Deep-Sea Mining: Economic, Technical, Technological, and Environmental Considerations for Sustainable Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 28-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Current Availability ◽  
High Investment ◽  
Private Entrepreneurs

AbstractMining of minerals such as polymetallic nodules from the deep-sea floor has been “on-hold” as a result of several factors such as current availability of Cu, Ni, Co and Mn from terrestrial sources and their fluctuating prices. Nonetheless, exploration for new resources from deep-sea areas and development of technologies for deep-sea mining have been progressing consistently. These, coupled with recent projections of deep-sea minerals as the alternative source for metals and granting of licenses for exploration and mining of seafloor massive sulfides to private entrepreneurs, indicate the continuing interest and support the perception that such deposits may serve as sources of metals in the 21st century. However, there are several considerations for the sustainable development of deep-sea mining.A typical area of 75,000 km2 with an estimated nodule resource of >200 million tonnes is expected to yield about 54 million tonnes of metals (Mn + Ni + Cu + Co), and the gross in-place value of the metals is estimated to be ∼$21‐42 billion (depending upon the annual rate of mining) in the 20-year life span of a mine site. The decision on the timing to resume mining of these deposits will be based on the prevalent metal prices and rate of returns on the estimated investment of $1.95 billion as capital expenditure and $9 billion as operating expenditure for a single deep-sea mining venture.In view of high investment, technological challenges and economic considerations, private-public cooperation could be an effective means to make deep-sea mining a success. This paper analyzes the current status and discusses the economic, technical, technological, and environmental issues that need to be addressed for sustainable development of deep-sea minerals.

scholarly journals Technologies for Water Reuse: Current Status and Future Challenges

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 832
Author(s):  
Mauro Capocelli ◽  
Vincenzo Piemonte
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Future Challenges

Water is fundamental for the quality of both ecosystems and society, and plays a key role for energy and food production, a prerequisite for the sustainable development [...]

scholarly journals ІННОВАЦІЙНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ УЗБЕКИСТАНУ: РОЗВИТОК ПІДПРИЄМНИЦТВА

2021 ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Matluba Abdullayevа
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Economic Modeling ◽  
Industrial Enterprise ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
Innovative Potential

The article examines the factors that determine the strategic efficiency of industrial enterprises, the criteria and ways of investment support for their sustainable development. The purpose of the study is to analyze the factors of sustainable development of an industrial enterprise based on increasing its innovative potential in Uzbekistan. The study used the methodology of logical, historical, statistical and comparative analysis, methods of expert assessments, economic modeling, a method for assessing the reliability of qualitative and quantitative statistical indicators. The main hypothesis of the study was the assumption that with the intensive transformation of innovation into a determining factor of sustainable development, an effective means of increasing the competitiveness of an industrial enterprise is the use of innovative potential. Presentation of the main material. The sustainable development of the enterprise is ensured by the possibilities of accumulating resources in the innovation sphere, their rational use within the framework of the selected priorities, that is, by increasing the innovative potential. The practical significance of the work lies in the application by the executive authorities of the research results when drawing up medium-term and long-term programs for the socio-economic development of regions. Conclusions and prospects for further research. The modern model of sustainable development of enterprises presupposes the systemic integration of the scientific and technical sphere into the processes of economic and social development. Proposals for ensuring sustainable development based on increasing the innovative potential in practice will make it possible to reasonably revise the strategic guidelines of an industrial enterprise and increase its sustainability, expressed in a change in the level of innovative potential.

