Sustainability Awareness and Principle-Based Jurisprudence:  A Study on the Developed and Developing Nations from 1974 to 2019

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Yi Man Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
Degree Of Separation ◽  
Sustainability Issue ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Google Search

According to Maslow theory, we satisfy the basic needs before the other goals. We speculate that sustainability or sustainable development is mainly concerned by the developed nations. We review this by a) studying 125790 sustainability articles published from 1974 to 2018 and 104599 sustainable development articles in Web of Science from 1981 to 2018, b) 77382 sustainability articles published from 1982 to 2019 and 130334 “sustainable development” published between 1981 and 2019 in Scopus, and c) number of Google search 2004 to 2018. The results show that Australia, Zimbari and Uganda ranked top three in number of searches for sustainability in Google. All the top five cities with the largest number of sustainability searches in Google come from Africa. Regarding academic publications, China, India and Brazil record top ten largest number of sustainability/sustainable development articles in Scopus. China records the largest number of sustainable development articles in Web of Science and second in Scopus. Six out of the ten top most productive institutions that publish sustainable development articles indexed in Scopus come from developing countries, indicating that developing countries are aware of sustainability issue. We then hypothesize that high degree of separation between environmental laws and moral as reflected in jurisprudence in less developed nations lead to non-compliance by throwing light on the three case studies.

scholarly journals The Impact of Sustainability Awareness and Moral Values on Environmental Laws

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5882
Author(s):  
Rita Yi Man Li ◽  
Yi Lut Li ◽  
M. James C. Crabbe ◽  
Otilia Manta ◽  
Muhammad Shoaib
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
The Impact

We argue that environmental legislation and regulation of more developed countries reflects significantly their moral values, but in less developed countries it differs significantly from their moral values. We examined this topic by using the keywords “sustainability” and “sustainable development”, studying web pages and articles published between 1974 to 2018 in Web of Science, Scopus and Google. Australia, Zimbabwe, and Uganda were ranked as the top three countries in the number of Google searches for sustainability. The top five cities that appeared in sustainability searches through Google are all from Africa. In terms of academic publications, China, India, and Brazil record among the largest numbers of sustainability and sustainable development articles in Scopus. Six out of the ten top productive institutions publishing sustainable development articles indexed in Scopus were located in developing countries, indicating that developing countries are well aware of the issues surrounding sustainable development. Our results show that when environmental law reflects moral values for betterment, legal adoption is more likely to be successful, which usually happens in well-developed regions. In less-developed states, environmental law differs significantly from moral values, such that changes in moral values are necessary for successful legal implementation. Our study has important implications for the development of policies and cultures, together with the enforcement of environmental laws and regulations in all countries.

scholarly journals Ethical Leadership for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Nyangena Emily; Protus Akujah; Patrick Okanga
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Sustainable Leadership ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Academic Publications

The study was intended to investigate how ethical leadership is a crucial ingredient in achieving sustainable development in third world countries. Sustainability leadership entails mindful actions and behaviours which embrace a global perspective to recognise the link between earth and humanity. Hence, through personal and organisational choices, a leader is expected to affect positive environmental and social change.  Sustainable leaders are rare today, and this is the reason why this study focuses on how sustainable leadership will act as a force towards sustainable development more especially for developing countries. This study concentrated purely on secondary sources of information. It described, summarised and discussed information initially presented in other academic publications sources like textbooks, journal articles, book reviews, commentaries, eBooks, etc. The study came into a conclusion that sustainable leadership is essential for sustainable development of a society. Nurturing an ethical leader is essential and will determine the transformation speed in overall development. It is collectively agreeable that resources are numerous, but leadership styles have been a letdown in many societies due to the plundering of public resources. There is a lack of public inclusivity in decision making. What society lacks most is moral leadership. This is the missing link in the sustainable development agenda.

scholarly journals Environmental Pollution and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4I-II) ◽  
pp. 589-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munazah Nazeer ◽  
Uzma Tabassum ◽  
Shaista Alam
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Pollution Index ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Panel Causality ◽  
Human Waste ◽  
Production And Consumption

