Indicators and Information Systems for Sustainable Development

Meadows, Donella H.

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“…Government or regulatory authorities in such cases are concerned and decide to intervene to resolve the conflict among the parties and advise them to work together to ensure a win-win outcome. Hence, under such dynamic environment sustainable HEP planning will work creative and persuasive and protect the interest of all stakeholders (Meadows, 1998;Oana et al, 2011;Pearman, 1988;Ugwu, 2005). The sustainable HEP planning must address diverse impacts with their varying severity across projects, support all affected parties (Provenzale and Palazzi, 2015), solutions must be relevant (Kaunda et al, 2012;Roy and Thangaraj, 2021), effective (Cunha and Ferreira, 2014), and offer long-term mitigation (Roy and Viswanathan, 2020), with less investment and changes (Oana et al, 2011).…”

Section: Sustainable Hydroelectric Power Project Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Globally, developing nations are seeking aggregated sustainability information to establish sustainable assessment systems (George, 2001;Gilmour et al, 2011;Meadows, 1998;Patil et al, 2016). For assessing sustainability across HEP projects, frameworks have been developed, such as HSAP (Nautiyal and Goel, 2020;Shaktawat and Vadhera, 2021), IUMAT (Roy and Thangaraj, 2021), LCAconcept based (Anastas and Breen, 1997), Energy Analysis (Odum, 1996;Zelenakova et al, 2013), LCAinput-output based approach (Mo nokov a et al, 2017;Snoonian, 2003).…”

Section: Sustainable Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable hydroelectric power project planning under socio-economic and environmental concerns using Index based approach

Roy

Roy²

2022

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PurposeThis study aims to identify and gauge the sustainability indicators (SUSIs) for sustainable Hydroelectric Power (HEP) project development. It examines major SUSIs under the social, economic and environmental (SEE) fronts and categorizes them under push and pull impacts which helps to identify challenges and opportunities associated with projects. Additionally, the study calculates an empirical sustainability index (SI) to assess the sustainability level of HEP. Finally, the study suggests mitigation measures across stakeholders, which will optimize government/developer/investor investments.Design/methodology/approachThis paper examines the interaction of sustainable HEP development with SUSIs using Uttarakhand as a study area. Additionally, SI has been developed quantitatively. For the indicator classification, the authors conducted a literature review and secondary survey of all affected parties, including investors, developers, NGOs and villagers. The fuzzy logic theory (FLT) is used to determine the SI of the study area and classify projects in their level of sustainability. On the basis of expert opinion and literature review, mitigation measures are proposed across stakeholders.FindingsThe authors found that there is a mixed effect of SUSIs on HEP development across various projects in Uttarakhand. Furthermore, the authors suggest that index-based assessment and planned collaboration play a significant role in sustainable HEP development. Mitigation measures should be suggested to all affected stakeholders based on specific project issues, i.e. collaborations, training, public awareness campaigns, and initiatives by the government that would improve sustainability conditions.Research limitations/implicationsIn addition to supporting the ongoing and upcoming initiatives launched by the Government of India, including the Green Energy Corridor, independent power producers (IPPs); and the India-Renewable Resources Development Project with IDA and participates in Net zero target.Practical implicationsThe structured, sustainable HEP planning suggested in the study will help to conserve society, economy, save resources and in parallel reduce the cost and time of developers and policymakers. This will also help to improve the socioeconomic status of the villagers and prolong the life of the project.Originality/valueThe innovative SI-based push-pull approach identifies a sustainable HEP project planning.

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Section: Sustainable Hydroelectric Power Project Planningmentioning

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Section: Sustainable Assessmentmentioning

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Sustainable hydroelectric power project planning under socio-economic and environmental concerns using Index based approach

Roy

Roy²

2022

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“…Sustainable indicators are an essential and powerful tool in decision-making for sustainability and of any sustainability assessment (Cloquell-Ballester et al, 2006;Dahl, 2012;Gallopin, 1997;Meadows, 1998;Pintér et al, 2012). Selecting the suitable set of indicators is the most substantial step in planning and managing sustainable development.…”

