionals.
Models of Innovation
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2003
Risk knowledge, product knowledge, and brand benefits for purchase intentions: Experiences with air purifiers against city smog in China
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-02-2018
Principles of ethical economics: a basis for transition to sustainability
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2017
Transformation in the photovoltaics industry in Australia, Germany and Japan: Comparison of actors, knowledge, institutions and markets
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2009
Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-04-2018
DOI: 10.20944/PREPRINTS201804.0093.V1
Abstract: The residential built form, including open space, provides the physical environment for social interaction. Understanding urban open space, including semi-public and public domains, through the lens of physical accessibility and visual permeability can potentially facilitate the building of a sense of community contributing to a better quality of life. Using an inner-city suburb in Perth, Western Australia as a case study, this research explores the importance of physical accessibility patterns and visual permeability for socialising in semi-public and public domains, such as the front yard and the residential streets. It argues that maintaining a balance between public and private inter-relationship in inner city residential neighbourhoods is important for creating and maintaining a sense of community.
Social impacts of mining: Changes within the local social landscape
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2013
Understanding innovation for sustainability
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2017
Effects of Population and Land Urbanization on China’s Environmental Impact: Empirical Analysis Based on the Extended STIRPAT Model
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-05-2017
DOI: 10.3390/SU9050825
Will the Cows and Chickens Come Home? Perspectives of Australian and Brazilian Beef and Poultry Farmers towards Diversification
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-08-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SU151612380
Abstract: Farmers across the world face criticism on environmental and animal welfare concerns, as well as are increasingly being affected by climate change. We explored the willingness of cattle and poultry producers in Australia and Brazil to consider alternative enterprises and ersification of their businesses. Twenty-seven farmers, 14 from Australia and 13 from Brazil, current or former beef or poultry producers, were interviewed to explore their perspectives about making such changes. The interviews were qualitatively analysed using Atlas.ti to generate key insights. Although the farmers were actively interested or had engaged in alternative enterprises, they recognised these presented a less certain future if they had been previously contracted to large companies. Some were critical of their respective governments and former contract companies for lack of assistance in finding suitable alternative enterprises. Farmers showed inconsistent recognition of the current challenges of animal production in relation to climate change. Our results indicate that most farmers are open to ersifying, but they face many challenges that have serious connotations. Public policies, knowledge transfer and a secure demand for alternative products emerged as major influential factors for Australian and Brazilian farmers in a fast and just transition from meat cattle and chicken raising to alternative activities.
Impact of Meat Consumption on Health and Environmental Sustainability
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
What factors determine whether a community will choose the pathway to sustainable development in China?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2010
Modelling trends and volatility in ecological patents in the USA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2003
Household adoption of smog protective behavior: a comparison between two Chinese cities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-01-2016
Industrial SO2 pollution and agricultural losses in China: evidence from heavy air polluters
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2014
Rolling regressions and conditional correlations of foreign patents in the USA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2005
Flexitarianism (Flexible or Part-Time Vegetarianism)
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 04-11-4202
Abstract: Many think that eating meat is nutritionally necessary and beneficial. Industrialising livestock production provides meat that is often “cheaper” than fruit and vegetables. In reality, this has come at a cost for human, animal and ecological welfare. Western mainstream meat consumption is a leading cause of increasing ill-health, diabetes, cancers, non-communicable and chronic diseases, malnourishment, obesity, antibiotic resistance, spread of infectious diseases, hunger and possible global epidemics as well as climate change, bio ersity loss, water and land degradation. Rather than stop this, vested interests continue to promote meat consumption. If people are deliberately misinformed or have no access to reliable information, what chance do they have to make the right food choices? This paper outlines flexitarianism (flexible vegetarianism) as a personal user-driven opportunity to combat the geopolitical and industrial duplicity about meat. Consumers should have enough information about the implications of their nutritional choices. In addition to health benefits, flexitarianism can help mitigate climate change, environmental and social destruction and reduce animal suffering. The proposed information policy interventions are assessed against their impact on key stakeholders and overall value for public health and environmental wellbeing. They offer an opportunity to reclaim personal health and improve the health of the planet.
Nanotechnology strength indicators: international rankings based on US patents
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 20-12-2002
Anti-pollution technology strengths indicators: International rankings
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2006
Eastern European patenting activities in the USA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2001
Modelling thresholds and volatility in US ecological patents
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2005
Deliberative Democracy, Global Green Information System and Spirituality
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 29-12-2014
Restoring Sustainable Governance in Bangladesh
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 29-12-2014
The changing research funding regime in Australia and academic productivity
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2008
Methods for sustainability: introducing pathways to hope
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2017
Solving Traffic Congestion through Street Renaissance: A Perspective from Dense Asian Cities
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-01-2019
Abstract: Traffic congestion is one of the most vexing city problems and involves numerous factors which cannot be addressed without a holistic approach. Congestion cannot be narrowly tackled at the cost of a city’s quality of life. Focusing on transport and land use planning, this paper examines transport policies and practices on both the supply and demand sides and finds that indirect travel demand management might be the most desirable solution to this chronic traffic ailment. The concept of absorption of traffic demand through the renaissance of streets as a way for traffic relief is introduced from two perspectives, with some ex les from dense Asian urban contexts to demonstrate this. Firstly, jobs–housing balance suggests the return of production activities to residential areas and sufficient provision of erse space/housing options to deal with work-related traffic. The second approach is to promote the street as a multi-activity destination rather than a thoroughfare to access dispersed daily needs, and to advocate more street life to diminish non-commuting traffic. Based on this, suggestions for better transport planning policies are put forward.
Trends and volatility in Japanese patenting in the USA: An analysis of the electronics and transport industries
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2002
Australian Consumers’ Response to Insects as Food
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 22-05-2019
DOI: 10.3390/AGRICULTURE9050108
Abstract: Many research articles have been published about people’s perceptions and acceptance of eating insects as novel foods in Western countries however, only a few studies have focused on Australian consumers. The aim of this work is to explore attitudes towards edible insects of younger Australians (Millennials and Generation Z) with data collection carried out in Sydney, Australia. Two representative surveys were conducted in 2018 and 2019 using open-ended questions. The main findings suggest that there is low willingness to accept edible insects as a meat substitute among Australian consumers, due mainly to the strong psychological barriers such as neophobia and disgust, combined with a perception about threats to masculinity. Environmental and nutritional benefits, even when recognised, do not seem to influence consumers to consider insects as a food alternative. In the near future, as young people become more aware of sustainability and climate change issues related to food production, the impact of the potential benefits of insects might grow. Furthermore, a positive sensory experience might improve the acceptability of insects as food. Introducing new processed, insect-based products may help establish familiarity with such novel food options and open up new business opportunities.
Modelling the asymmetric volatility of anti-pollution patents in the USA
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2004
Developing and evaluating interventions for primary care-a focus on consultations in general practice.
