scholarly journals How Can We Realize Sustainable Development Goals in Rocky Desertified Regions by Enhancing Crop Yield with Reduction of Environmental Risks?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1614
Author(s):  
Boyi Liang ◽  
Timothy A. Quine ◽  
Hongyan Liu ◽  
Elizabeth L. Cressey ◽  
Ian Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Development Goals

To meet the sustainable development goals in rocky desertified regions like Guizhou Province in China, we should maximize the crop yield with minimal environmental costs. In this study, we first calculated the yield gap for 6 main crop species in Guizhou Province and evaluated the quantitative relationships between crop yield and influencing variables utilizing ensembled artificial neural networks. We also tested the influence of adjusting the quantity of local fertilization and irrigation on crop production in Guizhou Province. Results showed that the total yield of the selected crops had, on average, reached over 72.5% of the theoretical maximum yield. Increasing irrigation tended to be more consistently effective at increasing crop yield than additional fertilization. Conversely, appropriate reduction of fertilization may even benefit crop yield in some regions, simultaneously resulting in significantly higher fertilization efficiency with lower residuals in the environment. The total positive impact of continuous intensification of irrigation and fertilization on most crop species was limited. Therefore, local stakeholders are advised to consider other agricultural management measures to improve crop yield in this region.

An Interactive Platform for Sustainable Supply Chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-73
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Student Entrepreneurs ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Wetland Losses

In 2015, the United Nations set up 17 sustainable development goals to transform the world. Sustainable supply chains play a key role in achieving these goals. In this article, the authors propose an interactive platform with communication systems and technologies to empower sustainable development participants actively engaging in managing sustainable supply chains and international soft landings. Specifically, this article illustrates how to develop an interactive “Flying High, Landing Soft” platform of wetland entrepreneurship to address the growing global problem of wetland losses. The interactive platform, grounded in the theory of digital nervous systems and equipped with social interaction technologies, and allows student entrepreneurs to participate in exploring and developing business solutions to maintain a healthy wetland and have positive impact on global sustainability development.

Analysing and simulating spatial patterns of crop yield in Guizhou Province based on artificial neural networks

2020 ◽  
pp. 030913332095663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyi Liang ◽  
Hongyan Liu ◽  
Timothy A Quine ◽  
Xiaoqiu Chen ◽  
Paul D Hallett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Environmental Controls ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Propagation Network

The area of karst terrain in China covers 3.63×106 km2, with more than 40% in the southwestern region over the Guizhou Plateau. Karst comprises exposed carbonate bedrock over approximately 1.30×106 km2 of this area, which suffers from soil degradation and poor crop yield. This paper aims to gain a better understanding of the environmental controls on crop yield in order to enable more sustainable use of natural resources for food production and development. More precisely, four kinds of artificial neural network were used to analyse and simulate the spatial patterns of crop yield for seven crop species grown in Guizhou Province, exploring the relationships with meteorological, soil, irrigation and fertilization factors. The results of spatial classification showed that most regions of high-level crop yield per area and total crop yield are located in the central-north area of Guizhou. Moreover, the three artificial neural networks used to simulate the spatial patterns of crop yield all demonstrated a good correlation coefficient between simulated and true yield. However, the Back Propagation network had the best performance based on both accuracy and runtime. Among the 13 influencing factors investigated, temperature (16.4%), radiation (15.3%), soil moisture (13.5%), fertilization of N (13.5%) and P (12.4%) had the largest contribution to crop yield spatial distribution. These results suggest that neural networks have potential application in identifying environmental controls on crop yield and in modelling spatial patterns of crop yield, which could enable local stakeholders to realize sustainable development and crop production goals.

scholarly journals Impact of Entrepreneurship Activity Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
Ivona Huđek ◽  
◽  
Barbara Bradač Hojnik
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
National Priority ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Sustainable development considers the development that achieves the present economic goals, without obstructing the future development in a sense of satisfying the needs of society and endangering the environment. Recently, the entrepreneurship phenomenon has been widely recognized as an important path towards sustainable development, positively contributing to the development of society. Thus, in the paper, the empirical evidence on linkages between entrepreneurial activity indicators and social development goals is provided. To examine the linkages, the data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Sustainable Development Goals Index were used. The empirical results suggest that entrepreneurship represents an important factor for fostering sustainability, particularly in opportunity-driven and innovative entrepreneurial activities. The results show, that both of them have a positive impact on sustainable development, while the necessity-driven entrepreneurial activity negatively affects sustainable development. This could be explained by the fact that necessity entrepreneurs are not likely to become the entrepreneurs to implement a promising business opportunity, but rather to earn an income. To achieve the sustainable development goals as well as entrepreneurship should become the national priority by introducing new policies and measures, that is, making the conditions, through which entrepreneurship could achieve positive contributions to the development of the society.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON UKRAINE’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND COMPARISON WITH THE EU’S ENERGY VISION

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
О.І. Савченко ◽  
Туран Угур
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Strategic Perspective ◽  
The Eu

The main goal of this study is to show the performance of the indicators under 4 integrated main groups by using the multifactorial analysis methodology in the light of the selected indicators, by drawing attention to the integration of the energy network, which Ukraine has developed in line with the sustainable development goals, in the field of the energy economy, which has been planned with the European Union. Observing these performances is among the aims of the author’s research to draw attention to the importance of reform steps Ukraine has taken in line with its sustainable development goals and these reforms will be expected a positive impact on the country’s accession to the EU. 17 sustainable development goals developed by UNDP, where efficiency and innovation are imperative, focus on the improvement of countries and play a role in the formation of the indicators and groups of this study. According to the results of the study, it is observed that the indicators selected for Ukraine are linked to the data used in line with the country’s common goals with the EU and 2035 energy targets, as observed in the analysis results in integrated groups. The ambition of this study, which focuses on the development of Ukraine, is aimed by the author to offer an alternative and strategic perspective to small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SMEs) in the energy sector.

