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Sustainability, Volume 13, Issue 18

2021 September-2 - 492 articles

Cover Story: This study examines the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on household food waste in New Zealand. The study assesses cooking and food planning behaviours during and before the lockdown. Of 3028 respondents, 62.7% claimed to ‘rarely or never’ waste food in normal times, which rose to ~80% during lockdown. Participants wasting less food during lockdown tended to be older, work less than full-time, have no children, and have higher levels of cooking confidence, time, and meal planning behaviours. Those struggling to pay for food were most likely to report wasting food during lockdown. We recommend implementing national waste reduction targets, standardised measures for recording waste, and better resourcing of waste reduction and cooking skills education to reduce household food waste. View this paper
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Articles (492)

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,799 Views
18 Pages

21 September 2021

The importance of adopting modern technology in agriculture, especially in a changing climate, cannot be underestimated in Africa. The aim of this review was to highlight the past and the status quo with regard to the adoption of current farming prac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,719 Views
12 Pages

21 September 2021

Harmful pollutants (CO, NO, and unburnt hydrocarbons) coming out from the exhaust manifold of an engine must be converted into harmless gases by using catalytic converter. This field has seen vast research for increasing the conversion efficiency of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
21,038 Views
29 Pages

Challenges of a Healthy Built Environment: Air Pollution in Construction Industry

  • Antonija Ana Wieser,
  • Marco Scherz,
  • Alexander Passer and
  • Helmuth Kreiner

21 September 2021

Air pollution is a global concern, especially in cities and urban areas, and has many implications for human health and for the environment. In common with other industrial sectors, the construction industry emits air pollutants. In scientific litera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,620 Views
23 Pages

21 September 2021

Can parts of the future food system include bi-weekly opportunities to purchase uneven stocks of produce at semi-remote locations? Current development in the Swedish food system suggests so. In the last few years, the Swedish Alternative Food Network...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,124 Views
22 Pages

21 September 2021

The supply of PV power that satisfies the needs of customers is heavily dependent on the reliability of the generating plants. However, irrespective of the robustness of the design of such physical industrial assets, they tend to depreciate with usag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,865 Views
18 Pages

The Economy and Policy Incorporated Computing System for Social Energy and Power Consumption Analysis

  • Hang Zhao,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Xiaohui Wang,
  • Hongxia Yuan,
  • Tianlu Gao,
  • Chenxi Hu and
  • Jing Yan

21 September 2021

Human activities, such as energy consumption and economic development, will significantly affect the natural environment, while changes in the natural environment will also affect the sustainability of human society. Studying the energy consumption c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,128 Views
31 Pages

21 September 2021

Sustainable tourismization is a favorable development mode and pathway for the promotion of the coordinated development of the economy, society, and ecology. Based on the connotations of tourismization, a comprehensive evaluation index system of sust...

  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
9,264 Views
22 Pages

Flood Mitigation in Mediterranean Coastal Regions: Problems, Solutions, and Stakeholder Involvement

  • Francesca Ciampa,
  • Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni,
  • Zahra Kalantari and
  • Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

21 September 2021

Flooding affects Mediterranean coastal areas, with negative impacts on regional populations and ecosystems. This paper reviews the causes and consequences of coastal flooding in European Mediterranean countries, common and advanced solutions implemen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,142 Views
15 Pages

Blockchain during COVID-19: The Technology to Help Society

  • Guendalina Capece and
  • Domitilla Passiatore

21 September 2021

At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus was reported in the form of unknown pneumonia: It was the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It is crucial to develop the strategies to manage this new pandemic in order to improve their effectiveness, as oppo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,051 Views
15 Pages

21 September 2021

Over the years, the Phiphidi sacred natural site has been protected by traditional methods or cultural codes. However, over the past three decades, anthropogenic pressures have affected the site. This study aimed to investigate the historical uses of...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,771 Views
20 Pages

Transmission Expansion Planning for the Optimization of Renewable Energy Integration in the Sulawesi Electricity System

  • Tumiran,
  • Lesnanto Multa Putranto,
  • Roni Irnawan,
  • Sarjiya,
  • Adi Priyanto,
  • Suroso Isnandar and
  • Ira Savitri

