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Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 13

July-1 2020 - 266 articles

Cover Story: This paper focuses on social farming in Calabria, one of the least developed Italian regions. Calabria suffers from serious problems such as a low level of accessibility, and the presence of Mafia organizations. We wondered whether social farming could make a significant contribution to the social and economic development in the region. Using the data collected by means of a qualitative investigation of some of the most important Calabrian social farms, we studied their characteristics, their strategies, their social mission, and their role in the local socio-economic context. We found that most of them are successful, in both economic and social terms, and their role in the local community is positive. Moreover, they are making a valuable contribution to the cultural change required to overcome the predominance of the Mafia. View this paper
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Articles (266)

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,339 Views
18 Pages

7 July 2020

Agricultural policies show an orientation in the management of natural resources, such as water, towards specialized production for world markets. This is promoting models of private use against those of common use. The objective of this research is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
7,633 Views
24 Pages

7 July 2020

The deadly COVID-19 virus has caused a global pandemic health emergency. This COVID-19 has spread its arms to 200 countries globally and the megacities of the world were particularly affected with a large number of infections and deaths, which is sti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,264 Views
18 Pages

7 July 2020

The main interest of this paper is to analyze the mobility acceptance factors of an automated shuttle bus last-mile service. There is limited research on the passengers’ perception of security and safety of automated mobility, whereas prior res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,181 Views
12 Pages

Validity of the “Big Data Tendency in Education” Scale as a Tool Helping to Reach Inclusive Social Development

  • Antonio Matas-Terrón,
  • Juan José Leiva-Olivencia,
  • Pablo Daniel Franco-Caballero and
  • Francisco José García-Aguilera

7 July 2020

Big Data technology can be a great resource for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in a fair and inclusive manner; however, only recently have we begun to analyse its impact on education. This research goal was to analyse the psychometric ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,606 Views
13 Pages

7 July 2020

Urban environmental issues such as declining air quality and increasing urban heat island effects can be managed by the effective use of urban green spaces. Consequently, the importance of green infrastructure (GI) has rapidly increased over time. Wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,898 Views
23 Pages

An Intelligent Framework for the Evaluation of Compliance with the Requirements of ISO 9001:2015

  • Jose Andres-Jimenez,
  • Jose-Amelio Medina-Merodio,
  • Luis Fernandez-Sanz,
  • Jose-Javier Martinez-Herraiz and
  • Estefania Ruiz-Pardo

7 July 2020

A quality management system (QMS) allows an organization to analyze the needs of its customers and to define the appropriate processes for efficient production and service delivery. Customer satisfaction is an important part of this system, with a si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
16,456 Views
19 Pages

7 July 2020

The depiction of landscape in art has played a major role in the creation of cultural identities in both China and Europe. Landscape depiction has a history of over 1000 years in China, whilst in Europe its evolution has been more recent. Landscape a...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,220 Views
13 Pages

7 July 2020

Data-driven decision making is needed in uncertain situations. Total quality management is the source of quality management activities and customer satisfaction. This study is related to the investigation into the application of total quality managem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,308 Views
24 Pages

7 July 2020

The present work is devoted to the theoretical study of heat transfer in the enclosing structures of a wooden building exposed to the front of a forest fire. In the general case, the following effects could be distinguished: The direct effect of a fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,269 Views
19 Pages

7 July 2020

In this article, we address the interaction of the Iranian State, an agent of power, with affected village residents, as four dam projects are planned and implemented. Dams, recently positioned as a green energy source, are a central component to Ira...

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