Achieving social sustainability through lean manufacturing practices: Insights from structural equation model and system dynamics

The rapid development of rural tourism has placed significant pressure on the rural environment, and relying solely on the government and market forces is insufficient for effective governance. It is urgent to integrate endogenous rural forces into environmental governance. The development of social behavior theory offers new insights into exploring sustainable approaches for resident participation in environmental governance in rural tourism areas. This paper, based on the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) theoretical framework from social behavior theory, outlines the entire process of rural tourism residents transitioning from individual stimuli to psychological responses and ultimately to participation in environmental governance. This study combines the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability (MOA) model to analyze the stimulus factors affecting local residents and jointly constructs a path mechanism model for resident participation in environmental governance in rural tourism areas. A total of 462 valid questionnaires were collected through a survey, and the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method was used for empirical testing to determine the path coefficients between variables. On this basis, a system dynamics model was constructed to simulate the dynamic evolution of the relationships between variables. This study found the following: (1) In the process of rural tourism, residents’ participation in environmental governance relies on motivational factors at the stimulus level to play a core leading role; opportunity factors act as catalysts, and ability factors serve as auxiliaries; participation willingness at the organism level plays a crucial role. (2) Material pursuit and formal institutions are the strongest single sustainable factors for residents’ participation in environmental governance in rural tourism areas; combinations of variables such as local attachment, governance knowledge, and governance identity have significant effects. It is recommended that future rural tourism leverage government guidance, coordinate interests, and adhere to a collaborative development approach to ensure the sustainable development of the rural tourism environment.

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Involving Communities in Green Energy-Powered Sustainable Transportation Solutions

Prasad,

Singh,

Anand

et al. 2024

Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering

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Sustainable transportation encompasses low- and zero-emission, energy-efficient, and cost-effective modes of transportation, such as domestic fuels and electric and alternative-fuel cars. For a number of reasons, community involvement is crucial to the long-term viability and success of transportation projects. First and foremost, communities bear the direct cost of pollution, traffic, and infrastructure growth as a result of transportation networks. Communities' distinct viewpoints, needs, and concerns may be addressed by including them in decision-making processes. This assures that programs are adapted to local settings and well-received by locals. Additionally, community involvement encourages people to feel empowered and in control of their lives, which inspires them to take an active role in and support sustainable transportation initiatives. In the proposed system, bio genset produces 12,571.500MWh of energy per year, the generic flat plate PV produces 1,685.699 MWh of energy per year, providing a total of 14,257.199MWh of energy per year.

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Achieving social sustainability through lean manufacturing practices: Insights from structural equation model and system dynamics

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Involving Communities in Green Energy-Powered Sustainable Transportation Solutions

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