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In East Asia, the path of economic integration that started at the end of World War II, through catch-up industrialization, took a distinguished path. Started in Japan and supported by diffusion of technologies through learning and easier relocation of industries within the region, energy intensive industrialization expanded into countries with fewer development operations. Aided by official development assistance and foreign direct investment, the emergence of production networks across Southeast and East Asia permitted second- and third-tier economies to catch up with advanced economies in technology, technical skill development, and narrow the development gaps. The pattern of East Asia's catch-up has been extensively studied, with the 'Flying Geese' model being the well-known paradigm. This process of catch-up also leads to increased emissions and air, water, and soil pollutions, and to movement of emission intensity and pollutions to second- and third-tier economies. From the perspective of the energy–development nexus, does it mean that East Asia's growth pattern still could not break away from the historical path dependency in energy-intensive industrialization observed elsewhere? This and the following questions are pursued in the paper: What factors lead to the emergency and subsequent dispersal of the 'flying geese'? What were the main characteristics of integrated environmental and energy policy formulation during the dispersal, and what lessons could be learned from those experiences for sustainable future? To our knowledge, this paper is the first such direct attempt to understand the link between the Flying Geese model and energy policies in East Asian economic development. Using the historical data on trade and energy consumption, we demonstrate that East Asian governments have proactively addressed energy intensity concerns, and have further intensified the policy. We also draw lessons learned from the model for its potential application in solving global sustainability challenges.

This article highlights results of a needs assessment study that gauged extending a sustainability-based university service-learning program on a community-wide scale. A drop-off survey (response rate 88 percent) was administered to selected community organizations (N=40) within five different disciplines ranging from natural resources to engineering, in Logan, Utah. Results revealed that the majority (91 percent) of community organizations surveyed desired a working partnership with the university for current and future sustainability-related issues. While the survey population sample was purposely small to ascertain the general background of potential partnerships among major community organizations, the results provide insight into major community concerns and how a coordinated, cross-discipline service-learning program would be beneficial to all parties in addressing these issues.

This paper addresses the question under which conditions small-scale urban agriculture (UA) initiatives can accelerate a sustainability transition of the global food system. It develops the notion of a glocal garden, a large number of likeminded local initiatives with a global impact and forms of worldwide collaboration. Taking a transition perspective, the glocal garden, producing vegetables and fruits, is a niche that has to overcome barriers to compete with the dominant food regime. Since a sustainability transition restructures (policy) sectors, institutional domains including knowledge systems, the paper explores which innovations are needed for the glocal garden to succeed. It discusses the glocal garden as an environmental, a social, an economic and a global project. As an environmental project, the glocal garden will link sustainable production of food with renewable energy production. As a social project, it will be organized into a consumers' cooperative. As an economic project, it will strive for profit, increasing the yield in a sustainable manner. As a global project, it will enhance collaboration between local cooperatives in the North and the South, as well as with rural agriculture. Under these conditions, the glocal garden can develop into a power, able to resist a possible future food regime that splits societies, in terms of quality standards and food products, into haves and have-nots.

The following document is an application of the fiscal sustainability model for Costa Rican economy. The model uses the methodology of natural debt limit proposed by Mendoza and Oviedo (2009) as well as a set of Montecarlo simulations to estimate the probability of surpassing this limit. The model is a simplification of the one applied by Tanner and Samake (2007) and Fernandez K. (2005). After forecasting a 3 year period a 76.09% probability to exceed the limit of debt was obtained indicating that the economy has a high risk of unsustainable debt, in this context is was proposed, based on the IRF's, a possible contractive fiscal politic was encountered. ; El presente documento es una aplicación de un modelo de sostenibilidad fiscal para la economía de Costa Rica. Se utiliza la metodología de límite natural de deuda propuesta por Mendoza y Oviedo (2009) y Simulaciones Montecarlo para calcular la probabilidad de superar este límite. El modelo presentado es una simplificación del aplicado por Tanner y Samake (2007) y Fernández (2005). Pronosticando 3 años se obtiene un 76,09% de probabilidad de superar el límite de deuda definido como crítico, lo que indica que la economía posee un alto riesgo de insostenibilidad de la deuda. Es por ello que basado en funciones de impulso respuesta se concluye el posible resultado de una política fiscal contractiva.

