bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Livelihood Expansion and Local People’s Expectations in the Realm of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
Authors: Bano Tehzeeb , Khayyam Umer , Alam Arif
Published: December 2019

Economic Corridors around the world has been creating livelihood opportunities for people thus stimulating economic growth and development. This study has explored the opportunities for livelihood expansion which exists in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for the people of Gilgit Baltistan (GB), as the region lacks many vital livelihood opportunities. CPEC is considered as a fate changer, specifically for the people of Hunza valley, which provides the pathway to CPEC emanating from China to the rest of Pakistan. The economic growth process in the region is now been linked with the expansion of livelihood opportunities to benefit the local poor. This study has deployed quantitative research technique and used purposive sampling technique for field survey. Results show that a major bulk – 60% of the local respondents, 70% members of GBLA and 80% of the members of Chamber of Commerce in Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan) are hopeful that CPEC will create employment opportunities for local community. Due to high potential of GB in tourism sector, a high number of respondents (53%) expected that tourism sector will develop through CPEC while 28% of the local people and the members of Chamber of Commerce expected that industrial sector will get boost through CPEC, 19% of the respondents were having opinion that agriculture sector will develop through this mega project creating employment opportunities for the local youth in their native area. Keywords: CPEC, Gilgit Baltistan, employment opportunities, tourism, small industries.
Investing in Water Purification Infrastructure in an Emerging Market: Some Considerations for Impact Investors in South Africa
Authors: McCallum Stephen , Viviers Suzette , Ramírez Rafael Robina
Published: December 2019

This study investigated the role that impact investors could play in the water purification infrastructure sector. Impact investors are individuals and institutions that invest in companies, organisations and funds with the aim of generating social and environmental impact alongside financial return. These investors are increasingly interested in emerging markets such as South Africa. As scholars have raised concerns about investors and companies profiting from the provision of a basic human right, the views of 20 experts were also gauged on this topic. Semi-structured personal interviews were conducted with key role players in the South African impact investment value chain (mostly investors) and the water provision system. Interviewees saw an important role for private sector investment in water purification infrastructure given government’s inability to meet the growing demand for potable water. Participants were, however, wary of private-public-partnerships and felt that investors and companies will only face a moral dilemma if they overcharge consumers for purified water. Impact investors should give careful consideration to domestic water users’ ability to pay as well as their needs and expectations. The development of a blended financing model is proposed.  Keywords: Impact investing; emerging market; water purification infrastructure; South Africa; basic human rights; ethical concerns
Teaching EFL in a Rural Context through Place-Based Education: Expressing Our Place Experiences through Short Poems
Authors: Salazar Jaramillo Pilar , Espejo Malagon Yeyson
Published: December 2019

This project implemented Place Based Education (PBE) as the basis to teach English to children from a rural school in Bogota, Colombia.  Place Based Education is defined by (Sobel, 2004) as the process of considering not only the community, but also the environment as the beginning to teach concepts related to language arts and other subjects from the curriculum.  In the case of our research project; we used PBE to teach English as a Foreign Language to two fourth grade rural classrooms. As for the objectives of our research, the first one sought to explore the role PBE had on approaching EFL students to their rural context and as for the second one, it was aimed to identify and describe the responses students had towards the writing of short poems based on the Genre-Based Approach (Hyland, 2007).  Regarding the findings of our research project, it was evidenced that Place Based Education connected students to their rural surroundings and developed on them, an emotional bond towards their rural world.  Regarding the writing of English, it was shown that the Genre- Based Approach permitted for students to feel confident and enthusiastic while writing in English. Furthermore, as part of the experiences students had with their local and English language, a book with the poems written by the students was created and published. Key words: Place Based Education, Genre- Based Approach, poetry for children, rural context, EFL
The Role of Environmental Law Education for Sustainable Development
Authors: Audzei Hanna
Published: December 2019

National imperative of sustainable development is a strategy that combines into one social, economic and environmental policies. First of all the environmental legal education should aim to prepare people for life in an innovative type of society. To achieve this goal of environmental and legal education we should be reoriented to form a human ecological and legal culture and eco-innovative type of legal thinking and a willingness to innovative type of environmental and legal action. The successful solution of this and other challenges requires science foundation, including environmental law science. Keywords: law, environmental legal education, sustainable development, environmental safety, ecology, responsibility, ecological culture, legislation
Project GENESIS: An All-inclusive Model to Perform Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Roofs and Walls
Authors: Matos Silva Cristina , Oliveira Cruz Carlos , Teotónio Inês
Published: December 2019

