scholarly journals Towards Good E-Flows Practices in the Small-Scale Hydropower Sector in Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. O’Brien ◽  
C. W. S. Dickens ◽  
C. Mor ◽  
M. I. England
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Environmental Flows ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Hydropower ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Generation Capacity ◽  
Ecological Importance ◽  
International Good

Stakeholders of the small-scale (<50 MW generation capacity) hydropower sector in Uganda recognise the importance of sustainable development of the resources that have social and ecological importance. Uganda is experiencing a boom in hydropower projects resulting in over generation of electricity and its exportation to neighbouring nations. Limited policies are currently available in Uganda to direct the sustainable development of this sector. Environmental flows (e-flows) practices established for the Nile Basin region and international good e-flows practices can contribute to sustainable management of hydropower developments in Uganda. The paper defines and explains e-flows, identifies water resource attributes of importance for e-flows determination associated with hydropower and threat associated with this activity in Uganda, and provides good e-flows determination and management practices based on regional and international information. The determination and management of e-flows in the hydropower sector in Uganda is largely dependent on the availability of and quality of hydrology, hydraulic and flow-ecosystem and flow-ecosystem service relationship information. This review of good-practice e-flows practice for the small hydropower sector in Uganda provides guidance to support multiple stakeholders of water resources in Uganda for a better future for all of its vulnerable communities and the environments they depend on.

scholarly journals THE TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS AS INNOVATIVE NEW GOVERNANCE OF THE TERRITORY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CLLD PROGRAMME AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES POLICY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano CIANI ◽  
Asta RAUPELIENE ◽  
Vilma TAMULIENE
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Territorial Management ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Management Contracts

In the world, the question of the good practice to manage of territory is a pillar of the implementations of Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030. The authors are working in collaboration with a holistic approach at the topic. In this way, the Smart Communities and Smart Territories are the new paradigms in 21th Century to solve the question of the adaptation at the Climate Change and to guarantee, for the future generation, the conservation and promotion of all potentialities of each territory and identity of areas. Until now, they have use a deductive method to analyse and show, in the framework of the Sustainable Development, the Community Led Local Development (EU Programme for CLLD) and Ecosystem Services, the need to move from an emergency management approach to pre-emptive territory management. The results of this research have produced the original and autonomous configuration of a new and innovative strategy and governance based on a model that puts in synergy the three aspects of the framework that has been given the name of Territorial Management Contracts (TMC). The TMC, appear a possible shared and democratic model that could to combine the territory risk management with solutions of development driving and sharing by the local populations. This innovative approach is strictly linked with the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030 and the Europe 2020 (smart, sustainable and inclusive). The authors argue that the TMC model is now sufficiently mature to pass from the processing phase to that of the implementation that in the Payment of the Ecosystem Services (PES) finds a concrete reinforcement of the scientific analysis carried out.

scholarly journals Participatory Budgeting as a Tool Contributing to the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-60
Author(s):  
Tatiana I. Vinogradova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Difference

The paper investigates the participatory budgeting phenomenon in how it may accelerate many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and support governments in reaching targets of the 2030 Agenda. The article analyzes the links between public participation in the budget process and sustainable development, illustrates the difference between participatory budgeting and other forms of public participation, and highlights the main effects of participatory budgeting. Results emerged from the analysis are that participatory budgeting as an adaptive mechanism can be integrated into the national objectives for the localization of the 2030 Agenda; that as a small-scale tool it can become a mechanism for testing numerous innovative approaches to public services provision; and that the “sustainable community creation” effect is the most important contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Invited perspectives: Building sustainable and resilient communities – recommended actions for natural hazard scientists

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
Joel C. Gill ◽  
Faith E. Taylor ◽  
Melanie J. Duncan ◽  
Solmaz Mohadjer ◽  
Mirianna Budimir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Science Community ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract. Reducing disaster risk is critical to securing the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and natural hazard scientists make a key contribution to achieving this aim. Understanding Earth processes and dynamics underpins hazard analysis, which (alongside analysis of other disaster risk drivers) informs the actions required to manage and reduce disaster risk. Here we suggest how natural hazard research scientists can better contribute to the planning and development of sustainable and resilient communities through improved engagement in disaster risk reduction (DRR). Building on existing good practice, this perspective piece aims to provoke discussion in the natural hazard science community about how we can strengthen our engagement in DRR. We set out seven recommendations for enhancing the integration of natural hazard science into DRR: (i) characterise multi-hazard environments; (ii) prioritise effective, positive, long-term partnerships; (iii) understand and listen to your stakeholders; (iv) embed cultural understanding into natural hazard research; (v) ensure improved and equitable access to hazard information; (vi) champion people-centred DRR (leaving no one behind); and (vii) improve links between DRR and sustainable development. We then proceed to synthesise key actions that natural hazard scientists and research funders should consider taking to improve education, training, and research design and to strengthen institutional, financial, and policy actions. We suggest that these actions should help to strengthen the effective application of natural hazard science to reduce disaster risk. By recognising and taking steps to address the issues raised in these recommendations, we propose that the natural hazard science community can more effectively contribute to the inter-/transdisciplinary, integrated work required to improve DRR.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Role of Tourist Destination Residents Compared to Other Event Stakeholders in a Small-Scale Sports Event. The Case of the FIS World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Val di Fassa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 6909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Bazzanella
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
The World