Sustainable Development Goal 3 Strategies to Take a Leap

2022 ◽  
pp. 335-352
Author(s):  
Dimpal Vij ◽  
Harjit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health And Well Being

Third of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by United Nations to be achieved by 2030 is health and well-being for all which is the first requisite for the progress of a nation. The countdown to the date sets for the achievement of SDGs has already begun and during these years our government has tried a lot to achieve these targets. This chapter analyses India's preparation for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3. It begins with India's current status on key health indicators as set by SDG 3 and what progress India has already made at nation and state levels. The chapter includes government initiatives taken to achieve goals before the target dates. Finally, it analyses the weaknesses of India's healthcare system and suggests strategies that can help India achieve goals much before the target dates.

scholarly journals Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Sustainable Development? Evidence from Countries along the Belt and Road

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongjun Xiao ◽  
Junjie Cheng ◽  
Xin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Recognition And Response ◽  
The Belt And Road

The “Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative” is an innovative idea proposed by China aimed at promoting common prosperity in the world. Although it has gained more and more recognition and response, there is also some one-sided understanding or distortion. Taking the 60 countries along the Belt and Road from 2010 to 2015 as samples, this paper mainly answers three questions from the perspective of sustainable development: (1) What is the current status of sustainable development in all countries along the “B&R”? (2) Is the “B&R Initiative” conducive to promoting the sustainable development of all countries along the “B&R”? (3) How could the “B&R” be better promoted? The study found that, first, various countries along the “B&R” have manifested an imbalanced characteristic in terms of the sustainable development, and there is much room for improvement in general. Second, the “B&R Initiative” has a positive impact on the sustainable development of all countries. However, due to the relatively short period of time, this impact is not significant at present. Third, to promote “B&R” construction, we must take sustainable development as the fundamental goal to jointly promote the connectivity of facilities, integrate the UN 2030 sustainable development goals, and strengthen the cross-border cooperation between non-governmental and non-profit organizations.

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

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4847 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Assessment of Sustainable Development in Secondary School Economics Students According to Gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Cifuentes-Faura ◽  
Ursula Faura-Martínez ◽  
Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Educational Law ◽  
Economic Decisions ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
The Subject

Environmental education is one of the most effective means of raising public awareness of the need to preserve the environment, and therefore plays a key role in raising awareness and conserving the environment. Teachers also play an important role in achieving these sustainable objectives. Economic decisions are intimately linked to and affect the sustainable development to a large extent, hence the importance of the subject of economics in achieving sustainability. The minimum contents established by the educational law on these aspects related to sustainability have been revised. Through a survey, the differences in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to sustainable development are analyzed from a gender perspective. It is detected that, in general, women have a greater knowledge of environmental issues and more sensitivity, with a greater commitment to recycling and changing lifestyles.

A primer on the economics of natural capital and its relevance to deep-sea exploitation and conservation

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-52
Author(s):  
Porter Hoagland ◽  
Di Jin ◽  
Stace Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Accounting Prices

Marine science is now moving quickly to reveal the biophysical, geochemical, and ecological properties of the deep sea. As this understanding grows, deep-sea resources will begin to be exploited more extensively, embodying the hopes of many for a Blue Economy. Institutions to govern this exploitation are only just finding their strides or even just emerging, but there are many cases already of resource overuse and degradation, including overfishing and the impacts beginning to be wrought by a changing climate. Progress towards the sustainable development of the deep sea requires useful indicators that point to changes in human well-being as the deep sea is exploited, such as measures of inclusive wealth. Accounting prices for the natural capital of the deep sea would be useful indicators, and several examples are explored to illustrate current understanding and research gaps. A future economic research agenda would involve refining estimates of accounting prices for the most important types of deep-sea natural capital, locating these within linked classifications of ecosystem services and natural capital, and the design and implementation of a system of economic and environmental accounts for the deep sea comprising the high seas, which lies beyond the purview of individual states.

Sustainable Development Goal 3 Strategies to Take a Leap

2020 ◽  
pp. 231-252
Author(s):  
Dimpal Vij ◽  
Harjit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health And Well Being

Third of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by United Nations to be achieved by 2030 is health and well-being for all which is the first requisite for the progress of a nation. The countdown to the date sets for the achievement of SDGs has already begun and during these years our government has tried a lot to achieve these targets. This chapter analyses India's preparation for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3. It begins with India's current status on key health indicators as set by SDG 3 and what progress India has already made at nation and state levels. The chapter includes government initiatives taken to achieve goals before the target dates. Finally, it analyses the weaknesses of India's healthcare system and suggests strategies that can help India achieve goals much before the target dates.

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