{"title":"Sustainability Through Extroversion: The Curious Case of Municipal and Public Libraries in Greece","authors":"Georgia Katsira, Alexandros Koulouris","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p247","url":null,"abstract":"Public and municipal libraries, besides being keepers of local community documents and books, are - or should be - modern hubs of knowledge and diffusers of information to the community that surrounds them. This article reveals the areas of extroversion that municipal and public libraries can undertake, focusing on the efforts they need to make in order to best interact with local communities, going beyond their traditional usage of addressing only their patrons. Furthermore, the results of a survey conducted in the frame of the 4th Panhellenic Public Libraries Conference are presented, showing how much extroverted librarians working in public and municipal libraries are considered, as well as what kind of extroversion programs they implement in their library.
 Keywords: public libraries, municipal libraries, extroversion, innovation, sustainability of libraries, lifelong learning, information literacy","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135409079","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}
{"title":"Performance of Permeable Pavement to Filter Stormwater Runoff for Non-Potable Uses in Buildings","authors":"Liseane Padilha Thives, Enedir Ghisi, Gianfranco Longo, Gabriela Hammes, Thiago Belotto","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p80","url":null,"abstract":"Permeable pavement benefits, besides stormwater runoff reduction and groundwater recharge, include stormwater harvesting. As an alternative to water resources scarcity, stormwater that reaches a permeable pavement could be filtered by the same pavement and then used for non-potable purposes in buildings. This work aims to evaluate some types of permeable pavements regarding their performance to remove pollutants from stormwater and decrease runoff. Analyses of infiltration capacity and pollutant concentrations were performed in four permeable pavement models with different types of permeable surface layer (porous asphalt mixture and porous interlocked concrete blocks). Then, the data were used to calculate the “stormwater credits” according to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. The credits were calculated for volume of runoff, and concentrations of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Total Phosphorus (TP). As a result, the models proved adequate to decrease both stormwater runoff and TSS and TP concentrations. Moreover, models with the porous asphalt mixture as a surface layer were more efficient to reduce the concentration of pollutants. However, for the models evaluated in this work, additional treatment is recommended when stormwater harvested from permeable pavements is meant for non-potable uses in buildings.
 Keywords: buildings, stormwater, credits, non-potable uses.","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135509152","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}
Daniel MOISE, Amelia DIACONU, Mihaela Diana OANCEA NEGESCU, Mihai DINU
{"title":"Metaverse Marketing – The Future of Sustainable Marketing","authors":"Daniel MOISE, Amelia DIACONU, Mihaela Diana OANCEA NEGESCU, Mihai DINU","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p260","url":null,"abstract":"Society is evolving and even trying to “conquer” new universes, no matter if they are physical, virtual online. The CoVid-19 Pandemic, wars, natural catastrophes, are pushing humans to adopt and to spend more time in Metaverse platforms, as a means of escaping the ordinary and their daily problems. Where there are potential customers, companies, or organizations will follow in order to change the behavior and make them purchase products, or services, increase the brand awareness, or in the case of politicians, or politics, determine them to vote, or agree with the wanted strategies. Not only will the customers have avatars, as well as organizations are becoming more humane and attractive towards users. Organizations are investing in technologies related to AI (artificial intelligence) and technologies related to multiverse as the attractiveness of these virtual universes are more and more appealing. In this study, we are conducting research in order to discover what the benefits are, but also how brands, companies and organizations that are joining, use marketing strategies, policies and tactics to increase their sales. In the Metaverse platforms, there will not be only the place to spend leisure time, socialize, do the shopping, even working, or why not, even voting, there being practically no limits. We have discovered in this study that customers would also like some sort of regulations, which relate to how marketing and experiential marketing are conducted in Metaverse platforms. Like the Internet, the Metaverse has the power to drastically change economic and social life for all the parties involved. \u0000Keywords: Metaverse, marketing, experiential marketing, customer behavior, AI","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135409073","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}
{"title":"Sustainable Education for Middle-Aged and Elderly: Learning to Know, Learning to do for Sustainable Living","authors":"Hualan Gou","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p267","url":null,"abstract":"etc. Resulting in new and popular symbols. While these are convenient for young people, but many middle-aged and elderly people are forced to be blind because of these new, unfamiliar and fragmented symbols, making it difficult for them to learn to know and learn to do for sustainable living, discussing the changes in P.C.R through 2013-2023.\" Our vision is to transform lives through education, recognizing the important role of education as a main driver of development\" (Mundial, G.B.&UNICEF, 2016). The middle-aged and elderly can join sustainable development by changing their behaviors and coping with life through education, not just formal education in schools, but also 'modern' adult education( that combines individual and collective experiences in a contextual way) for the technological age, and online course that allow the middle-aged and elderly to increase the accessibility and availability of information, as well as to integrate sustainable knowledge in an easily understandable way. This paper expands on the target group for sustainable education and how to make the information more accessible and acceptable to middle-aged and elderly in new, unfamiliar and fragmented symbols and to educate as a top-down sustainability education for next generation.
