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Sustainable Management Practice (SMP) of Green Features in Office Property in Lagos, Nigeria 尼日利亚拉各斯办公物业绿色特征的可持续管理实践(SMP

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n2p13

T. Fateye, F. M. Araloyin, Adewale R. Adedokun, Toluwalase G. Oluwole

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Achieving Sustainability Goals in Central Asia: The Importance of “the Middle” 实现中亚可持续发展目标：“中部”的重要性

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n2p1

Gary M. Grossman, Tiago Masrour, Lindsay Smith

{"title":"Achieving Sustainability Goals in Central Asia: The Importance of “the Middle”","authors":"Gary M. Grossman, Tiago Masrour, Lindsay Smith","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v16n2p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n2p1","url":null,"abstract":"As the world passes the midpoint of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), clarity about the implementation of this agenda becomes increasingly critical. Equally important is the extent to which the SDG framework is succeeding or failing in different contexts. This study explores the role and importance of the “implementers”, mid-level actors that bridge policymaking between national leaderships who set policy and grassroots efforts. Focusing on three SDGs (#2, 6 and 15), thirty (30) such implementers were selected through purposive sampling combined with subsequent reputational strategies. The knowledge and attitudes of these actors toward the goals and progress of their respective nations were evaluated through structured interviews. While the general outlook on their countries’ capacity to reach the proposed goals was positive, the detailed review of SDG targets showed signs that those in “the middle” were highly uncertain as to whether these goals could be reached. Considering the critical role of these implementers in translating policy to action, this creates serious concern about the path forward in sustainable development moving toward 2030 and beyond. Moreover, critical reconsideration of the process of implementing the SDGs needs to be undertaken to capitalize on the expertise and strategic capacity of “the middle” of sustainable development.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44251713","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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Role of Environmental Literacy Education in the Realization of SDG6 in Rivers State of Nigeria: A Case Study 环境素养教育在尼日利亚里弗斯州实现SDG6中的作用：个案研究

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p147

C. L. Eheazu, J. I. Ezeala

{"title":"Role of Environmental Literacy Education in the Realization of SDG6 in Rivers State of Nigeria: A Case Study","authors":"C. L. Eheazu, J. I. Ezeala","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v16n1p147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n1p147","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) was adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 for the purpose of ensuring availability and sustainable management of clean water and sanitation for all humanity by the year 2030. The UN considers realization of SDG6 an issue of utmost concern to governments and citizens all over the world. The purpose of the research study reported in this paper was to crystalize the role of Environmental Literacy Education (ELE) in the process of SDG6 realization in Rivers State of Nigeria. Two Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State were used for case study. Two Research Questions and a Null Hypothesis guided the study. A questionnaire was used to provide data needed for the study. The population of the respondents was 7,717. A random sampling technique was adopted to select 20% of them for the study. Mean responses and the T-test were employed to analyze obtained data. The findings revealed general inadequate provision of clean water and effective sanitation management due to very low impact of the activities of Stakeholders entrusted with achievement of SGD6 in Rivers State. To remedy the lapses discovered, the researchers delineated five situation-specific ELE programmes, integrating relevant aspects of the UN Education 2030 Agenda for SDG6. The programmes clearly portray the vital role of ELE towards achievement of SDG6 and have thus been recommended, with their modes of implementation, for adoption by the Rivers State.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41398795","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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Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 16, No. 1 《Journal of Sustainable Development》第16卷第1期审稿人致谢

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p164

Sherry Sun

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The Role of Knowledge Development in Manufacturing Sustainability 知识发展在制造业可持续发展中的作用

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p136

M. Beccarello, G. D. Foggia

{"title":"The Role of Knowledge Development in Manufacturing Sustainability","authors":"M. Beccarello, G. D. Foggia","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v16n1p136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n1p136","url":null,"abstract":"The propensity of industrial firms to build sustainability strategies based on knowledge development is an incentive for strategies driven by environmental, social, and economic criteria. However, although firms are increasingly committed to sustainability, poor engagement may lead to strategic drifts. Energy efficiency is one of the most important targets in industrial firms for reducing emissions primarily generated directly by the firm—emissions that are created by generating electricity or heat needed by firms. We focus on energy efficiency, which—along with technological advancement—is the most critical factor in industrial decarbonization and is a pathway for improving economic competitiveness and sustainability. Advances in technological innovation and stakeholders’ requirements provide a range of reasons for achieving environmental benefits. In our view, the outcomes of environmental strategies are influenced by the commitment of firms to sustainable business and their propensity for R&D. Our results show that 44.1% of firms claim to have an investment plan for energy efficiency. This percentage rises to 65% for firms investing more than 4% of their turnover in R&D. A similar trend can be noticed for investments in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics, in which 83.3% of the firms claim to have an investment plan of 4% of their turnover. We argue that ESG strategies require competencies and capability building among employees to be successful; otherwise, the risk of strategic drifts increases.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46290298","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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Monitoring and Evaluation Data Collection Practices and Performance of Livelihood Programmes: A Case of Caritas, Catholic Diocese of Meru, Kenya 监测和评价数据收集做法和生计方案执行情况：以肯尼亚梅鲁天主教教区明爱为例

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-09 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p124

