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{"title":"Analysis of residents’ health and willingness to pay for environmental protection in China","authors":"Haipeng Chen ,&nbsp;Jie Zhou ,&nbsp;Siyu Peng ,&nbsp;Dungang Zang ,&nbsp;Martinson Ankrah Twumasi ,&nbsp;Qianling Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101048","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101048","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Health and environmental issues have become pressing global problems that affect human society's sustainable development. Residents are not only practitioners but also direct beneficiaries of ecological protection and play a crucial role in maintaining ecological and environmental health. Health, as the basis of residents' behavioral choices, influences residents' behavior toward ecological and environmental protection. This study aims to investigate how health factors profoundly affect residents' willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental protection and reveal the intrinsic connection between health and environmental protection behavior. The 2017 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data and the ordered probit model were used to determine that improving residents' health greatly increases their willingness to protect the environment and passes a number of tough tests. In addition, the promotion effect of health on residents' WTP for ecological protection is markedly heterogeneous, especially in younger residents who do not have children. Therefore, we suggest to policymakers and national governments a range of countermeasures and suggestions to enhance health education, safeguard public health, and promote ecological protection education.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101048"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141985395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental impacts in water resources surrounding world surfing reserves: A case study in the Madre Watershed, Brazil","authors":"Iago da Rosa Llantada ,&nbsp;Tális Pereira Matias ,&nbsp;Marinez Eymael Garcia Scherer ,&nbsp;Thiago Zagonel Serafini ,&nbsp;Fabrício Basílio de Almeida ,&nbsp;Juliana Leonel ,&nbsp;Adriana Maria Imperador ,&nbsp;Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa ,&nbsp;Francisco Arenhart da Veiga Lima","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to promote the adoption of an ecosystem-based approach in environmental management processes, integrated assessment studies can be conducted to link human activities and observed impacts on natural environments. Analytical models such as DPSIR are used, based on the monitoring of environmental indicators, to improve planning and management processes for water resources at multiple scales. World Surfing Reserves (WSRs) are institutions that have been utilizing this environmental assessment model to successfully implement environmental management strategies and instruments in coastal zones. Building upon the adaptive co-management model developed in the 6th WSR of Bahía de Todos Santos (Mexico), which incorporates DPSIR analysis and the use of GIS (remote sensing) tools in environmental assessment, this research develops a protocol for integrated environmental assessment, focusing on water resource management, through a case study conducted in the 9th WSR of Guarda do Embaú, Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is understood that this protocol can be utilized in other surfing reserves, especially in estuarine regions, to identify priority aspects for water resource management through: (i) water quality indicators, (ii) institutional environmental monitoring reports, and (iii) georeferenced statistical data (GIS). Based on these data, integrated analyses were conducted to determine which polluting agents pose a greater risk to the sustainable management of water resources surrounding the 9th WSR. Among the observed results, it was found that multiple pressure factors pose high environmental risk to the water resource stocks, mainly due to the discharge of urban and agricultural effluents into rivers, as well as deforestation in protected areas directly associated with the conservation of water reservoirs. As a result of these factors, a moderate risk of eutrophication, water scarcity, unavailability of recreational water use, disease spread, and sedimentation was observed, alongside a high risk of biodiversity loss, habitat loss, and unavailability of drinking water. Due to the risks of the mentioned impacts, the aspects identified in this study require management at the appropriate scale for processes occurring in the watershed, in order to gradually mitigate the effects of polluting activities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101046"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trajectories of socio-ecological systems: Does social capital matter? A case study in the tropical Andes","authors":"Santiago Builes ,&nbsp;Daniela Congote ,&nbsp;Clara Villegas-Palacio ,&nbsp;Linda Berrio-Giraldo ,&nbsp;Lina Berrouet","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101047","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Between natural and social systems there are two-way interactions, which determine the path of change in the Socio-Ecological System. For example, the type of land use decisions that society makes could lead to the deterioration of the biophysical system and its ecological functioning, causing effects on social well-being. Conceptual and simulation models of socio-ecological systems allow an understanding of such interactions and the development of trajectories. In this manuscript we explore the link between three lines of research that overlap but have been studied separately (i) Governance, (ii) Socio-ecological systems, and (iii) social capital. This paper analyzes the dynamics of social capital and its influence on governance and Land Use and Land Cover Changes in a basin of the Colombian Andes. To this end, we develop a Systems Dynamics model (SD). This research contributes to the (i) understanding of how the institutions, their policies, the actors, and the interactions generated between them in a territory influence the management of natural resources, which is indispensable to supporting the decision-making process; and (ii) operationalization of the social capital elements on the SES model through an integrated analysis with consideration of feedback mechanisms between natural and social system. With this model, a scenario evaluation is developed to analyze the effect of different approaches of the social capital organization on land cover in the basin case study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101047"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design of an iterative method for environmental-sustainable development: Integrating bioinspired computing techniques","authors":"Chatrabhuj,&nbsp;Kundan