21 September 2021

In order to meet the growth in demand and the renewable energy integration target, the Sulawesi Electricity System (SES) should be expanded. Currently, the SES is divided into two systems, namely South and North Sulawesi. These two systems have diffe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
12,024 Views
20 Pages

A Review on the Efficient Catalysts for Algae Transesterification to Biodiesel

  • Elena Ghedini,
  • Somayeh Taghavi,
  • Federica Menegazzo and
  • Michela Signoretto

21 September 2021

The depletion of fossil fuel resources and increasing environmental pollution led to a trend for using alternative, clean, green, and sustainable fuel and energy resources. To attain this aim, using biomass as an alternative resource for diesel produ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,850 Views
17 Pages

Synergetic Co-Production of Beer Colouring Agent and Solid Fuel from Brewers’ Spent Grain in the Circular Economy Perspective

  • Mateusz Jackowski,
  • Łukasz Niedźwiecki,
  • Krzysztof Mościcki,
  • Amit Arora,
  • Muhammad Azam Saeed,
  • Krystian Krochmalny,
  • Jakub Pawliczek,
  • Anna Trusek,
  • Magdalena Lech and
  • Halina Pawlak-Kruczek
  • + 4 authors

21 September 2021

Brewers’ Spent Grain is a by-product of the brewing process, with potential applications for energy purposes. This paper presents the results of an investigation aiming at valorization of this residue by torrefaction, making product for two purposes:...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
29,037 Views
17 Pages

Gym-Goers Preference Analysis of Fitness Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Conjoint Analysis Approach for Business Sustainability

  • Ardvin Kester S. Ong,
  • Yogi Tri Prasetyo,
  • Kerr Lorenzo Picazo,
  • Kim Aaron Salvador,
  • Bobby Ardiansyah Miraja,
  • Yoshiki B. Kurata,
  • Thanatorn Chuenyindee,
  • Reny Nadlifatin,
  • Anak Agung Ngurah Perwira Redi and
  • Michael Nayat Young

21 September 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on the fitness centers industry. The purpose of this study is to analyze the preference of gym-goers on fitness centers in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing a conjoint analysis appr...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
2,964 Views
5 Pages

Mental Health Challenges of Young Labor Migrants from the Healthcare Professionals Perspective: Lessons Learned from a Multi-Country Meeting

  • Daisy Michelle Princeton,
  • Ida Marie Bregård,
  • Marianne Annion,
  • Gine Shooghi,
  • Gitte Rom,
  • Brynja Örlygsdóttir,
  • Hildur Sigurðardóttir,
  • Riita Kuismin,
  • Joonas Korhonen and
  • Sezer Kisa

21 September 2021

The mental health of young labor immigrants (YLI’s) is a public health issue that has become notably more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is well established in the literature that most YLI’s are young and healthy when they arrive in the ho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,428 Views
13 Pages

21 September 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the tourism industry worldwide, including the wine industry in the western U.S. due to mandated winery and tasting room closures, followed by restrictions on capacity and food- and drink-handling once wine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
47,544 Views
13 Pages

Activism and Social Media: Youth Participation and Communication

  • Antonio Cortés-Ramos,
  • Juan Antonio Torrecilla García,
  • Miguel Landa-Blanco,
  • Francisco Javier Poleo Gutiérrez and
  • María Teresa Castilla Mesa

21 September 2021

Background: Digitalization and hyperconnectivity generate spaces for youth participation in social activism through social media platforms. The purpose of this research was to analyze young people’s online experience in social activism movements, inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,493 Views
14 Pages

21 September 2021

Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has become increasingly common to mitigate urban stormwater runoff. However, there is limited research on the impact of age and type of GSI. This study evaluated nutrient and metals concentrations in the soil wat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,898 Views
14 Pages

Co-Creation of Value and Customer Experience: An Application in Online Banking

  • Nathalie Peña-García,
  • Mauricio Losada-Otálora,
  • Jorge Juliao-Rossi and
  • Augusto Rodríguez-Orejuela