Green roofs and walls are one of the most promising alternatives for retrofitting existing built environments and tackle urban challenges in a multifunctional way. Yet, these solutions are being confined to specific countries or cities, as their economic contribution has not been fully examined nor accepted. GENESIS is a trans-disciplinary project funded by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia that will develop a systematic and comprehensive model to support potential investors or decision-makers, balancing the costs with the benefits of green roofs and walls in a life cycle perspective. The main objective of the project is to enhance existing cost-benefit analysis of green roofs and walls through a multidisciplinary approach that will allow the replication in different regions and type of infrastructures. This will be achieved by: i) monetizing and including all economic, social and environmental benefits in the analysis in order to weight different types of benefits (even those that are typically difficult to estimate because they have no market value) and establish a comparative basis of alternative solutions and potential scenarios; ii) comprising an uncertainty model to cope with climate change and inaccurate forecasting of benefits/costs modelling and; iii) including multi-criteria mode in order to incorporate users and investors preferences. This all-inclusive model crucial for a wide spreading in is green roofs and walls and a more sustainable development in cities. Keywords: green roofs/walls; cost-benefit analysis; investors/users preferences; sustainable urban development; uncertainty
A Value Chain Framework for Assessment of Sustainable Practices in Manufacturing Firms
Authors: Pande Bhavya , Kumar Adil Gajendra
Published: December 2019

Manufacturers face the challenge of implementing and assessing sustainable practices in their organizations due to several factors including lack of availability of clear guidelines and tools. Porter and Kramer (2006) suggest a framework on how to capture the negative effects of an organization’s primary and support value chain activities on the environment and society. In this paper, the framework suggested by them has been suitably modified to capture and organize sustainable practices relevant to manufacturing firms. Accordingly, a number of sustainable practices are identified through a detailed analysis of literature and incorporated in the developed framework. Further, in order to validate the potential of the proposed framework to be used as an assessment tool, feedback was sought from a senior level professional from an internationally acclaimed research center with experience and proficiency in conducting sustainability audits in textiles and leather industry. Going forward, the validated framework will be administered to assess sustainable practices in select manufacturing organizations. This study is a part of an ongoing research on assessment of sustainability in manufacturing organizations. Keywords: Assessment of Sustainable Practices; Sustainable Value Chain Practices; Triple Bottom Line; Total Life Cycle Approach; Sustainable Manufacturing
Novel Affordable, Reliable and Efficient Technologies to Help Addressing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Authors: Meneguzzo Francesco , Zabini Federica , Albanese Lorenzo , Crisci Alfonso
Published: December 2019

Improving the food system sustainability and security is becoming an urgent global challenge. In this regard, one of the most effective routes is the shift of the human diet toward healthier and more sustainable consumption, involving in particular the prevalence of plant-based raw food materials. Controlled hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) technologies could help considerably in this transition. HC techniques are gaining increased scientific interest, and are quickly spreading across a wide range of technical fields, recently showing surprising performances with biological raw materials related to the food, agricultural and forestry sectors and resources. HC processes enjoy recognized advantages in the acceleration of the processing steps of plant-based food, the extraction of valuable bioactive compounds, the reduction and the valorization of waste streams, as well as the superior efficiency in resource use, energy consumption, process yield, and exergy balance than competing processes. Thus, HC is very promising candidate to help addressing the water-energy-food nexus, and, ultimately, sustainability. Findings obtained from direct experimental trials and recent literature concerning the applications of HC to food processing, provide a strong basis for novel investigation aimed at standardization, starting from the identification of the most suitable devices and the optimal processing parameters, eventually oriented to further spreading of HC applications.
Integrating Energy Markets in the Wider Europe: The Eastern Dimension1
Authors: Elias Kolovosa Afroditi Semkoua , Anna Konstantinidou Ilias Andreadisa
Published: December 2019

This paper examines the extent of integration between the regional energy markets of the Member States of the European Union and the countries of the wider Europe with special attention to the Eastern Partnership. Therefore, whether the aforementioned energy markets are in a position to conform to the acquis communautaire and ensure the security of energy supply to the EU in affordable prices. We will record what needs to be done for the integration of these regional energy markets with the EU common market and specifically: (a) the legal framework of the Eastern European non-EU regional energy markets, from the perspective of energy, trade and free competition. The impediments integration is facing and under which circumstances can it be achieved. (B) The required infrastructure and connectivity networks necessary to be completed in order to allow the utilization of the energy reserves in the third countries and the network connection of these third countries with the EU. The designated Trans European Network Strategy regarding the sectors of electricity, natural gas, oil and the Projects of Common Interest currently being constructed in Eastern Europe. (C) The promotion of investments that needs to be carried out in the wider European countries in order to ensure security of energy supply of the EU in the long term. The various forms of cooperation agreements between Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus and Azerbaijan with the EU and their contribution to the promotion of energy investments and the interconnection of cooperation agreements with the Energy Community.Keywords: EU, Eastern Europe, Free Trade Agreements, Infrastructure, TEN – E, PCI, Promotion of Investments
Intricate Analysis of Potential Materials for Sustainable Product Development
Authors: Kumar Sachin , Goel Anchit , Kumar Singh Gaurav
Published: December 2019