Meshram","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The need for sustainable development has grown in response to global environmental, social, and economic challenges. Conventional computational methods frequently struggle to address the complex nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), lacking the ability to balance global search with local optimization and failing to prioritize goals related to sustainability. To address these restrictions, this work introduces the Integrated Bioinspired Computing Model for Sustainable Development (IBCMSD). By combining Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), a cohesive hybrid model is developed that improves exploration and exploitation, balance for increased efficiency, and solution quality. It is implemented on High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters to ensure scalability and resilience when dealing with complicated optimization challenges. Furthermore, using a multidisciplinary co-design method completes the model with multiple views, increasing its relevance and applicability in real-world circumstances. IBCMSD makes a significant contribution to computational sustainability by leveraging bioinspired computing, potentially enabling informed decision-making and SDG accomplishment across multiple domains.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101045"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141851900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determining factors influencing flood preparedness among citizens in Jakarta: A protection motivation theory approach","authors":"Fernan Patrick Flores ,&nbsp;Yogi Tri Prasetyo ,&nbsp;Babtista Putri Grahani ,&nbsp;Rio Prasetyo Lukodono ,&nbsp;Omar Paolo Benito ,&nbsp;Anak Agung Ngurah Perwira Redi ,&nbsp;Maela Madel L. Cahigas ,&nbsp;Reny Nadlifatin ,&nbsp;Ma Janice J. Gumasing","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Jakarta Metropolitan Area is one of the cities heavily affected by floods in Asia. Effective disaster risk reduction strategies require deep understanding of what motivates its citizens towards preparedness and mitigation actions. This study aimed to discern these motivating factors among Jakarta's residents through the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) approach. Through an online survey, 304 participants provided insights into how the extended PMT factors shape their Protection Motivation (PM) towards flood preparedness. A total of nine (9) variables and 41 constructs were considered in this study. PMT factors were comprised of PM, Perceived Severity (PS), Perceived Vulnerability (PV), Response Efficacy (RE), and Perceived Self-Efficacy (SE) along with additional factors such as Media (M), Government Preventive Actions (GA), Flood Experience (FE), and Geographical Perspectives (GP). Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) revealed that SE had the most substantial impact on influencing PM (β = 0.522) followed by PV, PS, and RE. The results also showed the significance of M and GA to both SE and RE. Meanwhile, FE illustrates positive impact to both PV and PS. Interestingly, GP was found to be only significant to PV and not to PS. External factors M and GA demonstrated a significant indirect effect on PM through SE, whereas GP exhibited a significant indirect effect on PM through PV. These findings provide actionable insights for policymakers and disaster management practitioners, emphasizing the power of media and the need for comprehensive strategies that address both the psychological and practical aspects of flood disaster readiness in Jakarta and potentially other flood-prone regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101042"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141847279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"African folklore: A tool for improving sustainable resource management practices in Africa","authors":"Peter Onah Thompson ,&nbsp;Adesheye Omitayo ,&nbsp;Lilian Ouja Ademu ,&nbsp;Benjamin Maiangwa","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Africa's traditional knowledge system sustained the continent and its people for millennia before the advent of Western knowledge and, even so, has continued to play a critical role in the advancement of the continent. We ask in this article if Africa's traditional education through storytelling/folktales has a role to play in the contemporary drive for sustainable development practices. To answer this question, we carried out a field experiment among preteen pupils in Nigeria. We taught an age-old African folktale among school-age pupils to one set of pupils and not in the control group and asked them how they would use and manage certain natural resources. We find that those exposed to an African folktale had a better appreciation for resource management than those who were not holding all else constant. We also discuss the implications of incorporating folktales into the Nigerian school curriculum and its potential benefits for resource management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101044"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141847378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Energetic sustainability in the Amazon region: Exploring impacts, environmental solutions, and rebound effect analysis","authors":"Fábio de Oliveira Neves ,&nbsp;Eduardo Gomes Salgado ,&nbsp;Jean Marcel Sousa Lira","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Amazon, a vital global ecosystem, renowned for biodiversity and climate regulation, faces unprecedented challenges due to escalating non-renewable energy consumption. This article sheds light on climate change's implications, exploring the intricate interplay in Amazon sustainability. The focus is on comprehending the impacts and exploring potential solutions to mitigate adverse effects. The research spans from 2002 to 2022, covering countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Ecuador. This broad geographic and temporal scope provides valuable insights into the dynamic changes occurring in the Amazon region over the years. Employing a robust methodological approach, double log regression analysis is utilized as a powerful tool for a precise examination of the complex relationships between energy consumption, environmental preservation, and sustainable development. The study incorporates various estimators, including Non-Renewable Energy (EnR), Forest Area (FA), Forest Income (FI), Endangered Mammals (EM), Endangered Birds (EB), Endangered Fish (EF), Endangered Plants (EP), Freshwater Capitation (FC), Greenhouse Gases (GHG), Socioeconomic Factors (SF), Water Availability (WA). This comprehensive list enhances clarity and transparency, ensuring a thorough understanding of the research methods. The study uncovers the wide-ranging impact of growing non-renewable energy demand on Amazon biodiversity, forests, and species vulnerability, driven by direct rebound effects. It