scholarly journals The Model of Vehicle and Route Selection for Energy Saving

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4528
Author(s):  
Olga Lingaitienė ◽  
Juozas Merkevičius ◽  
Vida Davidavičienė
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chain Efficiency ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Cargo Delivery ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Source Use

The World Bank, United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and others are in line with the governments of countries that are strongly interested in the sustainable development of countries, regions, and enterprises. One of the aspects that affects the indicators and prospects of sustainable development is the efficiency of energy source use. Nationwide reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions of motor vehicles could have a direct effect on ambient temperature and reducing the effects of global warming, which can affect future environmental, societal, and economic development. Significant reductions in fuel consumption can be achieved by increasing the efficiency of use, and the performance, of current cargo vehicles. This aspect is directly related to cargo delivery systems and supply chain efficiency and effectiveness. The article solves the problem of increasing the effectiveness of cargo delivery and proposes a model that would minimize transportation costs that are directly related to fuel consumption, shortening transportation time. The model addresses the problem of a lack of models evaluating the efficiency of cargo to Lithuania that is using several different modes of transportation. For the solution to this problem, the article examines the complexity of the rational use of land and water vehicles depending on the type of cargo transported, the technical capabilities of the vehicles (loading, speed, environmental pollution, fuel consumption, etc.), and the type (cars, railways, ships). The novelty of the findings is based on the availability to select the most appropriate vehicles, on a case-by-case basis, from the available options, depending on their environmental performance and energy efficiency. This model, later in this article, is used for calculations of Lithuanian companies for selecting the most rational vehicle by identifying the most appropriate route, as well as assessing the dynamics of the economic and physical indicators. The model allows for creating dependencies between the main indicators characterizing the transport process—the cost, the time of transport, and the safety, taking into account the dynamics of economic and physical indicators, that lead to a very important issue—reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

scholarly journals Is Africa Capable of Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the 2020-2030 Decade of Programming?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Muswere
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
Desk Review

The capabilities, efficiency and effectiveness of the outcomes of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development demands a lot of analytical work from an  African perspective towards its commitment on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the 2020-2030 decade. This paper provides an analytical framework questioning the forum`s outcomes and the African capabilities. The framework interrogates the feasibility of the approaches of the forum used as alternatives towards the achievement of the 17 sustainable development goals, 169 targets and 304 indicators. The analysis is made together with the outlook of the African aspirations as defined in the Agenda 2063. An analytical framework based on advocacy research and desk review of literature available was used. The framework provided a balanced analysis of both the progress made so far and the challenges that Africa is facing today. Africa does not have effective strategies that make her ready to meet the sustainable development goals by 2030. Africa is recommended to prioritise on investment, build strong partnerships and coalitions as a critical discernment of the different African initiatives propagated through the 2030 Agenda and 2063 Agenda.

scholarly journals System Dynamics Analysis of the Relationship between Transit Metropolis Construction and Sustainable Development of Urban Transportation—Case Study of Nanchang City, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 3028
Author(s):  
Yunqiang Xue ◽  
Lin Cheng ◽  
Kuang Wang ◽  
Jing An ◽  
Hongzhi Guan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Urban Transportation ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
New Energy

In order to systematically analyze the benefits of transit metropolis construction, the system dynamics (SD) theory was used to construct the transit metropolis SD simulation model from the four subsystems of economy, society, environment, and transportation supply and demand. The validity of the SD model was verified by the social and economic data of Nanchang City and the operational data of the bus company, and the quantitative simulation analysis was carried out by taking the construction of the transit metropolis in Nanchang as an example. The simulation results show that, in 2020, the number of motor vehicles in Nanchang will reach 1.13 million and the urban population will reach 5.71 million. It is necessary to build a transit metropolis for the sustainable development of urban transportation. In order to complete the transit metropolis creation goal of 60% of the public transit mobility sharing rate, the proportion of public transport investment in the total transportation investment needs to be adjusted from 0.25 to 0.35. As a result, Nanchang City will improve after the peak traffic congestion in 2022, indicating that the construction of the transit metropolis will have a positive effect on Nanchang. By developing new energy vehicles and low-emission vehicles, vehicle emissions will drop from 0.05 tons/year to 0.04 tons/year, and overall nitrogen oxide emissions will fall by 70%, which is significant for urban environments. The research results provide theoretical support for the significance of transit metropolis construction, and promote the sustainable development of urban transportation.

