Level Of Sustainable Development Research Articles

Environment Education for Sustainable Development (SD) Among Primary School Teachers

Environment Education is a priority for sustainable development at primary school level in line with UNESCO to produce citizens with sustainable lifestyles. This study aims to identify the level of knowledge, attitude and practice/behaviour among primary school teachers regarding the environmental education for sustainable development. It then also analysed the relationship between the level of knowledge, attitude and practice/behavior of sustainable development. Data were obtained quantitatively through a questionnaire survey where 300 teachers were randomly selected to be involved in this survey. The result showed that the level of knowledge of sustainable development among primary school teachers is high with the mean value of 3.80. The level of attitude sustainable development is also at a high level with the mean at 3.70 meanwhile the level of practice/behavior, sustainable development at moderate level with the mean of 3.25. This study also revealed that there is a strong and significant relationship between the level of knowledge and attitude of sustainable development primary school teachers with r -value at 0.765. There is a weak correlation between the level of teacher’s attitude and their practice/behavior with r -value at 0.455. It clearly showed that higher knowledge influences the attitudes of primary school teachers for sustainable development. At the other point, higher knowledge and attitude is not a guarantee towards positive practice/behavior for sustainable development among primary school teachers. This situation needs improvement and an effective way to produce today's generation that loves their environment and nature. Teachers as an educator became a front liner group for making sure environment education is successful at primary school level.

Economic Strategy for Developing the Oil Industry in Mexico by Incorporating Environmental Factors

This article presents a methodological approach that can more effectively solve environmental problems related to the activities of oil companies. Traditionally, environmental factors have been seen as merely an additional cost that obstructs economic development. The contribution of the authors’ approach lies in the fact that it substantiates the need and the possibility to increase the potential for the functioning and development of the country, for the case of Mexico, while considering environmental factors on a scientific basis. This study proposes a methodology and, therefore, the selection of a strategy for the development of Mexico’s oil industry, ensuring an increase in its environmental and economic efficiency and the sustainability of its territorial functioning and development. The methodology presented in this article develops the concept of sub-potentials, which include the sub-potentials of reproduction, protection, management and development, and reserve. Sub-potentials, particularly the protection sub-potential, integrate environmental components. Neglecting environmental factors leads to an increase in the sub-potentials of the threat and deterrence. Environmental factors are analyzed as a part of a unified strategy for the development of the country, when presenting the formation of a comprehensive system of indicators using management guidelines and a three-dimensional assessment of the criteria for the development of the country’s oil and gas sector. The consequence of using this methodology is the integration of the environmental component of the development in the oil and gas sector into the country’s unified socio-economic strategy. This can effectively solve environmental problems and achieve socio-economic development goals. Consequently, incorporating the environmental aspect based on the proposed methodology permits the effective utilization of society’s limited resources. The application of this systematic approach, encompassing all levels of sustainable strategic development—the oil company, the industry, and the country—also yields additional synergies.

Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Regional Land Use Dynamics and Its Potential Ecosystem Impact under Carbon Neutral Pathways in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area

The spatiotemporal distribution of ecosystem service values (ESVs) and ecological risk are critical indicators to represent the regional ecological protection level and potential of sustainable development, which largely depend on land-use patterns. Aiming to contribute to global climate mitigation, China has proposed dual-carbon goals that would remarkably influence the land-use/cover change (LUCC) distribution. Based on the Landsat land cover data of 2000, 2010 and 2020 and multisource satellite products, several driving factors are integrated into the patch-generating land use simulation (PLUS) model to simulate future LUCC patterns for the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) under rapid urbanization, cropland protection and carbon neutral (CN) scenarios from 2020 to 2050. Spatial–temporal ecosystem service and ESVs are allocated using INVEST and the equivalent factor method and thus ecological risks are evaluated using the entropy method. Results indicate that forest growth is the largest under the CN scenario, especially in the northwestern and northeastern GBA, exceeding 25,800 km2 in 2050, which results in both the highest habitat quality and carbon storage. The largest ESVs, reaching higher than 5210 yuan/pixel, are found in the CN scenario, particularly expanding toward the suburban area, leading to the lowest ecological risks. From 2020 to 2050, habitat quality, carbon storage and ESVs improve, while ecological risks decline in the CN scenario. This research provides implications for economic and ecological balanced development and gives references to the carbon-neutral pathway for the GBA.

