Concept Of Sustainable Management Research Articles

Evaluation of the Quality of Organic Compost Produced From Fish Filleting Waste: Application and Use in Agriculture

Objective: This study aims to chemically characterize the compost resulting from fish filleting waste, identifying macro and micronutrients, and investigating the effects of different dosages of this compost on lettuce fertilization. Theoretical Framework: The research is based on concepts of sustainable management of urban solid waste, highlighting composting as an effective practice for recycling organic matter. Previous studies on composting animal waste and its application underpin the context of the research. Method: The methodology consisted of experiments with 28 plants, applying 7 treatments with 4 replications, ranging from 10% to 50% fish compost. Fresh and dry mass, root size and volume, and nutrients were analyzed. Results and Discussion: The results indicated that fish waste compost has significant potential as a source of nutrients, with medium to high levels of macro and micronutrients. In lettuce cultivation, the 10% dosage was the most cost-effective, although proportions of up to 30% promoted good development in all the indicators evaluated. Research Implications: The practical implications of this research suggest that fish waste compost could be a viable alternative for organic fertilization, promoting sustainable practices in waste management and agricultural production. Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by exploring the use of fish filleting waste compost as a fertilizer, demonstrating its effectiveness and potential as a source of nutrients for lettuce cultivation.

The dimensions of humanity in terms of the concept of sustainable management – the assessment from the perspective of manufacturers of technical subassemblies for means of agricultural transport

The dimensions of humanity in terms of the concept of sustainable management – the assessment from the perspective of manufacturers of technical subassemblies for means of agricultural transport

The Impact of 21st Century in Education as a Learning Revolution

The study reveals to impact of 21st century education as a learning revolution. The research focus is directed at four sub variables; lesson planning; implementation of learning; learning assessment; and learning supervision. In this study, collecting data from various sources, the impact of 21st century education as a learning revolution are included in the category of several changes that must be made, such as: Planning the concept of conventional education; understanding education as an important part of efforts to create changes for better management of the life of the nation and state; Creating education that can adapt to the changing nature of globalization; Respond positively to the current changes in globalization and then direct them towards the concept of sustainable management, and create the concept of sustainable education. The results are expected to be input for other, regarding the real conditions in the field related to the impact of 21st century education as a learning revolution so that it can be taken into consideration in implementing the learning revolution in the 21st century. The impact of 21st century education in the learning revolution. This study is a literature review using a qualitative approach. Schools are part of the population in this study, and the sample uses a saturated sampling technique. Data were analyzed using a simple regression technique. The results of the study show that 90% of the impact of 21st century education influences the learning revolution. Positively changes in the flow of globalization then direct it to the concept of sustainable education management, thereby creating the concept of 21st century education.

Ecological ditch technology and development prospect based on nature-based solutions: a review.

The core of the concept of nature-based solutions (NBS) is ecological protection, which is the same direction as China's double-carbon goal and has attracted much attention in China. Ecological ditch sewage treatment technology has been widely used in controlling agricultural non-point source pollution because of its advantages of high pollutant removal efficiency and low energy consumption. Suppose the NBS concept of sustainable management, restoration, and ecological protection is integrated into the research and development and application of ecological ditch technology. In that case, it can not only improve the effective removal of pollutants, achieve the purpose of recycling water resources and nutrient elements, but also realize economic, environmental, and social benefits. This paper describes the ecosystem service functions provided by ecological ditches in detail, evaluates their economic values through literatures review, so as to raise people's awareness of natural resource conservation and realize the sustainable management of ecological ditches.

A comparative analysis of sustainable exploitation of renewable resources for different information structures

In this paper, a brief description of the authors' concept of sustainable management is given. According to the proposed concept, the sustainable development of an active system means that in the same time some requirements of viability of the system are satisfied, and the interests of the active agents are considered and coordinated. The main emphasis is made on two mathematical examples. First, a relation between egoistic and altruistic evolutionary strategies is studied by means of the Verhulst-Pearl model. Second, selfish and cooperative behavior of the users of a renewable resource is compared on the base of a differential game model. The conditions of viability are formalized as phase constraints. Their satisfaction may be a result of the voluntary coordination of the agents or their enforced coordination provided by a specially introduced principal. The main contribution of the paper consists in the comparative analysis of these ways of sustainable management.

