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  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,678 Views
19 Pages

4 November 2016

River-lake water systems (RLS) are important carriers for matter transformation and energy transmission. Influenced by accelerated social and economic development, the structural, functional, and environmental states of RLS have been seriously damage...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tackling Complex Water Problems in China under Changing Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,810 Views
20 Pages

Assessing the Role of Input Factors in Harmonious Bilingual Development in Children

  • Ekaterina Tiulkova,
  • Vanda Marijanović,
  • Jean-François Camps and
  • Barbara Köpke

28 August 2024

This study delves into the concept of Harmonious Bilingual Development (HBD), characterizing families where linguistic situations do not adversely affect their well-being. Following a recently proposed holistic framework on Harmonious Bilingual Exper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research Methods for Exploring the Role of Input in Child Bilingual Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
936 Views
23 Pages

The Path to Sustainable Development of China’s Islands: Constructing “Harmonious and Beautiful Islands”

  • Kaixuan Zheng,
  • Xiaoyan Lu,
  • Peng Wang,
  • Fei Zhang and ,
  • Jijing Chen and
  • Zhenzhou Feng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

5 February 2026

Islands are vital geographical units with significant economic, ecological, and sovereign value. However, their development often faces challenges such as fragile ecosystems, limited resources, and inadequate infrastructure. In response, China propos...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,233 Views
21 Pages

23 July 2023

Addressing the challenge of attaining a harmonious balance between energy utilization efficiency and the level of industrial structure development is crucial for promoting regional sustainable development. Aiming at the goal of carbon neutrality, a t...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
112 Citations
18,021 Views
15 Pages

11 December 2018

After delineating the roots of harmony in the literature from both the Eastern and the Western perspectives, the paper introduces the new Psychology of harmony in terms of harmonization that widens the perspective calling for psychological contributi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,862 Views
14 Pages

The Role of Walking Experience in the Emergence of Gait Harmony in Typically Developing Toddlers

  • Daniela De Bartolo,
  • Coen S. Zandvoort,
  • Marije Goudriaan,
  • Jennifer N. Kerkman and ,
  • Marco Iosa and
  • Nadia Dominici
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 January 2022

The ability to walk without support usually develops in the first year of a typically developing toddler’s life and matures further in the following years. Mature walking is characterized by the correct timing of the different gait phases that...

(This article belongs to the Section Developmental Neuroscience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,589 Views
22 Pages

A Harmony-Based Approach for Assessing and Regulating Human-Water Relationships: A Case Study of Henan Province in China

  • Qiting Zuo,
  • Wen Li,
  • Heng Zhao,
  • Junxia Ma and ,
  • Chunhui Han and
  • Zengliang Luo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 December 2020

The conflict of the human-water relationships (HWR) has further increased the water-related risks, such as water environment deterioration, water shortages, and even regional violent conflicts for obtaining usable water resources. Knowing how to eval...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
9,272 Views
45 Pages

22 February 2017

For a sustainable human future, a rapid paradigm shift is a must from the prevailing “Explosion Paradigm” to a more reasonable “Balance Paradigm” by means of constantly enriching the existing diverse society-specific holistic cultures (“Cultures”). T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Complex Social Systems: Theory And Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,078 Views
19 Pages

During the flood season, various regions in a watershed often have flood drainage conflicts, when the regions compete for flood drainage rights (FDR). In order to solve this problem, it is very necessary to study the allocation of FDR among various r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Disaster Resilience and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Views
19 Pages

5 November 2026

To characterize the evolution of coupling coordination between the development of livable, economically viable, and harmonious rural communities (LEHRCs) and the high-quality development of rural tourism, identify regional disparities, and determine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,642 Views
17 Pages

25 July 2017

With the expansion of the concept of sustainable development, it has become increasingly important to investigate the means for achieving sustainable eco-economic development. On the basis of Landsat imagery of Hengduan Mountain area of China acquire...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,655 Views
24 Pages

22 December 2022

In order to carry out the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, a multi-level national green development evaluation index system referenced to the relevant data of the provinces and a measurable model were constructed, and the gre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
143 Citations
8,780 Views
18 Pages