Research on cross-border e-commerce logistics under the sharing economy model

As an important part of cross-border e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce logistics occupies a very important position in cross-border e-commerce, but its development in China is relatively lagging behind that of cross-border e-commerce, and this situation needs to be resolved urgently. The emergence of the sharing economy model provides possible solutions to the problems in cross-border e-commerce logistics. This article analyzes the current development status of cross-border e-commerce logistics in China, defines and analyzes the feasibility of the “sharing economy + cross-border e-commerce logistics” model, and finally proposes the “sharing economy + cross-border e-commerce logistics” model corresponding policy recommendations to better support cross-border e-commerce to achieve a high level of sustainable development.

ESG Sustainable Evaluation of the Silk Road on Ice Based on Entropy Weight TOPSIS Method

As an international economic and trade cooperation project, "Ice Silk Road" is of excellent research significance to the sustainable development construction strategy proposed by China. Based on the ESG sustainable evaluation framework, this paper constructs a sustainable evaluation index system for the "Ice Silk Road" project from three dimensions: society, environment and governance. Then, the entropy weight method and TOPSIS model were used to sort and evaluate the sustainable development performance of relevant countries along the "Ice Silk Road" project from 2013 to 2019, and suggestions were put forward for the research on ESG sustainable development construction of the "Ice Silk Road" project. The results showed that the environmental dimension accounted for a large part of the sustainable development performance from 2013 to 2019, and there were differences in the level of sustainable development infrastructure construction among countries along the "Ice Silk Road" project. Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Japan and the United Kingdom ranked top in comprehensive strength. Denmark, Norway and South Korea have the highest level of sustainable development, while China has the lowest overall score, but China has a large room for improvement in the future from the social and environmental dimensions of development; China needs to strengthen exchanges and cooperation to promote the sustainable development of the "Ice Silk Road" project.

Environmental issues, governmental policies, and accountability on the public communication agenda. Statistical results from Central and Eastern European countries

This paper highlights the importance of environmental policies in a social and economic context characterized by multiple structural crises. The beginning of the XXI-st century proposes a new perspective, based on the transition from industrial to clean energy and green economies. In this context, environmental preservation should be seen as a main goal for decision-makers and the civic community. The paper aims to identify several relevant predictors that are involved in the further dynamics of the Environmental Performance Index. In order to argue the role played by economic factors in preserving the environment, the paper used quantitative and multivariate statistics, being based on linear, nonlinear, and multiple equations of regression. Using one-way ANOVA and nearest neighbourhood methods, the paper highlights the fact that environmental performance is strongly related to economic welfare, governmental coordination of climate policies, the level of sustainable development, and civic accountability.

Coordination Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Development in Northeast China from the Perspective of Spatiotemporal Relationships

The coordination of sustainable agricultural development is essential for optimizing agricultural policies and ensuring food security. However, only a few studies have examined the temporal and spatial aspects of the coordination of sustainable agricultural development systems in Northeast China. This study proposed a theoretical framework based on the dissipative structure theory, which suggests that the coordination among the four subsystems of economy, society, resources, and technology plays a crucial role in determining the level of sustainable agricultural development in Northeast China (SADINC). Then, the present study took socioeconomic statistical data as data sources and integrated administrative division data using the ArcGIS platform, forming spatial data for municipal-level units of SADINC from 2000 to 2020. The entropy weight method was applied to analyze the change in sustainable agricultural development, while the coordination degree model was used to analyze the coordination among different subsystems. The main results showed a general increase in the index of SADINC. The central part of the study area generally exhibits higher urban economic and resource indices, while the southern region exhibits higher urban social and technological indices. The average coordination degree of SADINC decreased from 1.736 to 1.639, representing a decline of 0.097. Moreover, the spatial polarization in most cities’ coordination degrees and subsystem indicators is not pronounced. However, there are characteristics of high-high agglomeration and low-low agglomeration. The high-high aggregation of the coordination degree shows a dispersal pattern from the large-scale agglomeration in the south-east to the central part. The distribution of low-low agglomeration transforms from large-scale agglomeration in the west to small-scale agglomeration in the northeast. The implementation of agricultural policies has dramatically impacted the increase in the index of each subsystem in Northeast China from 2000 to 2022. However, it is crucial to ensure coordination among the subsystems. Therefore, future policies should focus on strengthening the coordination among the economic, social, resource, and technology subsystems to achieve sustainable agricultural development.

METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF A TRANSPORT ENTERPRISE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The goal of this article is to develop a methodology for assessing the level of sustainable development of a transport enterprise, which allows to supplement and expand the system of coefficients, taking into account the specificity of initial and boundary conditions of functioning, as well as the nature of the enterprise's goals, which makes it possible to adapt to a dynamically changing environment. To achieve this goal, a number of modern general scientific methods and research techniques have been used, namely: abstract and logical, including analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction; generalisation – for reviewing information sources, studying local and foreign experience; system analysis – for a holistic perception of the research object and a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between the elements within the defined problem as a whole; problem-oriented – for scientific substantiation of the methodology for assessing the level of transport sustainable development.
 Modern economic trends make it possible to emphasise the theoretical and practical importance of the problem of increasing the efficiency and sustainability of transport enterprises on the basis of technological transformation. At the same time, sustainable development of transport will entail technical and technological progress of the economy as a whole.
 The paper considers a methodology for assessing the level of sustainable development of transport enterprises, which involves five stages. The study also developed an approximate goal-setting system, which can be edited by the enterprise in accordance with its own priorities. This study systematised the indicators of sustainable development, which were divided into two groups, qualitative and quantitative, based on the goals set. Also, the article proposes a general integral indicator for assessing the level of sustainable development of an enterprise, based on the target approach, within which the indicators for achieving which are divided into indicators for achieving qualitative and quantitative goals in the areas of economic, environmental, social and technological activities, which allows to assess the degree of their implementation.
 The theoretical conclusions, approaches and recommendations proposed in the article can be used to determine the level of sustainable development of a transport enterprise, on the basis of which it is possible to formulate a conclusion about its ability to carry out further activities, which will allow making the right management decisions.

DEVELOPMENT OF INDICATORS FOR EVALUATING THE LEVEL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

The need to ensure the sustainable development of logistics organizational structures has been determined, because despite the significant development potential of the logistics sector in Ukraine and its importance for the state economy, the implementation of logistics operations is accompanied by a number of negative effects, which later manifests itself in problems of a social, ecological and economic nature. Modern trends regarding globalization and the determined course of Ukraine's integration into the EU actualize the need to reform transport and logistics systems in accordance with world standards, balancing urgent needs and protecting the interests of future generations, i.e. ensuring sustainable development.
 The analysis of scientific works showed that a large number of Ukrainian and foreign scientists pay attention to the study of sustainable development problems, as well as the theoretical and methodological foundations of implementing the principles of the concept in transport and logistics systems. However, a scientific gap is identified in terms of the need for improvement and further development of indicator systems for assessing the level of sustainable development of logistics organizational structures.
 A structural model of the hierarchical structure of the integral indicator was developed and, on its basis, using an additive formula, an indicator was formed to assess the level of balance of the sustainable development of logistics organizational structures. This balance is proposed to be evaluated according to the following aspects: territory, process and activity. The latter, in turn, should be consistent with the aspects that correspond to the following concepts of sustainable development: economic, ecological and social.
 We propose the indicators of sustainable development to be considered in the development of the concept of a balanced system of indicators, as a separate, fifth, component in the last, alongside such components as: satisfaction of needs (expectations of clients) and/or consumers; development of internal business processes; ensuring financial efficiency; staff training and development.
 Further research should lie in the plane of analysis and systematization of indicators that can be used as partial according to the proposed integral criterion.

