The Assessment of the Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Expressway Construction Projects Based on the DFGF Algorithm

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang'an Zheng ◽  
Qisen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Expressway Construction

scholarly journals The Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Ridesourcing Services: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-289
Author(s):  
Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir ◽  
Ayyoob Sharifi ◽  
Mohammad Hajian Hossein Abadi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Flexible Working Hours ◽  
The Social ◽  
Demand Fluctuations ◽  
Limited Compliance

The proliferation of ridesourcing services has raised both hopes and concerns about their role in cities. The impacts of ridesourcing services are complex and multi-faceted. Through reviewing the literature, this study aims to identify the social, economic, and environmental impacts of these services and highlight opportunities and challenges that lay ahead of them for resolving issues related to urban transportation. According to the results, ridesourcing services offer safe modes of transport that provide convenient mobility options, improve transit availability in disadvantaged and remote areas, and respond to taxi demand fluctuations. They can create new job opportunities by employing new human resources that have not been used before, provide flexible working hours for drivers, and are more efficient than taxi cabs. These services provide other opportunities to extend or complement public transit, reduce car ownership and congestion, and minimize parking supply. However, they are criticized for unfair competition with traditional taxis, limited compliance with social legislation, and lack of affordability. They are not available in all places and exclude some vulnerable and socially disadvantaged groups. Labor rights are not secure in this industry, and driver income is not stable. Finally, there is also evidence showing that, in some cases, they contribute to the growth of VMT, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and congestion in cities.

scholarly journals Weaving Niche Production into Pacific Economies: The Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of FIJI Water on Local Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Catherine Jones
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Social ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Pacific Island Nations

<p>This research explores the pursuit of 'economies of niche' in the Pacific region and the local social, economic and environmental impacts it entails. In the 1980s, Pacific nations adopted the neoliberal ideology as a means to stimulate economic growth and rehabilitate their vulnerable economies. However, this has brought significant challenges. Among other things, Pacific nations face problems regarding the tyranny to distance markets, lack of economies of scale, and the scarcity of investment. Niche production has been recommended as a way to counteract such problems. By adopting the niche model, Pacific Island nations are encouraged to craft products based on the region‘s unique imagery as a means of achieving a distinctive market position based on geographically differentiated production. Although Pacific nations have been encouraged to pursue economies of niche, the influence and impact of this method, particularly at a local scale, remains critically unexplored. To address this, the case-study of Fiji and one of its most 'successful' globalised niche exporters FIJI Water – a multinational bottled water company – will be explored. This work critically explains and criticises the global success of FIJI Water at the macro-scale. Through village based case-studies of the social, environmental and environmental impacts of FIJI Water‘s export success an analysis of the local implications of niche production in the Pacific is also offered.</p>

scholarly journals Weaving Niche Production into Pacific Economies: The Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of FIJI Water on Local Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Catherine Jones
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Social ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Pacific Island Nations

<p>This research explores the pursuit of 'economies of niche' in the Pacific region and the local social, economic and environmental impacts it entails. In the 1980s, Pacific nations adopted the neoliberal ideology as a means to stimulate economic growth and rehabilitate their vulnerable economies. However, this has brought significant challenges. Among other things, Pacific nations face problems regarding the tyranny to distance markets, lack of economies of scale, and the scarcity of investment. Niche production has been recommended as a way to counteract such problems. By adopting the niche model, Pacific Island nations are encouraged to craft products based on the region‘s unique imagery as a means of achieving a distinctive market position based on geographically differentiated production. Although Pacific nations have been encouraged to pursue economies of niche, the influence and impact of this method, particularly at a local scale, remains critically unexplored. To address this, the case-study of Fiji and one of its most 'successful' globalised niche exporters FIJI Water – a multinational bottled water company – will be explored. This work critically explains and criticises the global success of FIJI Water at the macro-scale. Through village based case-studies of the social, environmental and environmental impacts of FIJI Water‘s export success an analysis of the local implications of niche production in the Pacific is also offered.</p>

Water Systems in a Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Arvind Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Foundation Design ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Macarthur Foundation

The circular economy is based on three fundamental principles as defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation: design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. This chapter explores the relationship between the circular economy principles and the water management systems to identify the integration points where the water systems can be aligned with the circular economy. The chapter also ascertains the impediments which hinder this transition and identifies the opportunities that will present themselves in this endeavor. This chapter aims to help the readers understand the social, economic, and environmental impacts that will be created when water systems get integrated into the circular economy framework.

Coordination between Road Network and Economic Development Based on WPDEA

2011 ◽  
Vol 299-300 ◽  
pp. 1291-1294
Author(s):  
Xiao Li Lu ◽  
Dian Chao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Network Construction ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dalian City ◽  
Network Evaluation

This paper built a road network evaluation system on the basis of the theory and methods of road network construction projects, and then established WPDEA model for it. This model was applied in Dalian city, and the results indicated that the road network matched the social-economic in some years, but it didn’t match in outher years.

scholarly journals THE YACYRETA HOUSING COMPLEX: 20 YEARS LATER

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (09) ◽  
pp. 204-210
Author(s):  
M.A. Servin Santa Cruz ◽  
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M.R. Servin Nasich ◽  
O.A. Insfran ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Involuntary Resettlement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
Area Of Influence

Dams tend to have both positive and negative social, economic and environmental impacts in their area of influence. This article focuses on the social impacts, especially those related to the housing of the relocated population in the San Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz neighborhood, also known as the Arroyo Pora Housing Complex, located in the municipality of Cambyreta (Paraguay), 20 years after the first wave of relocations (1999). The objective of the study is to describe the current situation of these housing units, considering aspects such as housing tenure, conformity, modifications and maintenance, to mention some variables, according to the passage of time. For this purpose, it uses a semi-structured survey to a sample of the aforementioned population. The study found that the displaced population had to adapt the house given to them for relocation purposes to their needs, mainly due to an increase in the population per family unit. Additionally, during this research new owners were identified, as well as caretakers and tenants, who settled after the relocation period, resulting in a loss of homogeneity of the population. These situations could indicate that the recommendations related to the management of involuntary resettlement processes were not taken into account in this case.

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