The Evolution of Sustainable Development Theory: Types, Goals, and Research Prospects

Shi, Longyu; Han, Linwei; Yang, Fengmei; Gao, Lijie

doi:10.3390/su11247158

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“…Sustainability 2020, 12, 542 5 of 23 In the evolution of sustainability as a key concept, the global environmental policies are involved from the beginning [66], but it is not until the appearance of the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) [67], when an integral paradigm of sustainability, human development, and citizenship implications was built up, although with many inconsistencies [68][69][70]. The standard evolution of MDG drove us to the SDG, which is characterized as a feasible framework to teach sustainability at University [17].…”

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Teaching Down to Earth—Service-Learning Methodology for Science Education and Sustainability at the University Level: A Practical Approach

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The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education area require the application of new active methodologies in the classroom that place the student at the center of his or her learning process. In the present work, we analyze the application of a Service-Learning (SL) methodology in the context of a Final Degree Dissertation (FDD) in the degree in Environmental Sciences at the University of Extremadura (Spain). The project deals with an isolated Kichwa community in Ecuador and involves the development of alternative science education materials for the capacitation of in-service science teachers. This paper evaluates how an FDD carried out according to Service-Learning (SL) principles can help in the acquisition of so-called “soft skills” and how these can be focused in the promotion of the sustainable development goal (SDG) knowledge and achievement. To this end, a qualitative study of the experience and a deep evaluation, followed by a final reflection, were carried out. According to the preliminary results, we can conclude that Higher Education should include SDGs in its teaching praxis and could do this successfully using the SL methodology.

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“…The theory of sustainable development mainly studies how to meet the needs of contemporary people without harming future generations. The connotation of sustainable development theory includes two aspects: sustainability and development [32]. Sustainable development is not extensive development but focuses on quality and efficiency.…”

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Quantitative Evaluation and Prediction Analysis of the Healthy and Sustainable Development of China’s Sports Industry

Lin

Guan

2020

Sustainability

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In this paper, to explore the current situation and future trend of the healthy development of China’s sports industry, the health evaluation index system of the sports industry was established by deconstructing the health dimension of the sports industry. The health evaluation model of the sports industry was constructed by using the entropy method and the multi-objective linear weighting method. The model was used to empirically analyze the characteristics and laws of the health of China’s sports industry from 2008 to 2017 and predict the health status of China’s sports industry in the next 10 years with the combination with the GM (1.1) model. The results show that the potential health degree of China’s sports industry exhibits a fluctuating growth trend, the actual health degree of the sports industry, and the health degree of the supporting environment in the sports industry show a steady growth trend on the whole. In the next 10 years, the health degree of China’s sports industry will maintain a healthy state in which the actual health degree and potential health degree of the sports industry will enter a healthy state in 2021 and 2024, respectively. In contrast, the health degree of the supporting environment in the sports industry is always in a very unhealthy state.

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“…To promote public well-being while protecting the environment, the UN has targeted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their indicators (Koch and Krellenberg 2018) to track the overall progress towards 2030. SDGs have become fundamental strategies to guide the world's social and economic transformation (Shi et al, 2019), putting emphasis on respecting natural resources and the needs of future generations. Of the SDGs, the 11 th SDG is targeted at reducing the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including paying special attention to air quality; additionally, SDG target 3.9 aims to reduce the number of illnesses, among others, from air pollution (UN, 2015).…”

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Crowdsourcing Without Data Bias: Building a Quality Assurance System for Air Pollution Symptom Mapping Toward an SDG Indicator

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Chmielewski

Raczko

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The United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs), a strategy to guide the world’s social and economic transformation, highlight the issue of urban air pollution in SDG 11. Open data, as an output of citizen science (CS), are needed to supply and improve the SDG indicator system. Therefore, we propose a CS framework to extend the paradigm of urban air pollution monitoring from particulate matter concentration levels to air quality-related health symptom load, and foster the development of a tier-3 SDG indicator (which we call indicator 11.6.3). Building this new perspective for CS contributions to the achievement of SDGs, we address the problem of crowdsourced data bias as a prerequisite for better quality open data output. The aim of this study is to propose an air pollution symptom mapping framework for citizen-driven research and to find the most robust data quality assurance system (QAs) in this field. The method includes a GeoWeb application as well as data quality assurance mechanisms based on conditional statements, in order to reduce crowdsourced data bias. A four-month crowdsourcing campaign, released in Lubelskie voivodship (Poland), resulted in 1823 outdoor reports with a rejection rate of up to 28%, depending on the applied QA system (QAs). Testing the QAs variants, we find the most robust data bias solving method in survey-based symptom mapping. The framework output is shared via GeoWeb dashboards, including the 11.6.3 indicator evaluation. By familiarizing the public with citizen science, a city can track the progress of its SDG achievements and increase the transparency of the process through the use of GeoWeb.

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The Evolution of Sustainable Development Theory: Types, Goals, and Research Prospects

Cited by 211 publications

References 68 publications

Teaching Down to Earth—Service-Learning Methodology for Science Education and Sustainability at the University Level: A Practical Approach

Teaching Down to Earth—Service-Learning Methodology for Science Education and Sustainability at the University Level: A Practical Approach

Quantitative Evaluation and Prediction Analysis of the Healthy and Sustainable Development of China’s Sports Industry

Crowdsourcing Without Data Bias: Building a Quality Assurance System for Air Pollution Symptom Mapping Toward an SDG Indicator

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