Publisher: OMICS Publishing Group
Date: 11-2009
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2009.107
Bulgarian Traditional Folklore Celebrating Food and Sustainability
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 07-2021
DOI: 10.4018/IJISSC.2021070101
Abstract: Being an integral part of the past cultural heritage, the traditional Bulgarian folklore festivals, carnivals, and celebrations are continuing to promote sustainable practices that venerate and respect nature. The article focusses specifically on celebrations related to food and plant growing. It reviews the intangible cultural heritage of the Bulgarian folklore, including traditions whose roots originated from pagan rituals but continue to be observed now. A description of the Kukeri carnival, Trifon Zarezan, Baba Marta, Peperuda (Butterfly), Rose Festival, Nestinari dancing rituals, and Enyovden are provided within a sustainability context. A common feature between these celebrations is the respect for nature and its healing capacity with people being perceived as part of the natural world. These traditional folklore festivities have survived the test of time with very little commercialisation. Food plays a major role in them, but most importantly, they help maintain the community spirit and social bonding.
Placemaking in Informal Settlements: The Case of France Colony, Islamabad, Pakistan
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 20-06-2021
Abstract: This paper provides an alternative perspective on urban informal settlements by analysing them as places of rural remnants, reservoirs of regional cultural heritage, and spaces entailing traditional sustainable elements that are brought to the urban realm by rural migrants. These socio-cultural and spatial attributes of a settlement converge under the notion of a “place.” Placemaking analysis is thus contended to be appropriate for comprehensive understanding of an informal settlement. The selected case study of France Colony, Islamabad, employs the placemaking methodology framework to investigate sustainability values and practices from the day-to-day living of its inhabitants. Data collected through on-site interviews during transect walks in France Colony are then translated into four maps as a spatio-cultural documentation of the sustainable elements found in the informal settlement. The four maps relate to form and users, activities and amenities, image and characteristics, and access and linkages. This systematic analysis assisted in categorising the sustainability characteristics of the informal settlements according to the three pillars (social, economic, and environmental) of sustainability. The findings show that the organic placemaking, originating from everyday life, values, behaviour, and lifestyle of the informal dwellers, allows for a strong and vibrant resilient community to emerge.
Flexitarianism: Decarbonising through flexible vegetarianism
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2014
Handbook of Research on Social Marketing and Its Influence on Animal Origin Food Product Consumption
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2018
Modelling the asymmetric volatility of electronics patents in the USA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2004
Integrative modelling of climatic, terrestrial and fluvial systems
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2006
Low Temperature Geothermal Applications as Enablers of Sustainable Development: Practical Case Studies from Australia and UK
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-03-2011
Adapting Grounded Theory to Investigate Sustainability Heritage in Informal Settlements: Case Studies from Islamabad, Pakistan
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 28-01-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14031515
Abstract: The paper investigates the sustainability potential of the intangible cultural heritage preserved in informal settlements seen as an extension of rurality in urban settings. It delves into this underexplored dimension of sustainability in the context of the Global South by analysing two informal settlements in Islamabad, Pakistan, namely, France Colony and Mehr Abadi. The grounded theory is adapted by using semistructured interviews during transect walks through the informal settlements followed by a thematic analysis conducted of the experiences, memories, values, religious beliefs, and norms of the dwellers in the two case studies. Four themes are deduced that identify sustainability heritage: (a) values and social practices (b) communal networks and relationships (c) built environment and ecology and (d) remnants of rurality. The study contends that informal settlements are reservoirs of vernacular sustainability elements, and their cultural heritage should be supported instead of imposing planning policies influenced by the North. Culturally specific solutions acceptable to the informal communities are needed to improve the liveability within the city and inform the policy-making process. This requires finding a mechanism for preserving the indigenous regional culture in the informal settlements, their rich heritage, and sustainability-oriented knowledge and practices.
Public attention to the great smog event: a case study of the 2013 smog event in Harbin, China
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-09-2017
Repairing Political Trust for Practical Sustainability
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-08-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12177055
Abstract: High levels of trust in government are important in addressing complex issues, including the realization of the mainstream sustainability agenda. However, trust in government has been declining for decades across the western world, undermining legitimacy and h ering policy implementation and planning for long-term sustainability. We hypothesize that an important factor in this decline is citizen disappointment with the current types of public participation in governance and that this could be reversed through a change from informing/consulting to a relationship of partnership. Using case studies from Western Australia, the paper investigates whether an intervention targeted at establishing a partnership relationship through mini-public, deliberative, participatory budgeting would improve trust and help the implementation of sustainability. These results show evidence of improvements in trust and provide conceptual and practical tools for government administrations wishing to close the detrimental trust gap that may h er the implementation of a sustainability agenda.
A Framework for Integrating Agriculture in Urban Sustainability in Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 03-05-2019
Abstract: Rapid urbanisation all over the world poses a serious question about urban sustainability in relation to food. Urban agriculture can contribute to feeding city dwellers as well as improving metropolitan environments by providing more green space. Australia is recognised as one of the most urbanised countries in the world, and achieving urban sustainability should be high on the policy and planning agenda. A strong consensus exists among policymakers and academics that urban agriculture could be a tenable way of enhancing urban sustainability, and therefore, it should be a vital part of planning processes and urban design as administered by local and state governments. However, in recent decades, planning has overlooked and failed to realise this opportunity. The most significant constraints to urban agriculture are its regulatory and legal frameworks, including access to suitable land. Without direct public policy support and institutional recognition, it would be difficult to make urban agriculture an integral part of the development and planning goals of Australian cities. Developing and implementing clear planning policies, laws and programs that support urban agriculture can assist in decreasing competing land demands. This study analyses the policy and planning practices that can support integrating urban agriculture into city land-use planning. It examines current practices and identifies existing opportunities and constraints. An integration framework for urban agriculture for Australian cities is presented. If implemented, such a conceptual framework would allow improved sustainability of cities by bringing together the advantages of growing food within a greener urban environment.
Modeling pollution control and performance in China's provinces
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2012
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2012.08.040
Abstract: The paper constructs a pollution control performance (PCP) evaluation model by introducing the norm of n-dimensional space. The PCP of 30 Chinese provinces for the period of 2003-2008 is evaluated based on the model and the factors influencing China's pollution control are further examined. It is found that: (1) China's PCP has improved rapidly but there is a large regional imbalance with the PCP of Eastern China being much better than that of Central and Western China (2) to improve the level of China's PCP, government policies should consider industrial structure adjustment, restricting industry entries and increased investment in pollution abatement and R&D.
