Towards Sustainable Development: A Review of Green Technologies

Shaikh, Zaffar Ahmed

doi:10.17737/tre.2018.4.1.0044

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“…Moreover, green innovation includes capacity innovation that includes pollution prevention, waste recycling, and energy-saving strategies, all of which work to lessen environmental impacts and improve environmental quality [ 81 ]. The findings are consistent with the Porter hypothesis, the ecological modernization theory, and other studies [ [82] , [83] , [84] ]. Consistent with the notion of environmental governance, the study also discovered that the function of country governance in the connection between GI and CO 2 emission increases.…”

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Advancing higher education and its implication towards sustainable development: Moderate role of green innovation in BRI economies

Zheng,

Yang

et al. 2023

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Advancing higher education and its implication towards sustainable development: Moderate role of green innovation in BRI economies

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Yang

et al. 2023

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“…In fact green technologies can help promote sustainable development by improvements in air purification system, waste and sewage management, water treatments, energy conservation, sustainable transportation and sustainable agriculture etc. (Shaikh, 2017). (Madaleno et al, 2022), (Tong et al, 2022), (D'Amato et al, 2021) also found positive association between green technologies and environmental, social and economic sustainability.…”

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Towards Achieving Sustainable Development in China: What Role Does Digital Technologies and Green Technologies Play?

Kun

2024

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There is always discussion about how to use digitalization to promote sustainable development. While one side vehemently defends using ICT to direct and carry out sustainable development, another strongly struggles to highlight its many drawbacks. Similarly, green technologies are also under the limelight for promoting sustainable development since these technologies combine economic growth and environmental conservation. The purpose of the study is to empirically estimate the effect of digital technologies and green technologies in sustainable development in China. Time series data spanning over 1995-2021 period is analyzed using recently introduced Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (QARDL). The findings of the study suggest that there exists positive association between digital technologies and sustainable development over (0.05-0.80) quantiles. The significant and positive association exists between green technologies and sustainable development at all quantiles (0.05-0.95). The study also finds positive and negative association of economic growth and urbanization respectively with sustainable development. The study results emphasize the limitations of conclusion of past studies and provide significant contributions by confirming that the associations among variables is quantile-dependent. The Wald test results also disprove the parameter constancy for the Chinese economy and the findings of Quantile Granger Causality prove the presence of bidirectional causal association between digital technologies, green technologies and sustainable development. The study recommends Chinese policy makers and government to adopt relevant policies to promote sustainable development by effectively utilizing digital and green technologies.

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“…The existing academic discourse lists various approaches for protecting public health by effectively managing medical waste. These methods can be summarized in a waste management hierarchy, where the most desirable method occupies the top slot while the least desirable one rests at the base (Shaikh, 2017). "Desirability" is defined in terms of the overall benefit of each method from their impacts on the environment, protection of public health, financial affordability and social acceptability.…”

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Solving hospital waste management problem in a developing country – a case of Varanasi city in India

Raj,

Mishra,

Tanksale

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to solve the problem of healthcare waste management in developing countries. The buildup of medical waste has attracted the attention of all spheres of society due to the expanding population and developing economy. Timely collection and processing of medical waste are extremely important due to its potential hazards. Although the problem of planning medical waste management has been addressed in developed countries, it persists in several developing countries. This research is motivated by an example of a city in India characterized by a dense population, abundant health-care facilities and a lack of planning for managing large medical waste generated daily. Design/methodology/approach The authors address the problem of designing the network of collection and processing facilities for medical waste and optimizing the vehicle route that collects and transfers the waste between facilities. Due to distinct topographic restrictions in the considered city, the collection and transfer process needs to be conducted in two echelons – from hospitals to collection centers using smaller vehicles and then to the processing facilities using trucks. This work addresses these two problems as a two-echelon location-routing problem. Findings A mixed-integer programming model is developed to minimize the cost of opening the facilities and transporting medical waste. Several managerial insights are drawn up to assist planners and decision-makers. Originality/value This study follows a case study approach to provide a descriptive and prescriptive approach to hospital waste management in the ancient city of Varanasi. The city has witnessed unplanned growth over the years and is densely populated. The health-care facilities in the city have a large catchment area and attract patients from neighboring districts. The situation analysis based on secondary data and unstructured interviews of the stakeholders suggests that the ad hoc approach prevails in present hospital waste management in the city.

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Towards Sustainable Development: A Review of Green Technologies

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Advancing higher education and its implication towards sustainable development: Moderate role of green innovation in BRI economies

Advancing higher education and its implication towards sustainable development: Moderate role of green innovation in BRI economies

Towards Achieving Sustainable Development in China: What Role Does Digital Technologies and Green Technologies Play?

Solving hospital waste management problem in a developing country – a case of Varanasi city in India

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