An Ecologically Based System for Sustainable Agroforestry in Sub-Tropical and Tropical Forests

  • Yuan Sun,
  • Fuliang Cao,
  • Xiaohua Wei,
  • Clive Welham and ,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Dieter R. Pelz,
  • Qing Yang and
  • Huiqian Liu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 March 2017

Forests in tropical and sub-tropical countries face severe pressures due to a combination of poverty and environment degradation. To be effective, measures to protect these forests must therefore consider both economic and ecological dimensions syner...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Management Strategies for Forest Ecosystem Services)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,547 Views
20 Pages

Guaranteeing sustainable development is a pressing issue in China. To this end, balancing economic development and the protection of limited water resources enables healthy and orderly economic development. This study details the application of a wat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,935 Views
26 Pages

22 February 2025

In the process of China’s path to modernization, the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature has become increasingly prominent. In the dual context of the development of human society and the improvement of ecological wellbeing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecology, Environment, and Watershed Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,812 Views
15 Pages

Comparative Evaluation of Evapotranspiration and Optimization Schemes for Green Roof Runoff Simulations Using HYDRUS-1D

  • Hwansuk Kim,
  • Haein Sim,
  • Seungwan Hong,
  • Zong Woo Geem and ,
  • Hafzullah Aksoy,
  • Yongseok Hong and
  • Jaeyoung Yoon
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 October 2024

The use of green roofs, a low-impact development practice, can be an effective means of reducing direct runoff in urban centers. Green roof modeling can enable efficient design by preliminarily grasping the behavior of the green roof system according...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,469 Views
21 Pages

8 May 2023

Child drawing development optimization (CDDO) is a recent example of a metaheuristic algorithm. The motive for inventing this method is children’s learning behavior and cognitive development, with the golden ratio being employed to optimize the...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,092 Views
16 Pages

5 August 2024

The continuous supply of drinking water for human life is essential to ensure the sustainability of cities, society, and the environment. At a time when water scarcity is worsening due to climate change, the construction of an optimized water supply...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,795 Views
25 Pages

Evaluation and Analysis of Development Status of Yellow River Beach Area Based on Multi-Source Data and Coordination Degree Model

  • Jing Li,
  • Yuefeng Lu,
  • Xiwen Li,
  • Rui Wang and ,
  • Ying Sun,
  • Yanru Liu and
  • Kaizhong Yao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

31 March 2023

The Yellow River beach area is the basic component of the Yellow River Basin. Promoting the comprehensive improvement and high-quality development of the Yellow River beach area is an important guarantee of the long-term stability of the Yellow River...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Spatial Planning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,316 Views
15 Pages

27 March 2025

The Hawkeye system was regarded as a successful and effective referee assistant in commercial applications. However, the high hardware investment and strong professionalism set up a physical hurdle in public application. In this sense, one AI referee...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Sensors for Athlete Motion Tracking and Physiological Monitoring: Second Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,697 Views
17 Pages

Based on the economy–society–environment perspective, this study details the causes and characteristics of urban and rural water shortage risks, and then explores the dynamic relationship between urban and rural water shortage risks. It q...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,180 Views
20 Pages

The integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with intelligent optimization techniques can significantly enhance the design efficiency of water distribution networks (WDNs). Despite this, the dynamic interoperability between BIM platforms an...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
105 Citations
37,980 Views
15 Pages

The Fifth Industrial Revolution as a Transformative Step towards Society 5.0

  • Rushan Ziatdinov,
  • Madhu Sudhan Atteraya and
  • Rifkat Nabiyev

2 February 2024

This concept paper aims to shed light on the emergence of the first to the fifth industrial revolutions, their evolution, and their transformative steps towards Society 5.0. By explaining the nuances of the different phases of industrial revolutions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,797 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2022

High quality development of the marine economy is the main focus of China’s future. This paper combined principal component analysis (PCA) method, coupling coordination degree (CCD) model, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate t...