Can Deliberative Democracy Work in Urban India?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 26-04-2021
Abstract: India faces extensive challenges of rapid urbanization and deficits in human well-being and environmental sustainability. Democratic governance is expected to strengthen public policies and efforts towards sustainability. This article presents a study in Pune, India, which aimed at exploring perceptions about public participation in urban governance and the potential of high-quality public deliberation to meet deficits. The research reveals disaffection of the public with government decision-making and government-led participation. Further, it shows that people are interested in participating in community life and seek to be partners in civic decision-making, but find themselves unable to do so. The study illustrates that high-quality public deliberations facilitated by an independent third party can provide a satisfactory space of participation, learning, and developing balanced outcomes. Citizens expressed readiness for partnership, third-party facilitation, and support from civic advocacy groups. Challenges with regard to government commitment to deliberative democracy will need to be overcome for a purposeful shift from conventional weak to empowered participation of ordinary citizens in civic decision-making. We anticipate that while institutionalization of high-quality public deliberations may take time, civil society-led public deliberations may help raise community expectations and demand for induced deliberative democracy.
The orientation of disaster donations: differences in the global response to five major earthquakes
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 17-11-2015
DOI: 10.1111/DISA.12160
Abstract: This study analyses the influence of gift giving, geographical location, political regime, and trade openness on disaster donation decisions, using five severe earthquakes that occurred between 2008 and 2012 as case studies. The results show that global disaster donation is not dominated by only philanthropy or trade interests, and that the determinants of donation decisions vary with the scale of the natural disaster and the characteristics of the disaster-affected countries. While gift giving exists in the case of middle-size earthquakes, political regimes play a very important part in the overall donation process. Countries with higher perceived corruption may donate more frequently, but those that are more democratic may be more generous in their donations. Generosity based on geographical proximity to the calamity is significant in the decision-making process for most natural disasters, yet it may have a negative effect on donations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
China's Shifting Policies towards Sustainability: a low-carbon economy and environmental protection
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2013
The Impacts and Vulnerabilities for People Living with Spinal Cord Injury and Their Service Systems of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Queensland, Australia
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 05-04-2023
DOI: 10.1155/2023/7255395
Abstract: As part of a larger study examining the perceived impacts of health system stress in Queensland, Australia, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this study explored the experiences and perspectives of a s le of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and critical stakeholders to identify secondary complications, access concerns, and potential solutions in the context of the pandemic. This study utilised a multimethods qualitative design. Thirty-four people with SCI completed an online survey between August and November 2021, recruited from an online Spinal Life Australia Peer Support Group. Sixteen SCI expert stakeholders, recruited from the Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Services, consumer support organisations, and funding agencies, participated in one of two expert stakeholder forums in September 2021, focusing on impacts of the pandemic on the services they provided. Survey and forum results were analysed thematically. Results highlighted service disruption wherein people with SCI faced difficulty accessing health and community services (including rehabilitation) and personal supports. Reduced access led to secondary complications in physical health, psychosocial, and occupational domains. Solutions for safeguarding access to care, including action-ready back-up plans, effective technology and training, collaboration of service networks, and forward planning for system disruption, consumables access, staff support, and advocacy are required to best support vulnerable populations and the supporting staff in times of crisis. In conclusion, COVID-19 disrupted access to specialist SCI and mainstream health, rehabilitation, and social care services, resulting in functional decline and physical and psychosocial complications. While people with SCI and their service providers attempted to innovate and solve problems to overcome service access barriers, this is not possible in all situations. Improved planning and preparation for future system disruptions mitigates risks and better protects vulnerable populations and service providers in times of severe system stress.
Using Deliberative Democracy for Better Urban Decision-Making through Integrative Thinking
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 27-12-2020
Abstract: This article expands the evidence about integrative thinking by analyzing two case studies that applied the collaborative decision-making method of deliberative democracy which encourages representative, deliberative and influential public participation. The four-year case studies took place in Western Australia, (1) in the capital city Perth and surrounds, and (2) in the city-region of Greater Geraldton. Both aimed at resolving complex and wicked urban sustainability challenges as they arose. The analysis suggests that a new way of thinking, namely integrative thinking, emerged during the deliberations to produce operative outcomes for decision-makers. Building on theory and research demonstrating that deliberative designs lead to improved reasoning about complex issues, the two case studies show that through discourse based on deliberative norms, participants developed different mindsets, remaining open-minded, intuitive and representative of ordinary people’s basic common sense. This spontaneous appearance of integrative thinking enabled sound decision-making about complex and wicked sustainability-related urban issues. In both case studies, the participants exhibited all characteristics of integrative thinking to produce outcomes for decision-makers: salience—grasping the problems’ multiple aspects causality—identifying multiple sources of impacts sequencing—keeping the whole in view while focusing on specific aspects and resolution—discovering novel ways that avoided bad choice trade-offs.
Evolution and governance of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry of China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2009
Policies, Politics, and Paradigms: Healthy Planning in Australian Local Government
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-03-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10041008
Abstract: Local government in Australia is critically positioned to provide built environment initiatives that respond to the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD), climate change, and various other human and ecological health considerations. However, action on the ground has not been as widespread as might be expected, particularly in improving community health. This research explores the barriers to and enablers of the implementation of healthy planning and active living initiatives through in-depth interviews with healthy planning and active living advocates. Advocates are seen to promote healthy planning in relatively weak policy settings, where politicised, largely reactive decisions by in idual politicians or practitioners are the main determinants of project success. The most important factor affecting project uptake and implementation is how the ‘problem’ of healthy planning, or what might be considered a healthy planning paradigm, is presented. Such a paradigm includes a strong reliance on the co-benefits of projects it is also subject to the way that healthy planning is communicated and framed. Potential problems around such a setting are subsequently examined, identifying the potential reasons for the slow delivery of healthy planning.
Promoting knowledge on sustainable energy in digital ecosystem
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 02-2008
Higher Density Environments and the Critical Role of City Streets as Public Open Spaces
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 27-10-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12218896
Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between crowding and streets as public open spaces in high-density urban environments from the perspectives of perceived density and human needs, two antecedents to crowdedness. City streets are the places through which various forms of crowding are perceived and experienced. Hence, they can play a role in easing this sense of crowding if corresponding strategies are put in place. The paper argues that practices, such as traffic calming and self-building, can transform the streets to serve as public open space, which increases spaciousness and eases crowding. It also puts forward tactical urbanism as a strategy for city governance to create the right conditions encouraging flourishing civil society initiatives in a dense primary environment that is invigorating and at the same time has a level of crowding perceived as both comfortable and liveable.
Flexitarianism: a more moral dietary option
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2014
Soybeans Consumption and Production in China
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7350-0.CH007
Abstract: China is the world's top consumer and largest importer of soybeans used as human food and livestock feed. Since the 1980s, China's meat consumption has been growing despite this being an inefficient way of feeding the world's largest population. It erts resources which can be used directly for human consumption. If the Chinese people were to maintain or expand their high consumption of soybean-based foods instead of switching to a meat-rich diet, greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced, and natural resource use improved. This chapter examines the trends in soy consumption and production in China and explores people's dietary preferences for soybeans, including concerns about the import of genetically modified soybeans. Without erting soybeans to animal feed, the demand for them will decrease and will make China more self-sufficient. This study also provides educational guidance about the health benefits of plant-based foods and environmental damage associated with high consumption of animal-based products.
