World Development Sustainability最新文献

{"title":"Analysis of social perception and field verification as a route to evaluation of environmental liabilities in Colombia: Case study Cesar (Colombia)","authors":"María Alejandra Rodríguez-Zapata ,&nbsp;César Augusto Ruíz-Agudelo ,&nbsp;Michael Joseph Ahrens","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100133","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The extractive sector is positioned as one of the most polluting activities, contributing considerably to the environmental liabilities (EL) generation, especially in countries with a significant dependence on mining resources exploitation, such as Latin America. Colombia represents a good approximation to this scenario, mainly due to the convergence between high biodiversity and mineral deposits (first producer of emeralds worldwide, and first and second in coal and gold for Latin America). In Colombia, the economic valuation and the classification of EL have been proposed as tools to manage Els. However, a process of valuation and classification that includes a pluralistic approach is essential to obtain a better understanding of the implications of the EL in the territories, and with it, the validation of the management mechanisms. A case study of environmental liabilities for coal mining is shown, through which the sufficiency and assertiveness of the classification and economic valuation of liabilities developed by Rodríguez-Zapata and Ruiz-Agudelo (2021) is analyzed. The evaluated EL typologies were considered as an adequate tool to support the operationalization of EL focused on its management, however, due to the null capacity to detect the mismatch between a legal/administrative declaration of remediation of damages and a real remediation, this is considered insufficient to prioritize the degree of EL management and with this its urgency for intervention. In relation to the revision to the economic valuation, the reported amount of US$ 2.4 billion seems to be underestimating the costs of the ELs, mainly due to the magnitude of the human and natural communities on which each of these falls.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000119/pdfft?md5=e6148af4779ead20f557629613a79d08&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000119-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140191711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of metropolitan livability variations using objective-subjective approach","authors":"Arpan Paul","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100135","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A case of the rapid propensity of urbanization leading to skewed dynamics of metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA) and its extent of complementarities with the socio-economic and socio-cultural well-being of the communities. Analyses of the dynamics and complementarities offer researchers a range of innovative opportunities to explore metropolitan livability variations. Presently, policymakers are more concerned about earmarking and augmenting livability as a basic yardstick for metropolitan management and decision-making. This yardstick shapes the settings of MUA loosely or compactly, forming a metropolis. The paper explores the dimensions of livability variations within a MUA based on an objective-subjective approach. The initial part of the paper explores the livability variations within an MUA based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Later, it validates the existing rural-urban dichotomy based on subjective attainments. The amalgamation of the objective-subjective approach will encourage future researchers to explore the livability variations and their potential within any MUAs globally.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000132/pdfft?md5=1980f3e944625a680e1ec38da71103fc&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000132-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140160070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of trade on environmental quality and sustainable development in Ghana","authors":"Malik Dawuda Kindo ,&nbsp;Aziz Abdulai Adams ,&nbsp;Jamal Mohammed","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since gaining independence in 1957, Ghana has significantly increased its economic ties with the global community through trade liberalization policies. However, this integration has profoundly affected the environment, particularly in utilizing natural resources, and has subsequently impacted sustainable development. This study examines the relationship between trade, environmental considerations, and sustainable development within the Ghanaian context. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) error correction estimation technique, we found that trade positively impacts sustainable development in Ghana despite causing adverse environmental effects. This suggests that economic gains are prioritized over environmental preservation, indicating weak sustainability. However, sustainable development requires a balance between economic, social, and environmental factors, and a shift towards strong sustainability may be necessary for long-term sustainability. Therefore, pivotal policy interventions are warranted to navigate the path toward strong sustainability. Mechanisms that ensure the judicious pricing of Ghana's forest and natural resources are necessary to optimize resource exploitation while mitigating negative externalities. Ghana can promote inclusive and sustainable development by establishing a delicate balance between economic expansion and environmental stewardship.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000120/pdfft?md5=a0365c00a4e04db87c833855ffd49350&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000120-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140095803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adoption of biogas technology by cassava processors: Implication for environmental sustainability","authors":"Ridwan Mukaila ,&nbsp;Ibrahim Isaac Umaru ,&nbsp;Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin ,&nbsp;Emmanuel Ejiofor Omeje ,&nbsp;Festus EluwandeDurojaye Awoyelu ,&nbsp;Ogochukwu Gabriela Onah ,&nbsp;Oguejiofor Joseph Okorie ,&nbsp;Chukwuemeka Chiebonam Onyia ,&nbsp;Goodness Somukenechukwu Ezinwa","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Improved and environmentally friendly agricultural waste management technology is needed to improve the environment and avoid some health issues as a result of poor waste management. Yet, its adoption is low and there is little documented work on the subject matter, especially in Nigeria. Therefore, this study assessed cassava processors’ willingness to adopt improved cassava waste management technology in Nigeria. