Relevance of Impact Studies on the Environmental Impacts of Tourism and Sustainability

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Ravi Sharma ◽  
Prakash Rao
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Impact Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
The Relationship

The chapter investigates the relationship and trends in tourism-environmental impact studies in research communities for past 10 years. It discusses the various components and categories of the environmental impacts within context to the tourism. To achieve the purpose, a bibliometric study of the Scopus-indexed publications was conducted and analyzed for three themes using the Scopus search-defined parameters. During the search defining parameters, a total of 125, 28, and 88 relevant documents were obtained from the database for the theme, tourism-environmental impact overall studies, tourism-environmental impact and carrying capacity, socio-cultural and perception-based relevant studies, respectively. Based on the results, the authors conclude that there is a significant increase in environmental impact and tourism-related studies in the past 10 years. European countries have a major contribution towards environmental impact and tourism studies as compared to other Asian countries. The technical studies using tools of assessment for environmental impacts and tourism linkages is still insufficient.

scholarly journals The Spatial Dimension Of Take-Offs And Sustainability: The Case Of East Asian Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 719
Author(s):  
Paul Moon Sub Choi ◽  
Jinhwan Oh ◽  
Changsu Ko
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Economic Openness ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

This study examines the relationship between the size of a country and its “take-off” for economic development. We find that most countries which experienced economic upheavals in the past decades are relatively small in terms of area. Specifically, take-offs appear to be quicker for smaller landmasses with larger potential workforce and higher population density, controlled for financial markets maturity, corporate governance, economic openness, and human capital development. We also find that take-offs are not sustainable by nature as most countries in East Asia that which experience take-offs are currently facing slow-downs of their economies. Through this finding, we predict that China may experience a slow-down at around 36% and may reach to the 50-60% of income level of the U.S.  

scholarly journals The EMAS Registration of the Livenza Furniture District in the Province of Pordenone (Italy)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Novelli ◽  
Paola Geatti ◽  
Francesco Bianco ◽  
Luciano Ceccon ◽  
Stefania Del Frate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Analysis ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Industrial District ◽  
Friuli Venezia Giulia ◽  
Environmental Impact Evaluation

One of the most important manufacturing areas of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region is the territory close to Pordenone, the Livenza furniture district. This industrial district, consisting of industries of wood, wood and cork products, furniture, straw articles, and weave materials, located in 11 municipalities of that area, was the first Italian district to obtain the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) Registration in 2006. Data and information from a questionnaire compiled by more than 100 firms and 11 municipalities of the district were used to draw up the territorial environmental analysis (TEA). For the EMAS registration renewal, obtained in 2016, the TEA was updated by reviewing the methodology of the environmental impact evaluation: the ecological footprint (EF) was compared with the carrying capacity (CC) of that area. The results put in light that the EF was greater than the CC. Several actions for reducing the environmental impacts of the district activities were highlighted.

Diplomas

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bovens ◽  
Anchrit Wille
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Educational Expansion ◽  
Critical Juncture ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Life sometimes imitates art. Written in the 1950s as science fiction, Michael Young’s The rise of the meritocracy has turned out to be surprisingly realistic in hindsight. Many Western European countries underwent major educational transformations in the second half of the past century, which have strongly enhanced the meritocratic nature of society. First, we describe the relationship between education and meritocracy and how we classify educational levels. Second, we describe how the enormous educational expansion in the second half of the twentieth century has constituted a critical juncture for the rise of new social and political divides. The chapter documents how the number of well-educated citizens has risen spectacularly in the past decades, and it explores competing claims with respect to the impact of this educational revolution.

scholarly journals The Nexus between Environmental Impact and Agricultural Sector Linkages: A Case Study of Pakistan

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1200
Author(s):  
Muhammad Jawad Sajid ◽  
Muhammad Habib ur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Land Water