The role of stakeholders is critical in addressing challenges with or problems in small-scale sports events. The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the event stakeholders toward sports events, with a particular focus on the role of residents in a tourist destination. The goal is to understand their perceptions with respect to different topics and in particular to the sustainable development of the tourist destination. This case study focuses on the World Junior Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Trentino Val di Fassa—Italy (JWC2019). Applying a mixed methodology, the study analyzes the stakeholders during the sports event (quantitative method) and the point of view of the residents in their stakeholder role after the sports event (qualitative method). The main findings of this study show that residents differ from tourists and other stakeholders in terms of their perception of the event and its strengths. But when it comes to the perceptions regarding the territory, the groups of stakeholders analyzed do not seem to have systematically different opinions. Some paradoxes do, however, emerge with respect to the residents’ awareness of their role as stakeholders and the implications of the event with respect to sustainability and how such an event may underpin a concept of sustainable development for the territory as a whole.

Sustainable Development: Regional Aspect of the Global Agenda

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-127
Author(s):  
O. G. Smeshko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Management ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Concept ◽  
Regional Authorities

The presented study analyzes current trends in the spreading of the sustainable development concept in regional management practices.Aim. The study aims to evaluate the reflection of sustainable development problems in regional management practices.Tasks. The author examines the concept of sustainable development in the context of the modern approach to territorial development management; analyzes the way problems of sustainable development are represented in modern studies of regional economy; determines the degree of involvement of regional authorities in the promotion of sustainable development goals.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to examine the specific features of representation of sustainable development goals in scientific discourse on the regional economy and the extent of regions’ involvement in the achievement of sustainable development goals (through the example of the environmental factor). The study uses information publicly available on the official websites of the UN and the Russian Federal State Statistics Service. The author’s opinion is based on the materials presented in analytical reviews of events at business forum, economic publications on the sustainable development of the regional economy. and the author’s own calculations.Results. The formation of the sustainable development concept and a mechanism for controlling the achievement of goals into which the process of sustainable development can be decomposed is described. Scientific discourse on the directions of regional economic studies that address the problems of sustainable development is analyzed. The performance indicators of regional authorities in achieving sustainable development goals are analyzed.Conclusions. National development management requires active interaction between the federal center, regional authorities, administrative bodies, and businesses in the development of the national agenda and integration of sustainable development goals into it. At present, none of the actors in this process show significant signs of activity.

Strengthening impact integrity in investment decision-making for sustainable development

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fara Azmat ◽  
Ameeta Jain ◽  
Fabienne Michaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Investment Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Investment Decision Making ◽  
Development Outcomes

Purpose This paper aims to focus on impact integrity in investment decision-making – an under-researched yet important topic – as a means for optimising investor contributions to sustainable development outcomes, including achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper adopts a two-step approach. First, this paper reviews existing “responsible” investment strategies and products used in practice and highlight their shortcomings in terms of optimising sustainable development outcomes. Second, drawing from the minimal standards theory, this study explores how emerging impact management practices may strengthen impact integrity in investment decision-making and mitigate shortcomings in existing “responsible” investment approaches to increase their contribution to sustainable development outcomes. Findings Current “responsible” investment approaches often do not optimise sustainable development outcomes and may facilitate “impact washing”. The theoretically grounded framework demonstrates standardised impact management practices based on a bounded flexibility approach – adaptable to different contexts within limits and assessed by skilled analysts – along with incorporating shared language and conventions supported by appropriate accountability mechanisms that can be used to mitigate shortcomings in current “responsible” investment approaches. The authors further propose accountability mechanisms to systematically involve stakeholders (including rightsholders) in decisions that impact them with effective grievance and reparation mechanisms. Such an approach, the authors argue will strengthen impact integrity and the capacity of investments to optimise contributions to sustainable development outcomes. Practical implications The findings have implications for the ability of investment markets to optimise their contributions to sustainable development and the SDGs. Social implications By highlighting shortcomings in current “responsible” investment approaches and focussing on strengthening impact integrity in investment decision-making through standardised impact management practices, the findings enhance the capacity of investment markets to contribute positively to sustainable development and the SDGs. Originality/value Despite its importance, impact integrity in investment decision-making is severely under-researched with little academic attention. This paper fills this void.

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