scholarly journals Assessment and Governance of Sustainable Soil Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Helming ◽  
Katrin Daedlow ◽  
Bernd Hansjürgens ◽  
Thomas Koellner
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Soil Functions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Arable Soils ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Production Conditions

The globally increasing demand for food, fiber, and bio-based products interferes with the ability of arable soils to perform their multiple functions and support sustainable development. Sustainable soil management under high production conditions means that soil functions contribute to ecosystem services and biodiversity, natural and economic resources are utilized efficiently, farming remains profitable, and production conditions adhere to ethical and health standards. Research in support of sustainable soil management requires an interdisciplinary approach to three interconnected challenges: (i) understanding the impacts of soil management on soil processes and soil functions; (ii) assessing the sustainability impacts of soil management, taking into account the heterogeneity of geophysical and socioeconomic conditions; and (iii) having a systemic understanding of the driving forces and constraints of farmers’ decision-making on soil management and how governance instruments may, interacting with other driving forces, steer sustainable soil management. The intention of this special issue is to take stock of an emerging interdisciplinary research field addressing the three challenges of sustainable soil management in various geographic settings. In this editorial, we summarize the contributions to the special issue and place them in the context of the state of the art. We conclude with an outline of future research needs.

scholarly journals Sustainable soil management requires a systemic approach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Jörg Vogel ◽  
Stephan Bartke ◽  
Katrin Daedlow ◽  
Katharina Helming ◽  
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Soil Functions ◽  
Climate Control ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Linear Character ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Science Disciplines

Abstract. The central importance of soil for the functioning of terrestrial systems is increasingly recognized. Critically relevant for water quality, climate control, nutrient cycling and biodiversity, soil provides more functions than just the basis for agricultural production. Nowadays, soil is increasingly under pressure as a limited resource for the production of food, energy and raw materials. This has led to an increasing demand for concepts assessing soil functions so that they can be adequately considered in decision making aimed at sustainable soil management. The various soil science disciplines have progressively developed highly sophisticated methods to explore the multitude of physical, chemical and biological processes in soil. It is not obvious, however, how the steadily improving insight into soil processes may contribute to the evaluation of soil functions. Here we present to a new systemic modeling framework that allows for a consistent coupling between reductionist yet observable indicators for soil functions with detailed process understanding. It is based on the mechanistic relationships between soil functional attributes, each explained by a network of interacting processes as derived from scientific evidence. The non-linear character of these interactions produces stability and resilience of soil with respect to functional characteristics. We anticipate that this new conceptional framework will integrate the various soil science disciplines and help identify important future research questions at the interface between disciplines. It allows the overwhelming complexity of soil systems to be adequately coped with and paves the way for steadily improving our capability to assess soil functions based on scientific understanding.

scholarly journals Increasing Crop Water Productivity through Local Crops and Technologies: A Case from the Ethnic Chepang Community of Nepal

2012 ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Bed P. Khatiwada ◽  
Rajan Ghimire ◽  
Rabindra Adhikari ◽  
Surendra Osti
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Crop Water ◽  
Crop Water Productivity ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Made In ◽  
Production Resource

Water is the most important and scarce production resource, and with changing climate the importance of this resource increases significantly. Increasing efforts are being made in research and education to maximize the water use efficiently with the concept of ‘crop per drop’ to increase crop water productivity with a good blend of science and indigenous knowledge. Nepalese farmers are adapting the best to water scarcity through adoption of sustainable soil management and the use of crops with minimum water requirement, among other options. This paper attempts to deal with the neglected issues of using local crops and indigenous knowledge and technologies for increasing water productivity.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v11i1.7204 Hydro Nepal Special Issue: Conference Proceedings 2012 pp.50-53

scholarly journals Financial Time Series: Methods and Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Caporin ◽  
Giuseppe Storti
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Time Series ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Financial Time ◽  
Computational Sciences

The statistical analysis of financial time series is a rich and diversified research field whose inherent complexity requires an interdisciplinary approach, gathering together several disciplines, such as statistics, economics, and computational sciences. This special issue of the Journal of Risk and Financial Management on “Financial Time Series: Methods & Models” contributes to the evolution of research on the analysis of financial time series by presenting a diversified collection of scientific contributions exploring different lines of research within this field.

scholarly journals Future Directions in Precipitation Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1074
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Tapiador ◽  
Anahí Villalba-Pradas ◽  
Andrés Navarro ◽  
Eduardo García-Ortega ◽  
Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Terrain ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Solid Precipitation ◽  
Future Research Directions

Precipitation science is a growing research field. It is concerned with the study of the water cycle from a broad perspective, from tropical to polar research and from solid precipitation to humidity and microphysics. It includes both modeling and observations. Drawing on the results of several meetings within the International Collaborative Experiments for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games (ICE-POP 2018), and on two Special Issues hosted by Remote Sensing starting with “Winter weather research in complex terrain during ICE-POP 2018”, this paper completes the “Precipitation and Water Cycle” Special Issue by providing a perspective on the future research directions in the field.

scholarly journals Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Nina von Uexkull ◽  
Halvard Buhaug
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
Conflict Risk

