Interest In Environmental Problems Research Articles

Цифровые следы в экологии: опыт эмпирического исследования

In addition to the environmental data (i.e., data that has been produced and collected by professional ecologists to solve certain environmental problems), other sources of open data can be used to study environmental problems. For example, data created by users for other purposes and extracted from social media can be used to study biodiversity, monitor environment and analyze environmental practices. The article represents a summary of such an empirical study that featured messages about air pollution in the city of Cherepovets published in the VKontakte social network. The study covered the period from January 01, 2020, to October 31, 2022. The methodology included the following steps: selecting relevant network communities; uploading and classifying the relevant messages; thematic modeling and content analysis. The sample included 48 messages that introduced the problem of air pollution in Cherepovets. The PolyAnalyst data analysis platform revealed the following most common phrases: polluting substance, atmospheric air, harmful substance, ammonia emission, liquid complex fertilizers, ammonia concentration. The article also contains a list of industrial enterprises mentioned as polluting agents. The results illustrate the opinions of social net users about the quality of air in Cherepovets. It can be concluded that social networks might help monitor the interest in environmental problems, because they shape the environmental agenda ahead of television and other information sources.

Entrevista com John Vogler

The study of IR as a discipline tends to follow trends in actual international politics, so there was always some interest in environmental problems when they crossed national boundaries and caused disputes. Another concern was with natural resources as constituents of national power – this was arch Realist Hans Morgenthau’s concern. However, environment stayed at the periphery of IR for a very long time. What changed things was a rise in ‘green’ environmental politics within Western polities during the 1960s and an awareness that as well as transboundary problems, such as acid rain, there was a clear link to economic development. Such issues were at the heart of the first great UN environment conference held at Stockholm in 1972.

On the application of the entropy approach in economic research

The paper shows that one of the ways to overcome the crisis of economic science can be the synthesis of alternative currents and schools based on an approach using the terminology and methodology of entropy. The dynamics of growth in the number of publications of an economic orientation using the terminology and methodology of entropy is shown. The reasons for the attractiveness of the entropy approach in economic research associated with the growing interest in environmental problems and interdisciplinary research are revealed. The directions of application of terminology and methodology of entropy in economic research, the results achieved by representatives of these directions, are generalized. The most common mistakes and speculations in the application of the entropy approach in economic research are revealed. The specificity of economic systems is revealed, which manifests itself in belonging to the class of living systems with feedback and the possibility of accumulating negative entropy, and determining the possibilities and limitations of using the entropy approach. Variants of using the entropy approach in economic research are shown, the pros and cons of these options are indicated.

THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICY COHERENCE FOR TURKEY’S SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY POLICY

Sustainable development is at the forefront of the issues that have occupied the world agenda in recent years. Sustainable development debates are generally discussed in the context of environmental problems. The concept of environmental security has become popular because of the increasing interest in environmental problems triggered by globalization and pandemic processes. As a multidimensional concept, there are policies developed by countries for environmental security. However, cooperation between countries has an important role in environmental security, which is a global problem. A number of initiatives have been made in this regard on international platforms. However, global cooperation is not sufficient. In this context, the consistency between the policies implemented by the countries is another important factor. Accordingly, in this study, the measures taken by Turkey regarding food security, which is an element of environmental security, are discussed. Common food security concepts were identified through an analysis of reports from leading institutions.Afterwards, the development plans for these concepts were examined, and it was determined in what context they were used. As a result, it has been determined that there has been an awareness about food security in Turkey in recent years, but there are steps that need to be taken in terms of policy consistency

How Green Trust, Consumer Brand Engagement and Green Word-of-Mouth Mediate Purchasing Intentions

