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Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability of Short Food Supply Chains
2019
The production and distribution of food are among the hot topics debated in the context of sustainable development. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are now widely believed to be more sustainable in comparison to mass food delivery systems. To date, very little quantitative evidence exists on the impacts of various types of food supply chains. Using a cross-sectional quantitative approach, this study assesses the sustainability of distribution channels in short and long food supply chains based on 208 food producers across seven countries: France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Ten distribution channel types are used in this study. To provide a comprehensiv…
Connecting Sustainability Organizational Models with SDGs
2023
The scientific works have been divided into 10 chapters. Hence, each chapter deeper analyzes the conference’s main topic. Thus, focusing on the study of the social dimension of sustainability from the human resource management point of view, several studies analyze its influence on social performance, as well as its consideration when applying quality management principles and practices as a driver to the social dimension of the organization since these practices could lead to the development of a sustainable orientation. Additionally, it is also important to analyze how work-family conflict and professional stress among financial workers and their relationships levers to burnout syndrome. …
The ecosocial approach in social work as a framework for structural social work
2016
The article aims to deepen the understanding of structural social work from the point of view of the ecosocial framework. It analyses selected current international literature from the debate on the new wave of various interpretations of ecological social work. The debate shares four main themes: (a) a global perspective, (b) a critical view of professional social work, (c) a holistic ecosocial transition of society and (d) environmental and ecological justice. The ecosocial framework challenges structural social work to follow the principles of sustainable development and considers environmental issues as a crucial part of the goals and practical activities of structural social work.
Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Tool: Case Study of Green Biorefineries in Danish Agriculture
2020
In this work, a novel, dynamic sustainability assessment tool is presented and validated in a case study. This tool combines two methods&mdash
ECOSYSTEM MODELING FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
2015
Setting new coordinates in modeling in order to ensure sustainable development in the context of the Europe 2020 strategy requirements / Horizon 2020 is a priority for protecting natural resources. The current challenges are in identifying the key aspects of IT processes, economic and ecosystem problems to ensure sustainable development. The main objectives are: a. understanding that creation and dissemination of complex system are the basic factors of economic growth; b. modeling ecosystem should take into account a strategy based on memetic engineering, bounded rationality and "Just in time" decisions. Among the conclusions: a. ecosystem modeling should take into account a strategy that s…
CONVERSIONS
2019
Nowadays different and various forms of resilience draw our attention but, there is no doubt that, among all the inflated meanings of this term, we are greatly attracted by the one concerning the ability of the material itself to regenerate in a different present when it is widely employed both in sophisticated technologies and also in very simple methodologies to support Man in his research, his knowledge and his production in a world still to be planned far from the logic of the brutal beton. Today the anthropic world of what has already been built must be reconsidered in terms of redesign, systemic rewording, methods and results employed in the making (even in the case of new artifacts).…
ARIA - Abitarla con criterio
2019
Si chiude un ciclo: «fuoco, acqua, terra, aria», ma per citare Aristotele, dovremmo ancora affrontare il tema della ‘quinta essenza’ quale quinto elemento di riflessione1. Questo potrà condurci ad una lettura ancor più ampia dei temi dell’Archi- tettura con i sui principi di vita e di moto, ora intermedia- ti fra anima e corpo, ora assimilati al principio storico che ci può distaccare dalla pesantezza del costruito, ripensando l’Architettura oltre la sua materia componente, dove l’Aria diviene parte della sua essenza. Un ventaglio di esperienze progettuali (più o meno note) mostra il tema sotto vari pro- fili, questo il senso del contributo al “4° Bio-Incontro Aria… il respiro della terra”.…
ANALYSIS OF HOWECOTOURISMIN PROTECTED AREAS INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
2013
Tourism, which, by its specific, uses natural resources, is an important contribution to environmental damage. In this context, efforts to find and promote holiday forms that have a low environmentalimpact, forms known as ecotourism, ecological tourism, tourism in protected areas, green tourism. Tourism industry stakeholders have become increasingly sensitive to environmental issues and few are those who now believe commercial activities have nothing to do with the development of ecological actions. Also many tour operators believe that the natural resources have economic value only if they are reasonably valued.
The incorporation of the ecosocial perspective as cross-curricular content in EFL. An exploratory action research experience
2019
Esta investigación pretende modestamente contribuir a hacer frente a uno de los retos más importantes a los que se enfrenta la humidad: la crisis global ecosocial. Con una visión crítica de la educación, el trabajo analiza desde la teoría y la práctica educativa la viabilidad de la incorporación de una perspectiva ecosocial como contenido transversal de la asignatura de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera en la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria en España. El trabajo describe el proceso y los resultados obtenidos en una experiencia de investigación en la acción en el ámbito educativo desarrollada en un instituto público de Valencia en marzo de 2019, para la que se diseñaron y llevaron a cabo clases…
Hunger and sustainability
2019
This paper examines the problem of world hunger and discusses potential solutions to it. It reflects on the debate about whether transgenic foods should be used, which is more of a social controversy than a scientific one. Sustainability is considered a key driver for innovation that can be used as a basis for assessing the problem of hunger in the world, and the question is inseparable from its ethical aspects. Given that economic growth does not directly equate to human development, this paper states that it is necessary to address the problem of poverty and hunger from the capacity development framework according to human rights. Poverty causes disability by limiting human development; i…