Measuring environmental performance in Asia

Jalal, Kazi F.; Rogers, Peter

doi:10.1016/s1470-160x(02)00054-7

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“…In the paper, the concept of elasticity is used as a technique for developing more comprehensive indicators. The basic idea of "elasticity" is that it measures how strongly people respond to a change in a relevant factor (Jalal and Rogers, 2002). For instance, when the demand for a product is price elastic, then the quantity demanded changes a lot when the price of the product changes.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sustainable transport indicators: Definition and integration

Rassafi

Vaziri

2005

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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In this paper, a different interpretation of sustainable transportation, is introduced, in which sustainability with respect to transportation sector for the selected countries is evaluated. This interpretation characterizes "sustainable development" through "harmonic development". It means sustainable development with special focus on transportation can be measured by the degree of conformity between environment, economy, and social aspects on one hand, and transportation on the other hand. The best indicator to perform such a measurement is elasticity. The database used for the study encompasses a series of national indicators for each country Seventy nine countries were initially selected for detailed analysis for the period of 1980 -1995. The data have been extracted from centralized information sources of international agencies. The key dimensions of sustainable development i.e. social, environmental, and economic characteristics are used. Firstly, a set of sustainable transportation indicators is introduced. These indicators, which in fact are elasticities, show the relative change of non-transportation variables with respect to transportation ones. Second composite indices of three non-transportation groups with respect to four transportation modes are calculated. The composite indices are then aggregated by the Concordance Analysis Technique to achieve comprehensive transportation sustainability indices of countries, and according to these values, the countries are compared, ranked, and classified. Mathematical and statistical analyses of the database support the study quantitatively. The results for the selected indicators and countries show that from sustainable transportation point of view and based on the above-mentioned interpretation of sustainable development, United States is in the ranked first, and Sierra Leon is last among the subset of 79 countries with non-missing data. The results of the study depict an overall scheme for comparative assessment of transportation sustainability of the countries.

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“…It measures economic, environmental, or social changes with respect to transportation change and therefore is a trend variable (Jalal and Rogers, 2002). This characteristic also implies that elasticity reflects the relative dynamic behavior of the variables.…”

Section: Elasticity Analysismentioning

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Sustainable transport indicators: Definition and integration

Rassafi

Vaziri

2005

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…To relate to the EPR, the responsibility elasticity to unfulfilled recycles (Jalal and Rogers, 2002) is defined as…”

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Environmental-regulation pricing strategies for green supply chain management

Chen

Sheu

2009

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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This paper demonstrates that a proper design of environmental-regulation pricing strategies is able to promote Extended Product Responsibility for green supply chain firms in a competitive market. A differential game model comprising Vidale-Wolfe equation has been established in light of sales competition and recycling dynamics as well as regulation related profit function. Analytic solutions of Markovian Nash equilibriums are provided with the necessary condition derived from Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. We found that governments should opt to gradually raise regulation standards so that rational manufacturers will gradually improve its product recyclability, and, in turn, Extended Product Responsibility will get promoted.

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“…Lacking of suitable environmental planning and management in the past years has cost Asian economies billions of dollars in lost environmental resources and amenities (Jalal & Rogers, 2002). It is believed that the increasing of GDP growth rates has been usually followed by positive environmental changes.…”

Section: Environmental Planning and Managementmentioning

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An initial study on managing sustainability schools in Taiwan

Wang¹

2013

IJRSM

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Issues of environmental protection and greening our Earth have been increasingly talked about in all sectors of society. European industry standards such as WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) have provided policies that forces organizations to become green. In the United States, sustainability policies are also being used to evaluate the institutions' commitment towards environmental protection. In Taiwan, sustainability and green policies is not only limited to the industries, but also institutions of learning. In light of these issues, the current study shall focus on how sustainable are Taiwan higher education institutions. Using the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STAR) framework of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) of the US as a starting point, a survey questionnaire shall be administered to all higher education institutions all over Taiwan. Result shows that higher education institutions in Taiwan are engaging in sustainability strategies in all levels and functions of the organizations. Furthermore, the results are expected to fill the gap of extant literature with the in-depth investigation of the potential impact of the higher educational school on green practice and environmental performance in Taiwan.

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Measuring environmental performance in Asia

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

Sustainable transport indicators: Definition and integration

Sustainable transport indicators: Definition and integration

Environmental-regulation pricing strategies for green supply chain management

An initial study on managing sustainability schools in Taiwan

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