Multi-criteria Optimization of Motorways of the Sea in the Function of the Environment Protection: Case Study of Croatia

The transport system causes extremely harmful consequences for society and the environment. It is manifested through the increased emission of harmful exhaust gases, traffic congestions, traffic accidents, increased level of noise, higher levels of stress and various diseases of all participants of the transport system and society in general. The implementation and modernization of intermodality through the Motorways of the Sea (MoS) as its ecological and socio-economic sustainable subsystem is the efficient way of reducing the above mentioned consequences. Further sustainable development of MoS can be observed according to the ecological and socio-economic criteria and sub-criteria set out in this paper in order to keep it in direct function of protecting the society and preserving the environment.

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Research on the tourism destination image and sustainable development of off-season ecotourism based on tourists’ perception -- A case study of Daoxiang Lake in Beijing

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202125102074 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 251 ◽

pp. 02074

Author(s):

Shi Ran Lin ◽

Huan Xi Zhao

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

High Frequency ◽

Destination Image ◽

Environment Protection ◽

Image Perception ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Category Comparison ◽

Customer Attitude ◽

Perceived Emotion

In this paper, we study the question of relationship and influence between tourists’ perception and the image of off-season ecotourism destination and sustainable development of tourism, which is based on the web text. Firstly, we analyze the tendency of high-frequency words as tourism perception and customer attitude using the data of network text which is from review websites. Secondly, we study the image perception differences of ecotourism destinations in low and peak seasons through text replacement, perceived category comparison, perceived emotion comparison, and social network and network semantics comparison. Finally, we provide relevant suggestions and opinions on the sustainable development of off-season ecotourism, which is from the aspects of tourism attraction management, tourism publicity and ecological environment protection.

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THE CONCEPT MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS REFURBISHMENT

International Journal of Strategic Property Management ◽

10.3846/1648-715x.2008.12.53-68 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 53-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 110

Author(s):

Aistė Mickaitytė ◽

Edmundas K. Zavadskas ◽

Artūras Kaklauskas ◽

Laura Tupėnaitė

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Practical Case ◽

Environment Protection ◽

Public Buildings ◽

Concept Model ◽

Healthcare Environment ◽

Model Efficiency ◽

Reduce Energy Consumption

Sustainable development principles reaching many spheres of human activities, public buildings refurbishment is not an exemption in this case. Buildings refurbishment supports excellent opportunities to reduce energy consumption in buildings as well as encourages other sustainable refurbishment principles implementation ‐ citizens’ healthcare, environment protection, rational resources use, information about sustainable refurbishment dissemination and stakeholders groups’ awareness. During the pilot refurbishment FP‐6 project Brita in PuBs, authors of this article have developed conceptual sustainable public buildings refurbishment model. Model was created basing on sustainable development principles, their consideration in decision making process and model efficiency influencing factors. In order to demonstrate models’ application possibilities following the healthcare principle, practical case study of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University main building pollution mapping is given at the end of this article. Santrauka Darnios plėtros principai skverbiasi į daugelį veiklos krypčių, neaplenkdami ir visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo proceso. Pastatų atnaujinimas – tai puiki galimybė ne tik sumažinti suvartojamos pastate energijos apimtis, bet ir užtikrinti kitus darnios renovacijos principus – rūpinimąsi gyventojų sveikata, aplinkos tausojimą, racionalų išteklių naudojimą, taip pat ir informacijos apie darnią pastatų renovaciją prieinamumą. Vykdant demonstracinį FP-6 projektą Brita in PuBs, straipsnio autoriai sukūrė koncepcinį darnios visuomeninių pastatų renovacijos modelį, kuriame atsižvelgiama į darnios plėtros principus, jų taikymą priimant sprendimus ir modelio efektyvumą veikiančius veiksnius. Siekiant pademonstruoti modelio realizavimo galimybes, paskutiniame straipsnio skyriuje rūpinimosi sveikata principas iliustruojamas renovuojamo VGTU centrinio pastato užterštumo žemėlapio sudarymu.

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Strategies for Sustainable Urban Transport: A Case Study of Cotonou, Benin

International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/jera.13.9 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 ◽

pp. 9-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fousséni Gomina Mama ◽

Zhong Zhen Yang ◽

Dan Dong Xia

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Transport System ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Point Of View ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Sustainable Transport

The unrestrained growth in urbanization and motorization generally contributes to an urban land use and transport system that is socially, economically, and environmentally unsustainable. Urban mobility systems are much diversified in developing countries taking into account their components in terms of transport modes and the development path linked to the urban growth. This paper uses Cotonou as a case study, which is the largest urban and economic city of Benin. The paper first reviews literatures on sustainable transport systems to comprehend the concept of sustainable development and transport. Based on the municipal development plan (MDP) adopted by the local authorities, the paper then evaluates the existing transport policies, projects and infrastructure system, to determine if the current paradigm is moving toward or away from sustainable transport. Furthermore, the principles for sustainable urban transport are developed to see what significance municipal transport policies have given to urban transport from a sustainable transport point of view. Finally some strategies are suggested, adoption of which may lead to a sustainable urban development and transport system in the city of Cotonou.Key words: Sustainable development; urbanization; Bus Rapid Transit; socio-economic; land use and urban transport system.

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Water environment protection and sustainable development in townlet of China: A case study in Taicang

Journal of Environmental Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.jes.2020.12.006 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Wenli Zhou ◽

Mengmeng Liu ◽

Xu Shang ◽

Meixue Chen ◽

Guorong Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Water Environment ◽

Environment Protection

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Efficiency of the UN action in the area of transport, environmental protection, health

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201823904016 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 239 ◽

pp. 04016 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marina Ermolina ◽

Anna Matveevskaya ◽

Sergey Pogodin

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Transport System ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Green Economy ◽

Environment Protection ◽

Environment And Health ◽

Economic Commission ◽

Health Strategy ◽

Global Organization

The paper examines the performance of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in the field of transport, environment and health. In the course of the study, the tasks of reviewing and summarizing the main arguments of supporters and critics of UN activities in this field and forecasting the development of its potential in the future, the institutional features of the reforms to achieve sustainable development, as well as the most important problems of the green economy are performed. The authors emphasize that in the recent 25 years environment protection has become a priority for the UN activity. Additionally, international conferences on environmental issues and sustainable development have been an important tool to define global priorities, to raise awareness about these issues and to draw attention to essential problems that can be neglected. According to the authors of this study, no matter how inspiring the tendency of the growth of the number of specialized agencies involved in solving problems of transport, environment and health, these efforts are clearly not enough. The paper substantiates the conclusion that today the UN is the only global organization with the required resources to be able to positively influence the sphere of environmental protection. At the same time, comprehensive institutional mechanisms to improve the transport system, environmental protection and the coordination of health strategy are needed within the framework of the activities of the specialized UN agencies.

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Social Design for Services Framework

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2017.89 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Melanie SARANTOU ◽

Satu MIETTINEN

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Research Group ◽

Design Research ◽

Service Design ◽

Social Design ◽

Practical Action ◽

The Social ◽

The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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