Search results for "Sustainable development"
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Conception of a territorial observation and prospective tool for energy. The case of fuelwood.
2008
International audience; Decentralized energy planning has been emerged in France since the last three decades especially due to the development of renewable energies. One corollary is the increase of local actors' role in energy and land planning. In order to help them carrying out efficient policies, decision support systems (DSS) have been developed. In this paper, the authors deal with a DSS applied to fuelwood sector.
Building scenarios for a LUTI model : articulation of spaced based models and an agent based model
2013
International audience
Tackling Performance Challenges in Organic Photovoltaics: An Overview about Compatibilizers
2020
Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) based on Bulk Heterojunction (BHJ) blends are a mature technology. Having started their intensive development two decades ago, their low cost, processability and flexibility rapidly funneled the interest of the scientific community, searching for new solutions to expand solar photovoltaics market and promote sustainable development. However, their robust implementation is hampered by some issues, concerning the choice of the donor/acceptor materials, the device thermal/photo-stability, and, last but not least, their morphology. Indeed, the morphological profile of BHJs has a strong impact over charge generation, collection, and recombination processes; control o…
Realization of Regional Operational Programme of the Opolskie Voivodeship 2014-2020. Assumption and Activities In the Opole Agglomeration in the Cont…
2019
Celem artykułu jest identyfikacja i ocena działań mających wpływ na rozwój aglomeracji opolskiej na gruncie koncepcji zrównoważonego rozwoju. Istotne jest zidentyfikowanie działań podejmowanych w zakresie prowadzonej polityki w ramach istniejącego obszaru funkcjonalnego oraz ich ocena w kontekście założeń zrównoważonego rozwoju. Aby zrealizować tak określony cel, analizę oparto na typach projektów finansowanych w ramach RPO WO 2014-2020 oraz zasięgu ich oddziaływania. W rozważaniach uwzględniono trzy główne aspekty rozwoju zrównoważonego: ekonomiczny, społeczny oraz środowiskowy. Ponadto starano się zidentyfikować korzyści płynące z prowadzonych przez Stowarzyszenie Aglomeracji Opolskiej dz…
Cooperation in Managing the Environmental Function in Agriculture as a Condition for Integration of the Borderland Areas of the Czech Republic and Po…
2018
The aim of the study is to justify the need for cooperation in the sphere of managing the environmental function in the agriculture of the borderland areas of Poland and the Czech Republic. Until now, thanks to the so-called “green structure of the Common Agricultural Policy” the environment-related requirements in agriculture have come from the top and have been of the universal character. In the agricultural policy following 2020, it is state governments and multilevel management structures which will have been responsible for programming and implementing environmental and climatic strategies in this sector. In borderland areas, solutions that will be accepted may become a source of confl…
Do you like driving? A critical view on car advertising and its environmental rhetoric
2018
Sustainable development, as well as other narratives within the framework of environmental conservation, is often used as an advertising resource to improve a brand image. In this paper, a teaching proposal based on a critical analysis of the discourse of a set of television commercials is presented. Specific attention is given to the car industry, due to its huge environmental implications and its impact in mass media and popular culture. This study highlights that persuasive discourses around automobile still persist, which are more emotional than rational, as a way to elude the true debates about today's social and environmental challenges. El desarrollo sostenible, así como algunos otro…
Managing the complexity of green innovation
2022
PurposeGreen innovation can promote both environmental sustainability and economic growth. However, its development and implementation can be complex due to the need to align innovation activities within and across companies. In this study, the authors examined how this complexity can be managed by analyzing how individual companies combine different innovation activities to develop green innovation, and how companies along the value chain align to implement these innovations.Design/methodology/approachThe dataset comprises both interviews and a survey of senior executives from the Swedish wood construction industry. These data were first analyzed by using fuzzy set qualitative comparative …
Kestävä kehitys -aiheisen projektityön vaikutus 8.-luokkalaisten ympäristöasenteisiin ja käyttäytymiseen
2017
Ihmisen ja luonnon hyvinvoinnin kannalta on tärkeää, että ihmiset oppivat elämään kestävän kehityksen periaatteiden mukaisesti. Nuorten asenteet ympäristöä kohtaan ovat myönteisiä, mutta asenteet eivät heijastu suoraan käyttäytymiseen. Ympäristökasvatuksen tavoitteena on mahdollistaa jokaiselle ihmiselle kestävään elämään tarvittavien tietojen, taitojen ja asenteiden omaksuminen. Kestävään elämäntapaan kuuluu yksilötason toiminta, kuten kulutustottumukset, sekä yhteiskunnallinen osallistuminen ja vaikuttaminen. Kestävän elämäntavan opetuksen tulisi sisältää oman lähiympäristön asioihin vaikuttamisen harjoittelemista omassa oppilaitoksessa sekä yhteistyössä muiden yhteiskunnan toimijoiden ka…
Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustainable Development in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Descriptive Exploratory Study in Romania
2021
In the context of growing concerns regarding the deterioration of the environment and the increase in social inequalities, the concept of sustainability emerged as a response of companies, in order to contribute to community goodwill. The drivers and obstacles for the businesses engaging in sustainable policies have been explored at large by scientific literature. However, research gaps were observed, namely regarding SMEs, that tend to have a less formal and more fragmented approach to sustainability. The goal of our study is to determine the main barriers and facilitators for sustainability that Romanian SMEs face, and the connections between them and with the firms’ characteristics. Our …
Current state and future perspectives of biochar applications in Finland
2018
Kiinnostus biohiiltä kohtaan lisääntyy jatkuvasti, sillä biohiili tarjoaa taloudellisia ja ympäristön kannalta kestäviä ratkaisuja. Biohiiltä on tutkittu Suomessa noin kymmenen vuotta, mutta vasta viime aikoina sen taloudellinen kannattavuus on tunnistettu. Aikaisemmat biohiileen liittyvät tutkimukset ovat keskittyneet lähinnä pyrolyysiprosessiin, biohiilen ominaisuuksiin sekä biohiilen potentiaalisten käyttökohteiden tutkimiseen. Biohiilen markkinatilannetta ei ole vielä Suomessa tutkittu, lukuun ottamatta biohiilen käyttöä energiantuotannossa (biohiilen poltto), mikä on kuitenkin rajattu tästä tutkimuksesta. Tämän työn tarkoitus on tutkia biohiilen käytön nykyistä tilannetta ja sen tuleva…