Screening of Ginkgo Individuals with Superior Growth Structural Characteristics in Different Genetic Groups Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) Data.

With the concept of sustainable management of plantations, individual trees with excellent characteristics in plantations have received attention from breeders. To improve and maintain long-term productivity, accurate and high-throughput access to phenotypic characteristics is essential when establishing breeding strategies. Meanwhile, genetic diversity is also an important issue that must be considered, especially for plantations without seed source information. This study was carried out in a ginkgo timber plantation. We used simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for genetic background analysis and high-density terrestrial laser scanning for growth structural characteristic extraction, aiming to provide a possibility of applying remote sensing approaches for forest breeding. First, we analyzed the genetic diversity and population structure, and grouped individual trees according to the genetic distance. Then, the growth structural characteristics (height, diameter at breast height, crown width, crown area, crown volume, height to living crown, trunk volume, biomass of all components) were extracted. Finally, individual trees in each group were comprehensively evaluated and the best-performing ones were selected. Results illustrate that terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) point cloud data can provide nondestructive estimates of the growth structural characteristics at fine scale. From the ginkgo plantation containing high genetic diversity (average polymorphism information content index was 0.719) and high variation in growth structural characteristics (coefficient of variation ranged from 21.822% to 85.477%), 11 excellent individual trees with superior growth were determined. Our study guides the scientific management of plantations and also provides a potential for applying remote sensing technologies to accelerate forest breeding.

The Management Concept of Mountain-Based Destination through Carrying Capacity Analysis

The increasing number of tourists and the intensive development of infrastructure can lead to the decline of the carrying capacity, especially if ignoring the concept of sustainable management. The preservation aspect embellishes the focal concern in mountainous areas, while the increasing number of tourists has become the main reason to gain financial benefits. The research aims to assess the carrying capacity level in Situ Patengang Nature Park, Bandung. The study was carried out using a descriptive-explanatory approach with three different analytic methods: 1) GIS analysis to map the carrying capacity zones, 2) Important-Performance comparison analysis to assess the management performance, and 3) Triangulation analysis to arrange the tourism development concept. The results show that most Situ Patengang Nature Park areas have low carrying capacity, medium quality of the environment, high tolerance of natural resources, less dispersion of tourist activities, fewer benefits of natural resources, and low environmental management. The development concept of Situ Patengang Nature Park should apply the five principles of ecotourism which lead to ecologically, financially, and socially sustainable activities. For the zonation, the management should bind the core zone in high carrying capacity zones, a service zone in the medium carrying capacity zone, and a buffer zone in the low carrying capacity zone.

Evaluation of efficiency and resilience of agricultural water resources system in the Yellow River Basin, China

Resilience and efficiency are the core concepts of sustainable management of agricultural water resources system. This study constructed an evaluation system of the efficiency and resilience of agricultural water resources system (EAWRS, RAWRS) in the Yellow River Basin by comprehensively applying the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), entropy method (EVM), SBM-DEA model, and the development coordination model. The results showed that: (1) From 2005–2019, the EAWRS and RAWRS showed a fluctuating upward trend. The EAWRS increased significantly, especially the Baihe, Heihe, Luohe and Wudinghe river basins grew at a faster rate. However, the overall efficiency levels were still not high, and all the 72 prefecture-level administrative units were inefficient areas. The RAWRS was at a relatively low level, in which the Huangshui, Taohe and Qingshuihe river basins had rapid growth in resilience. (2) From the perspective of spatial differentiation characteristics, the EAWRS in Sichuan, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong was relatively high, while that in Gansu, Shanxi and Ningxia was relatively low. The prefecture-level administrative units of the upstream river source area, Hetao Irrigation District, Fenwei Plain and Huanghuaihai Plain had a relatively high EAWRS. The RAWRS in the lower reaches was significantly better than that in the upper and middle reaches. (3) The development degree of the agricultural water resources system has gone through a process of rapid rise (2005–2013) - fluctuating growth (2014–2017) - rise (2018–2019), showing an "upstream-midstream-downstream" stepwise increasing pattern. The coordination degree of the agricultural water resources system showed a downward trend, and the decrease showed an "upstream-downstream-midstream" increasing pattern. (4) The three clusters divided by the average value of the development degree and coordination degree of the agricultural water resources system showed the changes from concentration to dispersion, in contrast, the coordination degree was gradually decreased.

