Cultural Dynamism and Business Vitality in Medium-Sized Cities—Evidence and Proposals for Sustainable Development

This work uses tools recently designed to conduct analyses and proposals around the cultural development of medium-sized cities. The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor model, or CCCM, is first applied to the 81 cities in Spain with between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. We also refer to the UNESCO Culture/2030 Indicators, specifically indicator 8 (Cultural companies), to investigate whether cultural dynamism is related to business vitality in those cities. Our observation of the 29 CCCM indicators and the C3 index, which synthesizes cultural performance, is explained, and these data are complemented with cultural business data (on assets, benefits, and jobs) from a sample of 13,204 firms. The C3 index values reveal significant differences in the cultural and creative performance of the selected cities according to their location (metropolitan or non-metropolitan) and their administrative rank. Moreover, when comparing the C3 index with the indicators on business activity, evidence indicates a clear positive relationship between cultural dynamism and firm vitality. These results support the contribution of culture to the sustainable development of medium-sized Spanish cities and further establish the suitability of the tools used to assist cities in designing appropriate cultural policies.

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Research on the Impact of Tourism Development on the Sustainable Development of Reservoir Headwater Area Using China’s Tingxi Reservoir as an Example

Water ◽

10.3390/w12123311 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 3311

Author(s):

Chih-Chien Shen ◽

Chou-Fu Liang ◽

Chin-Hsien Hsu ◽

Jung-Hul Chien ◽

Hsiao-Hsien Lin

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Leisure Activities ◽

Housing Prices ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Verification Method ◽

The Impact

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of tourism development on the sustainable development of Tingxi Reservoir. Based on tourism impact theory, 804 questionnaires were statistically validated and analyzed, followed by a semi-structured interview with five respondents, and finally examined by a multivariate verification method. The study found that not only did development fail to raise land and housing prices, develop leisure activities, improve medical facilities, and supplement police manpower, but it also increased consumer costs and environmental damage. There were also problems such as insufficient interpreters, parking and rest facilities, and ineffective management of communication channels, bicycle facilities, and tourist waste, which did not help youths to return to their hometowns. Furthermore, due to the disparities in the performance of leisure opportunities, medical and health care, spatial planning, and cultural development, there were different opinions among the stakeholders. Suggestions: (1) Satisfy the needs of different stakeholders; (2) Improve the environmental literacy of tourists and provide more garbage cans; (3) Develop additional scenic spots to divert tourists; (4) Stabilize prices and attract investment from enterprises; and (5) Increase the participation of residents in community development to supplement industrial manpower.

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Non-Financial Reports of Russian Companies: Topicality and Terms of Compilation

Baikal Research Journal ◽

10.17150/2411-6262.2018.9(2).2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Yelena Sorokina

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Business Activity ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Ecological Data ◽

Financial Reports ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Ecological Responsibility ◽

Bona Fide

Implementation of the sustainable development idea with the purpose of preserving the environment is not possible without information about the ecological, social and economic aspects of business activity. It is stated that the main source of relevant indicators and returns available to all interested users is the non-financial reports. The article examines the normative base determining the terms of preparing the non-financial reports by Russian companies. It brings forth the statistics of the non-financial reports of the Russian companies, analyzes their content. It specifies the problem of providing the bona fide of the non-financial reports indicators. It considers the possibility of coordinating the ecological data of the non-financial reports with indicators of the statistical reporting in the field of environmental protection. An attention is given to the Russian governments commitment to increasing the socio-ecological responsibility of the business.

