Requisite Sustainable Development Contemplating Buildings

Sustainable development is a requisite for future generation, as increasing urbanization, destruction of natural resources by anthropic activities, degrading ecosystems for the sake of present economic development at cost of environmental exploitation are increasing by each passing day on earth. The goal of this chapter is to provide meaningful insights for policy-makers and decision-makers towards sustainable development in the construction industry. This study is first-of-its-kind study focusing on the Sustainable Developments Goals and sustainability dimensions and their criteria and indicators in one compilation through literature study. The study concludes that there is a need to integrate the construction industry into the Sustainable Development Goals and their targets to test the built environment sustainability and there is a need to develop the most adequate frameworks for commencing the topic. Two possible frameworks suggested for future research recommendation needed for the Indian context to enhance sustainability within construction industry are based on LCSA and MCDM analysis.

RISK AND ENSURING THE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL STRUCTURES

The article reveals the features of risk and the specifics of ensuring the economic sustainability of entrepreneurial structures. It has been determined that the components of the economic sustainability of entrepreneurial structures are financial sustainability, production sustainability, personnel sustainability, investment sustainability, marketing sustainability, managerial sustainability, organizational sustainability, communicative sustainability, socio-psychological sustainability, innovative sustainability, environmental sustainability, technical and technological sustainability, market sustainability, sustainability of external relationships, sustainability of the institutional environment, sustainability of information support. It has been established that the procedure for managing the economic sustainability of entrepreneurial structures includes a risk factor, since the adoption of managerial decisions on issues of economic sustainability is probable. It has been established that the key factor influencing the economic sustainability of entrepreneurial structures is economic risk, which is based on internal and external sources of negative impact on the development potential of entrepreneurial structures towards its effective implementation and sustainable development in uncertain conditions. It is proved that the risk resistance of entrepreneurial structures is the main element of the overall zustainability of entrepreneurial structures and an integral characteristic of entrepreneurial structures as open socio-economic systems, which characterize the general possibilities of achieving effective and risk-free functioning. It has been established that one of the tools for creating favorable conditions for the functioning of entrepreneurial structures is risk management, the main tasks of which are to determine the object of management for a specific entrepreneurial structure, to establish the level of danger of realizing a certain risk, to determine the possible consequences and amount of damage, to assess the propensity of entrepreneurial structures to the risk of doing business activities, defining a system of priority directions for responding to a risk, developing risk management mechanisms for entrepreneurial structures. In the future, it is recommended to study the causes, consequences and components of the process of managing entrepreneurial risks.

Role of Religion in Environmental Sustainability: An Indian Perspective

Environmental trepidations are global issues, environment sustainability is conceivable with the noble motive, which takes real shapes with the insights and perspectives from different religions. In the process of learning and teaching laid down by religion help to expand our understanding and develop our behavior towards nature. Role of religion to shape our attitudes to the natural world is significant, because its domination in human personality is always recognizable. The paper would like to find out different prospect to achieve environment sustainability with the help of imperatives given by Indian religion. This imparts many valuable imperatives which unify nature as an inseparable part of human life and vice versa. Three major religions originating from India were explored in this paper: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The paper tries to show the human affiliation with nature is well expressed in every aspect of Indian religious life.

AN INVESTIGATION ON ROLE OF GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS

Sustainability is the main problem of organizations. Due to environmental uncertainty and human negligence lot of issues related with environment are increasing day by day. That is why implementing green policies and initiating green activities are crucial for organizations to attain competitive advantage and sustainability. The purpose of the existing study was to determine direct link between GHRM and sustainable development. For this drive, survey from 416 respondents was conducted. Those organizations that have awareness of environmental issues and have implemented and initiated green objectives were chosen for this study. The non-probability convenience sampling was used for selecting sample size. SPSS 25 was used. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability test were conducted the findings show the scales adopted are found valid and reliable. Further regression was run to test hypotheses; it shows that all predictor have impact upon criterion variables. Only green training has insignificant effect on environment sustainability while green RSL, GT and green rewards also does not have impact on social performance.

Feedstock: A Solution to Energy and Environment Sustainability

Background: Scarcity of resources, the energy crisis, environmental pollution and climate change are the central challenges that people will have to face in the years to come. Nowadays, agricultural, food and industrial waste is generated in large quantities, which poses a serious problem in its management and disposal. Objective: Feedstocks play a vital role in solving energy and environmental problems. All renewable, biological substances that are used directly as fuel or converted into another form of energy or fuel products are referred to as feedstocks. Biomass is also a clean and renewable feedstock option; also be an excellent alternative to conventional fuels. Method: Renewable fuels are cleaner than traditional coal and petroleum, which reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Various methods could be used to achieve sustainable development methods that not only lead to better waste management. Nevertheless, they could also generate industrially important materials, chemicals, fuels and valuable end products from waste. Results: This review provides an overview of the global scenario for the feedstock. In addition, this paper examines the role of feedstocks in solving energy and environmental issues. Conclusion: This paper sheds light on the issue of environmental impact in order to achieve overall sustainability. Finally, the merits of the feedstock technology prospects were addressed.