scholarly journals The Collective Intelligence based Program to Accelerate Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals as a Case Study for Collectively Intelligent Program Design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy E Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Program Design ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Software Platforms ◽  
The Cost

General Collective Intelligence (GCI) are software platforms that organize groups into a single collective intelligence with general problem solving ability. In doing so a GCI has the potential to give groups vastly more ability to address collective challenges such as the SDGs. A GCI is a significant infrastructure investment. The Collective Intelligence based Program to Accelerate Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (CIPAA-SDGs) however is designed to implement a GCI in phases so that the cost to any single project is far outweighed by the potential benefits. The phasing of that GCI development in the CIPAA-SDGs program design is used here as a case study for collectively intelligent program design.

Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-50
Author(s):  
Nuno Vasco Lopes ◽  
Kenneth Bagarukayo ◽  
Jun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) Member States subscribed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda (General Assembly 2015). This work makes an analysis on how Knowledge Societies can effectively contribute for the achievements of the Agenda's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, it will be presented the research overview conducted by UNU-EGOV for producing the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Knowledge Societies Handbook (UNESCO/IFAP and UNU-EGOV 2016). In addition, three countries from three different Continents of Asia, Europe and Africa - China, Portugal and Uganda respectively - will be analyzed in the context of the knowledge societies architecture proposed in the handbook. For making that analysis a set of indicators collected from the “The World Bank” (The World Bank 2016) and “International Telecommunication Union” (ITU) (ITU 2015) databases have been selected. The indicators have been interpreted taking into consideration the socio-cultural, political, and economic context of each of the three countries.

Study on Cost Management Informatization of the Hydroelectricity Construction Enterprise

2013 ◽  
Vol 438-439 ◽  
pp. 2017-2021
Author(s):  
Xiao Na Chai ◽  
Wei Jun He
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cost Management ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Three Gorges ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Construction Enterprise ◽  
Profit Margins ◽  
Construction Enterprises ◽  
The Three Gorges ◽  
The Cost

In the environment of the lowest price winning the bid, competition among the hydroelectricity construction enterprises has become increasingly fierce. For the sustainable development, they have to take low profit margins, even at the cost price for the successful bid. So the cost management, as one part of reducing expenditure of the hydroelectricity construction enterprises, is important. According to the investigation of the current situation of the cost management of The Three Gorges Company Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd, this paper proposes the method establishing the cost analysis database and the concrete steps, intending to improve the efficiency of the cost accounting and analysis by means of the information technology, and win the bidding competition advantages for the hydroelectricity construction enterprises. Meanwhile, this paper hopes that the measure has some reference value for the same industry.

A Proposed Framework for Effective Risk Management in Egyptian Sustainable Development Projects

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-42
Author(s):  
Rania Abdel Ghaffar ◽  
◽  
Saad Metawa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Management Procedure ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Project Risks ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Negative Factors

The area of development has been a sector related to conditions of uncertainty. Activities within the development sector are exposed to many risks need to be considered considering social, environmental, and economic risks to all stakeholders. Risks are all events and situations that threaten the undisturbed execution of the project plan. Risk therefore relates to expectations of stakeholders regarding when and how the project will deliver, what the project will deliver and at what cost. Stakeholders would like to gain the maximum benefits and achieve successful results. So, risk must be effectively planned, monitored, and evaluated periodically by the project management team. Therefore, project risks are important factors determining whether the project will be a success or not. The main aim of this study is to identify the current risk management system adopted in sustainable development projects in Egypt, assess the importance of effective risk management procedure of sustainable development projects in Egypt, Evaluate and analyze the challenges of risk management procedure of sustainable development projects, Identify ways to reduce negative factors which are critical to the success of the sustainable development projects and develop a framework shows how the risk management procedure could improve the sustainable development project chances of success and Increase its efficiency and effectiveness.

scholarly journals Role of Ethical Leaders in Sustainable Business: An Aristotelian Virtue Ethics Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Purnima Lenka ◽  
◽  
Sarita Kar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Ethical Leaders