 Keywords: Sustainable education、Modern adult education、Top-down sustainability education、Remote education、Symbol","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135408351","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}
{"title":"Assessment of the Regions' Investment Attractiveness for Post-War Recovery: The Case of Ukraine","authors":"Natalia Osadcha, Valentyna Zatyshniak","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p548","url":null,"abstract":"The paper analyzes the directions for Ukrainian economic recovery after the war. The successes stories of the countries, that restored their economies after the war, were explored. As a result, the best practices of Israel seem most suitable for Ukraine. 
 Also, present research determines the priority areas for raising the investment attractiveness of the Ukrainian regions and tests the practical application of the results of their investment appeal evaluation, primarily on the basis of our own approach for their marketing, advancement and disclosure the capability. The paper's uniqueness lies in its emphasis on the proposed marketing territorial investments, in accordance with the results of a comprehensive monitoring of the region-specific investment climate in Ukraine. 
 A number of indicators effects on the regions' investment attractiveness. Comparing the regions among themselves, according to its figures, gives a new leader every time. The proposed Rasch mathematical model allows obtaining an integral assessment of the regions' investment attractiveness with the appropriate ranking. Such estimates can be used both by investors at the initial stages of choosing a region for investment and by representatives of local authorities to assess the investment attractiveness of the territory for a certain period. The future recalculation of these data will be based on the situation at the front and changes in the economic structure of each region. After the war, the casualties of each region must be assessed and an international audit conducted.
 Key words: Ukraine, post-war recovery, investment attractiveness, Rasch model, assessment.
 Jel Classification: E 22","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135452273","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}
{"title":"Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Saudi Stock Market’s Performance and Sustainability","authors":"Nadia Yusuf, Inass Salamah Ali","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p364","url":null,"abstract":"The research investigates the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) by analyzing the Tadawul All Share Index (TASI). Relying on a robust quantitative methodology, the study involved de-seasonalizing daily TASI 'Close' values using a 7-day moving average and employing ARIMA modeling to examine time-series characteristics for periods before and after the first reported case of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia on March 2, 2020. The study spanned 115 days, with 56 days before and 59 days after the outbreak, resulting in a total of 115 observations. Advanced statistical tests, including a two-sample t-test and effect size calculation (Cohen's d), were conducted to statistically validate the differences in market performance. The findings revealed a significant decrease in TASI performance post-COVID-19, with increased market volatility. This data aligns with global observations of market disruptions during the pandemic and contributes to the understanding of crisis-induced market behaviors. Finally, the obtained results offer valuable insights into the complexities of stock market responses to global health emergencies while further underscoring the importance of considering external factors in market dynamics. Keywords: Stock market; COVID-19; financial market; performance; Tadawul; mortality; Saudi Arabia","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139329829","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}
Florina Bran, Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav, Cătălin Romeo Crețu, Irina Elena Petrescu
{"title":"Using Automated Decision-Making and Macroeconomic Data Flows for Governance Resilience","authors":"Florina Bran, Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav, Cătălin Romeo Crețu, Irina Elena Petrescu","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p38","url":null,"abstract":"This study is based on an algorithm created for the American stock market to improve closed investment funds' efficiency, which had as a secondary output a suitable and sustainable model that could be scaled to fit solutions for problems with automated decision making at the government level, similar to a fundamental business intelligence solution (that adheres to similar procedures as the IBM Cognos workflow), which provides a solution in creating the best sustainable model. The model is based on businesses that are listed on the NASDAQ and LSE since these markets offer the finest examples of transparency and accurate audits. It also replicates the economic sectors that make up a fictitious national economy. In order to provide a better perspective and to report the main findings of this study, we also created an overview to analyze the development of B.A.D.E.M., an indicator that simulates a national economy, which in 2023 reached its tenth version, and HSS, a micro-indicator that simulates the healthcare sector.