Health Benefits of Eating More Plant Foods and Less Meat
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7350-0.CH003
Abstract: The health benefits of eating more plant-based foods and less meat are scientifically proven. This chapter examines the evidence in relation to common health and medical conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, cancers, mental health, and dementia. It also analyzes the issues related to gastrointestinal health and diet in light of the presence of fiber and other plant materials. Although the environmental benefits of a plant-based diet are well-established, there are some concerns about the ability of such food choices to supply essential nutrients to the human body, such as protein, iron, vitamin B12, and Omega 3 fatty acids. They are discussed within the framework of a healthy diet. Some of the disadvantages of diets rich on animal proteins, such as heme iron, are highlighted with a warning that the consumption of lab-grown meat may carry similar risks. A balanced plant-rich diet seems a better and easier choice.
Using ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ social impact indicators to understand societal change caused by mining: a Western Australia case study
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-10-2014
Evaluating Pillar Industry’s Transformation Capability: A Case Study of Two Chinese Steel-Based Cities
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 30-09-2015
Linking Folklore to Agricultural Sustainability Accounting in Bangladesh
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 18-02-2022
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5352-0.CH061
Abstract: The Bangladeshi folklore cultural heritage embraces myriad proverbs, adages, sayings, folktales, and folksongs, including the songs of the Baul mystic minstrels. Many are linked to various aspects of agriculture – from tilling to harvest, storage of yields, and consumption. The paper draws on this folklore to develop the concept of traditional sustainability accounting in agriculture. Although without formal quantification, these proverbs and songs guide agricultural practices in rural Bangladesh maintaining a socio-economic system that promotes sustainable activities, counteracts the damage caused by the 1970 Green Revolution, and encourage sustainability accounting. In recent years, Bangladesh has achieved many of the Millennium Development Goals but has also witnessed environmental deterioration. An agro-ecological management informed by folklore and traditional wisdom has the potential to transform the country's progress along the lines of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) for Responding to Climate Change
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 26-08-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12176947
Abstract: Most climate change messages depict a picture of the devastating effects that anthropogenic activities have on the environment, expecting to mobilise human action. Built on the daunting scientific evidence, these gloomy messages can potentially emotionally harm a young audience. By contrast, this study explores the impact of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) as an innovative marketing technique to communicate positive climate change messages. This study investigates whether ASMR could be used to encourage pro-environmental behaviour and create social bonding among young people. An ASMR video and two series of interviews with high school students were conducted in Sydney, Australia. The results show that the participants are ided in their opinion about the effectiveness of ASMR. Although all see ASMR as a completely new world in marketing, some are of the opinion that it can influence positive climate change behaviours while others are reluctant to accept it as a way to encourage action. Given the vastness and urgency of the climate change agenda, this novel marketing technique can find its way in promoting pro-environmental behaviours by utilising positive messaging and influencing a section of the young population.
Clean development mechanism in China: Regional distribution and prospects
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2013
Livestock Production: Climate and Sustainability Impacts
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 10-11-2020
Use of bibliometric modelling for policy making
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2005
Analysis of the environmental impact of China based on STIRPAT model
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2009
Methods for Sustainability Research
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2017
Electronic networking: Social and policy aspects of a rapidly growing technology Electronic networking: Policy aspects for Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-1994
How Can Stories in Primary Education Supports Sustainable Development in Bangladesh?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-06-2023
DOI: 10.20944/PREPRINTS202306.1001.V1
Abstract: Stories considered to be the most popular form of lore, which can facilitate the moral and ethical deliberation of sustainability to our children. It is evident that children response better with stories than any other form of communication. Once the stories end, the les-sons remain. The values tangled with the lesson transmits ahead as they grow. Stories has always become instrumental and the most conventional way of teaching values by using illustrations from our lives. The major aim of this paper is to explore the values that ex-pressed in Bengali child-lore through stories and tales and develop a framework by using ‘scaffolding & mapping’ approach. This framework will attempt to analyse two com-monly recognized stories scaffolding them with the generally acknowledged principles of sustainability management and mapping with the major aspects of sustainability (social, economic and environmental) to investigate how stories can influence children on build-ing pro-sustainability attitude. This approach has been chosen, as recent research already points out the issues in implementing sustainability in education, but no one has yet found the way forward. The hypothesis that this theoretical article builds on is that an in-terdisciplinary approach and different pedagogical tools could help in building the bridge towards implementing sustainability in education as well as in society. This paper is part of the series of papers that are investigating how folk values into pri-mary education can support reviving the degrading sustainability in Bangladesh as well as help building pro-sustainability attitude for the future generation.
Empowerment: finding voices and strategies to combat globalization
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 10-2002
DOI: 10.1093/CDJ/37.4.361
Antitrust environment and innovation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-2005
Do the sunk cost effect and cognitive dissonance increase risk perception? An empirical study in the context of city smog
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-11-2017
Assessment of China’s Poor County Program
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-07-2016
Outward foreign direct investment and domestic innovation performance: evidence from China
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-06-2018
The Future of Antibiotics and Meat
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1674-3.CH063
Abstract: This chapter discusses antibiotic use in the livestock industry and potential ramifications for human health. Antibiotics are routinely administered to food animals, primarily at sub-therapeutic levels. The extensive use of antibiotics in global animal husbandry in quantities greater than used for humans is creating antibiotic resistance. There is evidence that antibiotic resistant organisms emerging in food animals transfer to humans through the food chain, environmental contamination, direct association with animals or through mobile resistant genetic elements resulting in co-resistance to other antibiotics. No new classes of antibiotics have been developed since the 1980s. Intensifying use of existing antibiotics for meat production poses new challenges for treating humans, needs to be taken seriously and dealt with urgently. This chapter argues that reduced meat consumption is an under-considered but essential part in any suite of solutions aimed at preserving the use of antibiotics for human treatment.
Urban transportation in Chinese cities: An efficiency assessment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2013
Adoption of Protective Behaviours: Residents Response to City Smog in Hefei, China
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 27-01-2017
Role of Mobile Phones in Creating Environmental Awareness Among Fishers in the Indus Delta of Pakistan
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 29-06-2022
Abstract: Mobile phones changed the patterns of communication and flow of information in human society. This study assesses their importance in creating awareness about issues related to the natural environment and climate change, where responsiveness at a community is essential. It examines particularly the role of mobile phones in creating environmental awareness among fishers in the Indus Delta region of Pakistan. Mobile usage patterns, mobile phones as a source of environmental information and the use of social media for environmental discourse among the fishing communities are analysed. The results indicate that mobile communication is ranked as the fifth major source of information about environmental problems in the Indus Delta after personal observation, television, radio and newspapers. Although mobile phones offer high potential for receiving, accessing and reporting information about environmental issues through the use of social media, they are still not widely used for such purposes in these fishing communities.