Raw materials are scarce and are exponentially depleting. Material usage and product disposal both lead to improvidence of raw ingredients for products. We use materials for manufacturing new products while simultaneously throwing away used non-biodegradable products which pollute the environment. The world of designing and manufacturing needs to use new material(s) which can be selected using the methodology proposed in the research text. To select the best material for a product, its environmental impact, cost and properties that decide the quality of a product are plotted in a 3 dimensional space. Now the threshold limit of quality defining properties is obtained through experimentation. Cutoff cost is decided through market research and then environmental impact is minimized. The material beyond the cutoff planes is rejected and the best among the remaining materials is selected. The product developed using this method for material selection will contain the negative environmental impact during manufacture, use and expenditure of used products and thus helping sustainable development.Keywords: Sustainability, Life Cycle Analysis, Material selection, Cost optimization, Environmental Repercussion, Mechanical properties
Environmental Sustainability at the Olympic Games: Comparing Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Games
Authors: Rowberg Kathryn , Rincker Meg
Published: December 2019

The modern Olympic Games have evolved from events fostering international peace and goodwill to showcases of athleticism and commercialism. More recently sustainability became a pillar of the Game site selection process. This paper focuses on two Olympic Games: Rio 2016 (completed) and Tokyo 2020 (upcoming). The goals of Sustainability Plans and pre-game reports for the two Olympic sites are analyzed using weighted summation method of Multi-attribute Value theory and the framework of environmental, economic and social-cultural sustainability, with emphasis on environmental sustainability. Post-game analysis and legacy stories are reviewed for Rio 2016. Application of legacy stories to future Olympics sites is examined. Last, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, in terms of actual and anticipated success in sustainability initiatives, are compared for the impact these two Games may have on future Olympic Game sites.Keywords: Sustainability, environmental sustainability, Olympic Games, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020
International Mechanism of the Environmental Information Access and Cooperation Framework for Climate Change Protection
Authors: Ladychenko Viktor , Melnychuk Olha , Julia Kanaryk Olena Yara
Published: December 2019

Climate change and global warming are challenging for humanity. International cooperation and the formation of joint approaches to solving global challenges are of paramount importance for sustainable development. Like many countries in the region, Ukraine threatens to increase the number of natural disasters, floods in the Carpathians, transformation southern region steppe into the desert, flooding coastal parts and a shortage of drinking water in the central and eastern regions. Thus, this study explores the international mechanism of the environmental information access as a complex multi-level system, which determines various types of international cooperation. Environmental information access is of great practical importance both for humanity as a whole and for further reformation of the legislation of individual countries in order to ensure sustainable development, as well as to improve the practical activities of civil society. The findings show the need for people`s lifestyle changes, their environmental education and work. We therefore propose the international mechanism of the environmental information access as cooperation framework which enables companies and business communities more effectively and creatively solve economic and social problems.Keywords: Environmental information, information human rights, sustainable development, EU environmental policy, environmental human rights
The Role of Legal and Social Policies in Attaining Sustainable Urban Development in India
Authors: Samal Manohar
Published: December 2019

This paper intends to explicate the present framework of legal and social policies in India, which govern urban development. The research is directed towards contemplating the progress of sustainable urbanism in India in achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Overcrowding, rise in the number of informal settlers and unplanned development are the most prominent multi- faceted issues that India faces in the present day. A comprehensive analysis of urban development policies, environmental legislation, property laws and information laws have been discussed in order to exhibit the lacunae in the legal system which has slowed down the process of sustainable urban development in India. It is not only the policies, but also an array of problems that, have affected urban development in metropolitan cities, semi- urban regions and transitioning rural areas rendering them to be unsustainable. Therefore, this paper envisages and suggests solutions in tackling problems in legal and social policies that would make sustainable urbanism conducive and successful in India. An attempt has also been made to display how completely sustainable urban spaces would look in India. Analytical, Comparative and Doctrinal methods of research have been utilized to conduct the research.Keywords: Development, Local Self Government, Policies, Sustainable, India
Flexible Public Spaces through Spatial Urban Interventions, Towards Resilient Cities
Authors: Ahmed Elewa Ahmed Khaled
Published: December 2019