Agriculture has a substantial environmental impact. However, little research has been conducted on the relationship between agriculture’s environmental impacts and linkages, particularly for the key agriculture-based Pakistani economy. Additionally, the literature on environmental linkages rarely estimates multiple types of linkages in a single study. This study fills these critical research gaps. The study estimates the land, water, nitrogen, and CO2 impacts and linkages of Pakistan’s agriculture sector using an input–output model and the hypothetical extraction method. The results indicated that agriculture directly accounted for approximately 27%, 93%, 92%, and 1% of Pakistan’s total sectoral land, water, nitrogen, and CO2 impacts (LWNC), respectively. While the sector indirectly contributed almost 2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, and 0.4% of Pakistan’s total LWNC. The bulk of direct LWNC impacts were caused by agricultural purchases from downstream sectoral importers. The majority of the indirect LWNC impacts were induced by agriculture’s re-imports. The agricultural purchases from the downstream sector of “Food and Beverages” induced the greatest environmental impact. To ensure sustainable agriculture, particularly in Pakistan, the agriculture sector’s direct and indirect environmental impacts should be reduced not only through better management practices and technology, but also by focusing on intermediate sectoral sources of direct and indirect environmental impacts.

scholarly journals DISCOVERING ANCIENT EGYPT IN MODERNITY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF AN ANTIQUARIAN, GIOVANNI BELZONI (1816-1819)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Natascha de Andrade Eggers
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
British Empire ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

The main objective of this article is to allow a better understanding of the relationship between the British Empire and Ancient Egypt, and show the ways through which European countries – and particularly Great Britain – used the image of the Egyptian civilization to build a national identity and memory. Antiquarians who travelled to search for exotic antiquities had a very important role in this process because they left in their notes a record of their thoughts about the cultures of the places they visited and about the material culture they found there. These memories and reports circulated in Europe and were regarded as a source of knowledge, since they offered a version of the unknown “other” and reported the travelers’ interpretations of the past and present of foreign places. In this article I analyze the journal of one of these antiquarians, Giovanni Belzoni, in order to understand how his discourse may have corroborated the construction of a national identity, since he helped to form a large collection of Egyptian pieces of the British Museum, in England.

Guest Editorial: The James Bay Hydroelectric Project - Issue of the Century

ARCTIC ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.I. Linton
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
James Bay ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Hydroelectric Project ◽  
Habitat Creation ◽  
The Past

... The James Bay project has become a major issue because it involves a number of factors that represent a critical change in our outlook over the past twenty years. The first of these is the growth in popularity and scientific credibility of the environmental movement. Environmental awareness has flowered since the first phase of the James Bay project was begun. The environmental impact of the project was not a matter of great debate in the early '70s and no formal environmental assessment was ever done prior to construction of the first phase. It has only been since the mid-1970s that environmental impact assessments of major government projects have been performed on a regular basis in Canada. A surge in public concern about the state of the environment in the late 1980s came at the time Hydro-Quebec began preparations for the Great Whale phase of the project. As a result, the environmental impacts of the first phase have come under close scrutiny, and many of the concerns expressed by opponents in the 1970s have been substantiated. It has been shown that environmental impacts of the first phase include: methyl mercury contamination of water in reservoirs and downstream rivers and mercury accumulation in fish; reversal of the natural seasonal flow patterns of rivers; conversion of La Grande estuary from a saltwater environment to a freshwater one because of regulated peak flow in winter; changes in water temperatures in affected rivers; loss of wetland productivity; production of greenhouse gases by the decomposition of vegetation in inundated areas; destruction of shoreline and shoreline habitat (creation of dead zones) around reservoirs due to fluctuating water levels; riverbank erosion downstream from dams; and interference with animal migration routes. This presents a far different picture from the one advanced in the past of hydroelectricity as a clean, environmentally safe energy source. A second factor has been the internationalization of environmental issues. ... A third factor is our growing understanding of, and respect for, native peoples. ... Today, the idea of progress is undergoing a massive shift away from material and economic growth for growth's sake and toward what has come to be known as "sustainable development." The James Bay project might have been considered "the project of the century" in an earlier era. However, in the era of sustainable development, it must be regarded as something quite different.

scholarly journals An Application of the CHAID Algorithm to Study the Environmental Impact of Visitors to the Teide National Park in Tenerife, Spain