The study of security implications of climate change has developed rapidly from a nascent area of academic inquiry into an important and thriving research field that traverses epistemological and disciplinary boundaries. Here, we take stock of scientific progress by benchmarking the latest decade of empirical research against seven core research priorities collectively emphasized in 35 recent literature reviews. On the basis of this evaluation, we discuss key contributions of this special issue. Overall, we find that the research community has made important strides in specifying and evaluating plausible indirect causal pathways between climatic conditions and a wide set of conflict-related outcomes and the scope conditions that shape this relationship. Contributions to this special issue push the research frontier further along these lines. Jointly, they demonstrate significant climate impacts on social unrest in urban settings; they point to the complexity of the climate–migration–unrest link; they identify how agricultural production patterns shape conflict risk; they investigate understudied outcomes in relation to climate change, such as interstate claims and individual trust; and they discuss the relevance of this research for user groups across academia and beyond. We find that the long-term implications of gradual climate change and conflict potential of policy responses are important remaining research gaps that should guide future research.

scholarly journals Social and environmental accounting in developing countries: contextual challenges and insights

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Qian ◽  
Carol Tilt ◽  
Ataur Belal
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Future Research Directions

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review most recent developments of social and environmental accounting (SEA) in the context of developing countries and to offer insights for the latest research in this field. It also provides an introduction to the AAAJ special issue.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have undertaken a conceptual overview of the field developed in the past two decades (2001–2020) with a view to identify major themes, trends and future research directions.FindingsThe overview reveals that only 43 SEA papers addressing contextual challenges of developing countries have been published in leading accounting journals in the last 20 years. The coverage of these publications is concentrated in a small number of countries and regions. Interdisciplinary accounting journals, especially AAAJ, are the main publishing outlets in this field. The topic areas are dominated by social accounting challenges, with much less focus on environmental accounting, although developing countries are particularly exposed to the threats of climate change, water pollution and biodiversity loss. The literature reviewed uses elaborating, problematising and theorising contexts as three main contextualisation approaches to analyse contextual themes framed around regulatory, political, cultural and religious, and social-economic systems. Although various conceptual lenses have been adopted in the developing country SEA literature, the use of institutional theory and its various extensions to address political and cultural complexities seems to become more prominent, as shown in most of the contributions included in this special issue.Research limitations/implicationsThis review is limited to leading accounting journals. SEA research increasingly published in other disciplines such as in management, social and environmental areas might provide a more comprehensive view in this research field.Originality/valueIn this paper, inter alia, the authors review and synthesise the previous literature in a conceptual framework, illustrating and highlighting the importance of contextual framing of SEA in developing countries. Based on this review, the authors propose some ideas for a future research agenda aiming to advance the field. The authors expect this paper and the special issue to act as a reference point for emerging SEA researchers from developing countries to raise more scholarly impactful enquiries in this area.

scholarly journals Reviewing Literature on Digitalization, Business Model Innovation, and Sustainable Industry: Past Achievements and Future Promises

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinit Parida ◽  
David Sjödin ◽  
Wiebke Reim
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
Industrial Companies

Digitalization is revolutionizing the way business is conducted within industrial value chains through the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, intensive data exchange and predictive analytics. However, technological application on its own is not enough; profiting from digitalization requires business model innovation such as making the transition to advanced service business models. Yet, many research gaps remain in analyzing how industrial companies can leverage digitalization to transform their business models to achieve sustainability benefits. Specifically, challenges related to value creation, value delivery, and value capture components of business model innovation need further understanding as well as how alignment of these components drive sustainable industry initiatives. Thus, this special issue editorial attempts to take stock of the emerging research field through a literature review and providing a synthesis of special issue contributions. In doing so, we contribute by developing a framework that communicates and sets the direction for future research by linking digitalization, business model innovation, and sustainability in industrial settings.

Caught red-handed: the cost of the Volkswagen Dieselgate

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Fracarolli Nunes ◽  
Camila Lee Park
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Efficient Market Hypothesis ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Inertial Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Values

Purpose With the investigation of the US stock market response to the Volkswagen Dieselgate, this paper aims to empirically demonstrate a case of dissemination of corporate scandals and events through industries and supply chains (i.e. inertial effect). Design/methodology/approach Individual event studies were conducted in the analysis of the market value fluctuations of 33 companies of the American automotive industry upon the disclosure of the scandal. Findings Results show that the fraud held by the German automaker spread to surrounding companies within the industry and supply chain levels of analysis, contaminating market values and costing around 6.44 billion dollars to American firms. Originality/value Building on the efficient market hypothesis and on the literature on supply chain management, empirical evidences support the conceptualization of the inertial effect as a valid rationale to address the dissemination of events through companies not directly involved. In that sense, the study contributes to an emerging and promising research field within the supply chain management literature. Beyond that, its interdisciplinary approach may inspire future research in the applicability of the event study methodology in similar contexts, as well as of alternative forms to empirically test other theoretical constructs.

scholarly journals Introduction to Politeness and Impoliteness Research in Global Contexts

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-903
Author(s):  
Miriam A Locher ◽  
Tatiana V Larina
Keyword(s):  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Theory Method ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Politeness Theory ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Individual Paper ◽  
Pragmatic Turn

Im/politeness research has been a solid and growing research field in sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis during the last four decades. The scientific interest in this topic is not accidental and may be explained by the general pragmatic turn of modern interdisciplinary linguistic studies which are not focused on language as an abstract system, but on its functioning in various contexts and types of interaction. Knowledge of the strategies and politeness mechanisms used in various social and cultural contexts promotes mutual understanding in communication. In this introduction to the special issue on im/politeness in global contexts we will briefly position the topic of im/politeness research, and highlight advancements in im/politeness theory, method and data. We then turn to a brief synopsis of each individual paper and highlight the theoretical and methodological contributions and innovations proposed by our authors. We end with a discussion of the results and a brief outlook on future research.

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