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Developing ecological indicators of sustainable tourism in new protected areas: A case study of saline steppe and forest steppehabitats in Serbia

Stojanović¹,

Delić²,

Perić³

et al. 2022

Turizam

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This paper is one of the results of three years research (2016-2019) of specific habitats of salinesteppes and forest steppes along the Mostonga River, in the northern part of Serbia (Autonomous Province of Vojvodina), with the aim of their valorization and protection in the future. Here is also situated a natural areain the process of protection known as "Middle Mostonga".An integral part of protection declaration procedure is the creation of so-called "Protection study", as a basic document for the planning of protection guidelines for certain natural areas, buttt also includes tourism development analysis. Therefore, the working group, composed of representatives of the Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province in Novi Sad and the University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Sciences - Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management), examined the opportunities for ecotourism development in the area of "Middle Mostonga". The main objective of this article is to forthwith frame the possibility for consistent application of sustainable development goals in the future protected area "Middle Mostonga" and its surroundings by setting a scheme of indicators of sustainable tourism. Total of 160 indicators were analyzed by the team of the experts in the field relying mostly on BACI design of ecological indicators of sustainable tourism. Five main steps in identification of the relevant indicators were defined. The results showed that it is possible to apply indicators related to the number of protected species, the number of individuals (units) within populations and habitat endangerment, as well as indicators that reflect the interest of the tourism industry for the development of tourism in this particular area.

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“…Some studies established a positive relationship between ESG disclosure and firm value in different settings (Matsumura et al, 2013;Qureshi et al, 2020): A UK study indicates a negative correlation (Alsaifi et al, 2020); a US study concludes value relevance of certain ESG attributes (Mǎnescu, 2011); a recent study concludes value irrelevance of environmental pillar of ESG (Jadoon et al, 2021); and another recent study of Chinese firms finds a positive association of CEP with corporate financial performance (CFP) as well as the firm value of financially non-constrained firms; however, this relationship turns negative for financially constrained firms (Akbar et al, 2021). As such, ESG-value nexus is still inconclusive (Fatemi et al, 2018;Hannah et al, 2020) due to short-term-versus-long-term trade-offs experienced by the firms (Delmas et al, 2015) in different settings wherein culture as a value system (Meadows, 1998;Miska et al, 2018) shapes the practices of individuals as well as institutions of society (G. Hofstede, 2001;Ioannou and Serafeim, 2012;Yu et al, 2019). However, none of the previous studies investigating ESG-value nexus used all six cultural dimensions (Geert Hofstede, 1984;Minkov et al, 2013), but some of the studies used some cultural dimensions (Gallego-Álvarez and Ortas, 2017;Hartmann and Uhlenbruck, 2015;Ho et al, 2012;Husted, 2005;Ioannou and Serafeim, 2012;Miska et al, 2018;Park et al, 2007;Ringov and Zollo, 2007) and only one study uses all six dimensions to investigate corporate environmental reporting (Gallego-Álvarez and Ortas, 2017).…”

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Do investors penalize the firms disclosing higher environmental performance? a cross cultural evidence

Qureshi

Ahsan

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Climate change discourse integrates 3Ps – people, planet, and profit. However, we do not find any empirical study that integrates 3Ps. Therefore, using a large global panel dataset from 46 countries, this study intends to fill this gap by providing empirical evidence about investors’ value proposition of corporate climate performance in different cultural environments. The results show that Hofstede’s cultural dimensions affect corporate climate performance and its market pricing. We find that in cultures with high power distance, low individualism, high masculinity, high uncertainty avoidance, high long-term orientation, and high restraint, the investors generally penalize the firms disclosing higher environmental performance. Strangely enough, corporate waste production is universally value irrelevant. Our results indicate some policy implications.

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Indicators and Information Systems for Sustainable Development

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Sustainable hydroelectric power project planning under socio-economic and environmental concerns using Index based approach

Sustainable hydroelectric power project planning under socio-economic and environmental concerns using Index based approach

Developing ecological indicators of sustainable tourism in new protected areas: A case study of saline steppe and forest steppehabitats in Serbia

Do investors penalize the firms disclosing higher environmental performance? a cross cultural evidence

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