Socioecological informed comparative modeling to promote sustainable urban policy transitions: Case study in Chicago and Stockholm

Le, Zhang; Cong, Cong; Pan, Haozhi; Cai, Zipan; Cvetković, Vladimir; Deal, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125050

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“…There are regional differences in the implementation quality and effect, so the impact on the green technology innovation of heavy polluting enterprises is also different. Although there are common policies, the differences in local customs require environmental regulations to be implemented precisely in accordance with local conditions (Zhang et al, 2021). At present, there is no doubt that incentivebased environmental regulation has an incentive effect, but the internal incentive structure of heavy polluting enterprises' green technology innovation has not yet been revealed.…”

Section: Analysis Of Incentive-based Environmental Regulation On Heav...mentioning

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Research on the cultivation of green competitiveness among chinese heavily polluting enterprises under country/district environmental regulations

Tong-jian

Zho²,

Hussain³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The development of the world economy has caused serious environmental pollution, which has resulted in an ecological crisis. With the acceleration of economic development, China’s ecological crisis is becoming more serious. Green technology innovation is an important driving force in realizing green economic development, and heavily polluting enterprises are the key link to cultivating green technology innovation. The Porter hypothesis holds that environmental regulation has a promoting effect on enterprises’ green technology innovation, but this is not reflected in the context of China. As a basic administrative unit, the implementation of environmental regulations in counties and districts determines the effectiveness of environmental policies. Utilizing structural equation modeling, this study analyzes the cultivation of the green technology innovation ability of heavily polluting enterprises under environmental regulations. The results show that command-based environmental regulation can effectively promote enterprises’ green technology innovation ability. Incentive-based environmental regulation needs to be strengthened to drive the development of enterprises’ “three wastes” treatment innovation ability. Voluntary environmental regulation does not effectively promote green process innovation and “three wastes” treatment innovation. In addition, enterprises’ current “three wastes” treatment innovation capacity is not enough to promote the improvement of enterprises’ green competitiveness. The results of this article show that environmental regulation is conducive to the green innovation ability of enterprises, and this promotion effect needs to be further strengthened. Moreover, the highlighted research limitations will contribute to the subsequent research work.

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Section: Analysis Of Incentive-based Environmental Regulation On Heav...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the cultivation of green competitiveness among chinese heavily polluting enterprises under country/district environmental regulations

Tong-jian

Zho²,

Hussain³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…However, these differences are more evident when COVID-19 severity is stratified by economic development factors ( Figure 1 ) rather than simply location and become more pronounced when lifestyle and dietary considerations are explored. While we cannot infer a causal association between lifestyle factors, such as time spent outdoors or exposure to sunlight, these are distinctive parameters within and between each grouping of countries and have been introduced in association with health and disease in prior studies [ 12 , 13 ]. Moreover, different countries responded to the pandemic in a spectrum of actions, which may partially explain the observed spatial variation in mortality rates; for example, Italy was one of the countries with a significant outbreak of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, albeit in a region of the country (Po Valley) distinct from the rest of the state [ 14 ].…”

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Spatial Variability in COVID-19 Mortality

Bossak

Turk

2021

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COVID-19 emerged as a global pandemic in the spring of 2020. Since that time, the disease has resulted in approximately 150 million cases and 3 million deaths worldwide. However, there is significant spatial variation in the rate of mortality from COVID-19. Here, we briefly explore spatial variations in COVID-19 mortality by country groupings and propose possible explanations for the differences observed. Specifically, we find that there is a statistically significant difference in COVID-19 mortality between countries grouped into categories based on (1) developed, primarily western diets and healthcare systems; (2) “Scandinavian” countries with advanced healthcare systems and generally anti-inflammatory diets, and (3) developing countries. We do not infer causality but believe that the observed associations provide hypotheses for future research investigations. Moreover, our results add further evidence to support additional exploration of vitamin D exposure/status and COVID-19 mortality.

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“…This modelling tool was originally developed for use in Illinois, USA, and has been adapted in this work for use in Nanjing. Some of the latest studies with the LEAM model indicate that the model is suitable for visualisation, quantitative, and data transformation support (Cai et al, 2020;Pan et al, 2019;L. Zhang et al, 2021).…”

Section: Dynamic Socio-ecological Modellingmentioning

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Urban Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment of Support Climate-Resilient City Development

Cai

Page

Cvetković

2021

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Climate change poses a threat to cities. Geospatial information and communication technology (Geo-ICT) assisted planning is increasingly being utilised to foster urban sustainability and adaptability to climate change. To fill the theoretical and practical gaps of urban adaptive planning and Geo-ICT implementation, this article presents an urban ecosystem vulnerability assessment approach using integrated socio-ecological modelling. The application of the Geo-ICT method is demonstrated in a specific case study of climate-resilient city development in Nanjing (China), aiming at helping city decision-makers understand the general geographic data processing and policy revision processes in response to hypothetical future disruptions and pressures on urban social, economic, and environmental systems. Ideally, the conceptual framework of the climate-resilient city transition proposed in this study effectively integrates the geographic data analysis, policy modification, and participatory planning. In the process of model building, we put forward the index system of urban ecosystem vulnerability assessment and use the assessment result as input data for the socio-ecological model. As a result, the model reveals the interaction processes of local land use, economy, and environment, further generating an evolving state of future land use in the studied city. The findings of this study demonstrate that socio-ecological modelling can provide guidance in adjusting the human-land interaction and climate-resilient city development from the perspective of macro policy. The decision support using urban ecosystem vulnerability assessment and quantitative system modelling can be useful for urban development under a variety of environmental change scenarios.

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Socioecological informed comparative modeling to promote sustainable urban policy transitions: Case study in Chicago and Stockholm

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

Research on the cultivation of green competitiveness among chinese heavily polluting enterprises under country/district environmental regulations

Research on the cultivation of green competitiveness among chinese heavily polluting enterprises under country/district environmental regulations

Spatial Variability in COVID-19 Mortality

Urban Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment of Support Climate-Resilient City Development

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