Applying backcasting and system dynamics towards sustainable development: The housing planning case for low-income citizens in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge de Oliveira Musse ◽  
Aline Sacchi Homrich ◽  
Renato de Mello ◽  
Marly M. Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Housing Planning

scholarly journals A community-based system dynamics approach suggests solutions for improving healthy food access in a low-income urban environment

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. e0216985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeeli Mui ◽  
Ellis Ballard ◽  
Eli Lopatin ◽  
Rachel L. J. Thornton ◽  
Keshia M. Pollack Porter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Healthy Food Access

scholarly journals Development of a System Dynamics Model to Guide Retail Food Store Policies in Baltimore City

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 3055
Author(s):  
Siyao Zhu ◽  
Cassandra Mitsinikos ◽  
Lisa Poirier ◽  
Takeru Igusa ◽  
Joel Gittelsohn
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Staple Food ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Decision Variables ◽  
City Policy

Policy interventions to improve food access and address the obesity epidemic among disadvantaged populations are becoming more common throughout the United States. In Baltimore MD, corner stores are a frequently used source of food for low-income populations, but these stores often do not provide a range of affordable healthy foods. This research study aimed to assist city policy makers as they considered implementing a Staple Food Ordinance (SFO) that would require small stores to provide a range and depth of stock of healthy foods. A System Dynamics (SD) model was built to simulate the complex Baltimore food environment and produce optimal values for key decision variables in SFO planning. A web-based application was created for users to access this model to optimize future SFOs, and to test out different options. Four versions of potential SFOs were simulated using this application and the advantages and drawbacks of each SFO are discussed based on the simulation results. These simulations show that a well-designed SFO has the potential to reduce staple food costs, increase corner store profits, reduce food waste, and expand the market for heathy staple foods.

scholarly journals Downside of corporate performance management practices in low-income markets

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Last Mazambani ◽  
Emmanuel Mutambara
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Developed Markets ◽  
The Poor

Based on theoretical literature review, the paper demonstrates the misgiving of market economy corporate performance management practices when applied in poor markets. Western developed management practices are incongruent to serve poor customers in low-income markets. The findings of the literature review are that these management systems are exclusionary and conflict with sustainable development as they reject the poor as unprofitable and worthless to pursue as customers. In addition, they are based on antiquated assumptions and contradict ideologies and cultural contexts of the poor. In recent times, corporates are under pressure to enter low-income markets as developed markets get saturated. The poor are, however, significantly different from the affluent customers obtained in higher income segments. Corporates find themselves poorly equipped to succeed. Because poor markets are only latent, firms are expected to do more in order to create value than they would do when entering developed markets. The paper provides recommendations for the firms from developed markets to adjust their performance management practices in order to be successful in emerging markets.

KR08 Achieving Sustainable Development in Southern California: Collaborative Learning through System Dynamics Modeling

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1483-1497
Author(s):  
Raymond Madachy ◽  
Benjamin Haas ◽  
Hilary Bradbury ◽  
Josh Newell ◽  
Mansour Rahimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Southern California ◽  
System Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Dynamics Modeling

System Dynamics Simulation and Adjustment on Coal Resource Utilization Based on Circular Economy

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 3190-3201
Author(s):  
Yan Hong Hao ◽  
Ling Mei Wang ◽  
Li Xia Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Resource Utilization ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Recycling Rate ◽  
Coal Resource

Coal resource utilization system, based on circular economy, is an opening, complex and time-varying system. It composes of subsystems such as industry, population, economy and environment etc. Taking the industry subsystem as prime object, this paper builds its system dynamics model adopting the system dynamics method based on full life cycle. The adjustment parameters such as utilization rate of by-product of mining, the proportion of coal use in each industry and waste recycling rate etc. were confirmed. As a case of coal utilization system being designed, thirteen development projects belong to two types of scenarios were run on the model. The efficacy coefficient method was applied to analyze the simulation results and determine the comparatively best project of coal resource utilization system for the first time. The results indicate that the C4 among them are the best project comparatively, its waste emission is the least, and the benefits of economy, environment and society are the maximum. Research shows that extending industrial chain, increasing production proportion of high added-value product and raising waste recycling rate are beneficial to decrease coal-mining quantity for unit output value, protect coal resource and achieve sustainable development, namely that adopting circular economy development pattern is undoubtedly worthy of advocating for sustainable development of economy, environment and society.

Impact of ICTs for Sustainable Development of Youth Employability

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-180
Author(s):  
Abiodun Alao ◽  
Roelien Brink
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
The Government ◽  
Youth Employability

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (41R) era requires industries to adopt the use of technology and specialised study accomplished with digital knowledge. This has contributed to the high rate of unemployment and job loss of people, especially the youths without digital knowledge. The objective of this study is to understand how ICTs can be used for the sustainable development of youth employability. The youths are among the low-income populations that require access to information on industry requirement for improved employability and the provision of digital skills training will allow them to have the knowledge to use ICTs to access information on the relevant job skills needed in the labour market. The sustainable livelihood theory was used to guide the study. Recommendations for the study will allow the government, ICT policymakers, and stakeholders to use ICTs for the sustainable development of youths and improve employability.

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