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Eco-compensation policy to promote households’ behavior for comprehensive utilization of crop straw: Do the positive effects last?

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100505

Zhen Jiang , Weiming Li , Yahan Gao

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Fostering sustainability through leadership and employee personality traits 通过领导力和员工个性特征促进可持续发展

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100502

Fauzi , Basrowi , Wulandari , Rita Irviani

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Green promises or greenwashing? Unveiling the impact of China's low-carbon city pilot policy

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100495

Mengjuan Ling , Xiaoting Wang , Kalybek Zh. Abdykadyrov

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Revenge travel unleashed: The behavioral echo of work-from-home culture

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100503

Dr. Santanu Mandal (Professor) , Dr. Ritesh Dubey (Assistant Professor) , Dr. Raghu Raman (Professor)

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Innovation at the nexus of technology and sustainability: CEO leadership and digital transformation in China

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100494

Muhammad Kaleem Khan , Phool Hussain , Muhammad Jameel Hussain , Kathy Michael

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Ethics and sustainable government bonds: The retail investors’ perspective

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100499

Muhammad Aulia, Adi Zakaria Afiff, Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati, Gita Gayatri

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Assessing sustainability indicators of public transportation using PAHP

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100500

Ammar Al-lami , Ádám Török

{"title":"Assessing sustainability indicators of public transportation using PAHP","authors":"Ammar Al-lami , Ádám Török","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable public transport is vital for cities' growth and development. Enhancing public transit will boost demand, ensure balanced sustainability, satisfy users and operators, and help achieve sustainability goals. This requires finding a general framework to determine the priorities that accomplish the goal of sustainability and integration of the transportation system. To evaluate this complex problem, this study used the new technique of Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), which is the Parsimonious Analytical Hierarchy Process (PAHP) and the traditional Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in two stages to streamline. The main objective of applying PAHP in the decision-making process is to reduce the number of pairwise comparisons required and prioritize 44 comprehensive indicators of the essential dimensions of sustainability in public transportation. This makes PAHP particularly efficient and less cognitively demanding for experts while still providing robust and reliable prioritization of criteria. The findings highlight that travel time, ticket prices, emissions, and traffic management are the most critical social, economic, environmental, and technical indicators. This approach streamlines evaluation and offers policymakers a clear roadmap for prioritizing sustainability measures in public transit. The implications of this work suggest that future development efforts should focus on enhancing these prioritized indicators to achieve a more sustainable public transportation system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100500"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development of an individualized multimodal trip planner for a MaaS system

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100498

Josep Maria Salanova Grau , Andreas Nikiforiadis , Panagiotis Tzenos , Despoina Tsavdari , Georgia Ayfantopoulou

{"title":"Development of an individualized multimodal trip planner for a MaaS system","authors":"Josep Maria Salanova Grau , Andreas Nikiforiadis , Panagiotis Tzenos , Despoina Tsavdari , Georgia Ayfantopoulou","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100498","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100498","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing demand for sustainable transportation solutions necessitates advanced multimodal trip planning systems that can accommodate diverse travel needs and preferences. This paper presents an innovative approach to the development of an individualized, multimodal trip planner for the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The proposed system integrates public buses alongside shared mobility options (e.g., bike-sharing) and walking, offering users a variety of transportation modes and combinations. A distinctive feature of this work is the inclusion of personalization, which tailors trip recommendations based on user-specific preferences. These preferences are captured through the historic trips of the users, with various shared modes. By incorporating user preferences into the trip planning process, the system prioritizes alternatives using a generalized cost function that balances travel cost, duration, and the number of mode changes. This individualized approach enhances user satisfaction and promotes the adoption of multimodal transportation solutions. The results of this research are relevant for both academic communities exploring advanced routing algorithms and practitioners in the field of Mobility as a Service (MaaS), who aim to deliver efficient and user-centered mobility services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100498"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143464796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Allocating carbon emission responsibilities in the Chinese civil aviation industry considering equity and efficiency

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100496

Ye Li , Ya Liu , Qiang Cui

{"title":"Allocating carbon emission responsibilities in the Chinese civil aviation industry considering equity and efficiency","authors":"Ye Li , Ya Liu , Qiang Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100496","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100496","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A reasonable and practical allocation of carbon emission rights to the transport industry, a significant net emitter of carbon dioxide, is critical for achieving China's carbon neutrality goals. This paper proposes an allocation scheme for carbon emissions, considering the differences in the emission reduction contributions and capacities of China's five major airlines, while balancing equity and efficiency. First, a carbon emission allocation framework is developed based on the principle of fairness, determining the weights of relevant indicators. Next, nine scenarios are constructed considering both aviation and energy development, and the comprehensive index method is applied for the initial allocation of carbon emission rights. Following this, the initial allocations are evaluated for efficiency based on the principle of efficiency. Finally, the optimal distribution of carbon emission rights is determined using the Zero-Sum-Gain Data Envelopment Analysis (ZSG-DEA) model. The results indicate that this allocation model, grounded in both fairness and efficiency, can effectively optimize the carbon emission rights distribution for the five major airlines.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100496"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143464809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bayesian networks for assessing the sustainability of the marine renewable energy sector in the blue economy of Spanish ports

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100497

Javier Vaca-Cabrero, Nicoletta González-Cancelas, Alberto Camarero-Orive

{"title":"Bayesian networks for assessing the sustainability of the marine renewable energy sector in the blue economy of Spanish ports","authors":"Javier Vaca-Cabrero, Nicoletta González-Cancelas, Alberto Camarero-Orive","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100497","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100497","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research focuses on identifying key indicators for the sustainable development of the Marine Renewable Energy sector in the Blue Economy of Spanish ports, utilizing Bayesian networks to integrate economic, social, and environmental perspectives. The study also aims to develop a decision-support tool for strategic planning in ports. The methodology involves creating and analyzing a Bayesian model using data from 28 Spanish port authorities. The study includes selecting indicators, data preprocessing, and model construction to identify interrelations among sustainability variables. Key findings indicate that economic investment in port infrastructure, environmental characterization, and occupational safety are crucial factors for the sector's development. Bayesian networks enabled the representation of relationships among these indicators, highlighting the importance of a balanced approach between economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The study concludes that the sustainability of the Marine Renewable Energy sector depends on an effective integration of economic investments, environmental management, and occupational safety measures, supported by tools like Bayesian networks to optimize decision-making in the port sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100497"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143454534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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