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  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,552 Views
14 Pages

Cultural Tourism Weakens Seasonality: Empirical Analysis of Chinese Tourism Cities

  • Jing Zhang,
  • Zhonglei Yu,
  • Changhong Miao,
  • Yuting Li and
  • Shuai Qiao

18 February 2022

Cultural tourism is less seasonal than nature tourism. However, previous studies have mainly compared the tourist flow of scenic spots, and it is still unclear how cultural tourism affects regional tourism seasonality. This study investigated the sea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Use of Natural and Cultural Resources through Tourism Activity for Regional Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
4,773 Views
24 Pages

19 January 2024

Twenty-six cities in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration were taken as the research object, and this study comprehensively evaluated urbanization quality and ecological resilience from 2005 to 2020. On this basis, the spatiotemporal evolution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,224 Views
20 Pages

28 July 2024

Commuting behaviors have been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. To investigate the impacts at different stages of sudden and localized COVID-19 outbreak, this paper carries out an online survey to obtain data, targeting the residents in Nanjing China...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of System Engineering and Complex Theory in Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,708 Views
17 Pages

Identifying Factors for Selecting Land over Maritime in Inter-Regional Cross-Border Transport

  • Shinya Hanaoka,
  • Takuma Matsuda,
  • Wataru Saito,
  • Tomoya Kawasaki and
  • Takashi Hiraide

31 January 2021

Several cross-border land corridor projects have been implemented worldwide, because land transport is a vital alternative to international maritime transport in inter-regional transport. Maritime transport generally costs less than land transport, b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global and International Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,635 Views
18 Pages

This paper aims to investigate the internal mechanisms of bottlenecks in bike-sharing travel. We perform kernel density analysis to obtain analysis points and areas designated by buffer areas. Additionally, we improve the spatial lag model through To...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,832 Views
19 Pages

15 November 2020

There have been contrasting trends in government expenditures spending among OECD countries. This study analyzed and compared the efficiency of government expenditures of OECD countries and Korea, focused on the health and welfare and social overhead...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,692 Views
20 Pages

10 October 2019

A contingent valuation study was conducted to elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) of Lebanese citizens for five types of energy-efficient home appliances: washing machines, air conditioners, televisions, light bulbs, and refrigerators. A face-to-face...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,042 Views
16 Pages

5 February 2020

The high transaction costs due to the incomplete information and transaction rules of the rural collective construction land (RCCL) market indicate that the government must improve the rural collective construction land market. Transaction rules are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Developing Countries: Current Trends and Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,921 Views
22 Pages

14 January 2019

Commuting to and from work is one of the most important and regular routines using urban transport, being a major source for an increase in transport-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In this study, we explore the characteristics of CO2 emissio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,037 Views
18 Pages

28 July 2021

The behavior of farming households is the most direct factor involved in the transition of cultivated land utilization from high-input/high-output to green and sustainable utilization mode. Improving farming households’ green utilization efficiency o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Urban Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,041 Views
22 Pages

24 July 2021

Different from the developmental mode of western developed countries, China’s economy has changed from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development, where the people’s growing needs for better lives can be met, embodying this n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Firms and Economies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,627 Views
22 Pages

18 October 2023

As an innovative retailing mode, “new retailing” is making the distinction between physical and virtual commerce obsolete, where offline stores attract customers and supply them with the opportunity of experiences, and online stores provi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,565 Views
21 Pages

30 March 2024

Since its reform and opening up in 1978, China has maintained strong economic growth for more than four decades. For a long time, China’s economic growth has been characterized by a crude growth mode, which is mainly manifested in growth driven...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
340 Views
24 Pages

25 July 2026

Avoidable household food waste can arise at multiple stages of household food management, including storage, preparation, cooking, consumption, and post-cooking storage. It may also be associated with upstream food access and purchasing conditions. U...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Drivers, Prevention Strategies and Solution Pathways for Food Loss and Waste)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,838 Views
22 Pages

The Technical Efficiency of Beef Calf Production Systems: Evidence from a Survey in Hebei, China

  • Yongjie Xue,
  • Jinling Yan,
  • Yongfu Cui,
  • Huifeng Zhao,
  • Ya’nan Zhang,
  • Changhai Ma and
  • Haijing Zheng

3 October 2022

Beef calf production is a source of sustainable development for the beef cattle industry. However, no comparative studies have reported on the technical efficiency of different beef calf production systems and their influencing factors. Based on data...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Productivity, Efficiency and Sustainability Challenges in Developing High Value and/or High Quality Agriculture in Developing Economies)