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Maria Diaz-Perez ◽  
Mª Bethencourt-Cejas
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
National Park ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Criterion Variables ◽  
Visitor Numbers ◽  
Transport Type

The significant and complex relationship between visitor numbers to a national park and the environment calls for appropriate policies to be adopted. This paper analyzes the relationship from the perspective of visitors to the Teide National Park (TNP) in Tenerife, aiming to establish strategies to reduce visitors' environmental impacts. This is particularly important as the TNP, with over 3,000,000 visitors in 2015, is the most visited park in Spain and one of the most visited in Europe. An empirical study was conducted during 2016 resulting in 805 valid questionnaires. A CHAID algorithm was then applied to segment visitors according to criterion variables. Findings show the first segmenting variable is transport type, with the car being the most frequently used by visitors. Specifically, the visitor segment coming by car is also associated with the longest stays in the TNP. Regarding the practical and social implications, it is assumed the longer the stay, the greater the environmental impact. These results highlight the need for new transport strategies for the park with improved, less polluting vehicles.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IN AUSTRALIA: THE CAUSAL FACTORS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THEIR RELATIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 617-630
Author(s):  
Jelena M. Andrić ◽  
Jiayuan Wang ◽  
Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu ◽  
Ruoyu Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Oil Spillage ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Process Failures

The construction sites are prone to environmental incidents. In this paper, the root causes of incidents and immediate actions taken after events are identified through qualitative analysis, while the environmental impacts, the cost of mitigation, time of incident occurrence, as well as the relationship between the causes of incidents and immediate actions and the causes and environmental impacts were quantitatively analysed. In total, 499 environment incidents occurred over an 8-year period on the construction sites in Australia was examined in this study. The results show that the most common causes of incidents were equipment and plant failure, oil spillage, and fuel spillage, while the most expensive incidents in terms of mitigation were flooding, poor weather, and process failures. Further, the most common actions taken immediately after incidents were cleaning and clearing, shut down of operation, plant and equipment and notifications. More than 50% of incidents resulted in the contamination of land and groundwater, while the majority of incidents occurred between 10:00 am and 12:00 am. We propose strategies for project managers and environmental managers to better understand potential environmental hazards.

The Estimation of Environmental Impacts for Transport Policy Assessment

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
M R Wigan
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Research System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Estimation Equations ◽  
Transportation Modelling ◽  
Illustrative Application

The analysis of traffic and transport alternatives by means of mathematical models is well-established as an aid to design and economic assessment. The emphasis in the past has been on the traffic effects of the policies involved, and it is only recently that methods have been devised to give approximate estimates of the levels of and degree of exposure to noise, air pollution, and pedestrian interference as an essential part of the study of traffic and transport proposals. This paper covers the design and use of special models, and the collection and analysis of noise and pollution data in a form suitable for forecasting. The application of the techniques is illustrated by means of models of Coventry drawn from the Transportation Study report. One model was designed to simulate conditions in 1967, and another to simulate extreme (and unlikely) conditions in a future where congestion and pollution are both severe. The environmental impact estimation process has been integrated into the RRLTAP transportation modelling research system. The strengths and weaknesses of this approach are brought out by an illustrative application. Special attention has been paid to the different pollution estimation equations as a basis for forecasting, and the degree to which a particular choice could affect the results.

Poor Acceptance of the Past is Related to Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults

GeroPsych ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-251
Author(s):  
Gozde Cetinkol ◽  
Gulbahar Bastug ◽  
E. Tugba Ozel Kizil
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Ego Integrity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Depressed Group ◽  
Total Death ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Depression in older adults can be explained by Erikson’s theory on the conflict of ego integrity versus hopelessness. The study investigated the relationship between past acceptance, hopelessness, death anxiety, and depressive symptoms in 100 older (≥50 years) adults. The total Beck Hopelessness (BHS), Geriatric Depression (GDS), and Accepting the Past (ACPAST) subscale scores of the depressed group were higher, while the total Death Anxiety (DAS) and Reminiscing the Past (REM) subscale scores of both groups were similar. A regression analysis revealed that the BHS, DAS, and ACPAST predicted the GDS. Past acceptance seems to be important for ego integrity in older adults.

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