Review of Research on Urban Social Space and Sustainable Development

Urban social space and sustainable urban development are both prominent areas of research in urban studies. The development of a city is closely tied to the development of its social space. The level of sustainable development in a city can be assessed by examining the evolution of its urban social space. Therefore, the two are highly interconnected in a close relationship. However, the social dimension of sustainable development has always received the least attention compared to the economy and the environment. Therefore, this paper examines urban transformation and urban spatial structure, social composition, the activity space and living space of urban residents, the social integration of urban residents in urban communities, and urban planning. This paper provides a comprehensive literature review of research on urban social space and sustainable development. On the one hand, this literature review thoroughly examines the correlation between urban social space and sustainable urban development. On the other hand, it broadens the perspectives of urban research, highlights the key role of social dimensions in sustainable urban development, and helps to draw the attention of academics to this topic. In addition, this literature review may provide policymakers with more comprehensive information on urban social space and sustainable development.

ОСНОВНЫЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ И ПРИНЦИПЫ УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ МАЛОГО БИЗНЕСА АГРАРНОГО СЕКТОРА ЭКОНОМИКИ

Small agricultural enterprises, providing high growth rates of agricultural production, are a significant resource of the state, whose role in the implementation of the food program is growing every year. Recent years have shown an increase in the number of small enterprises engaged in the cultivation of grain crops in the Russian Federation and in the Voronezh region.
 At the same time, many small agricultural enterprises have an insufficient level of production, labor and financial resources, which disrupts the sustainable development of economic entities and the occurrence of bankruptcy of small businesses, the termination of activities. All this requires the search for new approaches and principles for the formation of sustainable development of agricultural enterprises and the definition of their priority areas.
 The article summarizes and analyzes the existing concepts of "sustainability". The economic realities in the field of grain production are considered on the example of small enterprises in the Voronezh region. The risks and threats that contribute to the decline in the development of the grain sector of the economy, represented by small agricultural enterprises in the Voronezh region, are identified.
 The author proposes a system of qualitative and quantitative indicators to assess the level of sustainable development of small agricultural enterprises.
 To obtain conclusions on the stated topic of the publication, the method of comparing and comparing the indicators of small enterprises in the Voronezh region was used. The main principles of sustainable development of small businesses in the agricultural sector are disclosed, the implementation of which in the practice of small agricultural enterprises will contribute to the sustainable development of small businesses, the growth of food security in the Voronezh region and the Russian Federation as a whole.

Tracking sustainable development from the dual perspective of environmental and economic performance: A dynamic framework and coupling coordination degree

AbstractEvaluation of green development is crucial for policy analysis and decision‐making. To address the research gap on green development assessment systems, this study first presents the Super‐efficiency Bounded Adjusted Measure model to gage the green growth index and economic growth index. This analysis involves evaluation of the coupling coordination degree. Through the analysis of the coordination between green growth and economic growth leads to recommendations for each region under consideration in regards to promotion of the components of the sustainable growth. This study presents the model that melds the objectives of the green and economic growth and uses the results for constructing the sustainable development Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient for the analysis of the differences in the sustainable development levels across the regions. The empirical case is presented to show the possibilities for application of the proposed approach.

Forecasting Future Development under the Interactions among Sustainable Development Goals

Simulating the performance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides guidance to policymakers for faster achievement of the 2030 Agenda. However, current modeling and forecasting methods are not well thought out in terms of interactions between the SDGs. This study developed an iteration forecasting model considering the interactions of SDGs and simulated the SDGs’ progress from 2021 to 2030 for 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta under various sustainable development paths. The results indicated that the cities with the highest levels of sustainable development in the Yangtze River Delta would only achieve half of the goals by 2030 if they continued on their past paths. Learning from other cities resulted in a more significant improvement in the achievement of SDGs. Furthermore, the higher the development cost, the better the achievement of the goals. Compared to the other goals, SDG11 and SDG13 required higher development costs to be achieved. We optimized the development paths by taking development costs and goal attainment into account. The results showed that cities with high levels of economic development are more likely than cities with low levels of economic development to achieve SDG8 and SDG9 by 2030, while the opposite is true for SDG15.

