Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(24), P. 16581 - 16581
Published: Dec. 6, 2023
Nearby
natural
environments
on
campus
grounds
have
become
imperative
in
enhancing
sustainable
academic
experiences
by
facilitating
social
learning.
However,
tropical
region
campuses
prioritise
traditional
education
while
neglecting
Therefore,
the
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
facilitate
use
nearby
pocket
settings
enhance
learning
experiences.
The
present
aimed
identify
factors
affecting
(sustainable)
spaces
campuses.
It
utilised
a
verbal
questionnaire
survey
conducted
three
research
universities
Malaysia
investigate
408
respondents
pockets.
were
selected
using
stratified
judgemental
sampling.
This
study’s
findings
revealed
that
many
influencing
predicted
experience
universities’
pockets,
which
arranged
into
four
domain
factors:
elements
and
activities,
environment
factors,
perceived
factors.
provided
proven
correlation
between
lack
pockets
these
settings.
also
showed
students’
demographic
including
status
university
affiliation,
influenced
their
experience.
significantly
linked
sustainability
integrating
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(1), P. 463 - 463
Published: Jan. 4, 2024
Faced
with
the
challenges
of
increasing
demand
and
expanding
emissions,
China’s
mining
industry
is
at
a
crucial
stage
sustainable
development.
In
context
new
technological
revolution
industrial
transformation,
researching
how
digital
economy
can
promote
growth
green
total
factor
productivity
(GTFP)
in
industry,
particularly
against
backdrop
diversity,
vital
for
achieving
development
carbon
neutrality
goals.
This
study
utilizes
meta-frontier
Malmquist–Luenberger
(MML)
index
to
analyze
dynamics
GTFP
under
heterogeneity.
It
thoroughly
examines
direct
indirect
impacts
(DE)
on
delves
into
underlying
mechanisms
these
effects
using
spatial
Durbin
model.
The
empirical
results
reveal
significant
positive
relationship
between
DE
GTFP,
pronounced
areas
technical
efficiency
catch-up.
Notably,
this
identifies
mediating
role
structural
upgrading
linking
GTFP.
Additionally,
observed
spillover
effect
local
suggests
that
influence
extends
beyond
immediate
regions
within
sector.
Based
findings,
presents
policy
recommendations,
emphasizing
need
integrate
cutting-edge
technologies
enhance
environmental
sustainability.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(16), P. 12551 - 12551
Published: Aug. 18, 2023
The
Carbon
Emissions
Trading
Scheme
(CETS)
is
an
important
part
of
China’s
environmental
reform
agenda,
which
aims
to
facilitate
the
green
development
enterprises.
Using
data
from
listed
companies
2008
2020,
this
study
adopts
CETS
as
a
quasi-natural
experiment.
This
empirically
examines
impact
implementation
on
corporate
protection
investment
(EPI)
and
explores
underlying
mechanisms
using
difference-in-difference
(DID)
method.
results
show
that:
(1)
significantly
promotes
firms’
EPI.
A
series
robustness
tests
confirms
findings.
(2)
further
analyses
mechanism
in
promoting
enterprises’
EPI,
mainly
manifested
increase
emission
costs
enforcement
rigidity.
(3)
heterogeneity
test
that
has
more
significant
positive
effect
state-owned,
large,
heavily
polluting
conclusions
provide
both
theoretical
support
empirical
evidence
for
carbon
emissions
trading
policies.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(1), P. 326 - 326
Published: Dec. 29, 2023
Rapid
urbanization
and
population
increase,
along
with
remarkable
technological
advances,
have
accelerated
the
speed
of
digital
transformation,
or
at
least
need
for
it,
in
our
cities.
Whilst
being
smart
sustainable
is
seen
somewhat
as
an
ideal
city
quality
globally,
a
new
concept
has
emerged—the
so-called
City
4.0—that
combines
Industry
4.0
Society
context
While
there
growing
literature
on
topic,
limited
understanding
4.0.
This
communication
piece
aims
to
bring
clarity
by
elaborating
it
from
three
diverse
but
interrelated
perspectives—namely,
societal,
environmental,
economic
lenses
domains
(also
know
triple
bottom
line
approach)—and
highlights
key
themes—namely,
circularity,
adaptability,
livability,
accessibility,
authenticity,
responsibility.
The
methodological
approach
includes
thorough
appraisal
current
literature.
paper
informs
researchers,
local
regional
authorities,
urban
planners
rising
importance
notion
its
prospective
research
areas.
Systems,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(8), P. 415 - 415
Published: Aug. 11, 2023
The
transformation
of
resource-based
cities
has
a
crucial
impact
on
the
development
local
manufacturing
enterprises.
This
study
aims
to
assess
Resource-Exhausted
City
Program
(RECP)
performance
enterprises,
with
particular
focus
role
policy
measures.
Using
data
enterprises
from
2004
2014,
this
employs
multiple
difference-in-difference
methods
investigate
RECP
corporate
and
its
potential
mechanisms.
results
show
that
(1)
can
significantly
improve
firms
in
pilot
areas;
(2)
implementation
contributes
improvement
enterprises’
by
using
measures,
mainly
including
subsidies,
tax
incentives
access
low-interest
loans;
(3)
supportive
effects
are
more
pronounced
outward-oriented,
state-owned
larger
provides
new
insights
into
relationship
between
resource-exhausted
city
policies
performance.
Energy & Environment,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 10, 2023
The
pursuit
of
a
low-carbon
transition
is
central
to
achieving
green
development
worldwide,
and
China
has
embraced
carbon
emissions
trading
(CET)
with
the
aim
high-quality
economic
development.
Despite
its
critical
policy
importance,
question
whether
how
CET
promotes
efficiency
remains
unclear.
Using
unique
panel
data
covering
prefecture-level
cities
in
from
2007
2020,
this
study
first
fills
gap
by
constructing
Global-EBM
model
taking
dioxide
as
an
undesirable
output
innovatively
evaluate
total
factor
emission
(TFCEE)
China's
cities.
Second,
extension
existing
provincial
evidence,
we
treat
scheme
urban
quasi-natural
experiment
confirm
boosting
effect
on
TFCEE
pilot
Third,
mediating
roles
both
technology
innovation
industrial
structure
upgrading
process
promoting
are
identified,
further
demonstrating
channel
influences.
Finally,
heterogeneous
impact
investigated
found
be
stronger
eastern
developed
Our
findings
have
important
implications
for
transition.
Systems,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(10), P. 516 - 516
Published: Oct. 15, 2023
Enhancing
environmental
regulation
(ER)
is
an
effective
way
to
improve
the
green
innovation
efficiency
(GIE)
of
Yangtze
River
Economic
Belt
(YREB)
and
key
achieving
target
carbon
peaking
neutrality.
Using
data
103
cities
in
YREB
2013–2019,
this
paper
explores
effect
heterogeneous
ER
on
GIE.
The
results
study
are
as
follows:
first,
we
categorize
regulations
into
formal
informal
explore
their
impact
separately.
show
that
both
can
effectively
promote
GIE
urban
agglomeration.
Second,
Spatial
Durbin
Model
(SDM)
model
used
analyze
spatial
effect.
there
effects
between
GIE,
significantly
strengthen
through
positive
effects.
Third,
uses
threshold
non-linear
relationship
efficiency.
increases,
interesting
finding
holds
for
regulations.
Fourth,
mediating
examine
whether
technological
industrial
structure
upgrading
exert
mediation
how
affect
research
provide
policy
recommendations
development
YREB.