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Exploring influencing factors of demand and purchase of plastic and non-plastic materials: a case study of Nigeria 探讨塑料和非塑料材料需求和采购的影响因素：以尼日利亚为例

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100240

Morolake Bolaji , Motoi Kusadokoro , Atsushi Chitose

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Functional diversity and dissimilarity of women’s production in homegardens promote sustainability in the Agroecological Pole of Zona da Mata, southeastern Brazil 在巴西东南部Zona da Mata的农业生态极点，家庭花园中妇女生产的功能多样性和差异性促进了可持续性

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100241

Luís Flávio Pereira , Gabriela de Barros Cruz , Maria Alice Fernandes Corrêa Mendonça

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Assessment of food and nutrition security practices of the artisanal and small-scale mining communities in Nigeria 评估尼日利亚手工和小规模采矿社区的粮食和营养安全做法

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100239

Adeyinka O. Omotehinse

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Accounting for commodity carbon footprints at the sub-national level: A case study of soybean exports from Brazil to China 次国家层面的商品碳足迹核算：以巴西对中国大豆出口为例

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100238

Yuning Gao , Tao Zhang , Shantong Li , David Cleary

{"title":"Accounting for commodity carbon footprints at the sub-national level: A case study of soybean exports from Brazil to China","authors":"Yuning Gao , Tao Zhang , Shantong Li , David Cleary","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100238","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100238","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Quantifying the carbon footprint of agricultural products is crucial for effective carbon mitigation and responsible sourcing, given that the food production system accounts for approximately one-third of global carbon emissions. While country- and sector-specific carbon accounting offers broad insights, its sectoral aggregation limits actionable strategies for inclusive and sustainable supply chain governance. This study combines input-output data with high-resolution global soybean supply chain data at the sub-national level to quantify the embodied carbon in soybean exports from Brazilian states to China. The results reveal that the annual fossil fuel-related carbon footprint of exported soybeans surged from 7.2 million tons in 2014 to 18.5 million tons in 2018. Incorporating land-use change emissions amplifies the cumulative five-year footprint by an additional 17.6 million tons. At the sub-national level, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, and Paraná are identified as the largest carbon exporters to China. Sourcing soybeans from Brazil’s central and southern regions, where soybean-related deforestation remains comparatively limited, emerges as a potential pathway toward more sustainable supply chain management. Finally, we examine uncertainties arising from comparisons with life cycle assessments, attributing discrepancies primarily to differences in accounting scope and margin allocations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144604917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Community-led nature-based solutions for enhancing climate change preparedness and resilience in semi-arid environments 以社区为主导的基于自然的解决方案，以加强半干旱环境中的气候变化防范和抵御能力

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100237

Cornelius K.A. Pienaah , Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga , Godwin Arku , Isaac Luginaah

{"title":"Community-led nature-based solutions for enhancing climate change preparedness and resilience in semi-arid environments","authors":"Cornelius K.A. Pienaah , Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga , Godwin Arku , Isaac Luginaah","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100237","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100237","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face multiple climatic stressors, poverty, and longstanding economic and environmental challenges. In Ghana, a Nature-based Solution (NbS) initiative called Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) has emerged as a community-led conservation effort with a linked binary objective of natural resources conservation within the bounds of CREMAs and local livelihood enhancement. However, empirical evidence remains limited and unclear regarding how CREMA improves livelihoods and builds a resilient future. Guided by Social-Ecological Systems (SES) theory, our study investigates the relationship between CREMA as an NbS and Climate Change Preparedness (CCP) and Climate Change Resilience (CCR) in the semi-arid Upper West Region of Ghana. We utilized ordered logistic regression to analyze 517 smallholder farmers' cross-sectional data. Our findings showed that the CREMA approach significantly (<em>p</em> < 0.001) enhanced CCP and CCR. The findings highlight that the CREMA has the potential to be scaled up as an NbS initiative for climate adaptation in the semi-arid northwestern Ghana within the Global South.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144569804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nonlinear effects of GDP regimes, renewable energy, and urbanization on Finland’s ecological footprint: An MT-NARDL approach GDP制度、可再生能源和城市化对芬兰生态足迹的非线性影响：MT-NARDL方法

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100235

Irina Georgescu , Jani Kinnunen

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The quantum shift: achieving education for sustainability development through a transformative teaching and learning approach 量子转变：通过变革性的教学方法实现可持续发展教育

