Environmental Economic Development Research Articles

Exploring configurations of social determinants for enhancing older adult health in China: an fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on 31 provinces in China.

With China's aging population on the rise, addressing population aging has become a national priority, particularly focusing on improving older adult health. This study employs the social determinants of health framework, considering China's unique macro-social, economic, policy, healthcare, and family cultural factors, to develop a framework for understanding the social determinants of health for older adult in China. Using the fsQCA method and a configurational perspective, the complex relationship between social determinants of health and older adult health status is examined. The findings indicate that individual social determinants alone are insufficient for achieving high levels of older adult health. Instead, three configurations of social determinants have been identified as conducive to high older adult health: Economic Development-Environment - Cultural Dominant Type, Socio-Economic Development - Older Adult Security - Environment - Cultural Dominant Type, and Economic Development Dominant Type. These configurations offer diverse pathways for enhancing older adult health. Conversely, the study identifies two configurations associated with low older adult health levels, exhibiting an asymmetric relationship with the configurations resulting in high older adult health levels. Moreover, economic development consistently emerges as a core condition across all three configurations associated with high older adult health levels, while two configurations associated with low older adult health lack this core condition. These findings underscore the universal contribution of enhancing economic development to improving older adult health.

Synergy in the Development of Modern Forms of Life Activity

The Davos Forum of 2021 highlighted the most important trends that in the coming years will determine the "Great Reset" - the sustainable recovery of the world economy after the pandemic and the rethinking of world politics. For a reboot, the author offers a synergistic approach to a reboot. The article discusses the synergy of various forms of social development. First, the spiritual and moral synergy of the formation of a culture of peace of transnational communication is considered. Secondly, the scientific and educational synergy of training creative personnel for creative activities is described. Thirdly, the financial and organizational synergy of economic environment development is briefly considered. Fourth, the project-innovative synergy of integration processes in innovation activities for the development of scientific, technical, technological, production, investment and personnel potential is discussed, as well as on the growth of labor productivity, improvement of structures and competitive ability of industries. Fifthly, industrial and technological synergy between technology and industry is proposed for the effective adjustment of the labor market and the formation of effective principles for the work of our economic system. Sixth, the health environmental synergy health saving nation and ecological development of living spaces is discussed. The Davos Forum of 2021 highlighted the most important trends that in the coming years will determine the "Great Reset" - the sustainable recovery of the world economy after the pandemic and the rethinking of world politics. For a reboot, the author offers a synergistic approach to a reboot. The article discusses the synergy of various forms of social development. First, the spiritual and moral synergy of the formation of a culture of peace of transnational communication is considered. Secondly, the scientific and educational synergy of training creative personnel for creative activities is described. Thirdly, the financial and organizational synergy of economic environment development is briefly considered. Fourth, the project-innovative synergy of integration processes in innovation activities for the development of scientific, technical, technological, production, investment and personnel potential is discussed, as well as on the growth of labor productivity, improvement of structures and competitive ability of industries. Fifthly, industrial and technological synergy between technology and industry is proposed for the effective adjustment of the labor market and the formation of effective principles for the work of our economic system. Sixth, the health environmental synergy health saving nation and ecological development of living spaces is discussed.

Exploring the research fronts of low carbon and energy-efficiency in economic environmental development: a scientometric analysis from a multidisciplinary literature

In the increasingly severe global economic environment, low-carbon and energy efficiency have become a hot topic in contemporary times. In order to provide low-carbon and energy efficiency at the forefront of economic and environmental development, this article is based on 192 data retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database. This article conducted a comprehensive data and visualization analysis on keywords such as “low-carbon economy” and “low-carbon development”.

RELATIONSHIP OF SELF-REGULATION AND PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS

