A study on the relationship between scientific and technological progress and the sustainable development

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

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Mechanisms of Environmental Regulation’s Impact on Green Technological Progress—Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Sector

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13041600 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 1600

Author(s):

Weijiang Liu ◽

Mingze Du ◽

Yuxin Bai

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Technological Change ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Technological Progress ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Biased Technological Change ◽

Chinese Manufacturing Industry

As the world’s largest developing country, and as the home to many of the world’s factories, China plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of the world economy regarding environmental protection, energy conservation, and emission reduction issues. Based on the data from 2003–2015, this paper examined the green total factor productivity and the technological progress in the Chinese manufacturing industry. A slack-based measure (SBM) Malmquist productivity index was used to measure the bias of technological change (BTC), input-biased technological change (IBTC), and output-biased technological change (OBTC) by decomposing the technological progress. It also investigated the mechanism of environmental regulation, property right structure, enterprise-scale, energy consumption structure, and other factors on China’s technological progress bias. The empirical results showed the following: (1) there was a bias of technological progress in the Chinese manufacturing industry during the research period; (2) although China’s manufacturing industry’s output tended to become greener, it was still characterized by a preference for overall CO2 output; and (3) the impact of environmental regulations on the Chinese manufacturing industry’s technological progress had a significant threshold effect. The flexible control of environmental regulatory strength will benefit the Chinese manufacturing industry’s technological development. (4) R&D investment, export delivery value, and structure of energy consumption significantly contributed to promoting technological progress. This study provides further insight into the sustainable development of China’s manufacturing sector to promote green-biased technological progress and to achieve the dual goal of environmental protection and healthy economic growth.

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Transformation Development and Eco-Environmental Protection of Resource-Exhausted City

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.340.1045 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 340 ◽

pp. 1045-1049 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shi Xian Sun ◽

Yao Shun Zhu ◽

Cun Yu Cai ◽

Yong Mei Li ◽

Rui Tao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Natural Disasters ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Transformation Process ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

Geological Hazards ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Over Exploitation ◽

Ecological Construction ◽

The Relationship

In order to ensure the sustainable development of resource-exhausted cities,with Dongchuan disrict of Kunming as an example, the achievements and problems in the economic transformation, as well the relationship between the geological hazards and mining were analysed,the results showed that Dongchuan has achieved good results in the process of transformation in economy, city transformation, and ecological construction.However, the basic cause of severe natural disasters lie in over-exploitation is ignored for the misunderstanding of the causes of geological disasters.Therefore, the prominent problem in the development of transformation is the insufficient emphasis on eco-environmental protection.Resource-exhausted cities must pay attention to ecological construction in the transformation process for keeping the economic and environmental sustainability.

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How to realize the sustainable development of mariculture industry——Re-examine from the perspective of biased technological progress in China

Marine Policy ◽

10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104791 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 134 ◽

pp. 104791

Author(s):

Wenhan Ren

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Technological Progress ◽

The Sustainable Development

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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Handbook of Research on Islamic Social Finance and Economic Recovery After a Global Health Crisis - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-6811-8.ch018 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 280-295

Author(s):

Nur Farhah Mahadi ◽

Nor Razinah Mohd. Zain ◽

Shamsuddeen Muhammad Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Financial Inclusion ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to explore the role of Islamic social finance towards realising financial inclusion in achieving nine of the seventeen goals of sustainable development goals (SDGs) which are SDG1, SDG2, SDG3, SDG4, SDG5, SDG8, SDG9, SDG10, and SDG17 in the 2030 agenda for SDGs, as propagated by United Nations Member States in 2015. Then, a critical analysis is made to explain the possible contribution of Islamic social finance in achieving financial inclusion which is aligned with SDGs that brings balanced to the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual of the community in supporting overall economic growth which finally combats the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research and empirical studies can be conducted to explore the relationship between Islamic social finance, financial inclusion, and SDGs which in tandem with Maqᾱṣid al-Sharῑ῾ah to equip ourselves in unpredictable economic hiccups during COVID-19. The results may also motivate the financial industries to promote Islamic social finance products and corporate social responsibilities as well as enhance the development of Islamic social finance towards achieving financial inclusion in fulfilling SDGs which soon will provide significant social impacts as the results will enable new initiatives by industries and policy makers to develop Islamic social finance in attaining financial inclusion to achieve SDGs which is seen as being parallel with Maqᾱṣid al-Sharῑ῾ah especially in resolving economic issues of COVID-19.

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Sustainable development of municipalities: financial assurance infrastructure

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201823908005 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 239 ◽

pp. 08005 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Galina Morunova ◽

Svetlana Gorbushina ◽

Vladimir Okrepilov ◽

Svetlana Kuzmina

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Financial Security ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Infrastructure Provision ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

Security Infrastructure ◽

Financial Assurance ◽

Primary Basis ◽

The Relationship

In the conditions of modern challenges, the issues of infrastructure support for the sustainable development of territories of all levels and, above all, their primary basis - municipal formations, acquire special significance. The research is based on the hypothesis of the relationship between the quality of infrastructure provision of municipalities, including their budgetary and managerial potential, and the sustainable social and economic development of the territory. Accordingly, the authors consider models of interaction between all subjects of economic and social ties of territorial formation, their innovative component and the nature of inclusion in the ensuring of sustainable development of municipalities. The recommendations on the formation of the financial security infrastructure with a view to ensure sustainable development of municipalities are also presented.

