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Ergonomics
Cassandra Gauld, Caitlin Reeves
Summary: In the 12 months to November 2021, 19% of the people killed on Australian roads were aged between 17 and 25 years, and smartphone use was a major factor in many of these accidents. This survey study explored the influence of different norms on young drivers' illegal smartphone use, finding that subjective norm played a significant role in shaping their behavioral intention.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Theano S. Terkenli, Vasiliki Georgoula
Summary: This paper explores the perceptions, practices, concerns, and prospects of cultural tourism among local residents, tourists, and business representatives in the Cycladic Islands. The study finds that culture is recognized as a tourism attraction and there is potential for further growth in cultural tourism and local development. However, there are concerns and ambivalence regarding the role of tourism in cultural development and management. Overall, culture and tourism are viewed as positively interlinked and holding great potential for local cultural and overall sustainability.
Article
Business
Robin-Alexander Ernst, Maike Gerken, Andreas Hack, Marcel Huelsbeck
Summary: The motivations behind family firms engaging in corporate sustainability are complex and influenced by both family dynamics and internal governance structures of the firm. The study found that there are counteracting effects within family firms that impact the drive for sustainability, providing a nuanced explanation for the inconsistent findings in prior research.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Business
Malika Malika, Durairaj Maheswaran, Shailendra Pratap Jain
Summary: Financial constraints influence consumer preferences for solitary or social purchases, with independent consumers preferring solitary purchases and interdependent consumers preferring social purchases. Self-construal moderates how consumers spend discretionary income, showing that communal norms play a role in mediating the preference for social purchases among interdependent consumers, while salient communal norms can change the preference for solitary purchases among independent consumers.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mateo Manuel Corcoles Munoz, Gloria Parra Requena, Pedro M. Garcia Villaverde, Maria Jose Ruiz Ortega
Summary: Interest in the literature on tourism destination sustainability has increased in recent years, highlighting the need for a greater strategic commitment by hospitality and tourism firms. However, previous research has not addressed the factors that determine a firm's sustainability orientation. This study investigates the mediating role of absorptive capacity in the influence of bonding capital and bridging capital on the sustainability orientation of hospitality and tourism firms in Peru.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Carmen Hidalgo-Giralt, Antonio Palacios-Garcia, Diego Barrado-Timon, Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Esteban
Summary: The research focuses on analyzing the integration of industrial heritage into urban tourism in three European capitals, proposing that industrial heritage can promote cultural sustainability. The results show a positive impact of industrial heritage on urban tourism, encouraging further investigation with new case studies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jordi Arcos-Pumarola, Alexandra Georgescu Paquin, Marta Hernandez Sitges
Summary: The creative economy has been recognized as a key factor in urban development and planning, especially through the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). This paper examines the role of intangible heritage and creative industries as tourism assets for creative cities, and how they contribute to their development. By analyzing the UCCN reports using NVivo, the study identifies the types of cultural tourism products and actions associated with creative cities, and explores their connection to UNESCO creative fields.
Article
Communication
Saleem Alhabash, Duygu Kanver, Chen Lou, Sandi W. Smith, Pang-Ning Tan
Summary: The study found that underage youth's perception of societal and personal celebration drinking norms were related to their close friends' drinking norms, which influenced their alcohol consumption during Halloween. Additionally, social media posting and interaction with alcohol-related content were associated with greater descriptive normative perceptions and self-reported drinking.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Evelina Maziliauske
Summary: This study investigates how tourism SMEs can contribute to the socio-cultural sustainability benefits of rural destination communities through co-creation in innovation for sustainability (IFS). The findings indicate that tourism SMEs co-create in IFS with various local stakeholders in rural destinations, and contribute to the sociocultural benefits of sustainability through local sourcing, education, resource synergies, inclusion, and quality of life.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Madeline M. Giefer, Li An, Xiaodong Chen
Summary: The study suggests that factors such as neighbor participation, payment level, and other characteristics can influence farmers' willingness to enroll in a payment for ecosystem services program. Targeting households with conducive characteristics, utilizing tree species with sellable products, and emphasizing neighbors' participation may improve enrollment rates.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Serena Lonardi, Yvonne Unterpertinger
Summary: Cultural tourists show a growing interest in intangible cultural heritage and minority peripheral areas. This study examines the case of Ladin communities in South Tyrol, Italy, and finds that tourists are fascinated by various aspects of South Tyrolean culture and show particular affection for cultural sustainability.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiaodong Liu, Jingchun Zhang, Zhicheng Zhou, Zhiyu Feng
Summary: Preserving local cultural sustainability is of utmost importance as China implements its rural revitalization strategy, and the integration and transformation of rural cultural tourism spaces based on this foundation is unprecedented. However, rural cultural tourism spaces face challenges such as lack of cultural appeal and homogenized spatial expression methods. Environmental graphics, a concept widely used in urban branding systems, can enhance the spatial experience of rural tourism by creatively intervening in the shaping of rural cultural tourism spaces.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rosabelle Boswell
Summary: Worldwide, UNESCO plays a crucial role in setting protocols for global heritage conservation and shaping the discourse of cultural heritage management. This article focuses on the intersection of emerging sensory ecofeminism, heritage, and tourism in Mauritius, particularly in unauthorized heritage management locales and luxury hotels. By using anthropological research methods and collecting ethnographic data in 2022, the study reveals that some luxury hotels in Mauritius promote a gender-influenced ecofeminist discourse that supports heritage, tourism, and sustainability. The study suggests that national heritage institutions and practitioners should pay more attention to diverse and unexpected locations for heritage conservation and inclusion.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hongying Geng, Min Hua, Li Sun, Chao Yan
