The inclusion of vulnerable groups in cultural life is a central issue of social justice, equality, and sustainable development. While equality ensures formal access to cultural participation, equity requires differentiated, needs-responsive measures...
Equity, equality, diversity, inclusion, belonging, dignity, justice, accessibility, accountability, and decolonization are individual concepts used to engage with problematic social situations of marginalized groups. Phrases that put together these c...
11 July 2019
Health care equity reflects an equal opportunity to utilize public health and health care resources in order to maximize one’s health potential. Achieving health care equity necessitates the consideration of both quantity and quality of care, a...
18 May 2020
The term “equity” (EQUI) is a complex concept to be defined, because it depends on many factors, mainly political ideals. The objective of this research is to determine the evolution and development of the term equity in education by the...
4 August 2025
Public opinion on public healthcare rationing regarding gender identity is crucial for democratic policymaking because of public concern regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE). Based on rationality theory, ration...
Background: Transportation equity has emerged as a critical area of focus in recent studies. Integrating equity into transportation research is increasingly recognized as essential for developing fair, inclusive, and sustainable transportation system...
This essay is an initial exploration of the dimensions of the equity/sustainability linkage from the perspective of public goods analysis. Sustainability requires an abundance of public goods. Where these commons lack governance, sustainability is at...
At the current stage, water resource shortages and significant regional disparities in resource distribution severely restrict China’s food security. Existing research primarily focuses on resource use efficiency, while lacking a systematic fra...
The article presents findings from a survey study of K-12 teachers in the mid-Atlantic United States about their assessment practice. Guided by two frameworks related to teacher assessment literacy in practice and critical-data-driven decision-making...
In this study, we construct a framework to evaluate the equity of educational facilities in counties in the Loess Plateau ravine area according to three dimensions: “equity in supply and demand”, “spatial justice”, and “...
The creation of child-friendly communities has become a key goal in sustainable global development. However, South Korea continues to experience a shortage of childcare facilities, resulting in gaps in the public care system and a growing reliance on...
Spatial equity is a critical issue that the supply allocation should align with the level of demand, enabling all community members to equally benefit from the city’s resources and opportunities, yet commonly used assessment methods have inhere...
Background: Equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion are terms covered in the academic literature focusing on sports, kinesiology, physical education, and physical activity, including in conjunction with marginalized groups. Universities in many co...
Social inequalities often persist despite widespread endorsement of universal norms such as fairness and equality. One explanation is that actors interpret these principles differently in practice, generating divergent forms of action within the same...
Vehicle electrification should not be limited to specific geographical areas like wealthy or privileged regions. Recognizing this, China initiated the “NEVs going to rural areas” (NEVgoRural) initiative, highlighting the need for systemat...
This article introduces Stein, Tolman, Porche, and Spencer’s concept of gender safety in schools (GSS) as a useful framework for providing a gendered analysis of safety and equality at the school level within the global context of the Sustainab...
Early-stage planning for metropolitan medical-drone networks can use demographic and healthcare-facility data to identify equitable and robust candidate nodes while operational evidence is developing. This study presents an equity- and robustness-awa...
In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the fast and equitable distribution of effective vaccines worldwide is one of the challenges faced by international institutions in charge, as global equity in vaccine supply has not yet been achieved....
This study revisits comparative portfolio optimization by extending an established framework from eleven to twenty-one strategies and evaluating them under a common out-of-sample evaluation design. The analysis covers eight asset universes with diffe...
Executive positions are often described as being based on objective success criteria and key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as primary metrics—for example in science publications and third-party funding, primarily secured through project l...
Urban spatial justice is a critical issue in the context of rapid urbanization. Improving public well-being depends on the efficient use of park green space (PGS) resources. This study evaluates the spatial distribution equity and social equity of PG...
This article examines Liquid Equity Rewards (LERs), a proposed blockchain-enabled mechanism designed to provide shareholders with time-weighted, utility-only incentives as a potential tool for improving corporate governance. LERs employ a dual archit...
Women’s entrepreneurship in the tourism industry plays a vital role in promoting economic growth, advancing gender equality, and encouraging innovation. Female entrepreneurs contribute to the diversification of tourism services, job generation,...
Counterparty risk in the form of investment fraud damages a retiree’s nest egg. Does fraud negatively impact portfolios that are both stock and bond-heavy equally? This study uses Monte Carlo analysis within the Trinity Study framework to determine t...
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are a core component for post-2020 global climate agreements to achieve the 2 °C goal in addressing climate change. In the NDC, China has declared to lower carbon intensity by 60–65% from the 2005 level by 2...
