Ecosystem services and sustainable development: Perspectives from the food-energy-water Nexus

Yuan, Mei-Hua; Lo, Shang‐Lien

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101217

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“…In recent years, sustainable development has received considerable attention from different researchers to integrate environmental, economic, and social concerns in science and management (Xu et al, 2019;Nousheen et al, 2020;Shafieisabet & Haratifard, 2020;Yuan & Lo, 2020;Shulla et al, 2020;Laurett et al, 2021). Nguyen (2020) investigated the impact of sustainability on firm value.…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Model Based on Sustainable Development for Prioritizing Entrepreneurial Challenges Under a Competitive Environment

Khalilsanjani¹,

Šaparauskas²,

Yazdani-Chamzini³

et al. 2021

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In the post-recession period, the business environment in developing countries is still relatively undesirable. Based on the reports published, the number of closed entrepreneurs are significantly more than the number of those newly established. These statistics also reflect that the development of entrepreneurship faces several challenges. However, a strategic management program must be accurately conducted to effectively control entrepreneurial challenges based on the limitation of time and financial resources. On the other hand, the program should provide an appropriate opportunity for competitiveness by producing better quality goods and services successfully marketed to consumers. The aim of this paper is to propose a robust model with a high potential for evaluation of entrepreneurial challenges in order to identify and control the most critical ones. To achieve the aim, the most critical parameters should be identified to prevent wasting the resources. Likewise, the analytical network process (ANP) method, a branch of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques, is a powerful tool that can consider all interrelationships and interdependencies between criteria. On the other hand, neutrosophic sets are among the most widespread approaches in coping with vagueness and unknown environment. The methodology employed in this paper uses a combination model based on ANP and neutrosophic sets using sustainable development indicators to prioritize the challenges of entrepreneurship. The results show that the proposed model has a high potential to provide a process for decision-making under a vague environment.

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Developing a Model Based on Sustainable Development for Prioritizing Entrepreneurial Challenges Under a Competitive Environment

Khalilsanjani¹,

Šaparauskas²,

Yazdani-Chamzini³

et al. 2021

JOC

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“…Scholars such as Caprioli et al [51] and Cumming et al [32] have encouraged urban governments, scientists, planners, and designers to look to the biological principles of the natural world as well as consider the synergistic use of energy and resources [52,53] to meet infrastructure needs in both a cost-effective and sustainable way. Urban green infrastructure can deliver ecosystem services to support growing cities whilst remaining within the natural carrying capacity of the environment [54][55][56].…”

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“…Equally with climate change, heat loads and energy consumption within cities will become more intense and stressed. UGI can help cities adapt and build resilience in the face of such energy-based pressures [53,[63][64][65].…”

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The SDGs, Ecosystem Services and Cities: A Network Analysis of Current Research Innovation for Implementing Urban Sustainability

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Ecosystem services provide essential services for cities and are key factors in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Such services are best delivered through green infrastructure, which works in resourceful, multifunctional, synergistic, and environmentally sensitive ways to deliver ecosystem services and provide alternative cleaner pathways for the delivery of multiple urban services. It is unclear if current research supports the necessary linkages between ecosystem services, cities, and green infrastructure in order to achieve the SDGs. To answer this question, we conducted a systematic review analysing 3392 studies on the SDGs from the WoS database. The contents of 66 of those with relevance to ecosystem services and urban research were reviewed in depth. We applied network-analytic methods to map the relationships of different knowledge clusters of SDGs research (1) across time, (2) across disciplines, and (3) in relation to ecosystem services and cities. The results of our analysis show that research on the SDGs have developed stronger networks from 2010–2018, but this research has not been sustained. Further, whilst research on cities now occupies a central place in the SDGs literature, research on ecosystem services only shows tentative links to both green-infrastructure research and SDGs research. Such literature on urban green infrastructure remains peripheral to the central challenge of sustainable urban transitions. We conclude that when it comes to the SDGs, research articles typically consider urban services independently of green infrastructure. Further, it suggests that green infrastructure is not generally considered as a sustainable alternative to conventional urban infrastructures. To address this serious shortcoming, we recommend transdisciplinary approaches to link urban ecosystem and urban green infrastructure research to the 2030 global sustainability agenda.

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“…Increasingly warm and dry conditions can cause reduction in forest productivity and an increase in tree mortality, which can affect the provision of forest ecosystem services [4]. In addition, with the increase in the total population across the globe and the rapid development of the social economy, the demand for ecosystem services such as food, water resources, and energy has been intensified [5]. The consumption of global ecosystem services has been in an unsustainable state and will continue to deteriorate in many cases [6].…”

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Identification of Ecological Risk Zoning on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from the Perspective of Ecosystem Service Supply and Demand

2021

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With the interaction of global change and human activities, the contradistinction between supply and demand of ecosystem services in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is becoming increasingly tense, which will have a profound impact on the ecological security of China and even Asia. Based on land cover data on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 1990, 2005, and 2015, this paper estimated the supply capacity of ecosystem services using the value equivalent method, calculated the demand for ecosystem services using population density and economic density, established an ecosystem risk index based on the idea of an ecosystem service matrix to reveal the spatio-temporal pattern of the supply and demand of ecosystem services in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and identified the potential ecological risk areas arising from the imbalance between supply and demand. The results showed that: (1) In terms of the spatio-temporal pattern of land use change, the desert area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau decreased the most with 26,238.9 km2, and other types of land use increased, of which construction land increased by 131.7%; (2) In terms of the supply and demand of ecosystem services, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was mainly dominated by low-level surplus areas, accounting for 64.0%, and the deficit in some areas has worsened significantly; and (3) In terms of division pattern of ecological risk areas, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau presented characteristics of high risk in the east and low risk in the west. The high-risk area accounted for 1.1%, mainly distributed in the Huangshui Valley and the “One River and Two Tributaries” (Yarlung Zangbo River, Lhasa River, Nianchu River). The research results can provide reference for ecosystem management and policy formulation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and have important significance for realizing the coupling and coordinated development of human–land relationship in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

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Ecosystem services and sustainable development: Perspectives from the food-energy-water Nexus

Cited by 55 publications

References 64 publications

Developing a Model Based on Sustainable Development for Prioritizing Entrepreneurial Challenges Under a Competitive Environment

Developing a Model Based on Sustainable Development for Prioritizing Entrepreneurial Challenges Under a Competitive Environment

The SDGs, Ecosystem Services and Cities: A Network Analysis of Current Research Innovation for Implementing Urban Sustainability

Identification of Ecological Risk Zoning on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from the Perspective of Ecosystem Service Supply and Demand

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