Sustainable Management of Environmental Risks in Agricultural Production: Ensuring the Right to Food

Abstract The current research is about the sustainable management of environmental risks in agricultural production to ensure the right to food. In a globalized world, agricultural production is determined by external economic, environmental, social, legal, and political factors, as well as internal factors depending on each State’s conditions. Environmental risk factors, particularly, the growing climate change and its negative effects or the occurrence of a global pandemic, restrict agricultural industry development and create uncertainty in guaranteeing people’s right to food. Agricultural production is the first right to food material guarantee. Ensuring agricultural production is ensuring people’s right to food, their food security or at least the minimum necessary to avoid hunger. The aim is to systematize environmental risks sustainable management concepts and characteristics applied in agricultural production to guarantee the right to food. The environmental risk’s sustainable management entails an efficient use of financial and economic resources in agricultural production to prevent or reduce the environmental risk identified impact. The research establishes some general points of environmental risks sustainable management in agricultural production to guarantee the right to adequate food. The following research methods and techniques were selected: the theoretical-legal and document analysis.

Solomon’s Lessons for Leading Sustainable Lives and Organizations

Corporate sustainability (CS) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are important contemporary issues in the field of business management and education. This article explores the relationships between biblical principles and sustainable management practices. It employs Solomon’s lessons and wisdom to build a foundation for sustainable management concepts. Solomon’s life and literature enable individuals to explore how the spiritual characteristics of the Creator offer lessons for Christian leaders who need to steward resources in a sustainable manner. God’s love, as revealed in Song of Songs, can motivate leaders to treat others justly and fairly. It also can empower them to sustainably manage social and relational resources. God’s wise righteousness, as revealed in Proverbs, may guide leaders to sustainably manage intellectual and human capital. Solomon also reveals God’s sovereign control in Ecclesiastes, emboldening the courage and self-control of leaders to sustainably manage natural, manufactured, and monetary resources. Truett Cathy at Chick-fil-A, Marion Wade at Service Master, and leaders at Hobby Lobby and Catholic Relief Services International serve as examples of Solomon’s lessons of sustainable management.

Water Quality Assessment – River Trail Project of Asasi, UiTM Dengkil

Environmental sustainability is one of the important agendas in the development of the community and the country. In supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiatives, the pilot project consists of environmental appreciation development activities involving the students and academicians that have been organized in the river tributary beside Pusat Asasi, UiTM Dengkil. The preliminary project consists of a water quality assessment for the river. The parameters of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH, temperature, and ammonia-nitrogen have been determined to evaluate the water quality index (WQI) of the river and wastewater treatment plant of Pusat Asasi, UiTM Dengkil. From the results obtained, the river downstream has been classified in Class III (extensive treatment required) as the WQI calculated is 52.49%. Therefore, rehabilitation works need to be considered to improve the water quality in the river. Moreover, extensive wastewater treatment is required to enhance the quality of the effluent discharge into the river. The outcome of this project is educating the students of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - STEM based on living lab concepts of sustainable management in environmental engineering. Furthermore, the students can be disclosed on SDGs 6 to achieve clean water and sanitation for all.

Application of Circular Economy in Downstream Petroleum Industry: An Interpretative Modelling

In recent years, globalization, the large consumption of resources, increasing pollution, and consequently, the production of waste and greenhouse gases created serious environmental problems. In this regard, the most important philosophy needed by organizations is agreement on creating economic, social and environmental value in the form of the concept of sustainable management. Circular economics is an operational solution to achieve this concept in organizations. This paper attempts to offer multi-level modeling of circular economy barriers in the downstream petroleum industry, emphasizing the rubber and plastics industry. In first, a number of the barrier are extracted from related reviews of the studies. Then, these barriers were validated using experts’ opinions in academic and petroleum industry professionals. Then, the fuzzy interpretative structural modeling approach (FISM) was used to determine the relationship between the barriers by considering the linguistic ambiguities of judgments and designing the structural model. The results showed that from the viewpoint of experts, due to the placement of “Obstructing laws and regulations” and “Uncertainty of consumer demand” barriers in the root of the model were the most important barriers of circular economy in the rubber and plastics industry. In the next step, using the MICMAC analysis, the circular economy barriers were put into four clusters. Finally, a discussion and conclusions are presented.