Prioritizing Sustainable Urban Regeneration Practices: Addressing Contemporary Urban Challenges through the lens of Public Participation -- Participation in Public Space Regeneration -- A Model of Innovative Participation in Urban Regeneration Processes of Venues Born from a Collective Vocation: Parma Città D'oro Experience -- Implementing a Participatory Design Approach to Create a Sensory-Friendly Public Space for Children with Special Needs -- Participation in Built Heritage Regeneration -- The Regeneration of the Urban Commons: An Opportunity for Circular Cities -- Community Participation of China's Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of Sanxue Historical District in Xi'an -- Participation in Informal Settlements Regeneration -- Improving Liveability through Regenerating Informal Neighbourhoods: A Case of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh -- The New Strategy of Urban Village Regeneration: the comprehensive improvement project in Jingle Village, Shenzhen, China -- Participation in Ecological Regeneration -- An Ecology Model for Participatory Strategies: Community-led Green Networks and its Social and Spatial Agents -- Cultural and Natural Heritage, Synergy in Regeneration of Tropical Cities. Laguna Del Carpintero Wetland and its Surroundings, Gulf of Mexico.

Introduction: theories, concepts, and new research accounts of regional economic resilience -- Adaptation, adaptability, and resilience of regions under economic crises: a conceptual framework -- Regional economic resilience under COVID-19: towards new research agendas -- The economic r resilience of old industrial cities in China: a call for multiple perspectives -- Industrial structure or agency: What affects regional economic resilience? Evidence from resource-based cities in China.

Chapter 1: Introduction to ICT and Smart technologies in Cities -- Chapter 2: The role of ICT and Smartness for Peace-building Processes (with Narrative of 8 positive peace pillars/dimensions) -- Chapter 3: ICT for well-functioning government in cities -- Chapter 4: ICT for equitable distribution of resources in cities -- Chapter 5: ICT for free flow of information in cities -- Chapter 6: ICT for good relations with neighbours in cities -- Chapter 7: ICT and high levels of human capitals in cities -- Chapter 8: ICT and acceptance of the rights of others in cities -- Chapter 9: ICT and low levels of corruption in cities -- Chapter 10: ICT and sound business environment in cities -- Chapter 11: Learning from practices and the use of ICT for positive peace -- Chapter 12: Augmented Plans: Future Directions and Potential Pathways. .

Chapter1. Addressing the new global challenges and risks in financial market .-Chapter2. Interdependencies between sustainable financial market and sustainable business -- Chapter3. Corporate Sustainability and value creation. A perspective of companies and the financial market -- Chapter4. ESG risk in financial decisions of financial markets' and companies -- Chapter5. Analysing the links between financial markets' ESG risk assessment process and corporate sustainability -- Chapter6. Business models for sustainable value creation in companies and financial markets -- Chapter7. Sustainable adaptation of companies through financial markets.

AbstractFactors such as investments in environmentally clean technologies, globalization, and institutional quality significantly increase environmental quality. The study aims to provide light on how environmental technologies, institutional quality, globalization, and economic growth affect a sustainable environment. In addition, this study evaluates the European Union's carbon zero target by 2050 and the results of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, which was put on the agenda at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-26). For this purpose, ten countries (Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland) that invest in the highest environmental technology in the European Union were selected in the study. The data range of the study is from 1990 to 2019. Also, the validity of the load capacity curve (LCC) hypothesis was investigated in these countries. The CCEMG and DCCE estimators were used to estimate long-run coefficients. When the panel was assessed as a whole, the LCC hypothesis was determined to be valid by both estimators. According to country-based results, it has been determined that the LCC hypothesis is valid only for Spain. The study also includes the following observations. (i) Environmental technologies increase LCF for Austria, improving environmental quality. (ii) Globalization reduces LCF for Austria. (iii) Institutional quality variable decreases LCF for Austria and increases LCF for Germany and France. These findings suggest that to attain a sustainable environment in the future, policymakers should raise research and development budgets for environmental technology, enhance the standards of institutions, and take globalization into account.
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This study examined roles of state and indigenous institutions in environmental resource governance along the Ethiopia-Kenya border. We used a qualitative approach to discuss the research objectives. Interviews, focus group discussions and scheduled interviews were used as instruments of data collection. The results demonstrate that the customary institutions have survived and served for generations in defending the rangeland environment from tragic destruction enabled pastoralists to go beyond borders to get ecological benefits of mobility as an adaptive strategy. Now, unlike before, the role of indigenous institution is declining due to a lack of recognition and exploitation by the state apparatus.