Sustainable development is widely accepted in the world. How to reflect the sustainable development capacity of a region is an important issue for enacting policies and plans. An index system for capacity assessment is established by employing the En...
Local infrastructure development is a crucial goal for sustainable development, for which local governments take charge of developmental policies. This implies that the capacity of the local government determines the performance of the developmental...
Previous studies on rural development and agribusiness value chains have largely examined these issues separately, with limited attention to how organizational capacity shapes value chain performance and sustainable rural development outcomes in tran...
24 February 2023
Counties are the basic unit for addressing unbalanced development in a region, revitalizing rural areas, and promoting the integrated development of urban and rural areas. Despite the importance of county-level research, few studies have been conduct...
A sustainable hydropower development was developed by using the information entropy and the Brusselator principle and was applied to the hydropower data of China. Macro social economic and ecological environmental viewpoints were taken into account....
This paper evaluates the extent to which European Union member states show alignment between strategic innovation capacity and sustainable development outcomes. To achieve this objective, indicators were collected from Eurostat for two dimensions: st...
Rural women’s development is a problem related to current and future rural development, as well as the development of society as a whole. This paper takes the theory of planned behaviour as the basis, researches the mechanism of women’s r...
The exploitation of natural resources and the degradation of the geological environment pose dual challenges for mineral resource-based cities amidst rapid economic development and urbanization. Evaluating geoenvironmental carrying capacity is essent...
Sustainable urban development has been receiving growing concerns from both city managers and urban residents across the world. As a yardstick of sustainability, urban carrying capacity (UCC) is an important conceptual underpinning that guides local...
This study examines how the strategic integration of digital transformation and national innovation capacity contributes to accelerating sustainable development in Saudi Arabia by focusing on six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 4—Qual...
Even though the urge to transform educational practices towards sustainability has been widely recognized, teachers struggle with implementing socioscientific issues (SSI) such as climate change and loss of biodiversity into their lessons. While the...
The research on coastal ecological carrying capacity holds great significance for the sustainable development of coastal areas and is a focal point of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study coupled multi-source data and e...
9 December 2018
Unbalanced development is an urgent issue that needs to be resolved in the sustainable development strategy of Jiangsu Province, which inhibits Jiangsu’s industrial transformation and upgrading. A relative resource carrying capacity model is ex...
Capacity building efforts in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are indispensable for the achievement of both individual and collective ocean-related 2030 agenda priorities for sustainable development. Knowledge of the individual capacity building...
Productive diversification is a central condition for sustainable regional development, particularly in resource-dependent territories where dominant sectoral structures may limit adaptive capacity, territorial resilience, and long-term structural tr...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education by changing how students access knowledge, complete academic tasks and engage in innovation. At the same time, unequal access to AI-related competencies may reproduce existing educational ine...
The role of local governments in promoting policies to combat climate change is critical. In order to play this role, local administrations must have different capacities that allow them to analyze, manage and transform their environment through publ...
The potential of universities to become ‘change agents’ for sustainability has increasingly been highlighted in the literature. Some largely open questions are how universities get involved in regional sustainability transitions and how that affects...
Business Sustainability is closely related to the green environment and of the products produced, photocatalyst is one of the strategies in caring for the green environment. The benefits of this product are a very important opportunity for small busi...
This study examines the capacities required for sustainability-oriented, BIM-enabled construction digitalization in developing countries and proposes context-sensitive strategies for fragmented, SME-dominated construction sectors. By improving inform...
Tourism carrying capacity remains pivotal for ensuring sustainable development within protected terrains, accentuating the balance between conservation, socio-economic benefits, and visitor satisfaction. This study delves into the intricate dimension...
Measuring the success of sustainable urban development has been difficult in the past. However, as this has become more important in the past few years, this paper develops an innovative sustainable urban development capacity measurement model based...
As the “last mile” of emergency management, rural emergency response capability vulnerability assessment is crucial for strengthening emergency systems. A three-dimensional vulnerability assessment framework was developed from a risk&ndas...
Sustainable development helps countries grow by giving importance to environmental, social, and governance factors. Therefore, sustainable development is essential for improving the well-being of societies and protecting our natural resources for the...
This study presents a comprehensive carrying capacity assessment for Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park (GGPNP), a key biodiversity hotspot in Java, Indonesia, integrating Physical Carrying Capacity (PCC), Real Carrying Capacity (RCC), and social-ec...