Cities have become the dominant type of human settlements, currently, more than half of the planet population are living in cities. Thus, cities have to be developed not only in terms of sustainability. Cities face more challenges regarding the dealing with extraordinary events, whether they were for natural causes or terrorist attacks, socio-economic changes, in addition to the fact that climate change is responsible for new phenomena of natural disasters, such as tsunamis. The study argues that spatial urban interventions in public spaces under specific criteria can reshape them into flexible spaces that have the potentials to be adapted with extraordinary events. The study has a theoretical methodology that investigates the relations that link flexible public spaces and the achievement of urban resilience. As well as the study has a practical perspective through the analyzing of selected cases that showed how spatial urban interventions in public spaces can contribute efficiently in reshaping these spaces to be both flexible and vibrant. The findings clarified that flexible public spaces act as safety valves for our cities during extraordinary events, meanwhile, in peacetime they act as vibrant and sustainable spaces that deliver multi socio-economic and environmental functions.
The Regional Development Assessment of Social Resilience Based on Quantifiable Analyses Apply to Guangfu Village
Authors: Tung Wu Chao , Ting Shen Yang
Published: December 2019

This research aims to analyze an organization‘s social impact under Social Resilience issue (Herb, 2005) by developing the regional development assessment based on ESG standard. In addition, the assessment is also related with Sustainable Development Goal No.11 (Sustainable cities and communities). The application context is using our regional development assessment to evaluate how an organization can interfere when a community suffers external disturbances. This content could be established a sustainable management to arrange concrete consequences from various aspects of perspectives. It is observed that the assessment indicates that how to evaluate social impact of organizations in the community and scientifically quantitate value for Social Resilience. The framework is based on ESG consisting of Environment, Social, and Governance. This estimate proceeds from testing a non-governmental organization (NGO) or a non-profit organization (NPO) interfering with the regions results in how much their influence is and how large a range of their influence is. The assessment was applied to analyze the region—Guangfu Village in Taichung City, Taiwan. The evaluation was not really phenomenal on the appearance under ESG standard. According to this study, the consequences from the assessment are described as below.Keywords: Social Resilience; ESG; Sustainable Development Goal
Quantifying the Environmental and Economic Performance of Remote Communities
Authors: Filer Jamie , Schuldt Steven
Published: December 2019

Remote communities such as oil production sites, post-disaster housing camps, and military forwardoperating bases (FOB) are often detached from established infrastructure grids, requiring a constantresupply of resources. In one instance, a 600-person FOB required 22 trucks per day to delivernecessary fuel and water and remove generated wastes. This logistical burden produces negativeenvironmental impacts and increases operational costs. To minimize these consequences,construction planners can implement sustainability measures such as renewable energy systems,improved waste management practices, and energy-efficient equipment. However, integration ofsuch upgrades can increase construction costs, presenting the need for a tool that identifies tradeoffsamong conflicting criteria. To assist planners in these efforts, this paper presents the development ofa novel remote site sustainability assessment model capable of quantifying the environmental andeconomic performance of a set of infrastructure alternatives. Through field data and literatureestimates, a hypothetical FOB is designed and evaluated to demonstrate the model’s distinctivecapability to accurately and efficiently assess construction alternatives. The proposed model willenable construction planners to maximize the sustainability of remote communities, creating sitesthat are more self-sufficient with reduced environmental impacts.Keywords: Sustainability, infrastructure, remote communities
Sustainable Land Use Planning Solutions for Water Supply Reservoirs in Serbia
Authors: Živanović Miljković Jelena , Pantić Marijana , Bezbradica Ljubiša
Published: December 2019

This paper starts from the fact that spatial and urban planning promote rational land use planning and express interests in the sustainable development of land, water and related resources and infrastructure. The authors here look for sustainable land use planning solutions in the domain of water management within the spatial plans. A starting point of this paper is the fact that integration of water management issues (i.e. drinking water management) into land use planning is essential in achieving sustainable development. Considering this, the paper focuses on analysis of land use planning solutions given within three spatial plans that include areas of water supply reservoirs. The authors give an analysis of the set of measures prescribed by zoning ordinances within spatial plans concerning water protection and protection from water (i.e. flood water evacuation). The authors conclude that analyzed spatial planning documents give sustainable land use solutions, since land use planning, through the zoning, represent a starting point in water protection.Keywords: Spatial Planning, Sustainable Land Use, Water Management, Water Reservoirs, Serbia
Sustainable Development and Quality of Life in the City on the Example of Research in Poland and Ukraine
Authors: Kotarski Hubert
Published: December 2019