Sustainable Sea: A board game for engaging students in sustainable fisheries management

Sustainable Sea is a strategy game developed for educational purposes in which players assume the role of fishermen while learning concepts related to the sustainable management of fishing resources. Players earn points as they apply sustainable policies. The game was tested on high-school students and students pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Asturias (Spain). Pre- and post-tests were performed to evaluate the knowledge acquired from playing the game. The game was also evaluated as an educational tool using a satisfaction survey. A general increase in the understanding of fisheries sustainable management concepts was observed (significant in the bachelor’s degree group), and the students exhibited a significant preference for this alternative teaching tool.

Selection and evaluation of a septage management concept for islands: The case study of Brač Island

This paper analyses the problem of septage mining on islands in accordance with the circular economy (CE) concept. Islands are natural and socioeconomic systems wherein seasonal tourism and agriculture are the major economic activities, while environmental and health security are the top priorities. The majority of the individual housing facilities on islands are not connected to a public sewage system, thereby rendering the treatment and disposal of septage difficult. A significant degree of seasonal variability is observed in the quantities and characteristics of the septage produced, which hinders the sustainability of potential solutions. Consequently, there is a need to elucidate the benchmarks of a sustainable solution and quantify the CE implementation. This problem was solved using a simple two-step process. First, a concept for septage management was selected based on a waste hierarchy approach. Second, a sustainability policy was quantified by evaluating a composite indicator that accounts for economic, environmental, and social issues. The application of the sustainability index enables the assessment of the cumulative impact of the proposed solution on the environment of the island. The applied methodology has proven to be useful in the creation of a sustainable management concept that minimises negative impacts and protects resources. The proposed septate mining concept can strengthen the self-sustainability of islands and alleviate the threat to their business and environment.

Control of sustainable management according to multilevel combinatorics of homeostatic mechanisms

The article aims to develop the methodological base for study and substantiation of homeostatic mechanisms of control of stability of managing systems in the conditions which is implemented according to the sustainable management concept. The article describes features of main types of homeostasis of managing systems (evolutionary, structural, resistant, system homeostasis), their hierarchical closed interrelation and inherent specific and predictive administrative properties. The following is herein substantiated: conditions of homeostasis generation and realization of specific effect of mechanisms and, respectively, regulators of adaptation of managing systems to external and internal transformations; directions and methods to form resistant, to institutional and resource restrictions, complementary managing complexes. The article states that the combinatorics of homeostasis controls includes stabilizing, inertial, adaptation, organizational and economic, kinematic, cybernetic, alarm, cognitive information, reparative, regenerative and other types of controls. It emphasizes that the complex of mechanisms to ensure self-regulating properties of systems must be focused on support of their adaptation abilities to external and internal transformations. Taking into account four-level structural hierarchy of homeostatic properties, the article substantiates the possibility of ensuring adequate design of regulators for their consolidation according to priority objects of tools and events localization.

A Model for the Sustainable Management of Enterprise Capital

This paper attempts to develop the concept of sustainable management of enterprise capital presented, e.g., in Economies at the beginning of the year 2020. After an introduction and presentation of the theoretical grounds for the construction of the model, the authors attempt at describing its characteristics in a few points, determining the relationship between the objectives of an enterprise and the capitals that constitute the elements of that enterprise. The main assumption in the model is that the management of an enterprise is a constant process of striving to achieve a goal or goals, and balancing the level of the capitals within the enterprise. The point of balance between six capitals of an enterprise entails, at the same time, the maximum effectiveness of this enterprise. The more effective an enterprise, the quicker the managers will reach the point of balance between the capitals, and the longer the managers will maintain the values of the capitals near the balance point. As a measure of effectiveness, the authors propose a coefficient of a mean percentage-rated difference between the capitals, which reflects the mean non-adjustment of the capitals, and the weighed capital differences coefficient, which reflects the effectiveness of an enterprise as a whole. In the second part, the authors prove that, simultaneously, both management based on the presented model, which is based on the effectiveness of achieving objectives, as well as the effectiveness of the capitals of the enterprise, with the use of the new economic ratios as indicated, may be an alternative to globally prevalent revenue as an economic measurement.