An increasing interest in environmental problems around the world has significantly expanded the demand for green goods, transforming green marketing into an effective tool for businesses to achieve competitive advantage. Yet, as more firms become aware of this strategic advantage, greenwashing activities can also flourish, and customers grow more cautious about green efforts by firms. The present research examines how greenwashing expectations of customers affect their green buying decisions by studying how green trust, consumer brand engagement and green word-of-mouth mediate this relationship. A total of 302 subjects participated in a survey to study greenwashing effects using a high involvement green ad and a low involvement green ad. Results were analyzed using a PLS-SEM approach. The findings show that the greenwashing expectations of customers have no direct effect on green purchase decisions, but that green trust and green word-of-mouth mediate this relationship. Likewise, greenwashing perception significantly affects customer brand engagement indirectly through green trust and there is a full mediation between greenwashing perception and green purchasing intention through green trust, customer brand engagement and green word of mouth. Therefore, the study shows that having a low perception of greenwashing is not enough to increase purchases. For that to occur, companies need to ensure that WOM communicates such efforts and that consumers trust these green initiatives.

Identifying environmental issues on the prehistoric societies in history learning

Internalizing environmental values requires a multidisciplinary approach. Therefore, almost all aspects have an interest in environmental problems, including history education. This paper aims to identify environmental issues that can be incorporated into history learning. One of the topics that are nearly related to ecological matters is the prehistoric topic. Here, people still have a high dependence on nature. As part of historical material, prehistoric times are very relevant to introduce environmental issues to students in the classroom. This paper uses an analysis of the historical education curriculum and textbooks used. This paper intends to find the relevance of history learning in the cultivation of environmental care among students. This paper will discuss strategies for internalizing the environmental values in historical learning, especially in prehistory discussion. This paper is expected to be able to contribute to how historical education plays a role in strengthening the character of caring for the environment.

INVESTIGATION OF THE USABILITY OF ORGANIC WASTES AS A BUILDING MATERIAL

Küresel ısınmayla birlikte çevresel sorunlara olan ilgi son on yıllarda giderek artmıştır. Küresel ısınmanın en önemli nedeni sanayileşme ile birlikte giderek artan CO2 salınımıdır. Sanayileşme ile birlikte gelişen kentlerin altyapı ve üst yapılarının inşasında ana girdi beton ve buna bağlı olarak çimento üretimi gelmektedir. Çimento fabrikalarında, üretim prosesinde ortaya çıkan CO2 ve partiküller hava kirleticileri arasında ilk sıralarda yer almakta, büyük oranda atmosfere sera gazı salınımı yapmaktadır. Küreselleşen Dünyada sanayileşme ve kentleşmenin etkisiyle birlikte kaynakların aşırı kullanımı ve artan tüketim sonucu atık miktarı da sürekli artış göstermektedir. Gittikçe katlanarak büyümekte olan atık sorunu; toplumu, aileyi ve bireyi etkilemekte hayat kalitesini olumsuz etkilemektedir. Atık sorununu çözmek için, toplanan materyallerin yeniden işlenmesi, üretimde kullanılması olan geri dönüşüm, bir zorunluluk olarak günümüz Dünyasında önemli yer tutar. Organik atıklar arasında: tarımsal atıklar, fıstık kabuğu, fındık kabuğu, pirinç kabuğu, şeker kamışı, palmiye yağı, saman, çay artıkları, pamuk sapı, ayçiçeği sapı, mısır koçanı, pamuk ve tekstil atıkları, odun lifleri vb yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmada, organik kökenli atıkların yapı malzemeleri üretiminde kullanılabilirliği üzerine yapılan çalışmalar değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmada, birçok atık türünden (tarım, evsel, tıbbi, sanayi, santral, vb.) organik kökenli atıklar seçilerek, yapı malzemesi üretiminde tekrar kullanılması veya geri dönüşümü ile kaynak kullanımının ve bertaraf oranını azaltarak çevrenin korunmasına katkı sağlanabileceği ortaya konmuştur.