(This article belongs to the Collection Reviews, Advances and Applications in Environmental Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
11,975 Views
12 Pages

The Philosophical Thought of Confucius and Mencius, and the Concept of the Community of a Shared Future for Mankind

  • Uzma Khan,
  • Huili Wang,
  • Zhongliang Cui,
  • Abida Begum and ,
  • Abdullah Mohamed and
  • Heesup Han
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 August 2022

The Community of a Shared Future for Mankind seeks to mitigate the world’s current challenges, and to create a more sustainable future through better global governance. Some of the philosophical arguments of the Community of a Shared Future for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social Sustainability and Circular Economy Agenda through the Lens of Stakeholders and Technological Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,628 Views
19 Pages

Sustainable Energy Portfolios for Small Island States

  • Sándor Szabó,
  • Ioannis Kougias,
  • Magda Moner-Girona and
  • Katalin Bódis

9 September 2015

The study presents a cost effective electricity generation portfolio for six island states for a 20-year period (2015–2035). The underlying concept investigates whether adding sizeable power capacities of renewable energy sources (RES) options could...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
114 Citations
12,984 Views
14 Pages

Urbanization is a global problem with demographic trends. The urban heat island plays a dominant role in local climate systems. Despite existing efforts to understand the impacts of multiple urbanization factors on the urban heat island globally, ver...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
922 Views
31 Pages

22 April 2026

Softness-Weakness constitutes a core category in Laozi’s philosophy, while in Yan Zun’s Laozi zhigui of the Western Han dynasty, Harmony-Weakness becomes the key concept for interpreting Laozi’s thought. This conceptual transformati...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,019 Views
5 Pages

8 October 2023

With the surge in global climate warming and the escalation of extreme weather events, agriculture is facing more frequent and intense challenges [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agricultural Management for Climate Change Adaptation, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, and Agricultural Productivity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,404 Views
24 Pages

12 August 2025

This study builds an evaluation index system for the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature from 2014 to 2024, including three criteria for ecological environmental protection, green economic transformation, and enhancement of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,102 Views
23 Pages

10 October 2023

Since entering the period of economic and social transformation, China’s labor relations conflicts have entered a period of prominence and prevalence, which has brought great challenges to ensure the sustainable development of enterprises and b...

(This article belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,591 Views
18 Pages

25 March 2022

China has proposed “ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin” to a major national strategy, which puts forward higher requirements for water, energy, and food along the Yellow River (TYR). However, th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Yellow River Basin Management under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,504 Views
20 Pages

22 April 2022

Comprehensive human development is the ultimate goal of achieving a happy life and creating sustainable social development. This study examines 31 provinces in China as the research object, constructs an evaluation index system for comprehensive huma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regional Governance and Ecological Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,586 Views
26 Pages

14 June 2022

The article presents an analysis of tools for influencing the sustainable development of regions, considering their industry specifics, as well as ways to influence socioeconomic growth. The purpose of the article is to model the assessment of demoet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Economics and Energy Policy towards Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,173 Views
13 Pages

31 July 2023

The mutual reception of the Eucharist is a key issue in contemporary Christian unity. As a landmark document in Christian unity, the Lima document provides a profound exposition of the Eucharist. According to this article, eucharistic communion in th...

(This article belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,080 Views
38 Pages

Territorial Functional Pattern Reconstruction Integrating Set-Theoretic and Functional Mappings with Game-Theoretic Analysis to Reconcile Development and Conservation in China

  • Dinghua Ou,
  • Xiaofan Cheng,
  • Zijia Yan,
  • Kun Ruan and ,
  • Qingyan Huang,
  • Zhi Zhao,
  • Ziheng Yang,
  • Jing Qin and
  • Jianguo Xia
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

15 October 2025

The contradiction between economic development and ecological protection has become a common challenge for territorial governance in developing countries around the world. However, extant studies have neglected the coupling and symbiotic relationship...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,438 Views
21 Pages

7 November 2022

The post-pandemic era is full of instability and uncertainty, which brings new challenges and opportunities to the development of organization. As a sustainable feature of enterprises, improving employees’ adaptive performance levels is a neces...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership, Toxic Workplace Environment and Organizational Sustainability in the Post-Pandemic Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,352 Views
10 Pages

