2025 February-2 - 426 articles
This article aims to offer a novel perspective on investments in new multi-modal and multi-service transportation hubs, examining their wider economic and social impacts. Through a systematic literature review following a “What, When, Where&rdq...
Digital trade, as an emerging and transformative trade model in the digital era, has significantly altered global trade methods, products, services, and regulatory frameworks. This study investigates the impact mechanism of innovation capability on t...
Batteries are essential for the functionality of electric vehicles (EVs), leading to their design with enhanced performance and durability. Consequently, traction batteries are often replaced while they still retain the properties for use in less str...
This study aims to investigate the influence of Green Human Resources Management practices and greenwashing on the three pillars of sustainability—social, environmental, and economic. The moderating role of age and gender as individual characte...
As an important sustainable architecture, vernacular architecture plays a significant role in influencing both regional architecture and contemporary architecture. Vernacular architecture is the traditional and natural way of building that involves n...
Exploring the spatiotemporal evolution pattern of agricultural functions, analyzing their tradeoff and synergies, carrying out multifunctional zoning, and determining the combination and expansion direction of agricultural functions in combination wi...
To address the pressing challenges of quality and sustainability in agricultural product supply chains, this paper proposes a multi-stakeholder collaborative governance framework. Adopting the perspective of collaborative governance and sustainabilit...
Resilience refers to a city’s ability to withstand risks. Research into the impacts of Chinese urban governance models on urban resilience is limited; thus, in this study, we used a difference-in-differences approach and a spatial spillover mod...
New quality productivity (NQP) is an important engine that promotes China’s economy in order to achieve high-quality development in the new era. The study of the measurement of the development level of NQP is conducive to accelerating its forma...
The energy transition towards achieving carbon neutrality is marked by the decarbonization of the power system and a high degree of electrification in end-use sectors. The decarbonization of the power system primarily relies on large-scale renewable...
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainable development, the role of green finance in the context of G7 economies remains largely unexplored. The increasing emphasis on green financial transformation motivates this study to analyze the influence of n...
This study investigates the complex duality of automation and its impact on sustainable development, encompassing the factors of economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. Innovations in artificial intelligence, robotics, and m...
Urban streets are critical public spaces that significantly influence the thermal comfort of city dwellers. However, the issue of summer thermal discomfort in severely cold regions has been largely overlooked. This study focuses on Youth Street in Sh...
In the context of the disposal of spent radioactive fuel, heat-emitting radionuclides such as Cs and Sr are of utmost concern, as they have a major influence on the distance at which disposal galleries should be spaced apart and, thus, the cost of a...
Amidst the unfolding technological revolution and industrial transformation, the synergistic development between China’s automotive and semiconductor industries has emerged as a salient trend. To explore the potential difficulties and pathways...
This study examines the health resource networks across China’s 31 provinces and cities (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) between 2012 and 2021. We construct an evaluation system for health resources using the entropy weight method and a...
Geothermal resources are considered a clean energy source, and their development plays a key role in achieving sustainable development. This energy contributes to environmental protection, energy security, and economic growth, while also helping to a...
With rapid urbanization, the spatial layout and functional characteristics of urban facilities have a strong correlation with the spatial distribution of criminal activities. Using Changsha City as a case study, this research analyzes 2023 urban crim...
With the large-scale deployment of renewable energy, the issue of wind power consumption has become increasingly prominent, leading to serious wind energy abandonment. In order to promote energy sustainability, this paper proposes a low-carbon econom...
Biochar utilisation as a soil enhancer has gathered considerable interest owing to its notable capacity to boost soil productivity, enhance carbon sequestration, and improve agricultural sustainability. Nonetheless, how biochar affects the soil micro...
China has commenced a high-quality development phase, necessitating significant promotion of the digital economy (DE), which includes green advancement as its foundation. Transitioning from a DE into high-quality development requires advancing the co...
Recently, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication has emerged as a critical technology for enhancing the safety and traffic management of autonomous vehicles. Developing a resource allocation algorithm that enables autonomous vehicles to perceive a...
The aquaculture sector is experiencing remarkable growth, and its economic success depends mainly on an efficient production strategy and cost management, which are essential to guarantee the profitability and sustainability in this sector. The main...
The main objective of this paper is to assess the influence of claims suggesting the eco-friendly nature of products present on food product packaging, consumers’ purchase intentions, and brand image. To achieve this, an experimental study was...