The quick development of industrial sectors, tourism, and agriculture, which coincided with human habitation in cities, has led to the degradation of environmental qualities. Thus, a detailed plan is required to balance the development and environmen...
Overtourism problems, anti-tourist movements and negative externalities of tourism are popular research approaches and are key concepts to better understand the sustainable development of tourism destinations. In many of the overtourism narratives, V...
At the present time, the increase in the level of motorization has led to levels of congestion that are difficult for the inhabitants of large cities to bear, with negative implications on quality of life. Solving the problem of congestion can no lon...
Many countries provide standards-related aid for trade (AfT) to developing countries in association with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as sharing their experiences and providing training or infrastructure. Regarding th...
Smart mobility has emerged as a transformative enabler for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), offering technological and systemic solutions to pressing urban challenges such as congestion, environmental degradation, ac...
Ecuadorian primates are a diverse and ecologically important group that is facing severe conservation problems. We present the experiences and lessons learned from two primate conservation projects in eastern and western Ecuador to foster an in-depth...
Enhancing the marine carrying capacity (MCC) is of important value in hastening the transformation of the marine economy and realising the marine economy high-quality development (MEHD). We explore the synergistic mechanism between the MCC and MEHD a...
The long-standing separation of agro-pastoral relations has adversely affected the agricultural economy and ecology, hindering sustainable agricultural development. The process of reconstructing agro-pastoral relations involves moving from separation...
Equilibrium of the grassland yield, livestock carrying capacity, and animal husbandry population is the key factor that influences the ecological environment and sustainable development in pastoral areas. It is of great importance to define the anima...
The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN, in 2015, established a clear global mandate for greater integrated policymaking, but there has been little consensus on how to achieve them. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified the role...
The Yellow River Basin is an essential ecological barrier in China, but it is relatively underdeveloped. The human–land relationship needs to be coordinated, and the ecological environment is fragile, which seriously restricts the sustainable d...
Agriculture is increasingly facing major challenges, such as climate change, the scarcity of natural resources, environmental degradation, labor shortages, and changing societal demands. To meet these challenges, there is an urgent need to move towar...
Urban sustainability is increasingly challenged in rapidly transforming coastal regions. This study operationalizes urban green development capacity as a measurable proxy for urban sustainability and constructs a multidimensional assessment framework...
13 October 2017
According to the implementation of a scientific development perspective, sustainable development needs to consider regional development, economic and social development, and the harmonious development of society and nature, but regional sustainable d...
In recent years, China’s rapid economic growth and urbanization have heightened the conflict between economic development and resource sustainability, leading to severe urban water challenges, including scarcity and environmental degradation. T...
Universities play a crucial role in building the economic development capacity for their communities and regions. Their capacity building role is typically defined by contributions to the economic bottom line of the community and region where a unive...
This study investigated the relationship between digital governance and sustainable development across the European Union (EU-27) during the period 2015–2023. Although digital transformation has become a central policy priority, empirical evide...
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promotes sustainable global prosperity by encouraging the coordination of social, economic, and environmental policies and good governance reforms. Cities are expected to play an essential role in implement...
The European Union is increasingly confronted with a convergence of sustainability, democratic, and security-related challenges that affect the conditions for long-term transformation. While sustainable development and democratic resilience are often...
Under the concept of green development, the promotion of ecological sustainable development capability has become an important policy objective of the Chinese government. Based on the three-dimensional ecological footprint model, this paper analyzes...
As a key driver of the rural revitalization strategy, the uneven development of rural tourism urgently requires resolution. To break through the limitations of traditional rural tourism research that focuses on a single economic dimension, this study...
This paper presents an innovative approach to addressing critical global challenges in long-term energy planning for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The paper proposes and tests an international enabling environment, a delivery ecosystem, a...
Global progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains critically off track, with current trends indicating that only 17% of targets will be met by the deadline. As sustainability transitions increasingly depend on regional and...
3 August 2022
Understanding the extent to which demographic changes may affect the prospects of sustainable development is a priority for both academics and policy makers. Accordingly, we attempted to explore the population growth limit of the Xihaigu Mountain are...
Community Action Boards constitute fundamental grassroots organizations for democratic participation and infrastructure development across Colombian territories. Nevertheless, these organizations face substantial structural constraints in the formula...
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