The issue of sustainable development combined with the quality of life of the inhabitants is one of the key problems of modern cities. Poland and Ukraine are two closest neighbours. Rzeszow and Lviv are both university cities, which are also partner cities. The main aim of the research was to learn the opinions of students of the University of Rzeszow and the Ivan Franko University of Lviv on selected problems related to the quality of life in Rzeszow and Lviv, as well as personal and professional aspirations of students in Poland and the Ukraine. The purpose of the study was both cognitive and practical, i.e. on the one hand it focused on obtaining information on specific topics related to various aspects of the quality of life in the city and the aspirations of young people, and on the other hand it attempted at obtaining information that could be useful for both university and city authorities in the context of exploiting the significant potential of young people living in these cities.Keywords: sustainable development, quality of life, students, Poland, Ukraine
A Methodology for Architecture Theory and Practices Research: Design Practices Evaluation Studio
Authors: Bashier Fathi
Published: December 2019

This article presents the initial findings of the design research carried out during the last semester by the master of architecture students at Wollega University, Ethiopia. The research goal is the creation of new knowledge to improve the design process. The dissatisfaction with the outcomes of the conventional design approach has led to rising concern and growing awareness of the need to evaluate design outcomes and to learn from the failure. That inadequate understanding of design problems leads frequently to design failure suggests that the evaluation of design outcomes can be made by assessing the way architects develop understanding of design problems, and how they use that understanding for developing knowledge base of the design process. The assumption is that architects’ understanding of design problems can be assessed by examining the way data is used for developing the knowledge base of the design process. The students surveyed the architects’ views in order to produce knowledge, which can be used to develop methods for discovering how inadequate data contributes to miss-informed design decisions; and methods for assessing the architects’ understanding of design problems. In this article the survey findings are analyzed and documented; and, the way the insight drawn from the inquiry can be used in future research for developing design theory, is discussed.Keywords: design outcomes, failure, evaluation, questionnaire, analyze
Importance of Porch in Mediterranean Architecture
Authors: Salihoğlu Turgay
Published: December 2019

With the Industrial Revolution, human beings have faced ecological problems. For this reason, the term ”Sustainable Architecture’’ came up in the architectural field. In 1987 the United Nations Environmental Commission redefined this term. Also in 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the human being adopted some principles. When we look at the principles of ”Sustainable Architecture“, we can briefly refer to these principles as ''Natural Climatization'' or ”Thermal Comfort“. In spite of all this process, many architects still produce projects under the name of a ''Modern Architecture'' without considering the culture of life formed by climatic conditions in this process. Because of this, most of the users lost their confidence in ''Modern Architecture''. This is not ”Sustainable Architecture’’. However, the housing built in the past in the rural areas and urban, and even the official buildings are an open laboratory. When the laboratory in Cyprus is examined we can say that, ''the Porch Planned'' type houses, which is developed by the experiments in the Rural Area Housings during the period, started to build also in the cities. We see this development, arising from the climatic conditions, in the Government Agency buildings and Bureaucrats and Military Officers' houses that has built by the British Rule which commands the Cyprus Island during 1878-1960. In addition, porch-planned houses are also seen in the houses that C.M.C (Cyprus Mines Coorparation), which started its activities in 1914 due to the rich copper deposits in the Lefke region, built for its employees.Keywords: Environment. Solar Radiations. Sustainable Architecture. Thermal Comfort. Porch.
Developing a Collective Awareness Platform for Urban Sustainability Challenges: Case Study of the POWER Project
Authors: Ksenia Koroleva Mathias Becker , Diogo Vitorino Kalina Drenska , Novak Jasminko
Published: December 2019

In this paper we describe the socio-technical approach developed in the POWER project extending traditional forms of citizen engagement for local sustainability challenges with a collective awareness platform in order to increase public awareness, knowledge and engagement. We show how a citizen-centered design and implementation process integrating different technological enablers such as gamification, real-time open data integration or knowledge visualization results in a platform for sustainability issues that can drive collective awareness and collaborative knowledge sharing. Against the background of four different pilot cities with distinct water-related sustainability challenges, we present the implementation of the local platforms and how these have been effectively used by almost 1.000 active users, supporting an innovative engagement model that employed collaborative open innovation in online and offline settings for citizen-driven solution development to local sustainability challenges. We present the results from three series of citizen workshops where 150 participants provided valuable feedback, which was integrated in the further platform improvement. The evaluation confirmed its usability, enabling platform uptake among the target groups and its social impact by increasing awareness and knowledge. Finally, we derive a set of implications for similar initiatives addressing sustainability challenges helping them to overcome common barriers to participation and engagement.Keywords: citizen engagement, digital citizenship, sustainable urbanism, education, governance sustainability, gamification, water conservation, disaster risk reduction
Drivers of Land Embodied in International Trade of Rice: The Italian Case Study
Authors: Caro Dario , Sporchia Fabio
Published: December 2019