The concept of sustainability management of the ecosystem of cities and small settlements

Critical risks of ecosystem identity violation in the structure of landscape-recreational formation of the environment of cities and small settlements are identified. The dependence of the functional load of urban areas with industrial and civil facilities and the ability to restore the ecosystems of the adjacent small rivers and reservoirs is established. The necessity of modeling urban areas based on the “attraction zone” and “exclusion zone”, the verification of technical solutions for engineering systems of water protection complex harmonized with the natural environment is substantiated. A conceptual model for controlling of the risks of developing urban areas is proposed, that is focused on the mechanism for managing water body renovation programs taking into account risk factor analysis. A technique has been developed for restoring water bodies to the level of harmonized functioning by means of anticipatory diagnosis of risk-failures of the danger of environmental disruption. The introduction of digital indicator that determines the level of harmonized stability of functioning of engineering systems of water protection complex in the environment as an additional indicator of the economic and environmental activities of the regions will improve the accuracy of assessing environmental benefits and losses in planned projects.

The Criteria of Optimal Training Cost Allocation for Sustainable Value in Aesthetic Medicine Industry

Medical disputes that result in medical compensation and losses affect the financial management and sustainable operational risks of enterprises. Employee training plays an important role in the sustainable growth of human resource management and also can help avoid any potential risks to enterprises’ operating revenue. Based on data of a company, this study’s model aims to establish a mathematical model to find the most suitable decision variables in order to provide decision-making analysis and judgment of a company’s individual economic behaviors. From the second-order differential modeling method, where the functional training time of the aesthetic medicine industry (including medical errors/dispute incidences, functional training costs, and medical benefits) links to a specific functional relationship, the optimal decision-making model and evaluation criteria for the proportion of this training time under the concept of sustainable management can be constructed. The method proposed herein reduces medical errors or disputes, strengthens risk and financial management, provides customers with the best service quality, and serves as the basis for decision-making evaluation of the maximum benefits of sustainable operations.

BYSUNESS-ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

The purpose of the article is to define an innovative concept of sustainable management based on the analysis of the institutional configuration of business ecosystem entities. The concept of sustainable (SUST) management is outlined as the creation of conditions for multi-entity management of territorial capital on the basis of digital platform technologies and the principles of partnership between government, business and the population. The institutional configuration of territorial business ecosystems is analyzed. It is determined that the business-ecosystem organization of economic activity is a flexible and dynamic system that creates opportunities for the integration of natural resources into economic circulation in territorial communities. It is established that there is a need for a radical restructuring of the institutional configuration of the spatial management system of natural resources in the direction of creating a system of multi-entity management of territorial capital. The main institutions and institutes of the spatial system of natural resources management of the territorial business ecosystem are outlined, in the field of local government, public-private partnership, corporate-platform and structural-project management, etc., within which economic actors of business ecosystems are endowed with appropriate functions and powers.. The structure of the business-ecosystem concept of sustainable management is detailed, including the basic formats of institutionalization of territorial assets management, informational and communicational platform component and management mechanisms of sustainable management, which are focused on creating a system of multi-entity management of sustainable development of territorial communities. Basic formats and forms of institutionalization of territorial assets management in the conditions of decentralization of power are proposed, including communication platforms of collaborative interactions between public authorities, business and population, as well as a set of mechanisms of structural and project management of sustainable development of territorial communities.

The Adoption of Sustainable Facilities Management (SFM) by the Hotel Industry

Sustainability issues within the hotel industry are now increasingly known as a significant concern around the world. It has been described as a constituent activity that contributes to a significant impact on the environment. However, the concept of sustainable management is yet to be well received by the hotel industry in Malaysia. This paper aims to study the growing idea of Sustainable Facilities Management (SFM) adoption, specifically in the hotel industry. This paper provides valuable information on the theory of SFM evolution, including the meta-analysis on the SFM developing, trends and researchers around the world. This paper identified a total of 15 hospitality initiatives utilized around the globe, with only nine of them are currently employed and adopted by the hotel industry. These initiatives are essential that need to be implemented in a hotel organization to gain successful and holistic SFM practices adoption.Keywords: Sustainable; Sustainability Facilities Management (SFM); Hotel. eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1927