21 September 2021

The need for the banking sector to digitize its services to improve the efficiency of its processes has motivated a wave of research among academics and professionals. One of the most important themes emerging in e-service adoption research is the cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,414 Views
27 Pages

Political and Historical Determinants of the Differentiation of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of Agritourism in Poland and Kazakhstan

  • Jan A. Wendt,
  • Sergey V. Pashkov,
  • Elżbieta Mydłowska and
  • Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska

21 September 2021

(1) Background: In the context of differences among countries developing pre-entrepreneurship ecosystems in relation to agritourism, the need to define the specific challenges and facilitators in the group of post-communist countries is recognised. G...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,712 Views
14 Pages

20 September 2021

There is increasing societal concern surrounding the environmental externalities generated from ruminant production systems. Traditional responses to address these externalities have often been system-based. While these approaches have had promising...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
10,208 Views
24 Pages

Corporate Governance and Corporate Reputation: The Role of Environmental and Social Reporting Quality

  • Mohamad Iruwan Ghuslan,
  • Romlah Jaffar,
  • Norman Mohd Saleh and
  • Mohd Hasimi Yaacob

20 September 2021

Corporate reputation is companies’ most valuable asset as it can position them to gain competitive advantages that lead to sustainable performance. Therefore, understanding the factors that influence corporate reputation is vital for a company’s surv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,325 Views
18 Pages

20 September 2021

Climate change has been described as one of the greatest threats to people and the planet. Its impacts affect virtually the entire spectrum of internationally recognised human rights as well as the environment in and of itself. In relation to human r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
3,772 Views
18 Pages

Ultra Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting Based on Sparrow Search Algorithm Optimization Deep Extreme Learning Machine

  • Guoqing An,
  • Ziyao Jiang,
  • Libo Chen,
  • Xin Cao,
  • Zheng Li,
  • Yuyang Zhao and
  • Hexu Sun

20 September 2021

Improving the accuracy of wind power forecasting is an important measure to deal with the uncertainty and volatility of wind power. Wind speed and wind direction are the most important factors affecting the power generation of wind turbines. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,448 Views
13 Pages

Used Tires as Fuel in Clinker Production: Economic and Environmental Implications

  • Ana María Castañón,
  • Lluís Sanmiquel,
  • Marc Bascompta,
  • Antonio Vega y de la Fuente,
  • Víctor Contreras and
  • Fernando Gómez-Fernández

20 September 2021

This work analyzes how gases emitted during the manufacture of clinker vary in a cement plant using two types of fuel: petroleum coke and unusable tires (UTs). This study is based on a case study using real time data on more than 40 process variables...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,308 Views
26 Pages

20 September 2021

This study performs content analysis of consumer empirical research dealing with sustainability issues in hospitality marketing literature during the outbreak of COVID-19. Papers published in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) ranked hospitali...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,223 Views
18 Pages

20 September 2021

With rapid economic development in China, the excessive expansion of cities has led to the imbalance of land use structure, and then the ecological regulation function of the land ecosystem experiences problems, which has become an obstacle to sustai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,307 Views
15 Pages

The Optimization of Canola Crop Production through Wheat Residue Management within a Western Canadian Context—A Case Study of Saint-Front, Saskatchewan

  • Xiaying Xin,
  • Guohe Huang,
  • David Halstead,
  • Katelyn Gaetz,
  • Leila Benmerrouche,
  • Jing Huang,
  • Yuwei Wu,
  • Jinbo Zhang,
  • Yupeng Fu and
  • Nan Wang

20 September 2021

In this study, the processes of wheat residue degradation in combination with various tillage treatments were explored to determine the ideal management prescription for maximizing canola crop production. A field experiment within a western Canadian...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,747 Views
10 Pages

Debt Overhang, Gazelles’ Growth, and Fiscal Policy: A Note from the Quantile Regression Approach

  • Sorin Gabriel Anton,
  • Mihaela Onofrei,
  • Emilia Gogu,
  • Bogdan Constantin Neculau and
  • Florin Mihai