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100236

Ling Xiao , Lucy Gill-Simmen , Anupam Mehta

{"title":"The quantum shift: achieving education for sustainability development through a transformative teaching and learning approach","authors":"Ling Xiao , Lucy Gill-Simmen , Anupam Mehta","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100236","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100236","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The environmental and socioeconomic challenges arising from climate change and ongoing regional conflicts pose a significant threat to the future of our world. This emphasises the need for a new form of education that fosters future generations’ vision of a sustainable world, one that relies on environmental integrity, social justice, and economic prosperity. To achieve this, sustainability competencies are prioritised as essential learning objectives for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). However, most publications on sustainability competencies remain theoretical or are based solely on literature reviews. This study aims to address this gap by conducting an empirical investigation of teaching interventions and pedagogies aimed at fostering sustainability competencies. This paper proposes a teaching and learning approach grounded in transformative learning theory to advance ESD. As a universal framework, this approach encourages critical thinking and reflection, enabling learners to confront their assumptions and beliefs and to develop new perspectives that drive transformative change. An illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the practical implementation. Another main objective is to examine whether and how sustainability competencies can be developed through a transformative approach. Focus group interviews and surveys were used to collect and analyse data to evaluate this approach. In summary, this study advocates a holistic approach to education that integrates sustainability competencies into the curriculum, highlighting the importance of teaching and learning approaches that cultivate transformative change and actively promote a sustainable world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating agricultural decision-making: A systematic review of discrete choice experiments and producers' preferences 评估农业决策：对离散选择实验和生产者偏好的系统回顾

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100231

Jaba Rani Sarker , Siddhartha Shankar Roy , Mallika Roy

{"title":"Evaluating agricultural decision-making: A systematic review of discrete choice experiments and producers' preferences","authors":"Jaba Rani Sarker , Siddhartha Shankar Roy , Mallika Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100231","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100231","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Producers’ preferences are considered one of the key concerns that can be steered to formulate policies in crop farming. However, despite the extensive body of literature available on producers’ preferences and their drivers, producers’ preferences for specific crop farming have received less attention. This systematic review synthesizes findings from 14 primary studies that utilized discrete choice experiments (DCEs) to assess farmers' preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for various crop attributes. The review employs the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework to select the relevant articles. This systematic review identifies key attributes influencing crop choices, including agronomic factors, market conditions, socio-demographic characteristics, and risk perceptions. The findings reveal that farmers prioritize yield stability, pest resistance, and market access when selecting crops, with WTP varying across different farming contexts. Moreover, economic and environmental risks significantly shape decision-making, emphasizing the need for policies that align with producers’ preferences. These insights can guide policymakers, researchers, and agribusinesses in developing targeted interventions that promote sustainable and profitable agricultural practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sustainable Construction Integration Theory (SCIT): A triple-layer approach an empirical study of technical, operational, and organizational integration 可持续建设整合理论（SCIT）：技术、运营和组织整合的三层方法实证研究

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100232

Joni Kutu' Kampilong, Anneke Elisabeth Rattu, Nicolas Willem James Mandagi

{"title":"Sustainable Construction Integration Theory (SCIT): A triple-layer approach an empirical study of technical, operational, and organizational integration","authors":"Joni Kutu' Kampilong, Anneke Elisabeth Rattu, Nicolas Willem James Mandagi","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100232","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100232","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental concern and the stringent regulations of the construction sector are leading to increasing pressure for the adoption of sustainable practices; however, this is accompanied by technical, operational, and organizational challenges. Little is known about how these factors, taken together, affect implementation effectiveness. Through the first empirical validation of Sustainable Construction Integration Theory (SCIT), this study examines the complex dynamics between the technical, operational, and organizational layers of sustainable construction. Through structural equation modeling with thematic analysis of 429 building projects, this research demonstrates HRC and Performance (β = 0.38, <em>p</em> < 0.001) interactions, as well as the critical moderating role of organizational commitment and support (OCS). The second finding indicates that HRC acts as a mediator between technical and operational characteristics and the outcomes of implementation (Q2 = 0.695). The results also show that energy efficiency has a big effect on how sustainable a project is (β = 0.42, <em>p</em> < 0.001), and that capacity and organizational barriers are very important things to think about when putting the plan into action, as they cause 16 % of implementation problems. This study leverages institutional theory and the dynamic capacity framework to demonstrate that SCIT enhances the implementation success rate by 38 percent. These insights contribute to practical guidelines for sustainable construction organizations that emphasize combined human resource development and robust organizational support for sustainable outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fruit peel waste: A sustainable food source for fish culture 果皮废料：鱼类养殖的可持续食物来源

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100234

Aditi Thakur, Amit Kotiyal, Joshi Thoudam

{"title":"Fruit peel waste: A sustainable food source for fish culture","authors":"Aditi Thakur, Amit Kotiyal, Joshi Thoudam","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100234","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100234","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fruit peels that are usually discarded as agricultural residues serve as a rich source of various nutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, and minerals, necessary for the growth and development of any fish. Moreover, their low cost and available nutritional composition provide a solution for resource limitations and waste disposal issues, and they can also be used as a cheap and green substitute for conventional fish diets. Several researchers have pointed out that fruit peel waste is an acceptable culture feed resource for aquatic animals, especially tilapia catfish and carp fish. This improves the growth performance of the fish, feed utilization efficiency, and their well-being in general. Furthermore, utilizing fruit peel waste is also favorable in meeting sustainable development goals by improving food security, environmental protection, and resource efficiency in aquafeed production. Advances in technology are also necessary if the solution is to be widely accepted. This includes nutritional diversity, processing methods, politics, and public opinion. More research is needed, as well as studies to optimize processing methods for assessment of nutritional value and acceptance of fruit peel waste in aquafeed formulations for the development of the aquaculture sector without putting a toll on the environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144510751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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