Бизнес и власть: эколого-экономическая ответственность в российской Арктике

The growing interest in environmental problems on the part of society leads to the fact that more and more attention is paid to the activities of enterprises, and the criteria for the greening of their production are becoming more stringent. With the growth of industrial production, the scale of the negative impact on the environment increases, so simply discussing environmental problems becomes insufficient. There is a need for a comprehensive accounting of the environmental performance of organizations and the development of measures to compensate for the resulting environmental damage. The article examines the issues of environmental and economic relations between business and government in the Russian Arctic. The purpose of this study is to form a theoretical approach to solving the problem of greening the Arctic regions based on the analysis of the ecological and economic relations between government and business. Legal and economic instruments for regulating environmental protection in Russia, as well as strategic documents for the development of the Russian Arctic in the field of ecology are analyzed. An assessment of the environmental and economic responsibility of companies operating in the Russian Arctic is carried out on the basis of non-financial reporting data. The results of the analysis show that the presented non-financial information is not transparent enough, and the level of business responsibility is rather low. To solve the problem posed, the authors propose a theoretical approach to building a "green" partnership, which allows finding a compromise between the interests of the state and business. The formation of an integrated ecological and economic approach in the state regulation of environmental protection activities will allow reaching a point of bifurcation in the relationship between government and business and thereby leveling the anthropogenic load on the ecosystem of the territory.

The Qur’ān as a Source for Contemporary Islamic Environmental Ethics

Since the surge of interest in environmental problems in the 1960s the world has seen a growing concern for such issues which – from its outset – has been voiced by, among others, religious actors. This paper analyses a selection of contemporary texts on the environment and the current ecological crisis which originated in the Islamic cultural milieu, and addresses the specific problem of their relation to the ethical view of nature in the Qurʼān. To that end, the first section of the study attempts to investigate the ethical view of nature within the Qurʼanic revelation, drawing on the outline of the Qurʼanic ethical world view as well as the methodology for the study of the ethico-religious concepts in the Qurʼān devised by Toshihiko Izutsu. The second part of the study compares this view with the actual interpretation of the Qurʼanic text in contemporary ethical deliberations. The study thereby attempts to show both the differences between the ethical view of nature in the Qurʼān and its contemporary perceptions articulated by the Islamic environmental ethical discourse and the common links which enable Muslim authors to seek answers to the questions of the day in the sacred scripture of Islām.

Effects on Energy-saving Behavior Change and Increase in Interest in Environmental Problems Based on Energy-saving Education According to a Behavior Change Stage Model

Effects on Energy-saving Behavior Change and Increase in Interest in Environmental Problems Based on Energy-saving Education According to a Behavior Change Stage Model

Using Blogs to Improve Elementary School Students’ Environmental Literacy in Science Class

<p style="text-align:justify">The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of blog activities on elementary students’ environmental literacy in science class. The relationships between students’ environmental literacy levels, their parents’ interest in environmental activities and the frequency of outdoor activities they do have also been also examined. Pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design has been utilized. The participants of the study are 80 seventh-grade elementary school students. The data have been gathered through “Environmental Literacy Scale”. After that, the instructor has created a blog to share some movies, animations and reflective questions for all the students. The students could follow and engage in all the sharing. The activities have lasted for eight weeks. Descriptive statistics, t-test and regression analysis have been tested via the data. The results have indicated that there is a significant difference between pre and post test scores regarding the students’ “environmental knowledge”, “attitude towards environment” and “being responsible for environment”. Furthermore; positive but weak relationship has been detected between students’ environmental literacy levels and parents’ interests in environmental activities. On the other hand, there is a moderate, positive correlation between students’ interest in environmental problems and involving in outdoor activities with parents(r=0.423, p=0.001). Overall, students’ involvements in blog activities and doing outdoor activities with parents have been found to be effective in acquiring environmental literacy.</p>

Vehicle electrification in a developing country: Status and issue, from a well-to-wheel perspective