TATA KELOLA KEBIASAAN BARU DI TAMAN SUNGAI MUDAL YOGYAKARTA (Proses Adaptasi, Sosialisasi, Partisipasi oleh Pengelola dan Pengunjung)

Pandemi Covid-19 memberikan dampak yang signifikan terhadap sektor pariwisata karena banyak destinasi wisata yang tutup dan tidak dapat beroperasi secara maksimal. Tatanan kebiasaan baru menjadi alternatif kehidupan di masa depan yang tentu saja harus didasari dengan penerapan protokol kesehatan berdasarkan Keputusan Menteri Kesehatan RI Nomor : HK.01.07/Menkes/382/2020. Dibukanya kembali destinasi wisata harus didasari dengan tanggung jawab yang penuh oleh para pemangku kebijakan ataupun para pelaku wisatanya, termasuk di objek wisata Taman Sungai Mudal Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui “Tata Kelola Kebiasaan Baru yang Dilakukan oleh Pengelola maupun Pengunjung di Objek Wisata Taman Sungai Mudal Yogyakarta” dengan menggunakan pendekatan partisipasi dan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Tata kelola adaptasi kebiasaan baru sebagai acuan operasional di objek wisata Taman Sungai Mudal pada prinsipnya sudah disesuaikan dengan panduan CHSE (cleanliness, health, safety, and environment sustainability), meskipun masih belum begitu maksimal. Pemerintah sebagai salah satu bagian dari stakeholders pariwisata harus berperan ganda, yang tidak hanya membuat regulasi untuk mengatur kegiatan pariwisata dengan himbauan penerapan protokol kesehatan, namun juga dapat mengevaluasi pelaksanaan kegiatan tersebut sebagai salah satu langkah strategis yang berorientasi terhadap keselamatan bersama. Mengembangkan partisipasi dan dukungan dari para pemangku kebijakan sejatinya mendorong iklim yang kondusif dalam perencanaan pembangunan pariwisata yang unggul disuatu wilayah.

Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature: Indigenous People and Protected Spaces of Nature

National parks and other preserved spaces of nature have become iconic symbols of nature protection around the world. However, the worldviews of Indigenous peoples have been marginalized in discourses of nature preservation and conservation. As a result, for generations of Indigenous peoples, these protected spaces of nature have meant dispossession, treaty violations of hunting and fishing rights, and the loss of sacred places. Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature brings together anthropologists and archaeologists, historians, linguists, policy experts, and communications scholars to discuss differing views and presents a compelling case for the possibility of more productive discussions on the environment, sustainability, and nature protection. Drawing on case studies from Scandinavia to Latin America and from North America to New Zealand, the volume challenges the old paradigm where Indigenous peoples are not included in the conservation and protection of natural areas and instead calls for the incorporation of Indigenous voices into this debate. This original and timely edited collection offers a global perspective on the social, cultural, economic, and environmental challenges facing Indigenous peoples and their governmental and NGO counterparts in the co-management of the planet’s vital and precious preserved spaces of nature.

Tolerance of Pseudomonas strain to the 2,4-D herbicide through a peroxidase system

Herbicides are widely used in agricultural practices for preventing the proliferation of weeds. Upon reaching soil and water, herbicides can harm nontarget organisms, such as bacteria, which need an efficient defense mechanism to tolerate stress induced by herbicides. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is a herbicide that exerts increased oxidative stress among bacterial communities. Bacterial isolates were obtained from the biofilm of tanks containing washing water from the packaging of different pesticides, including 2,4-D. The Pseudomonas sp. CMA-7.3 was selected because of its tolerance against 2,4-D toxicity, among several sensitive isolates from the biofilm collection. This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidative response system of the selected strain to 2,4-D. It was analyzed the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and guaiacol peroxidase GPX enzymes, that are poorly known in the literature for bacterial systems. The Pseudomonas sp. CMA-7.3 presented an efficient response system in balancing the production of hydrogen peroxide, even at 25x the dose of 2,4-D used in agriculture. The antioxidative system was composed of Fe–SOD enzymes, less common than Mn–SOD in bacteria, and through the activities of KatA and KatB isoforms, working together with APX and GPX, having their activities coordinated possibly by quorum sensing molecules. The peroxide control is poorly documented for bacteria, and this work is unprecedented for Pseudomonas and 2,4-D. Not all bacteria harbor efficient response system to herbicides, therefore they could affect the diversity and functionality of microbiome in contaminated soils, thereby impacting agricultural production, environment sustainability and human health.

Development of Organic Agriculture: Case of Latvia

Agriculture is one of the main sectors which many believe should be sustainable, that is, ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible. While conventional agriculture is driven almost solely by productivity and profit, sustainable agriculture integrates biological, chemical, physical, ecological, economic and social sciences in a comprehensive way to develop new farming practices that are safe and do not degrade our environment. Sustainability in rural production system can only be achieved if it can suitably satisfy the local requirement as well as the outside demand with the changing time. This paper reviews the concepts of organic agriculture and examines its development in Latvia.

Evaluating the integration of research-based internship with sustainable environmental thinking

The integration of theory and practice in the learning process has become the foundation of architectural education. In learning a sustainable environment, direct involvement of students in the environment to increase awareness of sustainable development is fundamental. Internship is a learning process where students can develop themselves outside of lecture hours. The impact of the COVID-19 storm demanded new education methods in the learning process. The architecture study program of the Sumatra Institute of Technology (ITERA) has started an internship on a research project for the past 1 year. This paper aims to investigate the extent of students’ awareness in terms of environment sustainability while they undertake the research-based internship. While the research objectives are: to examine the attitude of students in delivering sustainable thinking; to investigate the sustainability knowledge that obtained by the students during the internship, and to acknowledge the student skills regarding environment sustainability thinking This exploratory research uses content analysis method and conduct an online survey from students involved in the internship. It is concluded that the internship through research project improve social skills, context analysis and environmental awareness, but there is a need for improvement in the delivery of lectures related to real strategies and implementation in realizing environmental sustainability.