The 2023 SDGs report underscores the prolonged disruption of COVID-19 on community living spaces, infrastructure, education, and income equality, exacerbating social and spatial inequality. Against the backdrop of the dual impact of significant event...
Transport decarbonization through electric mobility depends not only on how many charging stations are deployed but where, and whether expansion balances accessibility, grid readiness, land-use protection and regional equity. Türkiye, targeting...
Technological advances have increased the availability of diverse digital health services. However, digital health benefits are not equally accessible. Recent studies have focused on digital health equity. Researchers are progressively identifying di...
Significant differences in loan terms between demographically distinct groups of borrowers in the United States are often interpreted as evidence of systematic ethnic, racial or gender discrimination by lenders. The appearance and interpretation of s...
This study examines the systemic structures that limit inclusivity, diversity, equality, and accessibility (IDEA) in South Africa’s construction industry. It develops an empirically grounded framework, linking digital platform/tool (software to...
Whether young people can equitably access everyday living and shopping facilities has become a key indicator of fairness in youth-friendly cities. However, existing research has paid limited attention to young people’s daily activity spheres, p...
20 October 2021
Background: Health equity features prominently in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, yet there are wide disparities in health between and within countries. In settings of natural resource extraction (e.g., industrial mines), the health of s...
In Peru, where socioeconomic inequalities remain a critical challenge, responsible consumption has shifted from individual decisions to organizational strategies with the potential to reduce structural disparities. This study adopted an exploratory&n...
Insights from Indigenous and Western ways of knowing can improve how we understand, manage, and restore complex freshwater social–ecological systems. While many frameworks exist, specific methods to guide researchers and practitioners in bringi...
Securing thermal comfort while minimizing energy consumption in educational buildings is vital for achieving sustainable development goals. Drawing on the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework, this systematic review synthesizes findi...
This study explores the persistent barriers hindering women’s meaningful participation in South African politics, with a particular focus on the widespread lack of support that women encounter across various social and institutional domains. De...
Rooftop photovoltaic (PV) deployment in historic European cities is often treated as an energy-maximization task, with limited attention to distributive equity and cultural heritage constraints. Linking rooftop PV deployment to sustainable developmen...
We investigate the profitability of systematic sector rotation strategies in the Canadian equity market using TSX 60 constituents (2000–2025). Testing 72 distinct strategies across three theoretical frameworks—momentum, mean-reversion, an...
Climate justice is conceived as the intertemporal climate equity and equality exchange amongst generations. Sustainability—intended as the interplay amongst the economy, the society, the environment, and the governance—is essential to forge the clima...
Urban green spaces (UGS) are essential for residents’ well-being, environmental quality, and social cohesion. However, previous studies have typically employed undifferentiated analytical frameworks, overlooking UGS types and failing to adequat...
The world is far from meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement of limiting the rise of global temperature to below 1.5 °C, with dire consequences for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in particular. If SIDS are to address their climate vulner...
This paper investigates the stability of high-dimensional financial portfolios using concentration inequalities, information-theoretic measures, optimal transport metrics, and financial network analysis. Asset returns are generated under both multiva...
Estimating the non-market monetary values of urban amenities has become commonplace in urban planning research, particularly following Rosen’s seminal article on hedonic theory in 1974. As a revealed preference method, the hedonic approach decouples...
Women are essential to the growth of any progressive society. Equal access to employment is necessary for both women’s empowerment and global economic growth. However, discrimination against women persists at all career levels, making it challe...
Inclusive education recognizes the diverse needs of students and ensures that each student has equal opportunities to learn and succeed. The Dubai government has implemented an inclusive education policy aimed at promoting equity and inclusivity in s...
This paper examines whether quantile-based connectedness measures contain useful information for portfolio risk management. Using U.S. sector equity data, we estimate connectedness measures within a quantile vector autoregression framework and constr...
(1) Background: The global educational landscape increasingly necessitates pedagogical approaches capable of addressing complex socio-environmental challenges. While STEAM education is widely adopted, its contribution to the 2030 Agenda and Global Co...
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is emerging not only as a technological breakthrough but as a defining challenge for planetary health and global governance. Its potential to accelerate discovery, optimise resource use, and improve health system...
The United Nations (UN) places inclusive and equitable lifelong quality education at the center of its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: Quality Education. Nevertheless, the express inclusion of gender non-conforming and sexual minority students...
Sustainability is frequently defined as the need to place equal emphasis on three societal goals: economic prosperity, environment, and social equity. This “triple bottom line” (TBL) framework is embraced by practitioners in both corporat...
of 2