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze data collected from 240 cassava processors using a structured questionnaire. The current cassava waste management practices among the processors were disposing of the solid waste through open dumping around the processing site, letting liquid waste run off and dry on the ground, channelling liquid waste to the drainage system, burning waste and disposing of waste on the farm. These methods caused insects and pests to breed and bad odor in the area, which resulted in an unhealthy environment and affected people's health. Awareness of biogas technology for cassava waste management was very low (21.25%) among the processors and only 10.83% were aware of its benefits. However, 74.17% were willing to adopt biogas technology to manage waste after the creation of awareness about biogas technology. The significant factors responsible for their intention to adopt improved technology were awareness of biogas technology, awareness of the benefits of biogas technology, age, experience, extension services, access to credit, and membership in an association. This study advocates the creation of awareness about modern improved waste management by institutions, and agricultural extension to have a healthy environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000107/pdfft?md5=d61fe7f2c96c23268873e4369bf25205&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000107-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140052734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development at the cost of unsustainable degradation of wetlands: Unraveling the dynamics (historic and future) of wetlands in the megacity Dhaka","authors":"Hasan Muhammad Abdullah ,&nbsp;Meherun Mukti ,&nbsp;Md. Giashuddin Miah ,&nbsp;M. Abdul Karim ,&nbsp;Md Tousif Tanzir ,&nbsp;Md. Sarwar Hossain","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite the recognized role of wetlands in providing ecological benefits for human wellbeing, ∼70% of global wetland ecosystems have been destroyed since the 1990s. Further intensive studies revealed that 3.4 million km² of natural wetland has declined since 1700. In particular, wetland habitats in the world's megacities have been replaced unsustainably by faster economic, urban, and population growth, and have received less attention in research and policy. However, wetlands degradation in the megacities of developing countries is not quantified and the trends of Land Surface Temperature (LST) are not well understood. Therefore, we are making our first attempt to unravel the historical and future spatiotemporal dynamics of wetlands and the trends of LST in the megacity of Dhaka. The results show that Dhaka lost ∼69% of wetlands and LST has increased between 3.44°C and 9.35°C from 1990 to 2020. An environmental Kuznets curve analysis implies that the point has not yet been reached for wetlands when economic development feeds back to the sustainability of the environment. This assumption coincides with our model-based prediction, as respectively ∼74% and ∼90% of wetlands area of Dhaka city will be decreased by 2050 in Business as Usual (BAU) and development scenarios, whereas, ∼66% of wetlands area will be decreased under conservation scenario over the time period of next 30 (2020 to 2050) years. Our findings suggest that it will be incredibly challenging to restore wetlands to their 1990s condition. Efforts to preserve them should be made, as they potentially provide a nature-based alternative for coping with wetland sustainability and climate change.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000090/pdfft?md5=928a109bc0a0f2c59db91e56a13155d1&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000090-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140280160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A spatial–temporal analysis of income inequality and wind energy development in the U.S.","authors":"Sisi Meng,&nbsp;Zhanaiym Kozybay","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100129","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study addressed the distributional challenges associated with renewable energy development. In the U.S., wind energy has become the most prevalent renewable energy source, offering significant advantages in decarbonization, economic growth, and access to affordable clean energy. However, concerns emerged regarding the distributional consequences of wind energy development. This study aimed to empirically examine (i) the impact of wind energy projects on income inequality and (ii) any significant trends in this impact from a spatial–temporal perspective. To achieve this, we constructed a new variable to measure wind energy development at the U.S. county level across four periods (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). To address potential endogeneity, we employed Instrumental Variable Two-Stage Least Squares (IV-2SLS) regression with three geophysical variables on wind resource capacity. After combining the data collected from the American Community Survey (ACS), our analysis revealed that wind energy development had a consistently positive and significant impact on income inequality. However, the effect diminished in magnitude over time as wind energy projects expanded, indicating an optimistic outlook for renewable energy development. In light of these findings, we discussed potential mechanisms for the positive effect, such as employment, land lease payment, and tax revenue, and their policy implications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000077/pdfft?md5=2e06c98d57dc9fe2426ef13a0d50d4df&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000077-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140042120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic growth in China and India: The potential role of population","authors":"James A. Yunker","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>From 1980 through 2020, the rate of population growth declined in both China and India, but the decline was far more pronounced in China. During the same period, per capita income increased substantially in both China and India, but the increase was far more pronounced in China. The fact that China and India are similar in many important respects (ancient cultures, large populations, etc.), but implemented substantially different population control policies during the 1980–2020 interval, suggests an equivalence to a quasi-controlled experiment, of the sort that very rarely occurs in the real world. The control would be India, with a relatively conventional population control policy, and the experiment would be China, with its relatively drastic population control policy. This research investigates the possibility of a causal relation between differential population growth and differential economic growth in China and India. It is shown that the simulation of a basic economic growth model in which population growth is a key exogenous