The increase of public attention, scientific research and political interest in environmental problems associated with transportation has provided the motivation for re-invention of electric vehicles. However the usage of grid-dependent EVs with a high-carbon electricity grid might produce more damage to the environment. This study aims to provide an environmental impact comparison of ICEVs, HEVs and EVs during their usage cycle, by modeling their energy consumption (electricity or fuel) and the supply chains of the supplied energy, (well-to-wheel) based on a life cycle assessment. The results show that running EVs with the existing mixed sources of electrical energy produce larger impacts on the environment 60% of the time; when compared to HEVs. When compared to ICEVs, EVs produce a larger environmental impact on 7 out of 15 environmental impact categories. Overall the environmental impacts of EVs are substantial based on the well-to-wheel analysis. It will continue to be so if no change is made to the methods of electricity generation in the near future. Given that the environmental profile of EVs is linked with the existing national electricity generation mix, the national electricity supply must be made cleaner before the electrification of the urban transport system.

에코캠퍼스 대학생의 환경의식과 행동이 에코투어리즘 참여의도에 미치는 영향

본 연구는 에코캠퍼스 대학생들의 환경의식과 환경행동 실태를 파악하고 이러한 요인들이 에코투어리즘 참여의도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보고자 에코투어리즘의 개념을 이해하는 에코캠퍼스 재학생들을 대상으로 직접 설문을 실시하여 요인분석, 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 그 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 에코캠퍼스 대학생들의 환경의식요인은 환경의지, 환경관심, 환경지식 3가지로 나누어졌고, 환경행동요인은 친환경구매행동, 사용행동, 절약행동요인으로 나누어졌다. 환경의식요인들은 환경행동요인 각각에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 특히 환경의식요인 중 환경관심요인은 환경행동 3가지 요인 모두에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 환경의지요인은 구매행동에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤고, 환경관심요인은 사용행동에, 환경지식요인은 절약행동에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타남에 따라 이는 향후 친환경 행동들을 실행하기 위한 환경의식교육의 기초자료가 될 것으로 기대된다. 또한 에코캠퍼스 대학생들은 환경친화적 관광활동인 에코투어리즘 참여의도에도 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 환경의지요인과 환경구매행동요인이 에코투어리즘 참여의도에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. This study examined the environmental consciousness and behaviors of University students for the Eco-campus and assessed the impact of environmental consciousness and behavior on the eco-tourism participation intention. Students of Eco-Campus Silla University in Busan were evaluated using purposive sampling. The data was analyzed using the SPSS program. The results of this study showed that they had an interest in environmental problems. In addition, the environmental consciousness and behavior factors affected the eco-tourism participation intention. These results suggest that more reinforced and improved environmental education should be offered by universities to reveal the importance of the environment.

Integrated model for assessing the cost and CO2 emission (IMACC) for sustainable structural design in ready-mix concrete

Cost has traditionally been considered the most important factor in the decision-making process. Recently, along with the consistent interest in environmental problems, environmental impact has also become a key factor. Accordingly, there is a need to develop a method that simultaneously reflects the cost and environmental impact in the decision-making process. This study proposed an integrated model for assessing the cost and CO(2) emission (IMACC) at the same time. IMACC is a model that assesses the cost and CO(2) emission of the various structural-design alternatives proposed in the structural-design process. To develop the IMACC, a standard on assessing the cost and CO(2) emission generated in the construction stage was proposed, along with the CO(2) emission factors in the structural materials, based on such materials' strengths. Moreover, using the economic and environmental scores that signify the cost and CO(2) emission reduction ratios, respectively, a method of selecting the best design alternative was proposed. To verify the applicability of IMACC, practical application was carried out. Structural designs were assessed, each of which used 21, 24, 27, and 30 MPa ready-mix concrete (RMC). The use of IMACC makes it easy to verify what the best design is. Results show the one that used 27 MPa RMC was the best design. Therefore, the proposed IMACC can be used as a tool for supporting the decision-making process in selecting the best design alternative.