Main directions of formation of tax policy of the organization in the conditions of introduction of ESG-technology

Aim. To consider the main problems of transformation of tax policy of the organization under the influence of ESG-regulations in the conditions of global development of integrated reporting and to establish the dependence of the level of sustainable economic development of the company, growth of its rating on the incorporation of tax policy elements into the indicators of financial and non-financial reporting.Objectives. To study the concept and significance of tax policy for the formation of qualitatively new integrated reporting; to determine the role of tax policy in improving the investment attractiveness and competitiveness of the company; to establish the impact of ESG-concept on the construction of tax policy and financial results of the company; to study the current state of the regulatory and legal framework of the Russian Federation (RF), which regulates the introduction of ESG-technology in the composition of local acts of the company.Methods. The study used private-scientific and general scientific methods, including methods of historical approach, systematization of empirical and theoretical research; analyzed the current legal and regulatory framework in the field of development and implementation of ESG-elements and identified the leading directions of tax policy formation in the conditions of ESG-rating.Results. The recommendations developed by state regulators on the formation of integrated reporting and ESG-rating of sustainable development do not reflect the tax component. In this regard, the methodology proposed by the author is designed to contribute to the formation of, in fact, an innovative complex local normative legal act, tax policy in general, which takes into account the specifics of the introduction (embedding) of ESG-components.Conclusions. Creation of a comprehensive science-based architecture of tax policy within the framework of ESG-technology will contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals of the company. In particular, it will improve the quality of integrated reports, increase investment attractiveness, strengthen the organization’s position in ESG-ratings and reduce tax risks.

A comparative study on the measurement of sustainable development of marine fisheries in China

Since 1989, China has been the largest aquatic producer in the world. The marine ecological environment is the “price” for the rapid development of fisheries economy, therefore, the sustainable development of fisheries industry is of great concern at home and abroad. This paper carried out a scientific evaluation of typical coastal provinces and cities by constructing an evaluation indicator system and clarifies the regional differences in the sustainable development capacity of China's marine fisheries industry for the first time. The results showed that since the second decade of the 21st century, the sustainability of marine fishery industry has been rising with fluctuation, among which, Shandong Province and Fujian Province have obvious advantages in sustainable development, while Tianjin, Hebei Province, and Shanghai still have large room for improvement. Resource environment and scientific and technological management factors have a significant impact on the sustainable development of China's marine fisheries, while economic and social factors have relatively little influence. Suggestions are put forward to improve the sustainable development level of marine fisheries in China's coastal areas, such as biological resources protection, fishery technology promotion and fishery industrial structure optimization.

The Canonical Discriminant Model of the Environmental Security Threats

The existence of modern humanity directly depends on environmental security. Human society, biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate safety are interdependent. The anthropogenic influence that causes irreversible climate change threatens both the ecosystem’s existence and humans’ survival. To maintain a balance between human well-being and a safe environment, it is important to have a diverse knowledge of the interrelations between the technological impact on the natural environment and climate change and an understanding of action strategies to mitigate climate change and ensure sustainable development. Applying a scientific approach, data analytics, and data science tools can effectively support climate change mitigation and prevent a climate disaster. Based on the components of the climate change performance index (CCPI) 2023 for 59 countries and the EU, a canonical discriminant model was built to identify the significant factors that influence the assessment of the effectiveness of climate protection in a particular country or region and the assessment of climate risks. It can be used to assess the level of climate protection effectiveness of countries that have not defined the CCPI 2023. Based on empirical data, we have determined the real weights of the relevant CCPI components in relation to the effectiveness of actions aimed at reducing global warming. We have established that there are additional factors important for assessing climate protection, but the CCPI rating does not consider them. We conducted a comparative analysis of the CCPI index and the sustainable development goals (SDG) index. The study establishes that the differences in environmental protection among the world’s countries do not determine the assessment of the level of sustainable development of the world’s countries. The obtained results can provide information to support decision-making in developing effective strategies and urgent actions to ensure climate protection.