Joshua M. Thambura, Naomi Mwangi, J. Mbugua, R. Kikwatha

{"title":"Monitoring and Evaluation Data Collection Practices and Performance of Livelihood Programmes: A Case of Caritas, Catholic Diocese of Meru, Kenya","authors":"Joshua M. Thambura, Naomi Mwangi, J. Mbugua, R. Kikwatha","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v16n1p124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n1p124","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the study was to determine the influence of monitoring and evaluation data collection practices on the performance of livelihood programmes at Caritas Meru, Kenya. The target population was 465 composed of 441 smallholder farmer group leaders 21 project staff and 3 senior managers of Caritas Meru. The Sample size was 215 in clusters of 191 farmer group leaders, 21 project staff, and 3 senior managers, calculated using the Cooper and Schindler (2003) formula. Questionnaires, Key informant interviews, and Focus Group Discussions were utilized to collect data. Descriptive statistics comprises frequencies, percentages, means, and composite mean whereas Pearson correlation (r) and multiple regression analysis were used as inferential statistics. The study found that M&E data collection practices are effectively used at Caritas Meru with a composite mean of 3.98 and that the livelihood programmes had good performance with a composite mean score of 3.87. The results indicate that there was a positive correlation between monitoring and evaluation data collection and performance of livelihood programs, r (207) = .453, p < .05. The null hypothesis (H0) was thus rejected since p=0.000<0.05. The study concluded that M&E data collection practices were a significant variable influencing the performance of livelihood programs at Caritas Meru. The study recommended effective and efficient use of M&E data collection best practices to deliver, valid and reliable data to promote project performance. The study recommends a further study using a similar methodology on programmes in other sectors for the generalization of the results.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49320711","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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Process for Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Tuti Island, Sudan, during Nile Flood Season; Comparison with International Standards Khogali Hind1 尼罗河汛期苏丹图提岛可持续固体废物管理进程;与国际标准比较Khogali Hind1

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2023-01-09 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p107

K. Hind

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Broadening Tourism and Cultivating Sustainability: Exploring Opportunities in Bangladesh 拓宽旅游业和培养可持续性：探索孟加拉国的机遇

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2022-12-23 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p93

Samshad Nowreen, S. Moran

{"title":"Broadening Tourism and Cultivating Sustainability: Exploring Opportunities in Bangladesh","authors":"Samshad Nowreen, S. Moran","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v16n1p93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n1p93","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores how tourism can be understood as an opportunity to develop sustainable enterprise, providing business opportunities while also advancing social and environmental goals. While every country has multiple challenges to manage in the future, we argue that comprehensive planning for sustainable tourism can integrate several policy goals and realize compounded benefits as governments declare their commitment to ‘build back better.’ The need to plan for sustainable development is especially salient in the wake of the pandemic, and with climate change looming. Using Bangladesh as our case study, we consider how integrated and cross-sectoral planning for tourism could help provide more opportunities for visitors to appreciate the rich resources located there, such as the cultural heritage, and the rare species and mangroves of the Sundarbans, while simultaneously advancing policy goals for social welfare and the environment. We outline opportunities on the horizon, and by drawing on demographic data about the Bangladeshi diaspora, it becomes clear that heritage tourism has potential and merits further study. Finally, targeting the expansion of sustainable livelihoods can strengthen local economies and simultaneously help Bangladesh advance its efforts toward related national goals, including the UN’s SDGs (United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals).","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44593480","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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Assessing the Enabling Conditions for Translating Restoration Commitments to Restoration Actions: Case of Cameroon 评估将恢复承诺转化为恢复行动的有利条件:喀麦隆的案例

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2022-12-07 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p77

E. Chia, F. Nsubuga, P. Chirwa

{"title":"Assessing the Enabling Conditions for Translating Restoration Commitments to Restoration Actions: Case of Cameroon","authors":"E. Chia, F. Nsubuga, P. Chirwa","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v16n1p77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n1p77","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding governance and policy related conditions is relevant to determine what is needed to drive large-scale landscape restoration investments. Using Cameroon as a case study, this paper assessed the enabling conditions for large-scale forest restoration focusing on tree growing as the main practice. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were applied to understand trends in the opinions of 48 stakeholders sampled purposefully, including the review of forestry and land use related strategy and policy documents. Results indicated that stakeholders and strategy documents, strongly recognize the relevance of governance and policy related conditions to drive large-scale restoration. The trends in stakeholder insights revealed that the capacity of these conditions is currently weak and insufficient to enable large-scale restoration and progress towards improving these conditions have been very slow when compared to assessments made more than a decade ago. There is a need for a strong political will to improve these enabling conditions, though the technical arguments required to help guide and drive the political will are weak. The forest landscape restoration strategic framework needs to be revised and reinforced with appropriate and in-depth technical and operational orientations on how to improve each of the enabling conditions that will help achieve the large-scale restoration commitments in Cameroon.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48716212","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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Sustainability Assessment of Productive Palm Tree Plantation in the Arid Regions of Urban Landscapes: A Dubai Case Study 城市景观干旱区生产性棕榈树种植的可持续性评价:以迪拜为例

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v16n1p38

Maryam Shourideh, P. Kianmehr

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