Sustainable development is one of the major concerns of present time mainly because of the rapid proliferation of business organizations. In order to develop economically, business organizations excessively use and misuse natural resources that directly causes harm to environment and society. Besides, there are some other causes also responsible for the environmental deterioration these include population explosion, enormous industrialization and lots of anthropogenic activities. The present paper tries to bring in the cognizant how business organization unknowingly leads to environmental problems and juxtaposes economic development and environmental issues. On saying this, it precisely indicates that both economic growth and sustainable environment are equally required for our society but not at the cost of one another. At this point, it is argued that only by contemplating and by engaging ethical leaders the business organisations could be able to maintain the balance between plant, people and profit. In continuation with this, the present research would engage two significant questions: firstly, what does sustainable development mean and why it is predominantly needed for the present society? Secondly, what are the expected roles of ethical leaders in maintaining the sustainable development in an organisation?

scholarly journals Application of Geospatial Methods in Evaluating Environmental Interventions and Related Socioeconomic Benefits

2022 ◽  
pp. 275-289
Author(s):  
Anupam Anand ◽  
Geeta Batra
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Environmental Interventions ◽  
Global Environment Facility ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Socioeconomic Benefits

AbstractEnvironmental interventions underpin the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Rio Conventions. The SDGs are integrated and embody all three aspects of sustainable development—environmental, social, and economic—to capture the interlinkages among the three areas. The Rio Conventions—on biodiversity, climate change, and desertification, also intrinsically linked—operate in the same ecosystems and address interdependent issues, and represent a way of contributing to the SDGs. Assessing the results of environmental interventions and the related socioeconomic benefits is challenging due to their complexity, interlinkages, and often limited data. The COVID-19 crisis has also necessitated creativity to ensure that evaluation’s critical role continues during the crisis. Satellite and other geospatial information, combined with existing survey data, leverage open-source and readily available data to determine the impact of projects. Working with geospatial data helps maintain flexibility and can fill data gaps without designing new and often expensive data tools for every unique evaluation. Using data on interventions implemented by the Global Environment Facility in biodiversity, land degradation, and climate change, we present the application of geospatial approaches to evaluate the relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness of interventions in terms of their environmental outcomes and observable socioeconomic and health co-benefits.

scholarly journals Sustainable development of organizations in modern conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 03030
Author(s):  
Dina Prostova ◽  
Natalya Sosnina ◽  
Anna Tikhonova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Theoretical Issues

The article studies with the theoretical issues of sustainable development of organizations in modern conditions. The authors show that through achieving efficiency and effectiveness, an organization can thus ensure its sustainable development, and also provide a model of “4K ensuring the sustainable development of market entities”. Logical, expert, and system analysis were used as research methods. The specifics of the problem of determining the factors that affect the ability of economic entities to form a sustainable development strategy in modern conditions determined the structure of the study. The authors analyze various interpretations of the term “sustainability” and present the main factors affecting the development of economic systems in the form of a model of the organization’s functioning, taking into account the influence of environmental factors. In conclusion, the article substantiates the following: the presented model proves that to meet the needs of their stakeholders, organizations need to have certain capabilities, the effectiveness of which they can achieve by improving their management system.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

10.12737/501 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Аньшин ◽  
Valeriy Anshin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Loss Of Stability ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Full Life Cycle ◽  
Method Of Evaluation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
A Company ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Integral Indicator

The article discusses the issues of sustainable development. The implementation of the sustainable development concept involves the integration of different levels of government and bringing the approach to the level of business and individual projects. A company may have a different degree of economic stability, the measurement of which can be accomplished through the analysis of the cost structure of the product sold, including the costs of maintaining the environment. Evaluation of the project can be carried out taking into account the levels of initiation and levels of its impact on sustainable development. We propose a method of evaluation that allows taking into account all three aspects: economic, social and environmental. In the process of assessing the sustainability of the project it is advisable to take into account the full life cycle. The article shows how to take into account the parameters that characterize the activity and the product produced by the asset. By themselves, the project or the circumstances of its implementation could result in your loss of stability of the system in which it is located. It is recommended to evaluate the loss of stability in private terms, and as a whole for the project — based on the calculation of the integral indicator.

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