In the last years, a significant increase of imports of Rice from Cambodia and Myanmar into the European Union has been recorded. In particular, Italian farmers were badly affected by the imports of rice from these two Asiatic countries. Indeed, the European Commission in 2019 has therefore decided to re-introduce specific import duties. In turn, such exported rice corresponds to large quantities of land that are driven by consumption of Asiatic rice in Italy. In this study, we estimate the Virtual Land Trade associated with rice trade between Cambodia and Myanmar to Italy. Our analysis combines physical import data and associated land information. The analysis shows the pro-and-con of these debated trade connections also revealing the effect of replacing the Asiatic import demand with domestic production of rice in Italy in terms of land use. The study is relevant in understanding whether patterns of rice consumption, production and trade represent an efficient, and logical, allocation of natural resources.Keywords: Virtual land trade; food; consumer awareness; land footprint; agricultural impact; rice; international trade
Sustainable Resource Management through Indigenous Knowledge and Practices – A Case of Food Security among the Baiga Tribe in India
Authors: Lakra, SJ Sebestianus
Published: December 2019

India nurtures a tradition of rich civilization traceable from the antiquarian history and its primordial Indian village system. The linguistic relics, artifacts, rudiment tools and implements, skills of reading of the signs and seasons, mythic beliefs, tribal wisdom (sayings and proverbs), concepts and practices are foolproof of the existence of indigenous knowledge and practices. About 75% of global population is home to indigenous peoples and culture capable of deriving sustainable resource management. The knowledge of the local people tested over long period, adapted to local environment, then being passed down from one generation to another still has the carrying capacity of sustainable food security, health care, and ecological protection. The Baiga known for his cultural heritage, whose indigenous knowledge and practices is in transition but has relevance for sustainable resource management in resource depletion. The present work is an ethnographic study on the subject, in which the researcher used participant observation for data collection on food security through indigenous methods of farming. Open ended ethnographic interviews were conducted to the key informants.Keywords: Indigenous knowledge and practices, sustainable resource management, food security, Ethnographic, participant observation, organic farming, food security, Nutri cereals, Baiga Chak, PVTGs, Dāhi
Bali Beef Quality after the Application of Liquid Smoke in Feed Block during Fattening
Authors: Abustam Effendi , Irfan Said Muhammad , N. Nahariah Muhammad Yusuf
Published: December 2019

The use of liquid smoke as an antioxidant and binder in beef was done in the form of community empowerment in the Cattle Breeders Group in District of Tanete Riaja. The activity aimed to improving the skills of cattle breeder groups in the application of technology in livestock, especially the use of liquid smoke in animal feed. The feed was the primary need for livestock which in certain seasons faced difficulties in providing it. The implementation method was in the application of feed products in the form of urea water coconut liquid-smoke multi-nutrient block (UCSMB). Three concentrations of liquid smoke were added to the feed, namely 0, 10 and 20%. The production of probiotic fermented rice straw was carried out as a source of fiber to complete feed entirely. The application of feed products was carried out on 12 male Bali beef aged 2-3 years for 45 days. After the cattle were slaughtered, the Longissimus dorsi dissection muscle was then aged for 0, 7 and 14 days. The parameters of meat quality were pH, water holding capacity (WHC), shear force of meat cooked value, and cooking loss. The results showed that meat quality increased with increasing concentration and aging time.Keywords: Bali beef, fermented straw, liquid smoke, meat quality, UCSMB
Domestication of Blue Swimming Crab for Sustainability: Growth and Genetic Change
Authors: Andi Aliah Hidayan Yushinta Fujaya , Tassakka Asmi Citra Malina A.R. , Kalsum Umi
Published: December 2019

Blue swimming crabs (Portunus pelagicus) are a fisheries resource which is currently threatened by over-exploitation. Crab culture is one approach which can contribute towards sustainable use of blue swimming crab (BSC) populations. In this context, BSC domestication is considered necessary. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the genetic and growth changes occurring during initial stages of a BSC domestication program. The DNA of selected strains was examined using Random Amplified Polymorphism DNA (RAPD). Five OPA primers were used to generate a fragment pattern from the samples collected. The RAPD results showed that BSC domestication combined with selection for fast growth resulted in genetic change, with a genetic distance of 0.1053 – 0.3158 between 1st and 4th generations. This distance was associated with significantly higher growth rates after the 4th generation. After 100 days grow-out, mean growth in carapace width was 103 mm for 1st generation crabs and 109 mm in the 4th generation, with respective growth rates of 1.0 mm/day and 1.1 mm/ day. Domestication with selection of fast growing individuals as BSC broodstock resulted in a positive shift towards DNA characteristics associated with faster growth in subsequent BSC generations.Keywords: Blue swimming crab, Sustainability, Domestication, Selective breeding, Growth rate, RAPD
Behaviour of Listeria Monocytogenes in Pasteurization Milk during Refrigerator Storage
Authors: Syahriana Sabil Ratmawati Malaka , Prahesti Kusumandari Indah , Yuliati Farida Nur
Published: December 2019