Introduction . Today, the problem of personal planning and realization of the individual professional future has become very urgent in the conditions of uncertainty of the social and economic environment development, fast updating of technologies and transformation of the world of professions. Therefore, skills of self-regulation and attraction of all psychological abilities of the individual are required to build up personal professional perspective. The aim of the publication is to present the results of the pilot study of the relationship of self-regulation parameters and components of personal professional perspective at the stage of vocational training. Methodology and research methods . The methodological basis of the research is subject-activity approach to the study of the phenomena “professional self-determination”. To obtain empirical data, V. I. Morosanova’s questionnaire “The Style of Self-Regulation of Behaviour” and the scheme of creation of the personal professional plan developed by E. A. Klimov and added with the valuable and moral components of self-determination offered by N. S. Pryazhnikov were applied. Mathematical-statistical processing of the results was carried out by means of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test was used for the comparative analysis; the Spearman’s rank correlation test was used for the correlation analysis. Results and scientific novelty . In the present article, the idea of self-determination of the subject in the professional sphere is discussed at the methodological level. Creation of personal professional perspective is shown as practical actions for predicting of the professional future under the developed behavioural self-regulation structures of the personality. The relationship of self-regulation and professional perspective (as the measured parameters of professional self-determination) was revealed at the empirical level on the sample of students of the Sverdlovsk Regional Teachers Training College. The distinctions of separate components degree of self-regulation and personal professional plan are found out among students of different years of studies. The essential relationships between the established indicators are designated. Practical significance . The research results can become a part of scientifically based concepts of regularities in the relationship of self-regulation process as the personal structure development in early ontogenesis, and formation of the professional future image at the stage of vocational training. The materials of the publication can be useful for teachers and lecturers of professional education and experts who are engaged in professional orientation work and psycho-pedagogical support for students of higher education institutions and colleges.

Operationalization of un-captured GDP - Innovation stream under new global mega-trends

With the understanding that current ICT-driven global development depends on a trend shifting from traditional co-evolution of computer-initiated ICT, captured GDP, and economic functionality to new co-evolution of the Internet, un-captured GDP, and supra-functionality beyond economic value, the following hypothetical view was postulated:The disparity between the world's ICT leader countries with respect to happiness/welfare amidst great stagnation (Finland) or conspicuous economic growth (Singapore) can be attributed to the difference of the state in the above shifting trends.The foregoing hypothetical view was demonstrated on the basis of an empirical analysis measuring dependency on un-captured GDP, which is a key factor identifying the state of the shifting trends. This dependency is based on a comprehensive review of the consequences of three mega-trends that lead to the respective co-evolution and on the review of the development of trajectories relevant to these mega-trends.Noteworthy findings were obtained on the consequences of the development trajectory option, particularly on the shift from traditional co-evolution to new co-evolution resulting in differences in interactive return gain structure. Also significant policy suggestions essential for identifying government/business roles in the context of new innovation stream were received. The importance of transferring government ability in innovation, collaboration and absorption to business was stressed, as this creates a virtuous cycle between “muscular” economic environment development and increase in the “muscularity” of indigenous firms.

Development of Financial Reporting Principles

The paper discusses the link between the principles of financial reporting and informational needs of users who provide limited resources to the entity. It is argued that development of economic environment has led to the shift in resources, that are limited, and consequently has changed the primary user of financial reporting. This change is to be reflected in financial reporting principles as its aim is satisfaction of users' informational needs. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n24p38

Green-Efficiency Assessment of Chinese Industry Based on Principal Component Analysis and Super-Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis

Industry is playing an important role in national economy, the efficiency and developing trend of which is widely being paid attention to. However, severe environmental problems always emerge along with rapid industrial development at the same time. Based on the method integrating Principal Component Analysis and Super-efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis, this article introduces environmental factors into the system to evaluate Chinese industrial green-efficiency of year 2000~2008, indicating the current major problems which hinder coordinated economic-environmental development of Chinese industry, and putting forward the improving direction.

CONTRIBUTION OF EU STRUCTURAL FUNDS ASSISTANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION OF BUSINESS AND SCIENCE IN LATVIA

The article analyses the good practice of Finland, which reconstructed the path changing towards building innovation-based economy, and Denmark, where the several programmes for network building and enhancement of collaboration between entrepreneurs as well as entrepreneurs and research institutes were introduced successfully, in order to make recomendations for development of economic environment in Latvia. The authors consider, that in the case of Latvia, at first, the government must take action in order to establish the macro-level environment that enables conditions for innovative self-renewing systems as well as introduce schemes that would facilitate knowledge spillover and commercialization, promote business activities of academic staff and researchers, as well as formation of networks and clusters.

Accounting, Environmental Resource Values, and Non‐market Valuation Techniques for Environmental Resources: A Review

The primary focus concerns the measurement of non‐market environmental effects. It is suggested that the formal decision analysis advocated in traditional management accounting typically excludes a wide range of nonfinancial activities and that developments in environmental economics may prove useful in the development of more explicit procedures for corporate decision making. Different approaches to environmental resource decision making are discussed, along with different notions of environmental value, including use, option and preservation values. Finally, the different methods suggested by economists to obtain monetary values for non‐market resources, specifically the dose‐response, hedonic price, travel cost, and contingent valuation methods, are reviewed, with mention of some implications for private decision makers and accountants.