Harnessing value-based financing for achieving SDGs: Social innovation model for Arab municipalities

Budalamah, Lulwa H.; El-Kholei, Ahmed O.; Al-Jayyousi, Odeh

doi:10.51758/agjsr-03-2019-0009

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“…As research by Kasri & Ismail (2021) also explains sustainable business analysis including governance, transparency, and social impact created, which can add value to the waqf sector globally as part of seeking sustainable and feasible contemporary alternatives to the waqf model. This is done due to optimizing the use of waqf for sustainable finance This indicates that driving sustainable Islamic finance not only in terms of finance in banking but can be done by optimizing Islamic social financial instruments, such as waqf which in this literature has been discussed quite a lot (Abduh, 2019;Abdullah, 2014;Adnan et al, 2021, Alshaleel, 2019Aslam & Bhatti, 2021;Hassana et al, 2020;Iskandar et al, 2021;Kasim et al, 2016;Budalamah et al, 2019;Noor et al, 2016;Rosman et al, 2019;Sulaiman et al, 2019;Tajudin et al, 2020;Umar & Danlami, 2022;Zain et al, 2019;Zain & Sori, 2020) .…”

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A Qualitative Review on Islamic Sustainable Finance

Sunarya

Rusydiana²

2022

JAM

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The current paradigm of Islamic economics and finance leads to comprehensive human development by taking into account the objectives of Islamic sharia (maqasid sharia). This study aims to determine the development and mapping of Islamic Sustainable Finance from research published by reputable journals with the theme of Islamic economics and finance. This study uses a qualitative method with data collection in the form of journal publications from various Scopus-indexed journals with the theme of Islamic Sustainable Finance. There are 154 journal publications with the theme of Islamic Sustainable Finance for the period 1994-2022. The data were processed with Microsoft Excel and analyzed using Nvivo 12 Plus software. The results show a fairly fluctuating increase in journal publications with the theme of Islamic Sustainable Finance. Of the 154 published journals indexed by Scopus, the words that appear the most are Islamic, finance, financial, sustainable, development, social, banking, financing, waqf, and economic with the percentage of each word being 3.22%, 1.55%, 1.50 %, 0.95%, 0.84%, 0.78%, 0.68%, 0.54%, 0.49%, and 0.48%. That is, most states that the development of Islamic finance is sustainable, in terms of banks, social financing, waqf, economics, and so on. This research is expected to add to academic studies related to Islamic finance to achieve a sustainable future for Islamic finance.

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A Qualitative Review on Islamic Sustainable Finance

Sunarya

Rusydiana²

2022

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“…Localizing the SDGs enables nations to attain SDG-specific targets (Budalamah et al, 2019). Target 15.8.…”

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Bring Nature Back to the City; Keep Invasive Species Out

El-Kholei

Abido

2022

Journal of Urban Research

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Cities are the drivers of economic growth but pollute the environment and deplete natural resources. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) offer many answers to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Without understanding the threats associated with these solutions, bringing nature back to the city might cause undesired side effects such as introducing and proliferating invasive species. Contemporary literature on invasive species evolves from the urban ecology discipline. The paper explores contemporary literature to highlight the gap between ecologists and design professionals. We found that research published between 2017-2021 and indexed on Scopus that dealt with urban issues and invasive species yielded 4,556 publications, of which only 88 publications that design professionals prepared to indicate a gap between urban ecologists and design professionals explaining the persistence of the problem and concerns that ecologists raise. We conducted a bibliometric analysis. Results indicate three clusters: (1) Pressures such as climate change; (2) State urban ecosystems; and (3) Responses in the form of land use plans and urban designs. NbS and EbA are instrumental in responding to climate change. Planners must design and build cities to minimize the adverse effects of urbanization while maximizing the ecological processes by allowing nature conservation actions within urban environments. One of the criteria for evaluating design and planning alternatives is to check for the risk of introducing invasive species. Design experts must be aware of the risks of invasive species, which require research to update present guidelines and introduce the topic in the architectural and planning curricula.

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“…Since metropolitan areas are the engine of economic development, the locale of human injustice and the cause of environmental evils, SDG 11 largely links SDGs 1 to 15. Budalamah et al (2019) investigated the linkages between the 17 SDGs. Their cluster analysis indicated that SDG 11 serves as an estuary for SDGs 1 to 15.…”

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Embedding sustainability and SDGs in architectural and planning education: reflections from a KAP survey, Egypt

El-Kholei

Yassein²

2023

ARCH

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PurposeSustainable development requires a mental shift that induces behavioral modification. Education is central to sustainable development as it alters an individual's worldview. Egypt is a signatory to Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many Egyptian educational institutions have adopted the universal trend of incorporating sustainability and SDGs into their curricula. A recent UN assessment reports that Egypt faces challenges in meeting most SDGs. Therefore, this article investigates how students' knowledge, attitude and practices reflect their awareness regarding sustainability? Has their education induced any behavioral changes? What is the instructors' role in mainstreaming sustainability?Design/methodology/approachThe article investigates the progression of environmental consciousness among Egyptian architectural students and its relationship to sustainability. There are two sources of data: (1) documents, including study plans and course descriptions, and (2) a questionnaire developed and distributed electronically among students from public, private and international schools. The authors used a variety of data analysis methods. They used SPSS for statistical analysis to determine similarities among the students and correlations between variables. They then used Atlas.ti to analyze curricula, study plans and student replies to open-ended questions.FindingsThe interrogated curricula equate sustainability with the environment, as some consider energy conservation equivalent to environmental conservation and protection. Others emphasized environmental control issues as measures of green architecture. The results suggest that students' knowledge and awareness are not conducive to practices expected to yield sustainable designs. The impact of architectural and planning education on altering their attitudes is minimal. Public schools treat students as passive objects, whereas international and some private schools attempt to adhere to the globally accepted architectural pedagogy ideals, transforming the student's mindset.Research limitations/implicationsEducation in architecture is crucial to achieving sustainable development because it prepares future professionals who can contribute to sustainability through their practice. The findings show that architectural and planning education has a negligible effect on students' knowledge and attitudes, which influence their practices. Reforming architectural and planning education is a requirement to accomplish the SDGs. The reform requires instructors to introduce students to the theory of knowledge and critical thinking, thus enabling graduates to be competitive in global labor markets. Reforming education will direct the research agenda of staff members and graduate students toward contemporary research problems.Originality/valueThe research method that mixes qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry is the first aspect of the originality of the research. Linking teaching methods in the studio with instructors' understanding of sustainability can explain why sustainable development is not clear in architectural and planning education in Egypt, which influences both professional practice and scientific research. Finally, the paper highlights the role of universities to be sustainable in embedding the concept and changing students' mindsets, thus improving Egypt's stand on the SDGs index.

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Harnessing value-based financing for achieving SDGs: Social innovation model for Arab municipalities

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

A Qualitative Review on Islamic Sustainable Finance

A Qualitative Review on Islamic Sustainable Finance

Bring Nature Back to the City; Keep Invasive Species Out

Embedding sustainability and SDGs in architectural and planning education: reflections from a KAP survey, Egypt

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