Milk is an excellent medium for the growth of microorganisms including Listeria monocytogenes. Some pathogenic bacteria can survive after pasteurization in milk, and these bacteria can contaminate again after storage. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of L. monocyogenes after pasteurization in refrigerator storage. Fresh milk is pasteurized at 75, 80, 85, 90 and 95 ° C for 1 minute and stored at refrigerator temperature for 1 day, 1 week and 2 weeks. Characteristics of growth and total number of L. monocytogenes in Listeria Selective agar Base medium were observed. The results showed that the total number of L. monocytogenes at the control temperature before pasteurization was 7.91 (log cfu / ml). At pasteurization temperatures of 75, 80 and 85 ° C for 1 min, the number of L. monocytogenes bacteria were decrease to 5.83, 3.82 and 1.18 (log cfu / ml), respectively, whereas the total numbers of this bacteria on pasteurization temperatures of 90 and 95 C were all listeria killed, but can grow back in refrigerator storage (4°C).Keywords: Pasteurization, milk, Listeria monocytogenes, refrigerator storage
Utilization of Poultry Slaughterhouses (PSh) Waste as a By-product of Protein Sources to Create the Environmental Friendly Livestock Systems in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Authors: Irfan Said Muhammad , Abustam Effendi , Pakiding Wempie , Zain Mide Muhammad
Published: December 2019

Livestock waste is one of the important problems in a livestock farming system. Various efforts was needed to reduce waste production. The use of waste is one of solution in reducing waste production to create an environmentally friendly livestock farming system. Utilization of livestock waste from PSh as feed ingredients for alternative protein sources can reduce the cost of feed use. This has an impact on a more efficient livestock business. The feather from the poultry contains high protein compounds. The application of waste from the poultry feather as a source of animal feed to improve the quality of quail meat has not been widely reported. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of giving feather waste extract (FWE) on the quality of thigh meat (Bicep femoris) for quail. A total of 100 heads quails, male, were used as samples. A total of 4 types of FWE administration treatments have been applied. Four types of FWE treatment have been applied in this study, namely: (FA = 0%; FB = 1%; FC = 1.5% and FD = 2%). Each treatment unit was repeated 5 times with 5 heads quail samples/treatment. The results showed that the application of FWE at different levels had a significant effect (p<0.05) on cooking loss (CL) and shear force (SF) of thigh meat (Bicep femoris), whereas in water holding capacity (WHC) it did not show a significant effect (p>0.05). The value of the WHC of thigh meat (Biceps femoris) is in the range of 33.33±1.65%-42.07±5.01%, MSF of 0.40±0.05-0.93±0.18 kg/cm2 and CL of 6.10±2.70-19.90±4.51%. An application of 2% FWE in feed mixtures showed better meat quality of thigh meat (Bicep femoris). An application of FWE as a protein source for animal feed can be improve the environmental sustainability and create a more efficient livestock business.Keywords: Poultry slaughterhouse (PSh), By-product, Protein, Feather waste extract (FWE), Environmental friendly
Studies on Biodegradation of 4-Chlorophenol and 4-Nitrophenol by Isolated Pure Cultures
Authors: Dey Apurba , Sarkar Priyanka , Das Ananya
Published: December 2019

Metabolically versatile pure cultures were isolated from textile dye effluent and petrochemical industry which were able to utilize 150 mg/l of 4-Chlorophenol and 85 mg/l of 4-Nitrophenol as the sole carbon and energy source respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16 S rRNA gene sequence reveals that the strains were found to be phylogenetically close to Bacillus cereus HWB1 and Pseudomonas taiwanensis ECAe22 respectively. Optimization of physicochemical parameters was performed with Change of one variable at a time (COVT) approach. Optimized physical parameters for degradation by Bacillus cereus HWB1 was found to be 30 0C, pH 7 and 150 rpm whereas for Pseudomonas taiwanensis ECAe22 it was found to be 30 0C, pH 8.5 and 150 rpm. Supplementation of an additional substrate such as yeast extract was found to increase the rate of 4-Chlorophenol and 4-Nitrophenol degradation owing to the increase in biomass production resulting in enhanced biodegradation. Biodegraded samples of these phenolic compounds showed negligible phytotoxicity as compared to the untreated samples thereby proving that employing these pure cultures can help in mitigating environmental contamination by phenolic compounds in the near future.Keywords: Biodegradation, 4-Chlorophenol,4-Nitrophenol, pure cultures,16S rRNA, phylogenetic analysisAbbreviation: 4-CP: 4-Chlorophenol; 4-NP: 4-Nitrophenol; AU: Absorbance Unit; MSM: MinimalSalt Media
Do the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Influence Eco-innovation Performance? Evidences from the EU Context.
Authors: Brogi Stefano , Menichini Tamara
Published: December 2019

