Modeling the Sustainable Development Nexus as a Complex-Coupled System

2022 ◽  
pp. 114-142
Author(s):  
David Zelinka ◽  
Bassel Daher
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Coupled System ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Dynamic Components ◽  
Third Dimension ◽  
Main Components

This chapter begins with defining complex systems, presents an overview of the applied science of dynamical systems by focusing on the main components of complexity and chaos, and introduces the concept of dimensionality of systems. Systems have structural and temporal (dynamic) components – they exist in space and time. This chapter focuses on the time dimension, called temporality. The authors classify a third dimension, chaos (randomness), and illustrate that all systems can be defined according to their structure, dynamics, and chaos. These three dimensions constitute the dimensionality of systems, which can be used to define and categorize all types of systems. A system dynamics model to quantify the progress and interactions among the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is introduced. The benefits and limitations of a system dynamics modeling approach in this context are then discussed.

Modeling the Sustainable Development Nexus as a Complex-Coupled System

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-59
Author(s):  
David Zelinka ◽  
Bassel Daher
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Coupled System ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Dynamic Components ◽  
Third Dimension ◽  
Main Components

This chapter begins with defining complex systems, presents an overview of the applied science of dynamical systems by focusing on the main components of complexity and chaos, and introduces the concept of dimensionality of systems. Systems have structural and temporal (dynamic) components – they exist in space and time. This chapter focuses on the time dimension, called temporality. The authors classify a third dimension, chaos (randomness), and illustrate that all systems can be defined according to their structure, dynamics, and chaos. These three dimensions constitute the dimensionality of systems, which can be used to define and categorize all types of systems. A system dynamics model to quantify the progress and interactions among the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is introduced. The benefits and limitations of a system dynamics modeling approach in this context are then discussed.

scholarly journals The Construction and Application of Sustainable Development Model for Bangladesh Based on System Dynamics

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 2214-2221
Author(s):  
Li-Guo Huang ◽  
Li Yin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Development Model ◽  
System Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Dynamics Modeling ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Information Interaction ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
Social Economic Development

Sustainable development is to reconcile human needs and the Earth’s healthy balance. For eradicating poverty, changing unsustainable, promoting sustainable patterns of consumption and production, protecting and managing the natural resource, combining principles and methods of system dynamics modeling, we build a sustainable development model by analyzing the factors which influence the sustainable development. According to social economic development, the dynamics of environmental change, change of energy and matter between the subsystems and information interaction, the sustainable development model is divided into four subsystems, such as environment, resources, economy and social. In the model, the factor of sustainable development can distinguish more sustainable countries and policies from less sustainable ones. Then, we analyze the data of Bangladesh and predict the factor of sustainable development. By revising the parameters, we create a 20 year sustainable development plan for Bangladesh to move towards a more sustainable future to evaluate the effect our 20-year sustainable plan has on Bangladesh’s sustainability measure. By implementing our plan in our evaluation, we predict the change that will occur over the 20 years in the future. Through on the analysis of our model, we give some reasonable policy suggestions for sustainable development of Bangladesh.

Russian experience in assessing informal employment indicators and their compliance with SDG indicators

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Elena Zarova ◽  
Dr Konstantin Laykam ◽  
Elvira Dubravskaya ◽  
Sergey Musikhin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Informal Employment ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The One ◽  
Main Components

This article describes on the one hand statistical methods for assessing informal employment based on the requirements as set by international standards. On the other hand it describes the potential of integrating various data sources to generate informal employment statistics. With as example official statistics of the Russian Federation, the authors show the features of applying the requirements of international standards. Methods are proposed for assessing informal employment in the formal sector of the economy, i.e. in enterprises that submit employment reports to the National Statistical Office. This phenomenon appears in the employment situation of many countries. However, there is no uniformity between countries in how they evaluate the application of the international standards in such assessment exercises. A theoretical model of informal employment is developed and validated based on statistical data published by international organizations. The validation focuses on assessing the causal relationships between informal employment indicators and the main components of the sustainable development goals. This analysis contributes to coordinated decisions on regulating informal employment and ensuring the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

scholarly journals Substantiation of innovative aspects of the use of recreational resources in tourism in the context of sustainable development

2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 01019
Author(s):  
Olena Lazarieva ◽  
Svitlana Smyrnova ◽  
Andriy Mas ◽  
Dmitro Sterlev ◽  
Vasil Koval
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Territorial Planning ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Recreational Resources ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Practical Recommendations