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The experience of mapping geopolitical aspects of sustainable development of Crimea

Proceedings of the International conference “InterCarto/InterGIS” ◽

10.35595/2414-9179-2021-1-27-60-72 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 60-72

Author(s):

Alexandra Shvets ◽

Irina Yakovenko ◽

Andrey Yakovlev

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Border Region ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Black Sea Region ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Preventive Actions ◽

The Crimea ◽

The Media ◽

Geopolitical Risks

The article considers the methodology of cartographic study of geopolitical risks in the border region of the Black Sea region—Crimea. Geopolitical risks are presented as one of the options for potential constraints on the sustainable development of Crimea. Geopolitical risk refers to the situation of uncertainty that arises in the region in the process of changing its political subjectivity. The program of a cartographic study of geopolitical risks in the region was proposed. It includes stages of exploration and mapping long-term dynamics of their manifestation in the region; identification of cause-and-effect relationships and mutual conditionality of factors of occurrence of geopolitical risks; forecast of socio-economic development and geopolitical risks in Crimea for the near and distant future; justification of the strategy of socio-cultural development of the Crimean region and preventive actions in the system of management of geopolitical situations. The results of the first stage of the study of geopolitical risks in Crimea are presented. A map of the dynamics of ethnic and confessional contradictions in Crimea in the period 1990–2015 is developed. An understanding of the contradiction as a stage of pre-conflict with the potential for peaceful resolution, but not overcome in content, is proposed. The localization of ethnic and confessional contradictions in the Crimea is analyzed. The regions and spatial foci of their concentration are determined. The emergence of ethnic and confessional contradictions in regions with increased ethnic mosaic is proved. A map of the geopolitical risks in Crimea that emerged after 2014 has been developed. The transformation of the types of geopolitical risks in Crimea is analyzed. It is noted that the possibility of the emergence of ethnopolitical contradictions and their addition to the risks of information manipulation of information about the region in the media, as well as the emergence of risks of terrorist activities on the territory of Crimea. The conclusion is made about the spatial asymmetry of the localization of geopolitical risks in Crimea. A significant part of the geopolitical risks is localized in those regions of the peninsula that concentrate the economic and informational attractiveness.

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What Determines the Success of Culture-Led Regeneration Projects in China?

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11184847 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (18) ◽

pp. 4847 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tao Yu ◽

Qi Tang ◽

Yongxiang Wu ◽

Yaowu Wang ◽

Zezhou Wu

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Success Factors ◽

Stakeholder Management ◽

Effective Means ◽

Cultural Development ◽

The Body ◽

City Image ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Critical Success ◽

Planning Methods

Culture-led regeneration projects (CRPs) have been identified as an effective means for enhancing the sustainable development of cities. Related topics have been investigated; however, relatively little information is known about what factors are critical for achieving success in these kinds of regeneration projects. Based on a literature review and five case studies, this study contributes to the body of knowledge by identifying 25 critical success factors (CSFs) for managing CRPs in China. A questionnaire survey was designed to evaluate the relative importance of these factors from practitioners’ and researchers’ perspectives. In addition, a factor analysis was carried out to group these CSFs into five categories, namely government policies and culture-led regeneration strategies, stakeholder management and financing support, technical solutions for CRPs, social security, and industry development. The results demonstrated that cultural value management, integrating cultural development with urban planning, adopting sustainable development principles, reconstructing the city image and brand, and the availability of culture-led planning methods played the most important roles in the success of CRPs. The findings of this study can help practitioners enhance their regeneration project performance.

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NEW APPROACH TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Verslas teorija ir praktika ◽

10.3846/btp.2019.34 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (0) ◽

pp. 363-371

Author(s):

Rolandas Drejeris ◽

Danguolė Oželienė

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Significant Role ◽

Business Activity ◽

Technological Aspect ◽

Sustainable Business ◽

Economic Interests ◽

New Approach ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Framework ◽

The Relationship

Enterprises that seek for sustainable development should align economic interests with environmental and social requirements. It is not enough to take into account just these basics components. Technology plays a significant role in company activity. The aim of this article is to highlight the relationship between the dimensions characterising sustainability and to take a deeper look at the structure of the concept of sustainability, so that to understand in more detail the completeness of the dimensions of sustainability. For achieving this aim is necessary through the analysis of researchers’ opinions to apply the logical assessment, systematisation, and comparison of information, selects the most important information describing the sustainability of technology, highlights the relationships between the technological aspect of sustainability and other sustainability dimensions, evaluates the technological processes of the corporate product in terms of sustainability, clarifies and presents arguments highlighting the importance of the technological aspect in sustainable business activity, rejects inappropriate arguments, identifies links between the arguments, and, basing on the information, proves and/or formulates anew some logical considerations to justify the full competency of the technological dimension in the sustainable development framework. Article proved that sustainable development contains the technological dimension which is added to the four classical dimensions and serves as an axis that determines the contents of other sustainability parts.

