scholarly journals Sustainability of Regional Agroecological Economic System Based on Emergy Theory: A Case Study of Anhui Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8317
Author(s):  
Xue Wu ◽  
Yaliu Yang ◽  
Conghu Liu ◽  
Guowei Xu ◽  
Yuxia Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Emergy Theory ◽  
Operation Status

The agroecological economic system is the basic system on which human beings depend for survival. In order to better evaluate the operation status of a regional agroecological economic system and deepen the cognition of the input and output of the regional agroecological economic system from the angle of emergy, the evaluation method of sustainable development of the regional agroecological economic system with comprehensive consideration of resources, economy, and environment was proposed by constructing a unified dimensional measurement model. This paper analyzed and evaluated the data of the agroecological economic system in Anhui Province from 2010 to 2019. The results showed that the agroecological economic system in Anhui Province bore less environmental pressure and gradually decreased, and had a good system efficiency and economic benefits. The average emergy sustainability index (ESI) was 3.12, indicating that the agroecological economic system in Anhui Province had certain vitality of sustainable development. Based on this, the paper puts forward some suggestions on sustainable and high-quality agricultural development in Anhui Province, which provides theoretical and methodical support for sustainable development of a regional agricultural economy.

scholarly journals Healthy or Not: A Way to Predict Ecosystem Health in GitHub

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifang Liao ◽  
Mengjie Yi ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Shengzong Liu ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Natural Ecosystem ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
The Sustainable Development

With the development of open source community, through the interaction of developers, the collaborative development of software, and the sharing of software tools, the formation of open source software ecosystem has matured. Natural ecosystems provide ecological services on which human beings depend. Maintaining a healthy natural ecosystem is a necessity for the sustainable development of mankind. Similarly, maintaining a healthy ecosystem of open source software is also a prerequisite for the sustainable development of open source communities, such as GitHub. This paper takes GitHub as an example to analyze the health condition of open source ecosystem and, also, it is a research area in Symmetry. Firstly, the paper presents the healthy definition of GitHub open source ecosystem health and, then, according to the main components of natural ecosystem health, the paper proposes the health indicators and health indicators evaluation method. Based on the above, the GitHub ecosystem health prediction method is proposed. By analyzing the projects and data collected in GitHub, it is found that, using the proposed evaluation indicators and method, we can analyze the healthy development trend of the GitHub ecosystem and contribute to the stability of ecosystem development.

scholarly journals Emergy-Based Assessment and Suggestions for Sustainable Development of Regional Ecological Economy: A Case Study of Anhui Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2988
Author(s):  
Cui Wang ◽  
Yingyan Zhang ◽  
Conghu Liu ◽  
Fagang Hu ◽  
Shuling Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Environmental Friendliness ◽  
The Sustainable Development

In view of the coordination of economy, society, and environment in the process of the rapid development of the regional economy, this study proposes the evaluation method of sustainable development of a regional economy on the basis of emergy. The study also constructed an evaluation index system of sustainable development of regional ecological economy from four aspects, namely, structural, functional, and ecological efficiency, and sustainable development index. The objective was to comprehensively evaluate the quality and environmental friendliness of regional economic development. On this basis, this study measured and evaluated the sustainable development of the ecological economy in Anhui Province by using emergy to analyze the statistical data of the economic development of Anhui Province, China, from 2010 to 2018. The study also provides targeted decision-making suggestions for the sustainable and high-quality development of the Anhui economy. Furthermore, this study provides a measure and evaluation method for the sustainable development of the regional economy and effective policy recommendations, which have important theoretical and practical significance.

scholarly journals Green Design in the View of Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Zhenqing Sun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

With the continuous rising of economic benefits and the increasing innovation of science and technology, the relationship between human beings and natural environment is becoming more and more prominent. Especially after the world enters into industrialization, human beings plunder resources recklessly and destroy the stable cycle of ecological environment. In recent years, China has put forward the development concept of "not only the golden and silver mountains, but also the lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. The 13th Five-Year Plan of China has established five development concepts: innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing. The concept of "green" has been incorporated into the national strategic design, which highlights the harmonious development between human beings and nature, people and people. As the guider in the future, under the background of sustainable development, the green design takes innovation as the starting point, so as to become the permanent motive force of green development.

Emergy Analysis on Ecological Economic System in Liuzhou

2010 ◽  
Vol 171-172 ◽  
pp. 437-440
Author(s):  
Hong Yuan Fu ◽  
Guan Wen Cheng ◽  
Guo Dan Lu ◽  
Wen Yuan Wei ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Yield Ratio ◽  
Emergy Analysis ◽  
Environmental Loading ◽  
Ecological Economic ◽  
Emergy Theory ◽  
Loading Ratio ◽  
Relationship Of

The objective of this study was using methods of emergy theory to calculate the flow of emergy on eco-economic system in Liuzhou from 2004 to 2008, in order to analyse emergy relationship of ecological economic system including society, economy and ecological subsystems. The results showed the emergy self-sufficient ratio, the net emergy yield ratio decreased year by year, but the environmental loading ratio and population carrying capacity increased in recent years, and Emergy index for sustainable development decreased rapidly. This study could put forward countermeasures for sustainable development of Liuzhou ecological economic system.

SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.N. Kurdyukov ◽  
◽  
A.I. Lebedev ◽  
A. Ademu ◽  
M. Hamdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Natural Growth ◽  
Governance Mechanisms

The article examined different views on population with a view to identifying major trends. Social processes that impede the transition to sustainable development within existing governance mechanisms have been identified. It is noted that due to the high social dynamics, the exit from the "modernization trap" is to be sought both by territories with high natural growth of the population, and economically attractive regions with indicators of natural decline of the population. At the same time, social dynamics in different territories in modern conditions involve the risk of its use for the benefit of different social groups and can act as a manageable factor. In order to increase the sustainability of development, in resolving the contradictions of the existing socio-economic system, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of agricultural territories and to develop self-sufficient models of their development.

Sustainable regional development as a problem of managing the socio-economic system

Ergodesign ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Alexander Anishenko ◽  
Tatyana Krotenko ◽  
Dmitriy Erokhin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Resource Model ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Development Control ◽  
Sustainable Regional Development ◽  
Three Factor

A systematic analysis of the concept of "sustainable development of the region" is carried out . The classification of factors that affect the process of sustainable development is given. A three -factor resource model for the formation of sustainable development of the region , including human, financial and raw materials, is described. The necessity of systematic monitoring as an element of regional development control is substantiated.

SPACE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE ASSETS – PREVENTION OF DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL STATE PROJECT AND ITS SAFETY

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Victoriia Mykytenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
National Security ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Space Management ◽  
Spatial Management ◽  
Potential Factor ◽  
The Individual

The basic elements of the national security of the individual, society and the state that are to be taken into account in the development and implementation of the practice of the management of doctrines and strategies for sustainable development are revealed. The complex of potential factor determinants and motivational factors of de-evolutionary development of the national socio-economic system at the present stage of its functioning are determined. The methodological substantiation of the specificity of modern processes of state development of Ukraine on its key meta-spaces is accomplished. The formalization of the interconnection and interdependence of spatial management of natural resource assets has been made on six planes: ideological; political; spiritual-moral and politico-ideological; institutional; value-ideological; the goal is conceptual.

Global Health and International Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-235
Author(s):  
Andrew Harmer ◽  
Jonathan Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

scholarly journals Drivers of sustainability practices and contributions to sustainable development evident in sustainability reports of European mining companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anđela Ivic ◽  
Nína María Saviolidis ◽  
Lara Johannsdottir
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
Social License ◽  
Sustainability Reports ◽  
Sustainability Practices

AbstractMining activities cause negative environmental impacts and social conflicts but also provide economic benefits to communities and secure the minerals necessary for low-carbon technology. The aim of this multiple case study is to analyze, compare and critically evaluate sustainability reports of 10 European mining companies for the 2016–2018 period to determine the drivers for implementation of sustainability practices and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The findings suggest that European mining companies act under pressures from international initiatives and industry associations, the European Union, governments, stakeholders, and maintaining social license to operate. The companies report on the core subjects of corporate governance, employees, the environment, stakeholders’ engagement and occupational health and safety. Positive trends were observed in stakeholders’ engagement and health and safety, while air emissions and water and energy usage increased for most companies. Furthermore, there was an absence of improvement in gender diversity, utilization of renewable energy, and waste recycling. Even though all analyzed companies mentioned SDGs in the reports, the reports lacked a comprehensive explanation of mining activities’ contribution to the SDGs. This study addresses a gap in the existing literature on the European mining context of sustainable development and SDGs relevant for researchers, policymakers, and other impacted stakeholders and adds new theoretical knowledge on the external drivers of CSR activities based on institutional theory.

scholarly journals Green Agricultural Development Based on Information Communication Technology and the Panel Space Measurement Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1147
Author(s):  
Xueyao Zhang ◽  
Hong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The Government ◽  
Space Measurement

This study was conducted to promote the construction of China’s ecological civilization; to reduce harm to the environment; to quantify the performance of agricultural green development (GD); and to truly achieve green, sustainable, and healthy agricultural development. From the perspectives of resources and the environment, first, information communication technology and the panel space measurement (PSM) model were adopted to analyze relevant indicator data from 2000 to 2019 in China’s 30 provinces. Second, China’s agriculture was measured to explore the overall characteristics, temporal changes, and regional differences of agricultural development. A panel data measurement model was constructed using the generalized least squares method, and the main factors affecting performance development were analyzed, which were verified by giving examples. Third, the governance countermeasures and improvement directors were proposed for agricultural GD in China. It is found that the driving force of performance of agricultural GD in China mainly depends on technological progress and that technological efficiency determines the speed of agricultural development. The regional differences in performance of agricultural GD are obvious in China. The growth in the performance of agricultural GD in the eastern region is much higher than that of the central, western, and northeast regions. In addition, the results show that the performance of agricultural GD is extremely positively correlated with the agricultural economic level, fiscal support for agriculture policy, and the industrialization process and that it is extremely negatively correlated with the level of opening-up, adjustment of agricultural structure, and the environmental regulatory capability of the government. As a result, this study can provide some ideas for the realization of agriculture GD in China.

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