Qualitative protocol for understanding the contribution of Australian policy in the urban planning, justice, energy and environment sectors to promoting health and health equity
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 09-2018
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2018-025358
Abstract: A well-established body of literature demonstrates that health and equity are strongly influenced by the consequences of governments’ policy and resultant actions (or inactions) outside the health sector. Consequently, the United Nations, and its agency the WHO, have called for national leadership and whole-of-government action to understand and address the health impacts of policies in all sectors. This research responds to that call by investigating how policymaking in four sectors—urban planning, justice, energy and environment—may influence the social determinants of health and health equity (SDH/HE). The research design is informed by a critical qualitative approach. Three successive stages are included in the design. The first involves analysing all strategic policy documents and selected legislative documents from the four sectors (n=583). The document analysis is based on a coding framework developed to identify alignment between the documents and the SDH/HE. Two policies that demonstrate good practice in regard to SDH/HE will be selected from each sector during the second stage for embedded case study analysis (total n=8). This is intended to illuminate which factors have supported recognition and action on SDH/HE in the selected policies. The third stage involves progressive theoretical integration and development to understand political and institutional facilitators and barriers to action on SDH/HE, both within and between sectors. The research will provide much needed evidence about how coherent whole-of-government action on SDH/HE can be advanced and contribute knowledge about how health-enhancing policy activity in the four sectors may be optimised. Learnings from the research will be shared via a project advisory group, policy briefings, academic papers, conference presentations and research symposia. Ethics approval has been secured for the embedded case studies, which involve research participants.
Digital preservation of cultural heritage
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Leave No One Behind, Not Even the Animals
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7350-0.CH016
Abstract: The sustainability agenda is a modern-day exercise in global ethics. Why then is animal welfare an absent policy within the ethical framework? Why do we continue to see farm animals only as food-related commodities? In this chapter, these issues are explored using case studies to support the emotional complexities of animals as well as the recent legal developments in animal personhood rights. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a logical and ethical argument to push the animal welfare agenda forward within the sustainable development conversation and provide a useful tool for future policy frameworks. This chapter is comprised of a comparative research methodology with the objectives to analyze, compare and contrast secondary research, and use case studies to establish an argument for the inclusion of animal welfare as an independent thread of human rights and provide implications for new meat alternatives together with recommendations for government and policymakers.
Using Mixed Methods to Understand Spatio-Cultural Process in the Informal Settlements: Case Studies from Islamabad, Pakistan
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 30-11-2022
Abstract: A mixed-methods approach is used to understand the human factors defining cultural heritage in two informal settlements in Islamabad, Pakistan, namely France Colony and Mehr Abadi. The methodology applied is based on spatial investigation within a placemaking framework to create a visual representation of the neighborhoods, and grounded theory to explore the experiences and memories of their inhabitants through verbal communication. A combination of techniques, including transect walks, photography, and on-site interviews, allows us to map the tangible and intangible elements of the informal settlements. Cultural characteristics are identified as essential in the spatio-cultural processes occurring in the informal settlements. The study concludes that cultural dilapidation happens because of obstructions in the processes translating intangible heritage into tangible space. Appropriate policy interventions are suggested to minimize the loss of rural heritage transfer to informal settlements within the urban fabric of Islamabad.
The role of the clean development mechanism in achieving China’s goal of a resource-efficient and environmentally friendly society
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-08-2201
Reconciling Not Eating Meat and Masculinity in the Marketing Discourse for New Food Alternatives
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7350-0.CH014
Abstract: Traditional hegemonic masculinity can be traced on the typical man's plate where meat represents the centerpiece. Meat consumption dominates the current marketing discourse which builds on masculinity to reinforce the stereotyped gender-based diets. In light of scientific evidence about the detrimental impacts of meat consumption on human wellbeing and environmental health, this chapter argues that men are at the crossroads where the concept of masculinity is being redefined. Their social role is similarly changing with new expectations for more sustainable diets which call for plant-based food choices and possibly lab-grown meat. Some men are endorsing these imperatives while others continue to succumb to social inertia. A new marketing discourse is needed which reconciles masculinity with not eating meat and encourages a transition to alternative dietary choices that are better for personal health, allow improved use of the planet's resources, and have less impact on climate change.
Built Form and Community Building in Residential Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of Physical Distance in Subiaco, Western Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-05-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10061703
Grassroots cultural policy for water management in Bangladesh
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Date: 03-2012
DOI: 10.2166/WPT.2012.023
Abstract: Rural Bangladesh's livelihood depends on water and the existing grassroots policy framework for sustainable water management (conservation and consumption) reflects a cultural unity within a country which is culturally very erse. Extra-abundance or shortage of water supply is generally viewed as natural however, prolonged or human caused water deficiency is treated as the retaliation of nature against anthropogenic transgression, which is often attributed to an act of climate change. The mostly uneducated rural people of multi-cultural Bangladesh live a simple lifestyle promoted by the country's inspiring Baul tradition, including water management. The Bauls religiously promote water conservation and are devoted to enhancing public understanding of the role of water. Spirituality can be the basis for sound water management as traditionally prevalent in rural Bangladesh's self-reliant lifestyle. Western culture and development treat water as an economic resource and commodity. Irreverence or ignorance of water related spirituality by modern societies is the fundamental reason for scarcity, pollution, over-extraction, mal-utilisation and aggressive politics of water. Values-driven water management is emphasised as the sustainability breakthrough and an essential requirement for proper development. Based on the Bangladeshi experience, the paper argues for a spirituality oriented educational policy to inform sustainable water management.
Trends and volatilities in foreign patents registered in the USA
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-04-2004
Resilience thinking: a renewed system approach for sustainability science
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-10-2014
Nurses' Perspectives of Person-Centered Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation in a Digital Hospital.
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 19-01-2019
DOI: 10.1097/RNJ.0000000000000201
Abstract: Nurses’ perspectives on electronic medical record (eMR) use and compatibility with person-centered care (PCC) in rehabilitation were explored. This cross-sectional, qualitative study involved nurses practicing in a spinal cord injury service within the first Australian tertiary hospital to implement a large-scale eMR system. Ten focus groups were audio-recorded and transcribed for thematic analysis. The three themes were (1) discovering how eMR fits in a specialty setting, (2) making eMR work through adaptability, and (3) realizing the impact of eMR inclusion in the nurse–patient relationship. The eMR introduction triggered compensatory practices to manage the complexities and shortcomings of electronic documentation. Nurses adapted routines and reoriented workflows to preserve PCC. While absorbing eMR-driven changes in documentation, rehabilitation nurses must in parallel manage evolving nursing practice norms in the digital environment in order to sustain PCC. This requires strategic foresight and commitment.