Global measurement of ecological footprint in the context of sustainable development

The relationships between the ecological footprint indicator and the level of achievement of sustainable development goals at the global level were examined. Cluster analysis tools were used to assess such relationships by grouping countries with similar characteristics according to these two indicators. As a consequence, four clusters of countries were identified. The first cluster, which mainly includes African countries, is characterized by a low level of economic development and a minimal impact on the environment. It was determined that the second cluster includes many countries of the European Union, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Chile and it’s characterized by a high level of achievement of sustainable development goals and a moderate impact on nature. The third cluster, which includes India, Egypt, Indonesia and other countries, has a low ecological footprint, indicating conservation of natural resources and an average level of achievement of sustainable development goals. These countries have the potential for harmonious social, ecological and economic development. It was established that the countries of the fourth cluster have achieved a significant level of sustainable development, but they use large amounts of natural resources. It was found that the common directions of environmental policy for SDG achievement of are the fight against pollution, resource exhaustion and climate change to avoid a decrease in quality of of life of citizens.

Quantitative simulation and verification of the tourism economic resilience in urban agglomerations.

The concept of tourism economic resilience emphasizes the sustainable development level of tourism economy under uncertainty and risk. Focusing on urban agglomerations, this study aims to describe how the tourism economic resilience is developing, explore whether the resilience level is enhanced with urban agglomerations and whether spatial elements affect resilience levels. With the combination of the aggregation and diffusion effects and crowding effects of regional development, the study uses a combination of dynamic evaluation method, spatial kernel density, and mathematical models of urban agglomeration development to quantitatively analyze the spatiotemporal dynamic evolution of tourism economic resilience from 2006 to 2019, simulates and verifies its development patterns. The conclusions show that: (1) The tourism economic resilience in urban agglomerations is closely related to regional development and prosperity; (2) The development of tourism economic resilience also follows the spatial economic development pattern which moves towards equilibrium in aggregation process; (3) The tourism economic resilience of urban agglomerations has a fluctuation climbing node, generally presents as a wave-like upward trend with fluctuations and stages; (4) The evolutionary trend of tourism economic resilience in urban agglomerations presents as a slight wave-like upward curve that changes with time and co-opetition.

The Effect of Work Experience, Leader Supervision, and Integrity on Employee Work Achievement at the Office of the Ministry of Religion, Sungai Penuh City

Brand strategy for industrial upgrading is the inevitable move of China’s domestic down coat industry. And only relying on the eternal charm of brand to break through the inherent limitations of product life cycle, so that enterprises can always maintain a certain high level of brand competition and sustainable development. Based on previous research, this study putted forward the hypothesis that brand extension strategy had a significant effect on organizational performance in Chinese down coat industry, and then studied and analysed the relationship between brand extension strategy and its organizational performance through SEM analysis method. The results showed that brand strategy has a highly significant effect on organizational performance (β=.761***) in Chinese down coat brands, which has certain representative significance for enhance the overall competitiveness of Chinese down coat brands, ultimately, expect to be able to enter the high-end down coat market which is almost a blank market for most of China's domestic down coat brands.

Study on The Effects of Brand Extension Strategy on Organizational Performance in Chinese Down Coat Brands

Brand strategy for industrial upgrading is the inevitable move of China’s domestic down coat industry. And only relying on the eternal charm of brand to break through the inherent limitations of product life cycle, so that enterprises can always maintain a certain high level of brand competition and sustainable development. Based on previous research, this study putted forward the hypothesis that brand extension strategy had a significant effect on organizational performance in Chinese down coat industry, and then studied and analysed the relationship between brand extension strategy and its organizational performance through SEM analysis method. The results showed that brand strategy has a highly significant effect on organizational performance (β=.761***) in Chinese down coat brands, which has certain representative significance for enhance the overall competitiveness of Chinese down coat brands, ultimately, expect to be able to enter the high-end down coat market which is almost a blank market for most of China's domestic down coat brands