목포지역 중학생들의 환경교과교육 실시 효과에 관한 비교 조사연구

The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of the environmental education system focusing on the knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to environmental education to the students in Mokpo middle school. The study is accomplished by the survey which includes a total of 268 inquiry lists sampled from four groups of the middle school, one of which composing of two middle schools having the environmental curriculum, hereafter referred as 'the case group' and the other group of two middle schools without the curriculum, hereafter referred as the 'the control group'. From the results of the average scores on the environmental knowledge, attitude and practice between the two groups, the case group showed better knowledge scores than the control group (p<0.05). The case group with environmental education were relatively high to the control group without environmental education to the attitude(p<0.05), and did not showed signifiant differences in the environmental practice. From the results of stepwise multiple regression analysis, the factor affecting the environmental knowledges was the interest in the environment problems (<TEX>$R^2=0.130$</TEX>), economic status, academic achievement and the necessity of environment conservations in order. The factor most affecting to environmental attitude and practice were the interest in environmental problems of the parents.

1514 全閉外扇形モータのファン騒音に関する共鳴音解析(J11-3 ファン騒音,J11 流体関連の騒音と振動)

In recent years, with the rise of interest in environmental problems, noise reduction in motors has become a strigent requirement There are three kinds of motor acoustic noise: ventilation noise, electromagnetic noise and machine noise. It is assumed that ventilation noise in high speed machines consists mostly of fan noise. Fan noise, depends on the number of rotations and the number of fan blades and by the turbulence sound produced by the disturbed flow of cooling air. Many studies have been done on reduction of fan blade and turbulence noise by flow analysis based on fan blade number and shape. However, there have been no papers describing the space resonance frequency of the fan space, which is a propagation channel of the fan noise. Thus, in this paper, the space resonance frequency and resonance mode of the fan channel analyzed by Helmholts theory and experiments. The effect of rotational sound and resonance mode on noise is also described.

318 小形磁気ディスク装置の環境負荷評価の検討(G.S.工学一般,九州支部 第58期総会・講演会)

In proportion to the growing interest in environmental problems, it is required to assess the present condition first and establish a method to grasp the entire environmental loads in quantitative terms. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is to quantitatively assess the environmental load of products or services through their lifetime, is now under development for the purpose. In this paper, to improve the LCA of a Small HDD, we have proposed a new type Eco-HDD using biodegradable plastics. An Eco-HDD is improved by max. 20.2% (CO_2) in comparison with the conventional one.

Ecología, ciencia natural y biopolítica

On the basis of Foucault, this essay outlines a critical perspective for understanding the political and scientific conceptualization of the environment that emerges in contemporary concern with the environmental crisis. Current interest in environmental problems is a manifestation of what Foucault defined as the biopolitics of population. This new government rationality is linked to the extension and instilutionalizalion of new spheres of scientific knowledge, expressed in the ecology of modern systems. It also considers Foucault's characterization of the natural sciences and, on the basis of this, analyzes the significance of this type of sciences in contemporary biopolitics.

Eutrophication of Lake Wingra: A Chemistry-Based Environmental Science Module

The paper describes the development and field test of a curriculum module for introductory chemistry by an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary team representing the disciplines of chemistry, biology, political science, environmental management and computer visualization. The module was designed to show that a serious and common worldwide environmental problem, the eutrophication of freshwater lakes, is directly related to the chemical reactions of phosphates. The module, which includes a student manual, an instructor's manual, and a computer visualization component, is based on a case study of Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The module was field tested at two sites, after which 80% of students gave it a high overall rating. Attitude questionnaires administered before and after the unit was taught showed that students increased their interest in environmental problems, increased their understanding of the complexity of the problems, and had a higher level of personal commitment to address environmenta...

最近の特殊鋼 （Ｉ）

The surroundings of special steel products have remarkably changed in the past decade by the fast growth of electronics communication, borderless world wide market, and high social interest in environmental problems. Product process has been improved for total cost reduction in particular in structural steels and bearing steels, and in stainless steels or welding materials, many steels have been developed with specialized performance for distinctive usage. The applications for special steel powder are also increasing with new performances which could not be achieved by conventional special steels.