The mechanism of recreational areas management is improved in this article based on the sustainable development, which means the interaction of components that in their dialectical unity provide a synergistic effect of their rational use and protection. The purpose of article is to generalize and develop scientific and methodological bases and practical recommendations for substantiating the innovative aspects of the use of recreational resources in the context of sustainable development. Sustainable use of lands of recreational potential is focused on the following components of the mechanism, including legislative and regulatory support, mapping of territories, land management, maintaining the state cadaster of territories and objects of recreational use. Using the main approaches to the concept of sustainable development in practice is aimed at determining the effectiveness of recreational activities. Attention is focused on the method of determining the main economic indicators of the use of recreational areas. It is determined that the main components of the land management project are territorial planning of recreational areas, organization of recreational areas, system of measures for protection and restoration of recreational resources and project effectiveness.

scholarly journals Resources of Sustainable Economic Growth and Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Ignjatovic
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Development Strategy implies a targeted long-term process that affects economic, social, environmental and institutional aspects of life. The goal is to meet the social and economic interests of citizens, reduce poverty, reduce unemployment and gender inequalities and reduce negative impacts on natural resources and the environment, resulting in long-term economic growth with economic efficiency, technology and innovation. Accordingly, in 2015, the United Nations adopted Resolution A / RES / 70/1 - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, based on three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. At the end of the 20th century, parallel with the theory of development, which turned into the concept of sustainable development, there was globalization that integrated the entire world regions in order to gain as strong economic and financial positions as possible on the world stage. Today, Serbia is not in a position to choose whether to engage in modern globalization processes, but it must continue the initiated transitional reforms and accession to the European Union, regardless of the economic, political or environmental consequences. By implementing national policies, Serbia should aim at national and economic sovereignty, which will further influence sustainable development. Only by changing the current economic policy, by creating a national strategy based on the exploitation of domestic economic and industrial potentials, by reducing unemployment, social responsibility and individual freedom, economic growth and sustainable development can be achieved. This work, besides the introduction, consists of materials based on the presentation of the sustainable development strategy of the Republic of Serbia and also presents the results and discussion that draft the current situation with possible solutions to achieve sustainable development in the future. Finally, the final ratifications are provided.      

KR08 Achieving Sustainable Development in Southern California: Collaborative Learning through System Dynamics Modeling

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1483-1497
Author(s):  
Raymond Madachy ◽  
Benjamin Haas ◽  
Hilary Bradbury ◽  
Josh Newell ◽  
Mansour Rahimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Southern California ◽  
System Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Dynamics Modeling

scholarly journals Use of Entropy in Developing SDG-based Indices for Assessing Regional Sustainable Development: A Provincial Case Study of China

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 406
Author(s):  
Xiangyu Wang ◽  
Peichao Gao ◽  
Changqing Song ◽  
Changxiu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Weight Coefficient ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Two Indices

Sustainable development appears to be the theme of our time. To assess the progress of sustainable development, a simple but comprehensive index is of great use. To this end, a multivariate index of sustainable development was developed in this study based on indicators of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To demonstrate the usability of this developed index, we applied it to Fujian Province, China. According to the China SDGs indicators and the Fujian situation, we divided the SDGs into three dimensions and selected indicators based on these dimensions. We calculated the weights and two indices with the entropy weight coefficient method based on collecting and processing of data from 2007 to 2017. We assessed and analyzed the sustainable development of Fujian with two indices and we drew three main conclusions. From 2007 to 2017, the development index of Fujian showed an increasing trend and the coordination index of Fujian showed a fluctuating trend. It is difficult to smoothly improve the coordination index of Fujian because the development speeds of Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and Goal 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) were low. The coordination index of Fujian changed from strong coordination to medium coordination from 2011 to 2012 because the development speed of the environmental dimension suddenly improved. It changed from strong coordination to medium coordination from 2015 to 2016 because the values of the development index of the social dimension were decreasing. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first SDGs-based multivariate indices of sustainable development for a region of China. These indices are applicable to different regions.

Organizational Business Dynamics

2010 ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Petter Gottschalk
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Dynamics Models ◽  
Time Systems ◽  
Over Time

Emerging business models, value configurations, and information technologies interact over time to create competitive advantage. Modern information technology has to be studied, understood, and applied along the time dimension of months and years, where changes are the rule. Such changes created by interactions between business elements and resources are very well suited for system dynamics modeling. System dynamics models represent a frame-work for understanding both successful and unsuccessful IT management over time. Systems dynamics simulations provide insights into the important interactions between IT investments and firm performance over time.

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.

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