determinant, and which utilizes the same economic relationships and numerical parameter values for both China and India, produces time paths of growth in per capita income that closely resemble the empirical Chinese and Indian time paths. This finding supports the hypothesis that a significant factor in China's remarkable economic growth over the last four decades has been its equally remarkable population control policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000089/pdfft?md5=42f38e5b7510973b45e5d1af232ff4a6&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000089-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140067181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implications of smallholder livelihoods for scaling oil palm agroforestry in Brazilian Eastern Amazon","authors":"Daniel Palma Perez Braga ,&nbsp;Andrew Miccolis,&nbsp;Helen Monique Nascimento Ramos ,&nbsp;Lilianne Fontel Cunha ,&nbsp;Laís Victória Ferreira de Sousa ,&nbsp;Henrique Rodrigues Marques","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite its economic potential, oil palm has earned a bad reputation for its negative environmental and mixed social impacts. In the Eastern Brazilian Amazon, oil palm production has expanded rapidly over the past decade. Meanwhile, in the same landscape, Agroforestry Systems (AFS) have been widely promoted as a solution to achieve economic growth coupled with socio-environmental benefits for smallholders. Our study seeks to shed light on pathways for reconciling oil palm production with farmer livelihoods. We randomly sampled 198 smallholders in the municipality of Tomé-Açu, Pará, Brazil. Our findings point to diverse livelihoods and widely varying yearly income, averaging USD 13,100. Different types of AFS were adopted by 85 % of farmers in our sample, in contrast to just 11 % adopting monocrop oil palm. Almost one third of on-farm income and produced food came from AFS, which mostly contributed to achieving life aspirations. Key indicators on financial and physical capitals (technology level, housing, total income and land size) indicate economic success as most households achieved intermediate levels of living standard. We conclude that family farmers can successfully adopt AFS and that oil palm producers overall are less likely to have low economic success. An overwhelming majority of farmers would like to expand their AFS, but very few would choose to include oil palm. We argue that the expansion of oil palm-based AFS hinges on the extent to which the prevailing business model and technological package can provide sufficient resources to reduce family farmer risks, including: credit conditions, plantation size, species selection and systems suited to farmer livelihood objectives and constraints.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000065/pdfft?md5=9f7180e028ebffc558b59f0f45696348&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000065-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140113617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global China and the ‘commons’: rosewood governance in rural Ghana","authors":"Anthony Baidoo ,&nbsp;Gretchen Walters ,&nbsp;Symphorien Ongolo","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rise of Global China or the rapid expansion of Chinese influence abroad has had a commensurate impact on transnational trade and related commercial pressure in the governance of natural resources in Africa. Rosewood with its direct link to China's cultural renaissance has had a boost in extractivism in tropical regions. Taking inspiration from common property theory and based on empirical research conducted in Ghana in 2022, we analyze the effect of the Ghana-China rosewood trade on the governance of rosewood as a ‘common-pool’ resource in rural Ghana. Our research broadly responds to the question of how the Ghana-China rosewood trade changes formal and informal governance arrangements in rural Ghana. In a constructive light, the study demonstrates how one community created rules to access rosewood on community lands. The results also show that more challenging influences of rosewood trade on land boundary disputes resulting from violent protests of existing rules and norms, including customary rights, contestation of rural authorities, rural leadership manoeuvrings, and corruption are increasingly prevalent since the boom in the rosewood trade at the local level. This study contributes to the debate on common-pool resources, demonstrating that with the right information and communication network, rural people can self-govern common-pool resources to their advantage despite the alarming influences that external factors pose. From a China-Africa relations perspective, this work contributes to the politics of natural resources in the context of the increasing global influence of China in Africa.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000041/pdfft?md5=e08d06284676c8face8491bb6f8713d2&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000041-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139999700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A microeconometrics approach to gendered perspective of empowerment through agricultural decision-making in Rural Odisha, India","authors":"Dukhabandhu Sahoo ,&nbsp;Dharmabrata Mohapatra ,&nbsp;Jayanti Behera","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Discrimination against women in agricultural decision-making is a major threat to the empowerment of women in many developing countries where agriculture is not only the major source of livelihood, at times the only source of livelihood. It hampers their socio-economic status as well as the overall economic development of the country. The objective of this paper is to understand the gendered perspective of agricultural decision-making in one of the eastern states of India, i.e., Odisha by analysing the primary data collected through a structured schedule from 996 agrarian households. This paper, by using multinomial logit model, concludes that land ownership exclusively by females raises their decision-making power with respect to all agricultural activities in the household. Joint ownership of land by both men and women and the use of modern technology in farm activities also raise the agrarian decision-making power of the females. Further, the decision-making power of women is more among the socially marginalised and economically deprived categories. This calls for institutional arrangements to ensure land ownership by the female members and their economic empowerment by providing them better wages and livelihood.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000053/pdfft?md5=18c02f7617dd74ecb8a18adfdeb39313&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000053-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139976007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}