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Intrapreneurial Self-Capital and Connectedness to Nature within Organizations

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11133699 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (13) ◽

pp. 3699 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Duradoni ◽

Di Fabio

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Personality Trait ◽

Mediation Analysis ◽

Outcome Variable ◽

Mediation Model ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Connectedness To Nature ◽

The Relationship ◽

Mediator Variable

Research exists regarding personality traits in relation to connectedness with nature. However, it is not possible to increase personality through training. As an alternative, intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC) could be a promising core of resources for enhancing the sustainable development of behaviors and practices. Using a sample of 198 workers, this study exploratively analyzed the relationship between the extraversion personality trait, ISC, and connectedness to nature. A mediation model was employed to assess the effects of extraversion on connectedness to nature (outcome variable) through ISC (conceived as an intervening mediator variable). The mediation analysis highlighted that ISC potentially promotes workers’ connectedness to nature within organizations. Thus, implementing dedicated interventions to increase ISC could encourage sustainable development by enhancing workers’ levels of connectedness to nature.

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The Collapse of Venezuela vs. The Sustainable Development of Selected South American Countries

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11123406 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 3406 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Iván De la Vega ◽

José Manuel Puente ◽

Magaly Sanchez R

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Data Envelopment ◽

South American ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Quintuple Helix ◽

Innovation Model ◽

Hugo Chavez ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of the study is to examine the longitudinal trajectories of five selected South American countries in the period between 1990 and 2018, applying the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model (QHIM). The aim is to analyse the trends of each country through the relationship of its helices using indicators extracted from an international database in order to establish their articulation and synergies to go in search of sustainable development. Within this dynamic, Venezuela represents the axis country of the study and Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru make up the group that allows the comparison. The research focuses attention on two periods of Venezuelan politics since they allow measuring the variations of the countries under study. The base year is 1996 and is called the pre-Hugo Chávez Frias (HCF) period; the cutoff year for the comparison is 2014 and is called the post-HCF period. The study is longitudinal and descriptive. For the analysis, the five knowledge subsystems (helices) of the QHIM were redefined in order to have precise concepts; a database was designed based on World Bank indicators that were later thematically related to each of the helices. The interrelationships between the helices of each country were also specified in order to determine which were the weakest and which had the most positive or negative influence. In order to calculate the percentage variation of the countries, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method was applied. In this sense, the most relevant finding is related to the decisions made in the last twenty years from the political helix in Venezuela because it deactivated and disarticulated the others, causing that country to collapse.

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Technological Bias and Its Influencing Factors in Sustainable Development of China’s Transportation

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12145704 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (14) ◽

pp. 5704

Author(s):

Shuai Zhang ◽

Xiaoman Zhao ◽

Changwei Yuan ◽

Xiu Wang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Technological Change ◽

Total Factor Productivity ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Technological Progress ◽

Transportation Industry ◽

Factor Productivity ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Biased Technological Change ◽

Technological Bias

The bias of technological progress, particularly relating to energy saving and carbon emissions reduction, plays a significant role in the sustainable development of transportation, and has not yet received sufficient attention. The objectives of this paper were to examine the bias of technological change (BTC), input-biased technological change (IBTC), and output-biased technological change (OBTC), and their influencing factors in the sustainable development of China’s regional transportation industry from 2005 to 2017. A slack-based measure (SBM) Malmquist productivity index was adopted to measure the BTC, IBTC, and OBTC by decomposing green total factor productivity. The results revealed that: (1) Continuous technological bias progress and input-biased technological progress existed in China’s transportation development from 2005 to 2017, making an important contribution to green total factor productivity. The output-biased technological change was close to 1, indicating a slight impact on the sustainable development of the transportation industry; (2) The bias of technological progress in eastern regions was slightly greater than that in central regions, and obviously greater than that in western regions. Moreover, different provinces experienced different types of technological bias change, with four major types observed during the research period; (3) The input-biased technology of a majority of provinces tended to invest more capital relative to labor, using more capital comparing to energy, and consume more energy relative to labor, while the output-biased technology of most provinces tended to produce desirable outputs (value added in transportation) and reduce the byproduct of CO2 relatively; (4) Average years of education, green patents in transportation, industrial scale, and local government fiscal expenditure in transportation significantly contributed to promoting the bias of technological progress, which was inhibited by the R&D investment. This study provides further insight into the improvement of sustainable development for China’s transportation, thereby helping to guide the government to promote green-biased technological progress and optimize the allocation of resources.

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Sustainability as a Key Factor in Tourism Competitiveness: A Global Analysis

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12010051 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Beatriz Rodríguez-Díaz ◽

Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Analysis ◽

Regional Study ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Travel And Tourism ◽

Geographical Regions ◽

Key Factor ◽

Development Goals ◽

Competitiveness Index ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between sustainability and tourism competitiveness and potential differences in these parameters between geographical regions. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) of the World Economic Forum is most commonly used to measure tourism competitiveness, however, this index has been criticized by some academics. We propose a synthetic indicator (Imα) using the multicriteria double reference point method, which can measure tourism competitiveness more accurately by applying different degrees of substitutability among pillars. The Sustainable Development Index (SDG Index) frames the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and was used to analyze sustainability data. The new tourism competitiveness index (Imα) was obtained at both the global and regional level. It is important to note that some countries have a different ranking in the regional and global tourism competitiveness indexes, which shows a different behaviors among regions. The relationship between sustainability and tourism competitiveness is positive in all the analyses performed, though it is stronger when calculated without allowing substitutability, especially when considering the regional index. These trends show the value of this regional study of tourism competitiveness, because in addition to helping managers develop strategies to improve tourism competitiveness, it allows them to know the effect that these strategies will have on sustainability.

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