How Can Stories in Primary Education Support Sustainable Development in Bangladesh?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 21-08-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SU151612620
Abstract: Stories are considered to be the most popular form of lore, which can facilitate the moral and ethical deliberation of sustainability for our children. It is evident that children respond better to stories than any other form of communication. Once the stories end, the lessons remain. The values tangled with the lesson transmit as they grow. Stories have always been instrumental and the most conventional way of teaching values by using illustrations from our lives. The major aim of this paper is to explore the values expressed in Bengali childlore through stories and tales and develop a framework by using a scaffolding and mapping approach. This framework attempts to analyse two commonly recognised stories, namely “Shukhu and Dukhu” and “Jackal, The Judge”, by scaffolding them with the generally acknowledged principles of sustainability and mapping them to investigate how stories can influence children to build a pro-sustainability attitude. This approach has been chosen, as recent research already points out the issues in implementing sustainability in education, but no one has yet found the way forward. The premise at the core of this theoretical article is that an interdisciplinary approach and different pedagogical tools could help build the bridge towards implementing sustainability in education as well as in society.
Information Theory Perspective on Modeling Sustainability
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 2010
A Biblical Argument for Veganism
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 16-12-2021
Abstract: This paper argues that veganism is the ideal diet for a religious and spiritual Biblically endorsed lifestyle. Both Christians and Jews are guided by the Old Testament's injunctions and writings, which equally support a vegan lifestyle. Areas of discussion include G-d's first intention, the Biblical goals of preservation of health, compassion for animals, equitable sharing of food with the hungry, environmental protection and wellbeing, including conservation of resources, preserving and healing the world, seeking and pursuing peace. It concludes that in light of the animal, human, and environmental impacts of modern livestock production and consumption, veganism is the moral, ethical, and spiritually-supported choice for those who subscribe to lifestyles led and inspired by the stories, interpretations, commentaries, injunctions, and guidance of the Hebrew Bible. It also offers spiritually directed followers a sacred way to actively, yet non-violently, oppose daily human, animal, and environmental welfare violations caused by meat production and consumption.
Regional disparity of embedded carbon footprint and its sources in China: a consumption perspective
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-07-2014
Embedded carbon footprint of Chinese urban households: structure and changes
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2012
Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and employee creativity
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 12-03-2018
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between exploratory/exploitative innovation and employee creativity in the Chinese context and how these two relationships can be moderated by an important cultural dimension – collectivism. A theoretical framework was developed to explore the relationships between exploratory/exploitative innovation, employee creativity and collectivism. Data were collected by sending out surveys to managers and employees in various industries in mainland China. Hypotheses were tested using hierarchical regressions. The results show that both exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation are positively related to employee creativity. Furthermore, collectivism negatively moderates the effects of both types of innovation on employee creativity, despite its positive main effect. This study explores the relationship between organizational innovation and in idual employee creativity in the Chinese context. This paper empirically analyzes the moderating effect of collectivism in the relationship between organizational innovation and employee creativity. It also indicates the factors inherent in Chinese culture that influence innovation and gives explanations from education, subordinate relation, etc.
New Meat Without Livestock
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4757-0.CH023
Abstract: This chapter summarizes the global problems associated with livestock production and meat consumption and shows solution strategies through replacing animal products with plant-based alternatives. The positive effects of plant-based alternatives on human health and the environment are reviewed together with approaches for reducing world hunger. Psychological strategies for nutritional transitions towards more sustainable consumption patterns and criteria for market success of meat alternatives are presented. This is followed by an overview of meat alternatives – from soy1, lupine or wheat based, to bleeding burgers and artificial intelligence concepts. Marketing strategies and best practice policy suggestions complete the chapter.
Modelling sustainability
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2011
The Future of Antibiotics and Meat
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9553-5.CH009
Abstract: This chapter discusses antibiotic use in the livestock industry and potential ramifications for human health. Antibiotics are routinely administered to food animals, primarily at sub-therapeutic levels. The extensive use of antibiotics in global animal husbandry in quantities greater than used for humans is creating antibiotic resistance. There is evidence that antibiotic resistant organisms emerging in food animals transfer to humans through the food chain, environmental contamination, direct association with animals or through mobile resistant genetic elements resulting in co-resistance to other antibiotics. No new classes of antibiotics have been developed since the 1980s. Intensifying use of existing antibiotics for meat production poses new challenges for treating humans, needs to be taken seriously and dealt with urgently. This chapter argues that reduced meat consumption is an under-considered but essential part in any suite of solutions aimed at preserving the use of antibiotics for human treatment.
Impacts of urbanization and real economic development on CO2 emissions in non-high income countries: Empirical research based on the extended STIRPAT model
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2017
FUNDING LIQUIDITY RISK, SYNDICATION BEHAVIOR AND THE RISK CULTURE OF THE AUSTRALIAN VENTURE CAPITAL INDUSTRY
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Date: 21-12-0004
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590816500405
Abstract: Venture capital (VC) is usually invested in high risk technology companies at their early stages of development. In response to the industry risk environment, the VC fund managers have developed a set of risk management practices appropriate for the industry which include investment syndication. Furthermore, the VC funds are supplied by in idual and institutional investors with different risk profiles and investment focus, usually in finite amounts and for a limited period of time. The funding agreement between the VC firms and the fund investors combined with the limited amount and time can lead to additional funding liquidity risks as the VC funds are invested in the portfolio companies. In this paper, we develop a simple two period model from a VC firm’s perspective with funding liquidity constraints to demonstrate how funding liquidity risk can influence syndication decisions. We subsequently analyze the implication of the model, derive a set of predictions and validate them with VC investment data from Australia. The analysis shows that syndication has both instrumental function in risk management and behavioral implications on risk culture essential for addressing the emerging frontiers of sustainability risks.
An econometric analysis of asymmetric volatility: Theory and application to patents
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2007
Transitioning to Better Primary Education: The Role of an Expatriate Organisation in India
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-08-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12166489
Abstract: India is a signatory to the United Nations’ programs, accepting to implement the Millennium Development Goals and their successor, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While progress on universal primary education has been made since 2000, attaining equitable education for all (SDG4), remains a challenge in rural India. With an estimated 200 million children under the age of fourteen, enrolment in commencing primary education has improved. However, progress beyond year V (primary education in India covers school years I to VIII) is inadequate. One third of children in rural areas drop out of school by that time and this increases to almost half by year VIII. Given India’s large diaspora, this article analyses the impact of a new model of educational support through the work of a non-resident expatriate association, India Rural Education and Development Inc. (IREAD). It uses a 2011–2019 longitudinal case study of a government school in the village of Lakhnu, Uttar Pradesh. Data from the activities of IREAD, researcher observations, interviews, photographs and infrastructure evidence, are analysed. A grounded theory emanating from the data is proposed and areas of improvement are suggested. The research concludes that a major shift is difficult to achieve but IREAD’s contribution delivers small steps in the right direction to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for rural children in India.
Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 30-04-2018
Consumption of Animal Products in Bulgaria
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4757-0.CH019
Abstract: This chapter analyses the trends in production and consumption of animal-based food products, including meat, dairy, eggs and fish, in Bulgaria between 2010 and 2015. Against decreasing population, the production of livestock, yogurt, packaged milk and cheese remained relatively stable or increased resulting in rises on a per capita basis. There was an overall 9% increase in meat consumption with 45% being pork and 72% of it being processed. This trend goes against international dietary recommendations and contributes to climate change and environmental deterioration. The consumer survey conducted in Sofia in 2017 shows limited awareness about these problems with price of meat being the dominant regulator of meat consumption. Nevertheless, there was an acknowledgement by more than half of the survey respondents that Bulgarians should cut their meat intake which is a good starting point for social marketing and encouragement to change consumption away from animal-based products.
Resilience thinking: a bibliometric analysis of socio-ecological research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-02-2013
Economic Prosperity and Sustainability in China: Seeking Wisdom from Confucianism and Taoism
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Is Meat a Luxury?
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4757-0.CH012
Abstract: Once perceived as a nutritional and occasional bonus, meat has now daily presence in the affluent West, serving human appetite for food. Although meat is not a product typically associated with luxury, its large ecological footprint poses the question whether it is time to challenge consumers' perception about animal-based proteins. The purpose of this chapter is to gain a perspective on how consumers respond to the idea of meat being a luxury product. A 2017 Sydney study investigated the concept of luxury meat and meat consumption amongst three generations – Xers, GenY and GenZ. It shows the emerging meaning of luxury goods related to meat that is sustainable, healthy and socially responsible, in response to climate change and feeding the world's population. The Sydney evidence also suggests meat is no longer essential for human health. A shift towards plant-based and new meat alternatives can create more compassionate and environmentally responsible choices.
Are We Approaching Peak Meat Consumption? Analysis of Meat Consumption from 2000 to 2019 in 35 Countries and Its Relationship to Gross Domestic Product
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 06-12-2021
DOI: 10.3390/ANI11123466
Abstract: Growing prosperity, but also disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and consumer preferences are changing global meat consumption. We investigated the 2000–2019 trends in 35 countries monitored by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. We also tested relationships with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Several countries appeared to be reaching peak consumption of some meats, and three (New Zealand, Canada, and Switzerland) have reached this. Poultry consumption increased over time in most countries, and beef and mutton/lamb consumption decreased in many. Using cluster analysis, we ided countries into two clusters: one in which increases in GDP per capita matched increases in meat consumption and a second one of nine countries, for which there was no association between per capita change in GDP and meat consumption. There was evidence of a tipping point around USD 40,000 of GDP per capita, after which increases in economic well-being do not lead to increased meat consumption.
What Is More Important
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4757-0.CH010
Abstract: The unnecessary question what a man is without his masculinity, is deeply ingrained into the socially established norms of strength, power, virility and machoism. Although the traditional male masculinity stereotype and its association with meat consumption are still undisputable for many “real” men, there is indication about a shift toward a new modern evolutionary masculinity which reflects more sustainability values. The chapter explores this based on a survey of Sydney men. It reveals the influence of new factors, such as environmental, health and animal welfare concerns, which shape the concept of the masculine. Meat-eating men will experience increasing pressure to defend their traditional masculinity. The Sydney study also explores the factors likely to influence Australian men to replace a meat-centred diet with more plant-based alternatives.
China's Growing Meat Demands
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9553-5.CH011
Abstract: The chapter examines China's growing meat demand and its implications. Australia and China are currently set to expand trade in meat and livestock facilitated by a government negotiated Free Trade Agreement. China is already the world's largest meat consumer and with the increasing consumerism and wealth of its rapidly growing middle and upper class, the demand for animal products is likely to grow. This country's unprecedented appetite for animal proteins has stimulated the Australian livestock and related sectors, potentially enabling vast growth and profitability within these industries. Chinese customers have strong purchasing power and are eager to buy imported frozen and locally slaughtered Australian meat. While Australian farmers are capitalising on these economic opportunities, only the animal welfare sector voices any concern. This chapter highlights the ignored health and environmental costs.
New Meat Without Livestock
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.CH056
Abstract: This chapter summarizes the global problems associated with livestock production and meat consumption and shows solution strategies through replacing animal products with plant-based alternatives. The positive effects of plant-based alternatives on human health and the environment are reviewed together with approaches for reducing world hunger. Psychological strategies for nutritional transitions towards more sustainable consumption patterns and criteria for market success of meat alternatives are presented. This is followed by an overview of meat alternatives – from soy1, lupine or wheat based, to bleeding burgers and artificial intelligence concepts. Marketing strategies and best practice policy suggestions complete the chapter.
Environmental damage costs from airborne pollution in the major cities in China
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2009
Meat Production and Consumption
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9553-5.CH017
Abstract: This chapter presents the results of studies that unveil how meat and other animal derived products are causing severe environmental impacts, social problems and ethical concerns regarding both human and non-human animals. Although there are many ways to tackle the issue a critical non-anthropocentric education that encompasses ethics as a dimension of sustainability, is proposed. Traditional non environmental education often legitimizes values that are averse to an ethic that could be described as correct regarding the relationship between humans and the other animal species and even many educational currents that call themselves “environmental” are guided by a shallow conservationist point of view. Although welfarist practices may in some contexts be of help, the authors propose the animal abolitionist perspective as the unique genuine foundation for education to build this new paradigm.
Indigenous knowledge and intellectual property: A sustainability agenda
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-08-2006
China's transformation towards a global green system of innovation
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 19-07-2013
DOI: 10.1108/JSTPC-01-2013-0002
Abstract: This paper aims to examine recent trends and China's role in the emerging global green system of innovation (GGSI) and present the major achievement in China's R& D sectors and major challenges faced by the country. The authors use China's role in the clean development mechanism (CDM) as a case to demonstrate the country's willingness to adopt new technology and green innovation. In order to understand China's transformation towards the GGSI, the approach used in this study is a review of innovation systems literature combined with analysis of statistical data from various sources. The authors also build an innovation model for the emerging global green system of innovation to demonstrate the building blocks which allow for transformational system failures to be avoided. The clean development mechanism (CDM) is used as a case ex le as to how GGSI works. This paper puts into perspective some recent developments in innovation and argues that there is enough evidence to claim that the world is re‐orienting towards a global green system of innovation in which China is already one of the most significant players. Through building a new innovation model, this study demonstrates the complexity and the development of innovation in the context of China's transformation towards the GGSI.
Street Recovery in the Age of COVID-19: Simultaneous Design for Mobility, Customer Traffic and Physical Distancing
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 21-03-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14063653
Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between urban traffic, retail location and disease control during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and tries to find a way to simultaneously address these issues for the purpose of street recovery. Drawing on the concept of the 15 min city, the study also aims at seeking COVID-19 exit paths and next-normal operating models to support long-term business prosperity using a case study of Royal Street, East Perth in Western Australia. Nearly half of the shops became vacant or closed at the end of 2020 along the east section of Royal Street, demonstrating the fragility of small business in a car-oriented street milieu that is inadequately supported by proper physical, digital and social infrastructure. A key finding from the analysis is the formulation of the concept of the Minute City. This describes a truly proximity-centred and socially driven hyper-local city, where residents and retailers work together on the local street as a walkable public open space (other than movement space), and benefit from ameliorated traffic flow, improved business location and a safer, connected community.
