Sustainability Problematization and Modeling Opportunities

Kovács, Enikő; Hoaghia, Maria-Alexandra; Șenilă, Lăcrimioara; Scurtu, Daniela Alexandra; Dumitraş, Diana E.; Roman, Cecilia

doi:10.3390/su122310046

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“…Its component indicators are 21, assessed on a scale of 0-10 and a biannual basis [67]. They measure the distance to full sustainability for each indicator representing the three categories of environmental/ecological aspects, quality of life, and resource depletion [68]. The differential weighting of the indicators has no scientific basis; thus, there is equality in their consideration when aggregating them across the three dimensions [69].…”

Section: Triple Bottom Linementioning

confidence: 99%

The Key to Sustainable Economic Development: A Triple Bottom Line Approach

2022

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Concerns about improving social, environmental, and economic living standards are the basis of the triple bottom line (TBL) link to economic development (ED). Aware of the importance of studying their relationship, this article analysed the influence of TBL on ED. A quantitative methodology was used. The sample comprised a panel of data from 2006 to 2019 for OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. Five multiple linear regression models were estimated by the generalised method of moments. The results of this study revealed that the social dimension of TBL boosts ED, the environmental dimension of TBL slows down ED, and the economic dimension of TBL contains conflicting synergies in ED. The Human Development Index (HDI) should now include indicators of environmental wellbeing. Governments should adopt policies to improve social wellbeing to boost ED, work to coordinate the objectives of environmental protection and ED, and combat vulnerabilities arising from public debt. As one of the first studies to assess the influence of TBL on ED at the country level, the present findings contribute to the reflection about the influence of TBL on a country’s ED and strengthens the discussion around the influence of different dimensions of TBL.

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Section: Triple Bottom Linementioning

confidence: 99%

The Key to Sustainable Economic Development: A Triple Bottom Line Approach

2022

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“…Although it is possible to reconstruct fundamental results regarding the dilemma of the emergence of cooperation when applying such a framework, and despite various proposals to utilize this framework in more general decision-making situations [ 19 ], as a framework used to study sustainability [ 20 ] and resilience [ 21 ], there have not been sufficient efforts to clarify the representational advantages of reaction networks over traditional networks and agent-based models, possibly because the real-world interesting applications require complex reaction networks of a large size, which are difficult to build and analyze.…”

Section: Modeling Social Systems As Metabolismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling Worldviews as Stable Metabolisms

Veloz

Maldonado

2022

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The emergence and evolution of worldviews is a complex phenomenon that requires strong and rigorous scientific attention in our hyperconnected world. On the one hand, cognitive theories have proposed reasonable frameworks but have not reached general modeling frameworks where predictions can be tested. On the other hand, machine-learning-based applications perform extremely well at predicting outcomes of worldviews, but they rely on a set of optimized weights in a neural network that does not comply to a well-founded cognitive framework. In this article, we propose a formal approach used to investigate the establishment of and change in worldviews by recalling that the realm of ideas, where opinions, perspectives and worldviews are shaped, resemble, in many ways, a metabolic system. We propose a general modelization of worldviews based on reaction networks, and a specific starting model based on species representing belief attitudes and species representing belief change triggers. These two kinds of species combine and modify their structures through the reactions. We show that chemical organization theory combined with dynamical simulations can illustrate various interesting features of how worldviews emerge, are maintained and change. In particular, worldviews correspond to chemical organizations, meaning closed and self-producing structures, which are generally maintained by feedback loops occurring within the beliefs and triggers in the organization. We also show how, by inducing the external input of belief change triggers, it is possible to change from one worldview to another, in an irreversible way. We illustrate our approach with a simple example reflecting the formation of an opinion and a belief attitude about a theme, and, next, show a more complex scenario containing opinions and belief attitudes about two possible themes.

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“…A general definition of sustainability can be obtained by inductive inference, synthesizing the scientific contribution of other scholars. In this sense, it is possible to consider sustainability as an intrinsic property of a system [58,59], that is the ability of a complex organization structured in processes to perpetuate itself over time while maintaining its structure and functions unchanged by integrating its economic, social, and environmental dimensions [60,61]. In manufacturing, sustainability [62] is a set of operational best practices [63], enabled by digitization [64], aimed at reaching and maintaining the point of equilibrium [65] where all production factors [66] are consumed at least as intensively as they can be regenerated [67].…”

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Technological Sustainability or Sustainable Technology? A Multidimensional Vision of Sustainability in Manufacturing

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The topic of sustainability is becoming one of the strongest drivers of change in the marketplace by transforming into an element of competitiveness and an integral part of business strategy. Particularly in the manufacturing sector, a key role is played by technological innovations that allow companies to minimize the impact of their business on the environment and contribute to enhancing the value of the societies in which they operate. Technological process can be a lever to generate sustainable behaviors, confirming how innovation and sustainability constitute an increasingly close pair. However, it emerges that the nature of this relationship is explored by researchers and considered by practitioners almost exclusively in terms of the degree of sustainability of technological solutions. Lacking is an in-depth exploration of how a product or process, in addition to being environmentally and socio-economically sustainable, must or can also be technologically sustainable. This research therefore aims to build a theoretical foundation for technological sustainability seen as a possible fourth dimension of sustainable development.

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Sustainability Problematization and Modeling Opportunities

Cited by 6 publications

References 66 publications

The Key to Sustainable Economic Development: A Triple Bottom Line Approach

The Key to Sustainable Economic Development: A Triple Bottom Line Approach

Modelling Worldviews as Stable Metabolisms

Technological Sustainability or Sustainable Technology? A Multidimensional Vision of Sustainability in Manufacturing

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