Spain’s Sanchez will pursue active foreign policies

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Slow Growth ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
Development Goals

Significance In his first four months, Sanchez aimed to adopt a more active and progressive foreign policy than his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy. Impacts Sanchez appears more committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals than his predecessor. The Ibero-American summits and Secretariat could become more relevant after years of decline. The positive impact of Sanchez’s foreign policy on Spanish companies will be tempered by slow growth in Latin America.

scholarly journals A Systematic Literature Review. Relationships between the Sharing Economy, Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Boar ◽  
Ramon Bastida ◽  
Frederic Marimon
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Consumer Values ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Positive Effect

The sharing economy is an umbrella term for different business models that seem to have a positive impact on sustainability. To achieve sustainable development, the UN has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an instrument and guide for countries and individuals. This paper sheds light on the relationships between the sharing economy, sustainability and SDGs through the content analysis of 74 papers from the database Web of Science that consider these factors through the topics of the environment, consumer values, business characteristics and urban impact regarding sectors such as mobility and accommodation. Results express that the sharing economy helps to achieve all SDGs. However, further research is needed because of the novelty of the topic and the existence of many gaps. The sharing economy has a positive effect on the dimensions of sustainability from the economic, social and environmental points of view.

scholarly journals A Research on the Combination of Oblique Photography and Mobile Applications Based on the Sustainable Development of Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3501
Author(s):  
Mengyi Lin ◽  
Fu-Yuan Li ◽  
Haibin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Tourism is one of the world’s fastest driving forces of economic development, playing an important role in achieving sustainable development goals. In modern society, mobile social media is a communication and decision-making platform for users and a source of big data information about travel. Obtaining and analyzing travel data can provide customer-oriented information about travel destinations and comprehensive services for both tourism operators and tourists. It has a positive impact on the sustainable development of society, economy, environment, and humanities. Starting with theoretical analysis and empirical research, this study combines social media and oblique photography, conducts a case study of the Pingtan comprehensive experimental area in China, and develops an app about online travelling to provide corresponding information for consumers’ decisions. This study also discusses the potential value of the app, i.e., assisting the development of smart travel in city, achieving sustainable development of tourism, and contributing to tourism globally.

scholarly journals Using the Sustainable Development Goals to Evaluate Possible Transport Policies for the City of Curitiba

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 12222
Author(s):  
Constança Martins Leite de Almeida ◽  
Semida Silveira ◽  
Erik Jeneulis ◽  
Francesco Fuso-Nerini
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The City

Cities across the world are becoming more engaged in tackling climate change and contributing to the achievement of international agreements. The city of Curitiba in Brazil is no exception. In December 2020, the city published PlanClima (Plano Municipal de Mitigação e Adaptação às Mudanças Climáticas), a climate plan developed with local and international organizations. PlanClima aims to guide policies and actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This study focuses on selecting and qualitatively evaluating transport policies that contribute to the city’s 2030 climate and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With PlanClima’s analysis for the transport sector in mind, nine targets for 2030 are identified and connected to different transport policies. To evaluate the possible interactions between the policies and the different dimensions of the SDGs, four types of linkages were designed: essential, uncertain, limited, and opposite. These categories were developed to evaluate the several dimensions in which a policy can have a positive or negative impact. The results show that the implementation of zero emission zones/low emission zones, green public procurement, subsidy schemes for the uptake of clean vehicle technology, and the digitalization of the transport system through smarter public transport and digital platforms that couple bike sharing, taxis, and public transport are some of the measures that can contribute to the achievement of Curitiba’s targets and ensure a positive impact on the sustainable development of the city. The study highlights how different policy instruments can contribute to achieve the city’s targets, thus providing guidance to policymakers.

scholarly journals ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohdanna Kosovych
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
The State ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Behavior ◽  
Development Goals

The article is devoted to the study of the role of entrepreneurship as an important component of the national economy in the establishment of the internationally recognized Sustainable Development Goals in Ukrainian society. Entrepreneurship has been established to promote the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals primarily through participation in solving humanistic oriented social problems related to human rights security, nature protection, resource conservation and rational reproduction, overcoming global challenges, etc. New opportunities have been opened for expansion of directions of functioning of the enterprise on all chains of activity on maintenance of sustainable development. An illustration of the positive society's perception of such humanistic oriented entrepreneurship are certain preferences of the state for business that works in the prism of the Sustainable Development Goals. Stages and mechanism of implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in entrepreneurship are determined. The main directions of ensuring the development of entrepreneurship aimed at implementing the Sustainable Development Goals are considered. Entrepreneurship can provide a positive impact on the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by: addressing important issues of resource conservation and revitalization (using an inclusive approach, generating innovative ideas, technologies), using new opportunities in the development of person’s own business; introduction of principles of sustainability and respect for the person, environment and a law and order in the corporate behavior and practice of activity of the enterprise; active participation in the creation or modernization of person’s own activity in accordance with the objectives of achieving Sustainable Development Goals, especially the formation of infrastructure, various platforms, partnerships for sustainable development, etc. Usually these areas require from entrepreneurship some efforts, first of all, time and financial resources. Entrepreneurship shall also be supported by the state in order to intensify such humanization ideas. The idea of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in business replaces the established practice with new approaches providing not only profit but also economic and social well-being.

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