Assessing environmental sustainability by combining product service systems and life cycle perspective: A case study of hydroponic urban farming models in India

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 927, P. 172232 - 172232

Published: April 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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Smart agriculture for urban regions: Digital transformation strategies in the agro-industrial sector for enhanced compliance and economic growth

Scientific Horizons, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(4), P. 166 - 175

Published: Feb. 12, 2024

Research on this topic is becoming relevant due to the growing pressure agriculture in urbanized regions population growth, climate change and need for sustainable production, which requires introduction of smart technologies increase productivity sustainability. The purpose paper investigate impact pressures production needs. methods used include analytical method, classification functional statistical synthesis others. study found that modern digital transformation have great potential improve agricultural sustainability regions, particularly Latvia European Union. use data analytics allowed identifying key trends patterns, contributed informed decision-making sector. results confirmed implement comprehensive strategies achieve compliance with development standards ensure economic growth. technologies, such as aeroponics hydroponics, has focused innovative Internet Things (IoT), analytics, led an efficiency agriculture. practical significance work lies specific recommendations aimed at optimizing functioning agriculture, will resource growth

Language: Английский

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A circular economy integration approach into vertical farming with computer-based simulation model for resource optimization and waste reduction

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 470, P. 143256 - 143256

Published: July 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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Environmental assessment of digitalisation in agriculture: a systematic review

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 472, P. 143369 - 143369

Published: Aug. 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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A holistic approach to evaluate the synergies and trade-offs of city and country success

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 158, P. 111595 - 111595

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The United Nations presented a global action plan of an integrated nature for sustainable development, and the role cities is seen as central in efforts to implement these goals. Integrating city performance evaluation methods containing sustainability indicators becoming increasingly popular. other international organizations researchers analyze urban context different countries. However, holistic assessment that can show if what extent sustainable, measure its progress, provide information policy development are only just emerging. Our Synergies Trade-offs Recommendation Method Sustainable Cities Communities (the STRICT method) proposes country metrics connected multifaceted ways through tradeoffs synergies. As result this analysis, models maps were created, digital evidence-based recommendations provided national policymakers based on findings analysis. A 1% improvement success individual led synergistic effect 189 out 219 (86.3%). method suggests notable impact country’s social, cultural, political indicators.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the potential of concentrating solar power technologies for vertical farming in arid regions: The case of Western Iraq

Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 77, P. 101310 - 101310

Published: Oct. 4, 2023

Language: Английский

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Identifying segment-specific barriers to ordering environmentally sustainable plant-based meat dishes in restaurants

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(2), P. 333 - 356

Published: April 22, 2024

Eating less meat when dining out can help mitigate climate change. Plant-based meats facilitate the transition to a more environmentally sustainable tourism sector. However, uptake of these products remains low. Building on capability-opportunity-motivation behaviour model, this study identifies main reasons for general population restaurant patrons reject plant-based meats: they prefer and traditional vegetable dishes; are concerned about not enjoying perceive dishes as too expensive. Accounting heterogeneity among diners leads identification six distinct consumer segments, which differ in their ordering restaurants. From empirical insights, we derive recommendations professionals how entice specific segments order identify future avenues research.

Language: Английский

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Technology-driven transformations in agri-food global value chains: The role of incumbent firms from a corporate venture capital perspective

Food Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 127, P. 102684 - 102684

Published: July 24, 2024

Agri-food global value chains (GVCs) are failing to provide healthy and affordable diets within planetary boundaries. Many cutting-edge technologies being developed address the sustainability challenges throughout agri-food GVCs. While several studies seek analyze impacts of specific innovations on socioeconomic environmental dimensions, relationship between industry structure process technological change has not received much attention in chain literature. Here, we focus entrepreneurial landscape innovation GVCs 1) identify which have been receiving most support from investors 2) corporate strategies largest multinational companies regarding their investments new technologies. Using Crunchbase as our primary data source machine learning for natural language processing, identified around 15,500 developing linked GVCs, farming last-mile delivery. However, analyses show an imbalanced scene downstream capture investors' interest. Then, use these results explore direction by dominant firms, where three trends: upgrading improve core activities, defensive control competing with business, portfolio seize profit opportunities.

Language: Английский

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Sustainability assessments of commercial urban agriculture – a scoping review

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: Aug. 5, 2024

The field of urban agriculture has seen an increase in development and attention recent years, with a large share literature addressing whether may pose solution for food insecurity combat environmental impacts. However, few studies have examined the many sustainability claims systems, especially farms intended larger output commercial ends. In this study, we analyze assessments implementation. We do by exploring methods employed conducting analyses, outlining different cultivation analyzing which aspects are considered, looking into what analyses conclude, studying how authors anticipate knowledge gained from their can be used. Environmental were more often assessed than other aspects, LCA research practice was used majority assessments. Some compared benefits types but not conclusive overall as to systems would environmentally beneficial. This suggests that agriculture’s cannot universally categorized should relation specific conditions contexts. Future aim develop nuanced frameworks evaluating environmental, social, economic governance impacts agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Discovering new pathways toward integration between health and sustainable development goals with natural language processing and network science

Globalization and Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(1)

Published: June 29, 2023

Research on health and sustainable development is growing at a pace such that conventional literature review methods appear increasingly unable to synthesize all relevant evidence. This paper employs novel combination of natural language processing (NLP) network science techniques address this problem answer two questions: (1) how thematically interconnected with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in global science? (2) What specific themes have emerged research intersection between SDG 3 ("Good well-being") other sustainability goals?After descriptive analysis integration SDGs twenty years (2001-2020) as indexed by dimensions.ai, we analyze abstracts articles are simultaneously least one (N = 27,928). We use top2vec algorithm discover topics corpus measure semantic closeness these topics. then describe substantive relationships identify 'zipper themes', actionable domains policy co-advance goals simultaneously.We observe clear increase scientific integrating since 2001, both absolute relative terms, especially interconnections 2 ("Zero hunger"), 4 ("Quality education"), 11 ("Sustainable cities communities"). distill 197 from development, 19 distinct communities - areas potential further bridge policy. Literature focused explicitly highly central network, while topical overlaps environmental (12-15) under-developed.Our demonstrates feasibility promise NLP for synthesizing large amounts health-related suggesting multiple SDGs. Many themes' identified our method resonate One Health perspective human, animal, plant closely interdependent. similar perspectives will help meet challenge 'rewiring' sustainability.

Language: Английский

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