18 May 2021

This paper investigates the charitable giving of Chinese firms from the perspectives of four sustainable development goals (SDGs), including Economy, Operation, Harmony, and Management. By converting corporate financial data into four independent var...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Business Strategies concerning the Sustainable Development Goals and the SDG Compass)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,842 Views
10 Pages

Research about harmonious passion as a personal resource that can have a protective effect in situations of stress and burnout is scarce but growing. Considering the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, the present study aims to address the above gaps...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Organizational Values and Mental Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,696 Views
21 Pages

3 July 2020

The Harmony Search algorithm has attracted a lot of interest in the past years because of its simplicity and efficiency. This led many scientists to develop various variants for many applications. In this paper, four variants of the Harmony search al...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Harmony Search Algorithm - Theoretical Background and Practical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
645 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of Color Contrast Arrangements in Terms of Harmony, Preference and Liking

  • Merve Seray Zümrüt Tokçiftçi and
  • Esra Küçükkılıç Özcan

22 July 2026

Color Contrast Arrangements constitute one of the systems developed for use in color design. Based on Albert Munsell’s work and the Munsell color system, and later developed by Prof. Dr. Şazi Sirel through the proportioning of hue–va...

(This article belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6,636 Views
35 Pages

30 April 2026

The concept of sacred harmony implies a set of relations between human beings and the natural order that include a divine or transcendental aspect. These types of correspondences as they relate to music are found among many of the ancient civilizatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sacred Harmony: Music and Spiritual Transformation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
970 Views
19 Pages

24 October 2025

Sustainable development requires integrating economic growth with environmental protection; however, rising carbon emissions pose a substantial threat to ecological balance. The conclusions of this study regarding the determinants of carbon emissions...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Fuel, Carbon Emission and Sustainable Green Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7,581 Views
15 Pages

Ideophones are believed to exhibit distinct phonotactic patterns compared to regular language, in their expressiveness. Vowel harmony can be observed in ideophones in Modern Korean. However, over time, Korean has gradually lost its regular vowel harm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,764 Views
18 Pages

4 November 2025

Passion for studying represents a crucial motivational resource in students’ academic functioning, yet its role remains complex. Based on Vallerand’s dualistic model of passion, this paper examines how harmonious and obsessive study passi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
656 Views
27 Pages

30 August 2026

This study proposes a methodology for developing nature-inspired color palettes for timeless residential interiors based on classical principles of beauty and chromatic harmony. The research employed a literature review of color theory, a survey, and...

(This article belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,240 Views
20 Pages

Passion, Motivation, and Well-Being in Young Footballers: A Systematic Review

  • Diogo Braz,
  • Cátia Maia,
  • Élvio Gouveia,
  • Diogo Monteiro and ,
  • Nuno Couto and
  • Hugo Sarmento
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 December 2025

Background: Psychological well-being is crucial for the development and performance of young athletes. This systematic review aims to synthesize the available scientific evidence on the relationship between passion (harmonious and obsessive), basic p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Creating Connection Between Physical and Mental Health in Physical Activity, Physical Exercise and Sport Across the Lifespan)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,509 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of Adaptive Utilization Capacity of Water Resources and Analysis of Driving Element: A Case Study of Tarim River Basin

  • Xing Li,
  • Qiting Zuo,
  • Jiaqi Zhai,
  • Yong Zhao and ,
  • Yong Wang and
  • Shuying Han
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 November 2022

The research on the adaptive utilization of water resources (AUWR) is of great significance to improve the coordinated development among water resources, economic society, and ecological environment in complex environments, and to promote the develop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue China Water Forum 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,123 Views
14 Pages

Background: Passion is an important motivational variable that profoundly affects athletes’ cognition, emotion, and behavior. This study constructed a mediating model to explore the mechanism of cohesion toward passion and mental toughness of C...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Psychology for Athletes and Coaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
10,011 Views
17 Pages

The high turnover rate of new generation employees is becoming an increasingly important issue for business and academia. Based on self-determination theory and conservation of resource theory, our study explores the impact of the inclusive talent de...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Occupational Health: Emotions in the Workplace)

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