Eco-innovation has become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, detecting drivers of eco-innovation has become crucial to design effective eco-innovation policies. The paper focuses on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard, with the aim to investigate to what extent the ISO certification of Environmental Management Systems influences eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from European Eco-Innovation Scoreboard interactive tool (ECO-IS) reveals that, at EU country level, there is no a significant correlation between the number of ISO 14001 certified organizations and the level of some selected Eco-Innovation performance indicators. Both the number of companies that have developed innovations with environmental benefits and the number of patents in environmentally-related technologies are not significantly related to the number of companies with ISO 14001 certification. Similar results were obtained by considering only Eco-Innovation leaders, that is EU countries with above-average Eco-Innovation Index values. These empirical evidences arise some questions and policy suggestions that will be discussed.Keywords: Eco-innovation drivers; Environmental Management Systems; ISO 14001 certification; Eco-Innovation Scoreboard; Eco-Innovation Index.
The Role of Geothermal Waters in Sustainable Development Application of Main North Center Algerian Hot Springs (Righa, Biban, Ksena)
Authors: A. Issaadi A. Ait Ouali. , K. Imessad A. Ayadi
Published: December 2019

The study zone is one of the significant thermal waters in the north Algeria. It is characterized by a cold climate with intense rain rates 700 mm/year. The Jurassic geothermal reservoir system is exploited by thermal springs and traditional wells for agricultural purposes. The main reservoir lithology characterized by calcareous formations which yield the chemical features of highly mineralized Na-Cl type representing the thermal waters. Seven main Hot springs was samples collected June 2018 with a temperature average between 29 and 80° C and conductivities range from 2520 to 3766 μS/cm.For a better application of geothermal water sites, a multidisciplinary methods was adopted, geological site study, water chemistry and touristic impact for local economic development. In this study, a final map was realized of geothermal potential for possible exploitation of this clean energyKeywords: Biban, thermal springs, sustainable development, geothermal use, water chemistry
Criticality and LCA – Building comparison values to show the impact of criticality on LCA
Authors: Koch Björn , Peñaherrera Fernando , Pehlken Alexandra
Published: December 2019

Including criticality into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has always been challenging to achieve but desirable to accomplish. In this article, we present a new approach for the evaluation of resource consumption of products by building comparison values based on Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) combined with weighted criticality values to show the direct impacts of criticality on LCA results. For this purpose, we develop an impact indicator based on the Abiotic Depletion Potential (ADP) of natural resources and use the two main parameters defined by the EU to determine the criticality of a material - the economic importance and the supply risk – in our case studies to build the Criticality Weighted Abiotic Depletion Potentials (CWADPs), one for each parameter. These indicators allow identifying and measuring the impacts of criticality when comparing the results of resource depletion using the ADP methodology and the results that incorporate criticality. The comparison of the CWADPs to the corresponding EU criticality values and its thresholds it reflects the equivalent criticality of the assessed product. This information reflects the impacts of criticality on LCA and assesses the total resource consumption of critical materials in a system.Keywords: Life Cycle Assessment, criticality, resources, materials, sustainability indicator
Empowerment Strategy of Village Enterprises Unit (VEU) to Improve Capacity and Their Performances in Sumedang Regency
Authors: Hidayat Akadun , Sulastri Lalas
Published: December 2019

The measurement of VEU performance was difficult because VEU was categorized as Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs). One of the characteristics of MSMEs was the absence of financial statements so that performance was difficult to measure. The VEU classification was very strategic in order to develop the capacity and performance of VEU. This study aims to develop a VEU empowerment strategy to increase capacity and performance 0f VEU in Sumedang Regency. The study used data collection techniques in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation. Triangulation as a technical data analysis, data processing procedures included display data, data reduction, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that VEU performance was influenced by the legality and regulation of VEU governance; manager of entrepreneurial and dedication; mastered accounting and ICT; creating strong leadership; the type of VEU business to fulfill community needs; VEU governance of transparent, accountable, participatory, effective, efficient, and healthy (high liquidity, high profitability, high solvency). The VEU empowerment strategy is carried out by benchmarking, the internal quality assurance system, accreditation, the evaluation of outstanding VEU Managers, and VEU Achievement Assessment.Key Words: governance, healthy, performace, accreditation.