A framework to identify and develop potential ecovillages: Meta-analysis from the studies of world's ecovillages

Barani, Shahrzad; Alibeygi, A. H.; Papzan, Abdolhamid

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2018.08.036

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“…The questionnaire form (see Appendix 1) was prepared using the KoBo Toolbox software, a free tool for on-line data collection, and it contained questions related to basic features of the ecovillages as well as their approach to the management of water, food and energy. A link to the questionnaire was sent by e-mail to 392 ecologically-oriented rural intentional communities in Europe that had been pre-identified on the basis of databases publicly available on the Internet from the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), GEN Europe, Baltic Ecovillage Network, Fellowship for Intentional Community, Ecobasa and national networks of ecovillages in European countries 3 . These sources were complemented by the list of ecovillages published in Eurotopia Directory (2014).…”

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“…There are a number of ways in which ecovillages try to realize their environmental goals. In their recent review, Barani et al (2018) enumerate various practices of ecovillages related to the management of basic resources: growing and preserving food, composting organic waste, securing water supply from on-site wells, harvesting rainwater, making use of locally available renewable energy sources or, finally, lowering the overall demand for resources of the community in various ways (e.g., by reducing car usage, constructing energy efficient houses or preventing food waste). In general, ecovillages try to close the loops of resource flows to the largest extent possible in order to protect and regenerate the natural environment and form a productive, vibrant 772/833 community.…”

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Rural Experiments with the Management of Basic Resources. Key Characteristics of European Ecovillages Aiming at Partial Self-Sufficiency in Water, Food and Energy

Skrzypczyński

2021

European Countryside

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The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary analysis of European ecovillages considered as rural grassroots experiments with the sustainable management of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. The article presents empirical data on the management of basic resources in 60 European ecovillages collected with an online survey in 2020. The results show that a vast majority of ecovillages pursue some self-sufficiency in food, water or energy, and that 50% of them seek some self-sufficiency in all three of these resources. However, ecovillages do not try to be completely self-sufficient but rather aim at achieving feasible levels of self-sufficiency complemented with local and regional cooperation. While the role of ecovillages in driving conventional rural growth is limited, they can help in guiding sustainability transitions by illustrating opportunities and difficulties of reducing resource consumption of settlement units without reducing personal and communal well-being.

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Rural Experiments with the Management of Basic Resources. Key Characteristics of European Ecovillages Aiming at Partial Self-Sufficiency in Water, Food and Energy

Skrzypczyński

2021

European Countryside

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“…Analyzing the integrity of the ecovillage is an interdisciplinary subject, which requires a variety of expertise to address the aspects such as energy, building design, water, agriculture, and so on. Therefore, evaluating all dimensions and characteristics of ecovillages is beyond the experience of a researcher [51]. Therefore, networking and collaboration among stakeholders, including less formal or time-intensive interactions by regulators, contribute to significant decision-making and sustained leadership [60].…”

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Leadership Roles for Sustainable Development: The Case of a Malaysian Green Hotel

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The leadership roles of green hotels are essential for sustainable development because of their contribution to reducing carbon emission, supplying safe food, and managing water resources. However, sustainability education has not adequately integrated entrepreneurial skills to promote green hotel practices towards sustainable development. Therefore, this study explored the leadership roles of the Frangipani Hotel in Langkawi, Malaysia, because it adopted a circular economy in line with the zero-waste concept to develop the environmental and socio-economic condition of the locality. Extensive literature reviews were conducted to explore the transformational leadership roles of the Frangipani hotel for green practices. Interviews with the managing director, general manager, and the head of 10 operating branches of Frangipani also provided information about the green hotel practices to support its leadership roles. Similarly, interviews with the public, private, business, and community stakeholders also supported the transformational leadership roles of Frangipani to integrated green hotel practices with effective multi-stakeholder collaboration for quality control and quality assurance of its green practices. The patience of Frangipani and its roles as a liaison among government, non-government, business, and private and community sectors have been very effective in promoting green practices in the hospitability industry via training and knowledge-sharing. However, the monitoring and evaluation of these green practices are essential, and they can be completed via developing a special key performance index for the effective promotion of green hotels.

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“…The energy crisis that started in the 1970s, triggered a rethink of the relationship between the environment and human beings (Duncan, 2001). In some countries, small groups of forward-thinking people built up ecovillages together to pursue a sustainable lifestyle with low environmental impact (Barani, Alibeygi, & Papzan, 2018;Dawson, 2006;Adalilar, Alkibay, & Eser, 2015). In line with its original motivation, ecovillages are devoted to consciously changing the lifestyle of communities (Westskog, TanjaWinther, & Aasen, 2018;Hong & HandanVicdan, 2016), improving people's quality of life and wellbeing (Hall, 2015), and paying attention to social equity (Xue, 2014;Karakaya, Hidalgo, & Nuur, 2014).…”

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A Review of the Chinese Government Support and Sustainability Assessment for Ecovillage Development with a Global Perspective

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Having achieved substantial progress in urban development over the past three decades, the Chinese government has turned to ecovillage development as one of the more effective ways to solve increasingly serious rural issues, such as poverty, rural hollowing, a deteriorating natural environment, and farmland abandonment. However, in spite of various promotional policies and substantial financial investment, there are very few studies assessing the impact of governmental support on ecovillage development. This paper presents a study applying both qualitative research and quantitative analysis to compare the effects of the support, especially in funding and policies, on their development. A comparison was made of three cases, one in China and two elsewhere. To provide a common basis for comparison, three quantificationbased assessments were examined with a view to applying them in this study. These were the Evaluation for Construction of Beautiful Village (ECBV) from China, and the BREEAM Community and LEED-ND, two well-established international examples. The following analyses using the three methods reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the Chinese government support in ecovillage development, and limitations of the quantification-based assessment methods. Proposals are made for improving the nature of government support and the use of the ECBV. These research outcomes can help formulate the rural development policies in the critical time of socio-economic transition in China, and the research process could be a reference to review quantificationbased assessment methods in other developing countries with similar levels of development.

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A framework to identify and develop potential ecovillages: Meta-analysis from the studies of world's ecovillages

Cited by 18 publications

References 30 publications

Rural Experiments with the Management of Basic Resources. Key Characteristics of European Ecovillages Aiming at Partial Self-Sufficiency in Water, Food and Energy

Rural Experiments with the Management of Basic Resources. Key Characteristics of European Ecovillages Aiming at Partial Self-Sufficiency in Water, Food and Energy

Leadership Roles for Sustainable Development: The Case of a Malaysian Green Hotel

A Review of the Chinese Government Support and Sustainability Assessment for Ecovillage Development with a Global Perspective

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