 Keywords: artificial intelligence, automated decision making, business intelligence, economic growth, resilience","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135409075","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}
{"title":"SMEs’ Drivers and Barriers to Decarbonisation in the East of England","authors":"Fatemeh Khosravi, Sam Jelliman, Chidinma Uchendu","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p247","url":null,"abstract":"Most businesses in the UK have under 250 employees and thus count as SMEs. SMEs account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions and so there is a need for urgent action to be taken by SMEs in the journey to achieve net zero. This is currently recognised by SMEs as they are increasingly taking up decarbonisation actions, but their efforts are impeded by several barriers. Our research sought to provide insights into the barriers SMEs face when decarbonising business operations through an online survey and interview. Although our research confirms that financial constraints has been identified as the principal barrier to decarbonisation from SMEs perspectives, more than half of SMEs confirmed they lack the knowledge (34%, n=33) and skill (21%, n=20) was the main reason for not measing their carbon emission and starting their journey towards decarbonisation.
 Keywords: SMEs, Barriers, decarbonisation journey, Net Zero.","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135408654","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}
Ali Eldiasty, Neveen Ibrahim, Manal Soliman, Mona H. ALShammary, Ibrahim Helal
{"title":"The Reality of Practicing Environmental Citizenship Behaviors \"A Study Applied to Beneficiaries from Community Associations Services in Ha'il\"","authors":"Ali Eldiasty, Neveen Ibrahim, Manal Soliman, Mona H. ALShammary, Ibrahim Helal","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p533","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed at investigating the reality of environmental citizenship behaviors practice among the beneficiaries from community associations in Ha'il. These behaviors are identified scientifically by national organizations to include environmental personal responsibility, environmental justice and environmental participation. The researchers utilized the sample social survey as an instrument for measuring environmental citizenship behaviors. The research population included 1030 beneficiaries. A random sample of 10%, hundred and three (103) participants, out of the total research population was drawn using the random tables method. Data was collected in the period from (23/5/2022 to 10/11/2022). Findings revealed the highest practiced behaviors as: environmental personal responsibility, environmental justice, and environmental participation with averages of 4.33, 4.23 and 4.08, respectively. Researchers recommended using training programs and providing a local database of individuals' activities that support environmental citizenship behaviors 
 Key Words: Environmental citizenship behaviors, Environmental personal responsibility, Environmental justice, Environmental participation, Community associations, Ha'il city","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135452250","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}
Kingsley Christopher Solomon, Charles Nkem Okolie, Bright Enyinnaya Nwamuo, Johnson Okeke Ifeanyi, Ikwor Okoroafor Ogbonnaya, Timothy Chibuike Anyanwu, Benedette Nneka Okezie
{"title":"Effective Leadership and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in Africa","authors":"Kingsley Christopher Solomon, Charles Nkem Okolie, Bright Enyinnaya Nwamuo, Johnson Okeke Ifeanyi, Ikwor Okoroafor Ogbonnaya, Timothy Chibuike Anyanwu, Benedette Nneka Okezie","doi":"10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p417","url":null,"abstract":"The African continent is undeniably blessed with immense resources that spans from natural to human. The remarkably blessed natural resources and the unique environment accounts for the abundance of food and raw materials that keep the various industries around the world operational. In other words, Africa and its numerous natural resources cannot be undermined in the world’s food-chain and supplies of raw materials that keep industrial world functional. This beautiful horizon of Africa’s natural environment remains the home of various species of unique animals and plants. However, in recent times, the rich African environment and natural resources have been under threats by various human activities and natural disaster such as Gas flaring, Deforestation, flood, wild fire, hunting, oil explorations etc. These human and natural disaster have put the African continent and indeed its beautiful natural environment at the threshold of near collapse, unproductivity, risk of extinction of unique plants and animals and of course other unimaginable problems, if not properly handled. Leadership crisis and indeed poor leadership in Africa have not only contributed to the socio-political and cultural problems in Africa, but to the environmental crisis and mismanagement of various resources that can aid the progress of Africa. This paper affirms that effective leadership remains a propitious tool of environmental sustainability in Africa. 
 Keywords: Leadership, Effective leadership, Environmental sustainability in Africa","PeriodicalId":46519,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Sustainable Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135458814","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}