20 September 2021

The paper aims to examine the relationship between leverage and firm growth and the impact of fiscal policy on this relationship using a panel data quantile regression approach. Employing a sample of gazelles from emerging Europe for the 2006–2014 pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
9,572 Views
19 Pages

20 September 2021

This theoretical paper synthesises research on the foundational economy and its contribution to a social–ecological transformation. While foundational thinking offers rich concepts and policies to transition towards such transformation, it fails to g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,019 Views
11 Pages

20 September 2021

The present study explored the efficiency of a four-chambered anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) as a cost-effective and sustainable method of organic pollutant and pathogen removal from domestic wastewater, under a range of environmental conditions. An...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,648 Views
14 Pages

20 September 2021

Sporting societies around the world are being impacted by a variety of contemporary climatic challenges. The sport management literature indicates that these impacts have disrupted sport. Some adaptations have been implemented, but a comprehensive pl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,663 Views
15 Pages

20 September 2021

Subway station emergencies have caused serious casualties in recent years, so the aim of this research was to develop and establish an evacuation model that considers the OCEAN personality psychological traits to improve the credibility of the emerge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,020 Views
20 Pages

20 September 2021

This study aims to shed light on determinant factors for the introduction of Government as a Platform (GaaP) by public officers who can be platform providers or main stakeholders in GaaP. It focuses on public officers in 261 Korean public agencies. I...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,891 Views
16 Pages

20 September 2021

Taiwan’s offshore wind energy policy (OWE policy) is a response to sustainable development goals. Offshore wind energy has become one of the fastest growing renewable energies on Taiwan’s coastline, with the government’s full support for the promotio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
14,642 Views
15 Pages

Digital Twins for the Circular Economy

  • Anna Preut,
  • Jan-Philip Kopka and
  • Uwe Clausen

20 September 2021

Accurate information plays an important role for the circulation of materials and products. It influences the economically and ecologically successful execution of processes such as reconditioning and the corresponding supply chain management. Digiti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,633 Views
26 Pages

20 September 2021

Goldmining contributes substantially to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Zimbabwean economy through revenue generated from exports, however it also incurred numerous challenges to the environment. Amongst others, these challenges embody ecolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,144 Views
28 Pages

Two Perspectives on the Gender Gap in Computer Engineering: From Secondary School to Higher Education

  • María Teresa Alonso,
  • Virginia Barba-Sánchez,
  • María Teresa López Bonal and
  • Hermenegilda Macià

19 September 2021

In a setting that prioritises the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), sustainable development cannot be achieved without the contribution of female talent. This paper is focused on studying the reasons for the gender gap and the offer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,281 Views
13 Pages

19 September 2021

Recycling municipal solid waste has become a challenging task for municipalities. Appropriate recycling efficiency evaluations are, thus, essential to find practical benchmark learning targets for inefficient municipal solid waste authorities (MSWAs)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,534 Views
21 Pages

The Role of Research and Innovation in Europe for the Decarbonisation of Waterborne Transport

  • Monica Grosso,
  • Fabio Luis Marques dos Santos,
  • Konstantinos Gkoumas,
  • Marcin Stępniak and
  • Ferenc Pekár

19 September 2021

Waterborne transport contributes to around 14% of the overall greenhouse gas emissions of transport in the European Union and it is among the most efficient modes of transport. Nonetheless, considering the aim of making the European Union carbon-neut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,199 Views
23 Pages

19 September 2021

With Thailand as a context, this study explores the applications of Pine and Gilmore’s experience economy framework in two forms of craft beer tourism, namely brewpubs and festivals. A three-pronged qualitative research design is used wherein data wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,469 Views
12 Pages

19 September 2021

Visitors’ satisfaction and willingness to revisit urban parks are closely linked to park longevity. However, few details of this relationship have been studied. We explored the factors influencing urban park use and factors motivating revisitation in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,186 Views
13 Pages

Potential Impacts of Water Stress on Rice Biomass Composition and Feedstock Availability for Bioenergy Production

  • Nurda Hussain,
  • Mukhtar Ahmed,
  • Saowapa Duangpan,
  • Tajamul Hussain and
  • Juntakan Taweekun