highlights both the backfire and super conservation effects, emphasizing the need for strategic, holistic approaches to energy and environmental management. Navigating this balance, the research informs decisions for a sustainable Amazon future, fostering awareness and inspiring action toward environmental stewardship and global conservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101043"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141839649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carbon dioxide emissions from traditional and modified concrete. A review","authors":"Oscar Felipe Arbeláez Pérez ,&nbsp;Vanessa Senior Arrieta ,&nbsp;Jorge Hernán Gómez Ospina ,&nbsp;Santiago Herrera Herrera ,&nbsp;Cristian Ferney Rodríguez Rojas ,&nbsp;Angelica María Santis Navarro","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The concrete industry is among the most significant contributors of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. Since this industry generates such a negative environmental impact, finding different ways to reduce the severe effect of concrete production without diminishing its excellent performance is mandatory. The partial replacement of cement with either organic or inorganic substances becomes an ecological method of managing large quantities of industrial and agricultural waste. Previously, several reviews have reported the mechanical and thermal properties of modified concrete; however, the effect of incorporating different industrial wastes on carbon dioxide emissions has yet to be considered. Thus, this article presents a comprehensive review of studies published between 2000 and 2023 where the carbon dioxide emissions in traditional and modified concrete samples were assessed. According the data founded CO₂ emissions are mainly affected by two aspects that are water/cement ratio and the substitution percentage. CO₂ emissions showed a trend of decreasing with increasing the water/cement ratio and decreasing with the increasing the percentage of substitution. Furthermore, carbon dioxide emissions depend on the type of substitute material. A substitute material with a lower emission factor has higher carbon dioxide emissions. Likewise, perspectives on this topic and other challenges facing the concrete industry are also discussed. It is expected that this review will motivate future studies to include calculations and assessments of carbon emissions as a parameter to quantify the environmental impact in the concrete industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101036"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carbon and water scarcity footprints of banana under current and future climate conditions in the Brazilian semiarid region","authors":"Antonio Fabio da Silva Lima ,&nbsp;Viviane da Silva Barros ,&nbsp;Alexsandro Oliveira da Silva ,&nbsp;Rubens Sonsol Gondim ,&nbsp;Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo ,&nbsp;Raimundo Nonato Távora Costa ,&nbsp;Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda ,&nbsp;Jonnathan Richeds da Silva Sales ,&nbsp;Enio Farias de França e Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change has become a global threat and a cause of uncertainty for numerous economic sectors, particularly agriculture. Several studies addressing the impacts of climate change can be found in the literature; however, studies on strategies to improve sustainability in orchards are scarce. Bananas are of great economic importance in tropical regions, and their production is characterized by high consumption of natural resources, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts. This study aimed to identify critical points in banana production, understand how they influence future footprints, and develop strategies to reduce current footprints. Life cycle assessment was used to estimate water scarcity (ISO 14046) and carbon (ISO 14067) footprints. Results are presented per 1 kg of banana. Primary data from 10-year averages were collected from farms located in the Lower Jaguaribe sub-basin. The results revealed that the carbon footprint ranged from 0.21 to 0.84 kg CO₂ eq kg⁻¹ in 2023, whereas the water scarcity footprint reached 1441 m³ eq kg⁻¹. Under the current scenario, yield improvement could reduce carbon footprint by up to 57.9%, and greater efficiency in water use could decrease water footprint by up to 77%. In 2055, projections suggest that improvements in irrigation could lead to reductions of 5% in carbon footprint and 24.9% in water scarcity footprint. The findings of this study highlight the importance of adopting a sustainable approach to banana production, emphasizing the need to improve natural resource management and promote conscious agricultural practices, such as no-till farming and polyculture, which favor carbon sequestration. The use of plants that perform biological nitrogen fixation can reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizers, in alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Public policies focused on providing technical assistance to farmers are crucial for achieving environmentally sustainable production and enhancing resilience to climate change and water scarcity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101034"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carbon and water footprint assessment of the production cycle of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) on a farm in Spain","authors":"J.J. Galán-Díaz ,&nbsp;L. Pena-Mosquera ,&nbsp;J. Puertas-Agudo ,&nbsp;Jesús Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A comprehensive investigation into the carbon and water footprint of a black soldier fly (<em>Hermetia illucens</em>) farm in Murcia, Spain, was carried out following ISO 14064-1 standards. The study, utilizing data from BioflyTech, the managing company, spanned various departments to comprehensively analyze production and consumption. The results highlight that the carbon footprint associated with fresh larva production is approximately thirty times lower than that of conventional animal farming, aligning with sustainable practices and offering a promising alternative in the quest for eco-friendly protein sources. Moreover, the water footprint of the black soldier fly farm is significantly lower than that of traditional animal farms, underscoring the environmental advantages of this innovative approach to larva production over conventional livestock farming. These valuable insights contribute substantively to the ongoing discourse on sustainable and responsible agricultural practices, paving the way for more environmentally friendly solutions in the ever-evolving landscape of sustainable food production practices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101038"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211464524000769/pdfft?md5=1386a5f6154b4d3cb8e24cd4a9c1d26b&pid=1-s2.0-S2211464524000769-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}