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A New Approach to the Technological Aspect of Corporate Sustainable Development

10.20944/preprints201902.0044.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Rolandas Drejeris ◽

Danguole Ozeliene

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Significant Role ◽

Business Activity ◽

Technological Aspect ◽

Sustainable Business ◽

Economic Interests ◽

New Approach ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Framework ◽

The Relationship

Enterprises that seek for sustainable development should align economic interests with environmental and social requirements. It is not enough to take into account just these basics components. Technology plays a significant role in company activity. The aim of this article is to highlight the relationship between the dimensions characterising sustainability and to take a deeper look at the structure of the concept of sustainability so that to understand in more detail the completeness of the dimensions of sustainability. For achieving this aim is necessary through the analysis of researchers’ opinions to apply the logical assessment, systematisation, and comparison of information, selects the most important information describing the sustainability of technology, highlights the relationships between the technological aspect of sustainability and other sustainability dimensions, evaluates the technological processes of the corporate product in terms of sustainability, clarifies and presents arguments highlighting the importance of the technological aspect in sustainable business activity, rejects inappropriate arguments, identifies links between the arguments, and, basing on the information, proves and/or formulates anew some logical considerations to justify the full competency of the technological dimension in the sustainable development framework.

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Urgent Issues of Improving the Labor Code of the Russian Federation

Economics taxes & law ◽

10.26794/1999-849x-2018-11-4-119-124 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 119-124

Author(s):

V. G. Getman

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Critical Assessment ◽

Business Activity ◽

Economic Interests ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Domestic Legislation ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Legal Entities

The paper gives a critical assessment of certain provisions of the Russian Labor Code. The purpose of research was to substantiate the need to supplement the Russian Labor Code with the provisions stipulating the mandatory allocation to employees of a part of the surplus capital created by their labor, quotas for the mandatory presence of representatives of labor collectives on directors’ boards and in other governing structures of joint stock companies; as well as the need to revise the employer’s liability for delayed payment of wages and salaries established in the domestic legislation. It is concluded that increasing the level of legal protection of the economic interests of employees of enterprises/organizations by amending the Russian Labor Code will boost the business activity of individuals and legal entities contributing to the sustainable development of a socially-oriented state as Russia positions itself.

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Railway Corridors in Croatian Cities as Factors of Sustainable Spatial and Cultural Development

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126928 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6928

Author(s):

Željka Jurković ◽

Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko ◽

Danijela Lovoković

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Development ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Spatial Continuity ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

The City

Transport and mobility in cities are important factors in the sustainability of the urbanized world. This article investigates one type of intra-urban transport: railway transport and the surrounding areas along the railway, i.e., whether railway corridors can be a factor in the sustainable development of cities in the 21st century. The aim of the article is to determine specific characteristics of railway corridors and identify problems and cultural-historical specifics related to the industrial cultural heritage of the railway. The article examines the importance of an integrated approach to the planning of railway corridors and emphasizes the importance of multicriteria analyses in the decision-making process for corridor areas. As a case study, the city of Osijek is selected because in the past the railway strongly influenced its economical and urban development. Concretization and specification methods applied to the city of Osijek prove that railway corridors can become factors of the sustainable development of cities. The article proves that railway corridors have the potential to transform sustainable urban development because they pass through central, often historical, city areas, they occupy large surfaces and have a long linear spatial continuity. The scientific contribution of the article is the identification and systematization of the contribution of the transformation of railway corridors to the sustainable development of cities.

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