scholarly journals CHINA ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME THE LIMITS OF GROWTH

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Yongyou Nie ◽  
Daria Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution

The article analyzes the concept of “the limits to growth”, examines the main reasons for the slowdown in China's economic development in recent years. Special attention is paid to the problems of environmental pollution and lack of resources. Among the problems concerning environmental pollution there are both domestic problems such as air, water and soil pollution, and problems of an international scale. With regard to the problem of lack of resources, special attention is paid to China's dependence on imports of resources, which causes security problems due to the large number of exporting countries. Besides, the article describes the steps that China is taking to move to a new model of economic growth, in terms of institutional reforms, resource management and innovation in the field of green technologies, by taking the path of “green” sustainable development.

scholarly journals Convergence as a Structural Goal of Sustainable Economic Development: the Overview of Approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 315 ◽  
pp. 04019
Author(s):  
Sergey Zhironkin ◽  
Olga Zhironkina ◽  
Michal Cehlar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Structural Shift ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Technological Transition ◽  
Structural Shifts

The processes of a green economy development, changes in approaches to the production and use of energy, the emergence of new sources of investment in the technological transition - all this is a consequence and, at the same time, the cause of structural shifts in the economies of advanced countries. In this light, the technological backwardness of the Russian economy, caused by a negative structural shift during the period of market reforms, impedes the transition to a green economy, rationalization of the use of natural resources and reduction of environmental pollution. Therefore, the development of theoretical provisions for the convergence of environmental and economic policies, the development of appropriate incentives for business are considered as an important step in the transition to sustainable development. For this purpose, the authors examine the original approaches to various paths of transition to sustainable development caused by structural shifts of a convergent nature in the economy.

Approaches for Measuring Sustainability

2013 ◽  
pp. 158-184
Author(s):  
Evangelos Grigoroudis ◽  
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou ◽  
Yannis A. Phillis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Measuring Technique ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Limits To Growth

The environment provides the economy with resources (e.g., water, air, fuels, food, metals, minerals, and drugs), services (e.g., the cycles of H2O, C, CO2, N, O2; photosynthesis, and soil formation), and mechanisms to absorb waste. Economic growth is based on these three services, and since the global ecosystem does not grow, economic growth cannot continue indefinitely. The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have received much attention among policy-makers and scientists as a result of the existence of limits to growth and the dramatic environmental changes of the last decades. Sustainability integrates environmental, economic, and societal aspects. It also covers different geographical scales: ecosystems, regions, countries, and the globe. In this chapter, the authors review various models of sustainability assessment. Since there is no universally accepted definition and measuring technique of sustainability, these different models lead to different assessments. They also present a discussion of the sustainability indicators, aggregation tools, and data imputation techniques used in each approach.

Empirical Study on the Correlations of Environmental Pollution, Human Capital, and Economic Growth

2013 ◽  
pp. 128-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Guangming ◽  
An Zhaofeng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Protection Authority

Based on 1990-2007 data in Guangdong China, this chapter studies the correlation of environmental pollution, human capital, and economic growth. The results show that Guangdong’s economic growth deteriorates the environmental quality. Highly skilled human capital is one of the main engines of the economic growth and the growth promotes the human capital’s accumulation. Upgrading the human capital helps controlling pollutant emission and environmental pollution depresses the human capital accumulation. Furthermore, the authors hope that understanding the individual relationships between environmental pollution and human capital or economic growth will help the environmental protection authority or governments in China to make more effective and efficient regulations or policies to coordinate the country’s sustainable development.

scholarly journals Protecting the environment for the sake of sustainable development from the perspective of implementing social responsibilities of Vietnamese enterprises

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 11011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Anh Thi Duong ◽  
Lyudmila Pushkareva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Close Cooperation

Development society brings many benefits to people and also brings many challenges. Those challenges seriously affect sustainable economic development, the life and health of all people in society. At present, issues that the whole society has been facing are: hygiene, food safety, environmental pollution, new epidemics, and exhaust of natural resources as well as warming up of the earth... To limit and solve the aforementioned issues, it needs close cooperation and support from all people and enterprises. Every individual, every organization is a part of society. The development of each individual and each enterprise is also the development of society and vice versa. The rise of society will also have a positive impact on each member of it. Therefore, enterprises need to raise awareness about sustainable development and act responsibly with the community and society. It is necessary and useful not only for enterprises themselves but also for the whole society. In this thesis, the author focuses on addressing the following issues: Carrying out social responsibilities associated with environmental protection in order to sustainably develop of Vietnamese enterprises, thereby finding the causes and proposing solutions to help enterprises fulfill their social responsibilities and protect the green, clean and beautiful environment in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Law on Environment of Vietnam in 2014.

scholarly journals Valuation of Water Resource Green Efficiency Based on SBM–TOBIT Panel Model: Case Study from Henan Province, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6944
Author(s):  
Yiru Guo ◽  
Yan Hu ◽  
Ke Shi ◽  
Yuriy Bilan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Henan Province ◽  
Arid Areas ◽  
Efficiency Assessment