19 September 2021

Bioenergy from rice biomass feedstock is considered one of the potential clean energy resources and several small biomass-based powerplants have been established in rice–growing areas of Thailand. Rice production is significantly affected by drought...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
13,591 Views
18 Pages

18 September 2021

The concept of livelihood resilience provides a unique framework for understanding challenges in complex social–ecological systems (SESs) and fostering sustainability. Despite the crises many small-scale fisheries (SSFs) are facing, few studies have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,351 Views
12 Pages

Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Digitaria insularis: Risk Analysis of Areas with Potential for Selection of Glyphosate-Resistant Biotypes in Eucalyptus Crops in Brazil

  • Gabriela Madureira Barroso,
  • Ricardo Siqueira da Silva,
  • Danielle Piuzana Mucida,
  • Cláudia Eduarda Borges,
  • Sabrina Rodrigues Ferreira,
  • José Carlos Barbosa dos Santos,
  • Hamurábi Anizio Lins,
  • Vander Mendonça,
  • Daniel Valadão Silva and
  • José Barbosa dos Santos

18 September 2021

The objective of this study was to model the spatio-temporal distribution of Digitaria insularis (D. insularis) and analyze the risk of selection of glyphosate-resistant biotypes in eucalyptus cultivation in Brazil. Global data on the distribution of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,395 Views
12 Pages

18 September 2021

The scientific and technological advance has been a major driving force of modernization for centuries. However, the 20th century was full of indications and diagnoses of a deep crisis of modernity. Currently, debates on limits to growth, pollution,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,108 Views
23 Pages

Using Optimized Two and Three-Band Spectral Indices and Multivariate Models to Assess Some Water Quality Indicators of Qaroun Lake in Egypt

  • Salah Elsayed,
  • Mohamed Gad,
  • Mohamed Farouk,
  • Ali H. Saleh,
  • Hend Hussein,
  • Adel H. Elmetwalli,
  • Osama Elsherbiny,
  • Farahat S. Moghanm,
  • Moustapha E. Moustapha and
  • Magda M. Abou El-Safa
  • + 2 authors

18 September 2021

Standard methods are limited for monitoring and managing water quality indicators (WQIs) in real-time and on a large scale. Consequently, there is an urgent need to use reliable, practical, swift, and cost-effective monitoring tools that can be easil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,719 Views
19 Pages

Performance Dissimilarities in European Union Manufacturing: The Effect of Ownership and Technological Intensity

  • Lucian Belascu,
  • Alexandra Horobet,
  • Georgiana Vrinceanu and
  • Consuela Popescu

18 September 2021

Our paper addresses the relevance of a set of continuous and categorical variables that describe industry characteristics to differences in performance between foreign versus locally owned companies in industries with dissimilar levels of technologic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,064 Views
11 Pages

Does Being a Scout Affect Confinement Due to COVID-19? A Comparative Exploratory Descriptive Study with Spanish Adolescents

  • Jorge Asensio-Ramón,
  • José M. Rodríguez-Ferrer,
  • Ana Manzano-León,
  • José Manuel Aguilar-Parra,
  • María del Pilar Díaz-López and
  • Nuria Torres-López

18 September 2021

The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has caused great social changes, some of them not yet described. This article tries to give an answer to how it has impacted Spanish adolescents in the field of domestic activity and how they use their free time and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,657 Views
16 Pages

The Synergistic Action of Three Piper Plant Extracts and Biofertilizer for Growth Promotion and Biocontrol of Blast Disease in Red Rice

  • Ni Luh Suriani,
  • Dewa Ngurah Suprapta,
  • Agung Wiwiek Indrayani,
  • Susila Herlambang,
  • Ni Made Delly Resiani,
  • Hind A. AL-Shwaiman,
  • Manal M. Al Khulaifi,
  • Abdallah M. Elgorban,
  • Rahul Datta and
  • Ali Tan Kee Zuan
  • + 1 author

18 September 2021

Bali is a world tourist destination and has many natural resources that need to be developed to support the tourism sector. One of the local Bali resources that has the potential to be developed to support tourism and food is the local red Bali rice....

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