scholarly journals Three principles for co-designing sustainability intervention strategies: Experiences from Southern Transylvania

AMBIO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1451-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. M. Lam ◽  
Andra I. Horcea-Milcu ◽  
Joern Fischer ◽  
Daniela Peukert ◽  
Daniel J. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Real World ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Leverage Points ◽  
Future State ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
Research Frameworks ◽  
Future 2

AbstractTransformational research frameworks provide understanding and guidance for fostering change towards sustainability. They comprise stages of system understanding, visioning and co-designing intervention strategies to foster change. Guidance and empirical examples for how to facilitate the process of co-designing intervention strategies in real-world contexts remain scarce, especially with regard to integrating local initiatives. We suggest three principles to facilitate the process of co-designing intervention strategies that integrate local initiatives: (1) Explore existing and envisioned initiatives fostering change towards the desired future; (2) Frame the intervention strategy to bridge the gap between the present state and desired future state(s), building on, strengthening and complementing existing initiatives; (3) Identify drivers, barriers and potential leverage points for how to accelerate progress towards sustainability. We illustrate our approach via a case study on sustainable development in Southern Transylvania. We conclude that our principles were useful in the case study, especially with regards to integrating initiatives, and could also be applied in other real-world contexts.

scholarly journals Child development and disability

2018 ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
Richard Rosch ◽  
Michelle Heys ◽  
Hannah Kuper
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Developmental Potential ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

Worldwide, many children do not meet their developmental potential. This is particularly the case in LMICs and especially affects children living with disability. Thus, improving developmental attainment and reducing the impact of disability has now become an integral part of many of the sustainable development goals. This chapter introduces several tools currently available to measure both childhood development, and the effects of disability. Using examples from current research in global health this chapter introduces both known effective intervention strategies that improve developmental outcomes, and highlights challenges and future priorities for further research. These points are further illustrated using epilepsy as a case study, highlighting how the interaction of biomedical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic factors impacts on childhood development.

Simulating compliance behaviour for effective inspection strategies using agent based modelling

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 809-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther van Asselt ◽  
Sjoukje Osinga ◽  
Harry Bremmers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Optimal Intervention ◽  
Compliance Behaviour

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to simulate compliance behaviour of entrepreneurs in the Netherlands based on the Table of Eleven: 11 factors determining compliance (based on economic, cognitive, social and institutional factors). Design/methodology/approach – An Agent-Based Model (ABM) was developed that could incorporate both individual and group behaviour and allowed to evaluate the effect of various intervention strategies. For this purpose, a case study on the compliance of pig farmers with antibiotics legislation in the Netherlands was used. Findings – The effect of social factors (acceptance of legislation and social influence) on compliance levels was tested as well as the number of inspectors. This showed that the model can help to choose the most optimal intervention strategy depending on the input parameters. Research limitations/implications – Further expansion of the model may be necessary, e.g. including economic factors, in order to reflect real-life situations more closely. Practical implications – The model can be used by inspection services to effectively implement their control programme. Originality/value – The developed ABM is a first attempt to simulate compliance behaviour and as such contributes to the current limited knowledge on effective intervention strategies.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Funda Samanlioglu
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Medicine Physician ◽  
Criteria Weights ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Internal Medicine Physician

In this study, a fuzzy AHP-VIKOR method is presented to help decision makers (DMs), especially physicians, evaluate and rank intervention strategies for influenza. Selecting the best intervention strategy is a sophisticated multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem with potentially competing criteria. Two fuzzy MCDM methods, fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (F-AHP) and fuzzy VIsekriterijumska optimizacija i KOmpromisno Resenje (F-VIKOR), are integrated to evaluate and rank influenza intervention strategies. In fuzzy AHP-VIKOR, F-AHP is used to determine the fuzzy criteria weights and F-VIKOR is implemented to rank the strategies with respect to the presented criteria. A case study is given where a professor of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, an internal medicine physician, an ENT physician, a family physician, and a cardiologist in Turkey act as DMs in the process.

scholarly journals Sebuah Sintesisi Pada Literatur: Strategi Intervensi Pemasaran Hijau Menuju Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (A Synthesis of Literature: A Green Marketing Intervention Strategy towards Sustainable Development)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Sri Widyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Green Marketing ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Marketing Intervention

This paper describes the literature on green marketing intervention strategies in the framework of sustainable development with an emphasis on green marketing intervention strategies on the environmental problems facing the world today. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the historic United Nations (UN) Summit has been officially enacted. For the next fifteen years, with this new universal target valid for all, the country will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequality and overcome climate change. This study explains that both individuals and organizations can benefit from environmentally friendly marketing strategies. Public concerns over environmental damage in recent years have made marketers recognize the needs and marketing value of environmentally friendly. Attention to these conditions has changed the paradigm of the views of companies, marketers, and consumers to contribute to change towards goodness for nature itself. In today’s competitive business environment, profit-oriented and socially responsible companies have begun to adopt the concept of green marketing and address environmental issues as a source of competitive advantage. The disadvantages and future of green marketing interventions are also important reviews for future researchers. Thus at the same time can protect the environment to achieve sustainable development.

scholarly journals LOCAL INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL HOKKAIDO: A CASE STUDY OF SAMANI

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
Devon Dublin ◽  
◽  
Alexandra Bancheva ◽  
Amy Freitag ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Initiatives

scholarly journals Evaluation of intervention strategies for a road link in the Netherlands

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Tyrone Adey ◽  
Nam Lethanh ◽  
Andreas Hartmann ◽  
Francesco Viti
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Optimization Model ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Multiple Objects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Optimal Intervention ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of the impact hierarchy and the optimization model to determine the optimal intervention strategy for a road link composed of multiple objects. The paper focusses on the results of a case study of intervention project on A20 road link in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Design/methodology/approach – The study was a case study research. It describes briefly the impact hierarchy and its link to the optimization model, and then focussed on analyzing the results obtained from running the model. In order to understand the influence of various factors affecting the results of optimization, sensitivity analysis was performed. Findings – The proposed hierarchy is suitable to be used to support the determination of optimal intervention strategies (OISs) for public road. From the case study, it was also realized that optimal intervention strategy can be changed due to not only intervention costs incurred by the owner, but also due to the setup of traffic configuration during the execution of interventions since the impacts incurred to users, directly affected public, and indirectly affected public are significantly different from one traffic configuration to the others. The optimal intervention strategy also depends greatly on the factors of deterioration during the operation of the infrastructure objects. Research limitations/implications – In the impact hierarchy, some impact factors are difficult to be quantified, e.g., the long-term economic impacts on the region where having intervention projects. The use of only exponential function for impacts could be oversimplified the actual behavior of the impacts. Other functional form should be investigated to be used within the framework of the optimization model. Practical implications – The proposed hierarchy and the optimization model could be used in practical situation for determination of OISs for multiple objects within a road link. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the body of knowledge of stakeholder analysis in the field of infrastructure asset management. It also gives a guideline and tool for infrastructure administrators to select the OISs for their infrastructure network.

Qualitative Case Study Research Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tetnowski
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Real World ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Study Research

Qualitative case study research can be a valuable tool for answering complex, real-world questions. This method is often misunderstood or neglected due to a lack of understanding by researchers and reviewers. This tutorial defines the characteristics of qualitative case study research and its application to a broader understanding of stuttering that cannot be defined through other methodologies. This article will describe ways that data can be collected and analyzed.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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