With progress in China’s industrialization and urbanization, the contradiction of social and economic development with water resource supply–demand and water environmental pollution becomes increasingly prominent. To cope with the dual constraints of resource shortage and environmental regulations, the concept of water resource green efficiency that considers economic, environmental, and ecological factors is highly involved to promote sustainable economic development. The theoretical and practice circle devote to scientific green efficiency assessment of water resources and effective recognition of relevant influencing factors. However, to an extent they neglect social benefits brought by sustainable development and possible influences of industrial restructuring on green efficiency. They also lack concern on green efficiency of water resources in inland arid areas. To offset the disadvantages of existing studies, the philosophy of sustainable development was integrated into the input–output assessment system of green efficiency of water resources, and an assessment model was constructed using the SBM–Tobit (slack-based measure and Tobit) method. Moreover, a case study based on Henan Province, China was carried out. The green efficiencies of water resources in 18 cities of Henan Province during 2011–2018 were calculated. The operation mechanism of relevant influencing factors was discussed, and the methods to improve green efficiency of water resources were determined. Results reveal that the sustainable green efficiency of water resources in Henan Province increased in fluctuation during 2011–2018. The mean green efficiency increased from 0.425 in 2011 to 0.498 in 2018. At present, green efficiency of water resources in Henan Province remains at a low level, with a mean of 0.504. Reducing water consumption intensity and increasing investment to water environmental pollution technologies can promote green efficiency of water resources significantly. Conclusions provide a new method for scientific measurement and green efficiency assessment of water resources in inland arid areas.

Simulation Study for Oasis-Type Urban Systems Sustainable Development - A Case Study on Wuwei City in Gansu Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 869-870 ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
Bo Yang ◽  
Pei Ji Shi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
The Sustainable Development

Oasis city ecological environment and socio-economic development is the only way to achieve regional sustainable development. The paper takes the use of Wuwei City in 2000-2010 statistics to simulate the next 10 years the sustainable development of the Urban System, using SD simulation model in system dynamics to comparative analysis three simulation program of complex systems including population, economy, water resources, land resources, environmental pollution and other subsystems, and explore the problems of Urban System sustainable development in Wuwei City in the future. The results showed that: only when the various factors within the system have maintained stable development trend, that steady economic development, population growth steady, steady increase water consumption, water emissions control increases, so that Wuwei City will maintain the situation of the balance between supply and demand of resources and environmental pollution, and improve and achieve ultimately the sustainable development of complex n Oasis city System.

scholarly journals The Green Economy Perspective of Batu City: Calculating Depletion in the Tourism Sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hasyim Ibnu Abbas ◽  
Hadi Sumarsono ◽  
Farida Rahmawati ◽  
Inayati Nuraini Dwiputri
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources

The concept of sustainable development has begun to be developed, namely in line with current needs and without endangering future generations. In addition to focusing on environmental issues, this concept covers economic development, environmental protection and social development. However, this concept still tends to focus on short- term economic development. With the limitation of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) and the resources we have, it is not surprising that policymakers prefer shortcuts. As a result, the quality of economic growth has deteriorated. One of the efforts to harmonize the needs of economic growth and conservation of natural resources is the concept of a Green Economy. This article discusses how to calculate economic development as seen from the amount of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from a Green Economy perspective. Batu City, as a tourism city that relies on natural conditions and its environment, needs to analyze its economic development from a Green Economy perspective in order to be sustainable. This article aimed to analyze the depletion of natural resources of the sub-sector “Provision of Accommodation and Food – Beverage” which supports tourism in Batu City. The results showed that in 2015-2019, natural resource depletion increased every year. Keywords: Sustainable Development, Green Economy, Depletion, Natural Resources

scholarly journals CURRENT STATE AND TRENDS OF THE SHADOW SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY I

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (49) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Inna Tiutiunyk ◽  
◽  
Andrii Zolkover ◽  
Oleksii Lyulyov ◽  
Serhii Lyeonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
Capital Outflow ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Current State

Current trends in economic development of most countries highlight the need to improve existing tools for their economic growth and sustainable development. An important aspect in this direction is the implementation of the policy of de-shadowing of the economy. The article analyzes the current world trends in the functioning of the shadow economy, identifies the most common schemes of shadow capital withdrawal and approaches to their classification. The systematization of the existing methodical approaches to the assessment of the level of shadowing of the economy is carried out, their advantages and disadvantages are determined. The expediency of developing a unified approach to estimating the volume of shadow financial flows, which is based on taking into account the multi-channel schemes of shadow capital outflow, is substantiated.

scholarly journals The use of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Management of Sustainable Development

Ekonomika ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigijus Čiegis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curves ◽  
Relationship Of

he relationship of economic growth and environmental impact has spurred fierce debates between growth optimists referring to the phenomenon of the environmental Kuznets curve, and pessimists referring to the limits to growth. The article draws some hints from a critical assessment of the literature on the environmental Kuznets curve. In particular, it is argued that the optimistic implications of this literature on the sustainability management are ungranted. However, analysis of environmental Kuznets curves allows a clarification of the few basic conditions for the management of sustainable development, including the sustainability of globalisation. These conditions can be met by implementing a systematic policy strategy aimed at shifting the Kuznets relations downward.

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