Sectoral Transformation in the Photovoltaics Industry in Australia, Germany and Japan: Contrasting the Co‐evolution of Actors, Knowledge, Institutions and Markets 1
Publisher: Pluto Journals
Date: 09-2006
DOI: 10.1080/08109020600877501
Abstract: This paper studies the evolution of the photovoltaics industry in Australia, Germany and Japan taking a comparative perspective. A modification of the sectoral innovation system framework is used to discuss: knowledge and technologies, actors and interactions, institutions and funding, development of markets and technological structure, as a way to understand the changes. In the process of transition from niche to mass production, national players have specialised in different activities, and the institutions’ building block has been a key determinant. In the case of Australia, it is also the least developed area which ultimately exposes the country to losing its innovation benefits.
Linking Folklore to Agricultural Sustainability Accounting in Bangladesh
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 04-2021
DOI: 10.4018/IJISSC.2021040105
Abstract: The Bangladeshi folklore cultural heritage embraces myriad proverbs, adages, sayings, folktales, and folksongs, including the songs of the Baul mystic minstrels. Many are linked to various aspects of agriculture – from tilling to harvest, storage of yields, and consumption. The paper draws on this folklore to develop the concept of traditional sustainability accounting in agriculture. Although without formal quantification, these proverbs and songs guide agricultural practices in rural Bangladesh maintaining a socio-economic system that promotes sustainable activities, counteracts the damage caused by the 1970 Green Revolution, and encourage sustainability accounting. In recent years, Bangladesh has achieved many of the Millennium Development Goals but has also witnessed environmental deterioration. An agro-ecological management informed by folklore and traditional wisdom has the potential to transform the country's progress along the lines of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Australian Generation Z and the Nexus between Climate Change and Alternative Proteins
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 21-09-2022
DOI: 10.3390/ANI12192512
Abstract: Scientific evidence shows that current food systems are impacting the planet in ways that are unsustainable and detrimental to human health. Various technological advances have been made in response, one of them being the development of new food products known as novel alternative proteins, including cultured meat, plant-based meat analogues, algae- and insect-based foods. The future of these alternative proteins to a large extent depends on consumer acceptance from young people. This study investigates the attitudes of Australia’s adult Generation Z (Gen Z), born between 1995 and 2003, regarding climate change and more sustainable food choices. Gen Z is a erse, important and trendsetting group known for organising globally on causes related to climate, social justice and health. The study of Australia’s Gen Z is based on a 2021 cross-national survey in the main Australian cities. It shows that, although 86% of the participants perceive climate change as anthropogenic, only 38% believe that livestock-based foods are contributing significantly to global warming and environmental deterioration. The paper discusses the implications for Gen Z and novel alternative proteins given that the majority of Australia’s young people has low awareness of the environmental impacts of food systems and dietary choices.
Into geothermal solutions: The sustainability case for Challenge Stadium in Perth, Western Australia
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 13-09-2011
DOI: 10.1002/EP.10476
Integrated and Sustainable Approaches to Address City Inundation in China
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Implication for China’s Resource Demand on Sustainability in Australia
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Implementing Healthy Planning and Active Living Initiatives: A Virtuous Cycle
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-03-2018
Sustainability social marketing
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2201
Taxing Meat and Animal Food Products
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4757-0.CH008
Abstract: This chapter develops the argument for taxing meat and animal-based products higher than other foods because of their negative effects on both human health and the environment. This includes a disproportionately higher contribution to climate change compared to plant-based options. With the taxation system serving as a mechanism for revenue collection and distribution, it is important to make transparent the reasons for taxing animal foods as well as the services and facilities which will benefit from the increased government proceeds. The ex le of goods and services tax (GST) in Australia is used to estimate the additional state revenue that can be collected through taxing meat. Taxing also acts as a social marketing mechanism to push consumption away from animal based food products and towards better dietary choices.
Nano-biotechnology for Water Sustainability: Bibliometric Analysis
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
The circular economy and mining workwear waste management in Australia: A case study
Publisher: Intellect
Date: 04-2023
DOI: 10.1386/SFT_00023_1
Abstract: End-of-life uniforms and workwear account for around 11,000 tonnes of textile waste in Australia and only 1 per cent is recycled, with the rest discarded in landfills. Australia’s large mining industry operations do not currently engage in responsible employee uniforms and workwear management contributing to the problem of waste. In 2021, the Commonwealth Government of Australia supported the development of a product stewardship scheme to recycle uniforms and workwear to be launched in 2022 and awarded A$1 million in funding to the Australian Fashion Council to implement a National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme. These initiatives aim to improve the design, recovery, reuse and recycling of textiles, providing a roadmap to achieve clothing circularity in Australia by 2030 in line with the National Waste Policy Action Plan targets. The mining industry is the engine of the Australian economy, contributing to economic performance, employment, exports and tax revenues. With the country having some of the largest reserves of iron ore (#1 worldwide), gold (#2 worldwide), silver (#3 worldwide) and lithium (#2 worldwide), the importance of mining and the employment options it provides will continue to grow, particularly in transitioning to a net-zero economy. Urgent solutions are needed to address the issues surrounding uniform and workwear use to eliminate the substantial amounts of textile waste currently generated by the mining industry. This article presents a case study in Western Australia, where half of Australia’s mining operations are located, examining the potential for reducing the mining industry’s garment waste by applying the circular economy principles. The findings from the case study will assist in better understanding the current practices, key challenges and potential opportunities in upcycling and recycling mining workwear in Western Australia.
Changes of public environmental awareness in response to the Taihu blue-green algae bloom incident in China
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-02-2013
Methods for sustainability: conclusion
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2017
Participatory development for regional sustainability in Western Australia: an enabling state?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2004
Reducing meat consumption: the case for social marketing
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 12-06-2017
DOI: 10.1108/APJML-08-2016-0139
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore reasons behind meat consumption. It aims to find out what motivates meat consumers and explore the opportunities of social marketing to counteract negative environmental and health trends. An exploratory Australian survey of Sydney consumer red meat choices is used covering dietary preferences, meat eating patterns, reasons and levels of concern for economic and environmental issues. Analysis of dietary guidelines and marketing c aigns in relation to the survey findings is conducted. The survey highlights: lack of awareness about the link between meat consumption and environmental well-being widespread inaccuracy of health messages related to meat consumption influence of the meat industry in promoting excessive meat consumption pervasiveness of the link between red meat consumption and national identity, social status, prestige and masculinity and urgent need for government-supported social marketing interventions and the demarketing of meat. This is the first study to propose social marketing based on the health and environmental co-benefits of reduced red meat consumption.
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