Environmental Pollution is cost of economic growth via increased industrialisation, urbanisation, mechanisation, use of fertiliser and pesticides in agriculture and mismanagement to dump human waste, especially in developing countries, where environmental laws usually are relatively less strict. Hence growth and pollution are positively linked in developing countries expectedly. Sustainable development may be defined as continuous increase in the socio-economic standard of living of a country‘s population, normally accomplished by improving the quality of its physical and human capital. The research‘s foremost objective is the generation of environmental pollution index that incorporate various production and consumption side indicators that are majorly responsible for pollution. While, the at-most objective of the study is to examine the causal relationship between the generated pollution index and human development through a panelcausality analysis using a panel of 32developing countries over the period 2000-2013. JEL Classification:Q2, Q3, Q4, O13 Keywords:Pollution Indices, HDI, Renewable Energy, Panel Causality, Sustainable Development

Supporting Small and Medium Enterpries to Access Technological Innovation State Fund: International Experience and Lessons for Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huong Vu Thanh ◽  
Thu Anh Nguyen ◽  
Mai Thi Thanh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
State Fund

Technological innovation state funds supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not common in the developing countries like Vietnam, but are common in the developed nations like the European countries and Korea. The financial and non-financial support of these funds has contributed significantly to the development of many SMEs. Learning from the funds which have successfully facilitated SMEs in innovating and developing advanced technologies is meaningful to the Vietnamese sicence and techonology management bodies and state funds. This article will review the experience of some typical fund in supporting SMEs, thereby providing some lessons for technology innovation Funds of Vietnam to create a more favorable environment for SMEs to access funds.

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment and Agricultural Supply Chains Evidence-Based Multidimensional Analyses as Tools for Strategic Decision-Making—The Case of the Pineapple Supply Chain in Benin

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2060
Author(s):  
Doriane Desclee ◽  
David Sohinto ◽  
Freddy Padonou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Agricultural Supply

Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 is a shared objective of all institutions and people. The challenges differ according to the characteristics of every context. In developing countries, strongly dependent on the agricultural sector, agricultural supply chains are recognized as crucial for economic growth and enablers for livelihood improvement. Moreover, sustainable development issues are correlated and can meet in agricultural supply chains. For several decades, parallel to decision-makers, the research community has elaborated sustainability assessment tools. Such tools evolved to fit with actuality, but it is challenging to find decision-making support tools for sustainable development adequate in agricultural supply chains and developing countries contexts. There is a necessity to define evidence-based tools and exhaustive analytical frameworks according to sustainability multidimensionality and strategical tradeoffs necessity. The VCA4D method aims to go beyond the limits of previous methods. It proposes a combination of multidisciplinary analytical tools applied empirically to analyze agricultural supply chains in their context. It provides evidence-based analytical results allowing to identify enablers for strategic sustainable and inclusive interventions. However, to even better meet contextual exhaustiveness’s expectations and indicators’ robustness to lead to relevant interventions, we should insist on a stricter framing of contextual data collection processes.

scholarly journals Quantitative Analysis of the Research Trends and Areas in Grassland Remote Sensing: A Scientometrics Analysis of Web of Science from 1980 to 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1279
Author(s):  
Tong Li ◽  
Lizhen Cui ◽  
Zhihong Xu ◽  
Ronghai Hu ◽  
Pawan K. Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Research Studies

Grassland remote sensing (GRS) is an important research topic that applies remote sensing technology to grassland ecosystems, reflects the number of grassland resources and grassland health promptly, and provides inversion information used in sustainable development management. A scientometrics analysis based on Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) was performed to understand the research trends and areas of focus in GRS research studies. A total of 2692 papers related to GRS research studies and 82,208 references published from 1980 to 2020 were selected as the research objects. A comprehensive overview of the field based on the annual documents, research areas, institutions, influential journals, core authors, and temporal trends in keywords were presented in this study. The results showed that the annual number of documents increased exponentially, and more than 100 papers were published each year since 2010. Remote sensing, environmental sciences, and ecology were the most popular Web of Science research areas. The journal Remote Sensing was one of the most popular for researchers to publish documents and shows high development and publishing potential in GRS research studies. The institution with the greatest research documents and most citations was the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Guo X.L., Hill M.J., and Zhang L. were the most productive authors across the 40-year study period in terms of the number of articles published. Seven clusters of research areas were identified that generated contributions to this topic by keyword co-occurrence analysis. We also detected 17 main future directions of GRS research studies by document co-citation analysis. Emerging or underutilized methodologies and technologies, such as unmanned aerial systems (UASs), cloud computing, and deep learning, will continue to further enhance GRS research in the process of achieving sustainable development goals. These results can help related researchers better understand the past and future of GRS research studies.

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