Since entering the process of industrialization, human activities have interfered with the original ecological environment, and the expansion of cities has also impacted the ecological service function. In order to maintain the balance of the ecosyst...
Over the past decade, China’s air quality has improved significantly. To further mitigate the concentration levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), this study analyzed the spatio-temporal evolution of PM2.5 concentrations from 2012 to 2022....
Collaborative information sharing in the maritime logistics supply chain is essential for achieving efficiency, sustainability, and resilience. However, numerous barriers hinder effective information sharing among key stakeholders, including port ope...
This study aimed to develop a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, and technologically advanced dielectric fluid by utilizing the beneficial properties of natural ester-based vegetable oils, offering a promising alternative for transformer in...
This study introduces an innovative approach based on multi-source data fusion to address the challenges of traffic operation management in cold-climate cities. Taking Harbin City as the research object, GPS trajectory data and checkpoint data were i...
The carbon peaking policy in China has been established within the context of global climate change, one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the 21st century. This study constructs a quantitative policy evaluation system based on the Pol...
The global energy sector is rapidly changing due to decentralization, renewable energy integration, and digitalization, challenging traditional energy business models. This paper explores a startup concept for an AI-assisted regional marketplace for...
Polar research was especially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic because of its reliance on travel for remote fieldwork, large-scale scientific infrastructure, ecologically stressed environments, and elevated health risks to remote communities. In thi...
This pilot study examines the complex interplay between human happiness and environmental sustainability through the lens of environmental ethics. Using a mixed-methods approach with surveys and interviews, it investigates how self-reported happiness...
The goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda declare that sustainable development is a complex objective, which can only be achieved if we work simultaneously on different areas of action, at different levels of detail. Indoor well-being, in ad...
In China, with the increasing emphasis on the concept of green sustainable development, polluting industries characterized by pollution and high energy consumption are facing unprecedented challenges. The development of the intermediate demand-type c...
This Editorial is part of a collection titled “Sustainable Transition in Transport Energy Consumption: The Charging/Discharging Infrastructure and Self-Containing Transport Energy System of New Energy Vehicles”, providing a complement and...
Exploring the relationship between park green spaces and urban functional spaces provides valuable insights into the production of organically integrated urban spaces that combine production, living, and ecological functions. It also offers guidance...
The global push for clean hydrogen production has identified nuclear energy, particularly high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), as a promising solution due to their ability to provide high-temperature heat. This study conducted a techno-econo...
Global energy demands continue to make coal-fired power plants important; however, this has resulted in massive production of clinker ash (CA). The utilisation of CA to improve nutrient retention in agrarian soils is unclear. Nitrogen (N) leaching is...
This study investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and firm-level innovation, with a particular focus on how this relationship evolves in response to external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic....
Marine zoning is a widely used spatial tool for managing ocean spaces, minimizing conflicts between uses, and maintaining ecosystem services. This review examines and profiles the use of marine zoning and its potential to support climate resilience a...
This study examines the potential constraints that firms may face when occupying central positions within supply chain networks, particularly in terms of innovation. While prior research highlights the benefits of centrality for resource acquisition...
Natural resources management has played an important role in uplifting the growth performance of countries over the years. However, for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), very little is known regarding the influence of natural resources on economic g...
The accurate prediction of ship carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel consumption is critical for enhancing environmental sustainability in the maritime industry. This study introduces a novel ensemble learning approach, the Voting-BRL model, which...
Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) are essential for the sustainable development and management of urban green spaces. However, there remains a gap in leveraging big data and unsupervised machine learning to comprehensively evaluate perceived CESs. T...
This study aims to assess the environmental sustainability and carbon footprint of tourism in Bayanaul State National Park (Kazakhstan) using the GSTC criteria and the Protocol on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. As part of the work, surveys and interviews...
As one of the most dynamic natural elements, water resources play a vital role in both ecological and economic activities. The rational allocation of water resources is essential for the sustainable development of human society. Using data from prefe...
As an important part of the urban landscape, lakes not only enhance the overall environmental quality of a city, but also strengthen the residents’ sense of well-being and cultural identity. With the acceleration of urbanization, the water qual...
The institutionalization of ecological civilization construction (IECC) is a process that grounds ecological civilization construction in people’s ideas and actions; it promotes the combination of ecological civilization concepts, systems, acti...
The Digital Grey Divide (DGD) is a phenomenon that refers to the digital inequality existing among the elderly in using digital tools. DGD could generate social exclusion and hinder elderly well-being because today many aspects of life are online. Th...
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