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European union (EU) pesticide regulations and cocoa trade with Africa: Evidence from Nigeria 欧盟农药法规和与非洲的可可贸易：来自尼日利亚的证据

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2026.100282

Akeem A. Tijani , Ayodeji D. Kehinde

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Artificial integrity? Legal, ethical and technological perspectives on AI greenwashing 人工的完整性?人工智能“漂绿”的法律、伦理和技术观点

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2026.100286

Evgeny Guglyuvatyy

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Diversified production of smallholders in northwest Ethiopia: Implications for nutrition-sensitive agriculture 埃塞俄比亚西北部小农的多样化生产：对营养敏感型农业的影响

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2026.100273

Genanew Agitew , Zewdu Berhanie , Samson Gebremedhin

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Adoption of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder cashew farmers in Jaman North, Ghana: Interventions, determinants, and barriers 加纳Jaman North的腰果小农采用气候智能型农业：干预措施、决定因素和障碍

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100256

Frank Baffour-Ata , Lawrence Guodaar , Winifred Ayinpogbilla Atiah , Rebecca Naa Merley Larbi

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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 : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100238

Yuning Gao , Tao Zhang , Shantong Li , David Cleary

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Geospatial analysis of land use dynamics and urban growth characteristics in Tinsukia District, Assam, India 印度阿萨姆邦廷苏基亚地区土地利用动态和城市增长特征的地理空间分析

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100251

Praduyt Dey , Arpana Handique , Santanu Kumar Patnaik , Shukla Acharjee , Jiten Hazarika

{"title":"Geospatial analysis of land use dynamics and urban growth characteristics in Tinsukia District, Assam, India","authors":"Praduyt Dey , Arpana Handique , Santanu Kumar Patnaik , Shukla Acharjee , Jiten Hazarika","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100251","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100251","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land use change driven by urbanization alters the landscape, transforming natural habitats into built surfaces, which impacts ecological balance and socio-economic development. The present research tries to investigate two components of landscape dynamics in the Tinsukia district of Assam, India: (i) LULC change (2003–2023) and (ii) assessment of urban growth. The LULC maps for the years, 2003, 2013, and 2023 were prepared through support vector machine (SVM) techniques using Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7, and 8 OLI/TIRS imageries with 88.88 %, 86.60 %, and 80 % overall accuracy and 0.87, 0.85 and 0.89 kappa coefficient values for 2003, 2013, and 2023 respectively. The urban sprawl assessment used the LecoS tools, Landscape Expansion Index (LEI), Area-Weighed Mean Expansion Index (AWMEI), and Shannon’s entropy method. The result revealed a significant shift in various LULC classes with a notable expansion of plantation areas from 16.69 % (637.30 sq. km) to 32.98 % (1259.51 sq. km) and the built-up areas increasing from 1.54 % (58.96 sq. km) to 6.33 % (241.72 sq. km) in 2003 and 2023, respectively. The urban sprawl studies between 2003 and 2023 revealed urban expansion, mostly characterized by edge expansion types and scattered patterns. The highly dispersed pattern of urban growth was validated through Shannon’s entropy values of 2.77 and 2.14 between 2003–2013 and 2013–2023, respectively. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of using GIS-based indices combined with statistical applications for urban growth assessment. The findings of the research will promote sustainable urban planning and contribute to environmental conservation in the region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048835","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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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 : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100240

Morolake Bolaji , Motoi Kusadokoro , Atsushi Chitose

{"title":"Exploring influencing factors of demand and purchase of plastic and non-plastic materials: a case study of Nigeria","authors":"Morolake Bolaji , Motoi Kusadokoro , Atsushi Chitose","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100240","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2025.100240","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A major challenge to the use of plastics has been the improper disposal of petrochemical plastics. An emerging economy like Nigeria has experienced a rise in plastic consumption which has not been stabilized thus leading to high plastic waste generation. The aim of the study was to assess factors that influence the reasons for the demand and purchase of plastic and non-plastic materials in Nigeria. This study made use of primary data using 327 respondents. Our findings reveal that the uptake of petrochemical plastics was higher compared to the uptake of paper-based materials and bioplastics. This was majorly due to its available in the Nigerian market. The study further revealed that variables like city, gender, household head gender, age, marital status, household members and number of years of schooling significantly influenced the purchase of plastic and non-plastic materials. Similarly, we discovered that although few respondents purchased bioplastics because they preferred the material type, however most respondents pointed out that income was the most influential factor to the demand for bioplastics. The study concludes that although a few people already have changed their consumption behavior in Nigeria, but for most people, increasing the income is crucial to changing their behavior. The study recommends that pro-growth policies are required to encourage ecofriendly behaviors. The limitation of the study includes the sample size and the high literacy level of respondents. Future research in this area of study should focus on improving the sample size and ensuring inclusivity of all literacy levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757333","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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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 : 2025-12-01 Epub 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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Promoting sustainable industrialization by exploring workforce perception towards green hydrogen adoption 通过探索劳动力对采用绿色氢的认知，促进可持续工业化

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100252

Sidhartha Harichandan , Sanjay Kumar Kar

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Solid waste management in an urban community of a developing country: an overview of 5Rs strategies 发展中国家城市社区的固体废物管理：5r战略概述

World Development Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.wds.2025.100254

Molla Rahman Shaibur , Abu Bakar Siddique , Nazneen Nahar , Abu Sayed Al Helal , Mohammad Abdullah Al Maruf , Samsul Huda Arpon , Sumaya Akter , Balram Ambade

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