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of local religious beliefs on the practice of earnings management. The findings suggest a negative relationship between religiosity and earnings management, indicating that firms located in counties with strong religious social norms are less likely to engage in earnings management.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Stephanie Garrison, Claire Wallace
Summary: Media-related tourism in Scotland is heavily influenced by popular culture, demonstrated through selected case studies. The article discusses the sustainability of media tourism, examining its impact on rural communities, local infrastructure, and the wider Scottish tourism industry.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Claudia Eckardt, Xavier Font, Albert Kimbu
Summary: This study explores how collaborative relationships within the VT supply chain can lead to sustainability, highlighting the importance of VT organizations' values as drivers for achieving sustainable outcomes. By operationalising power-sharing and shared decision-making throughout the supply chain, VT can improve sustainability performance. Short-term outcomes in host projects, such as skills transfer and confidence building, can lead to long-term transformative changes like social mobility.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mireia Guix, Claudia Olle, Xavier Font
Summary: Through a combination of quantitative, multi-method approaches, the study assesses the communication of 37 airlines on their websites regarding voluntary carbon offsets, identifying that 56% of claims are trustworthy while 44% are misleading. It demonstrates that studying the trustworthy or misleading characteristics of communications together provides more learning opportunities than studying them individually.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Maria Jesus Bonilla-Priego, Juan-Jose Najera-Sanchez, Xavier Font
Summary: The study found that the connection between organizational actions and business model, the intensity of actions, and the evolution of response are three aspects of sustainable motivations for tour operators. Ethical motivations alone are not enough to integrate sustainable practices into core business or maintain long-term commitment.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Editorial Material
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
James Higham, Xavier Font, Jialin (Snow) Wu
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Inma Gallego, Xavier Font, M. Rosario Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Summary: This study examines the impact of risk conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on tourists' desire to travel, intention to visit, and the destination choice process. The analysis is based on 5134 million flight searches and 379 million flight picks in 2020 from the 17 largest tourism source markets in Europe. An unweighted index is used to measure the average variation of searches and picks in 2020 compared to the reference base period of 2019. The study also analyzes 17 international travel destinations within the evoked sets of the largest outbound markets in Europe (Germany and UK), and identifies the markets most favorable to Spain. The research design can provide insights for cost-efficient marketing decisions in a situation of high uncertainty.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jialin (Snow) Wu, Xavier Font, Claire McCamley
Summary: Non-compliance with social distancing measures has negative effects on public health and economic recovery. This study explores the factors influencing behavioral intentions towards social distancing measures and suggests that effective communication, fostering residents' altruistic value and moral considerations, is key to promoting compliance.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Mireia Guix, Xavier Font
Summary: Stakeholder consultations play a significant role in legitimizing the balance of participants, the quality of the process, and its effective results. This study proposes a deliberative digital stakeholder consultation methodology based on an appreciative inquiry approach to materiality assessment. It demonstrates the application of this methodology in a four-month consultation for the European Commission. Through an interactive online consultation due to COVID-19, dynamism and co-creation were facilitated. The appreciative inquiry approach introduced a sense of ownership and legitimacy, contributing to policy development.
ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Business
Juan Luis Nicolau, Katja Anna Stadlthanner, Luisa Andreu, Xavier Font
Summary: This study analyzes the willingness of consumers to use reusable coffee cups (RCCs) and examines the factors influencing their decisions. The empirical application provides a novel method for understanding the barriers and willingness of individuals towards the use of RCCs in the coffee shop industry.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2022)
Article
Business
Katja Anna Stadlthanner, Luisa Andreu, Manuel Alector Ribeiro, Xavier Font, Anna S. Mattila
Summary: Research has found that message framing has an impact on consumers' emotions, with positive framing eliciting hope and negative framing triggering guilt. Both emotions positively influence consumers' attitudes, but only hope affects attitudes towards the company, ultimately influencing consumers' behavioral intentions.
JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MARKETING & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Katja Anna Stadlthanner, Luisa Andreu, Xavier Font, Manuel Alector Ribeiro, Rafael Curras-Perez
Summary: This study examines the direct effect of outcome message frames on cause involvement and the moderating roles of consumers' corporate social responsibility scepticism and biospheric values. The findings suggest that gain-framed messages are more effective than loss-framed messages in increasing cause involvement. Both CSR scepticism and biospheric values moderate the relationship between gain-framed messages and cause involvement.
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xavier Font, Luigina Montano, Jialin (Snow) Wu, Alexandra Coghlan, Kyle Woosnam, ShiNa Li
Summary: This passage discusses the purpose of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism as a knowledge vehicle that contributes to solving sustainability needs of society, and the importance of consulting with the editorial board to refresh and renew its aims and long-term outcomes.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Yan Liu, XinYue Cao, Xavier Font, XingPing Cao
Summary: This study investigates Chinese residents' intention to support the revival of tourism in their hometowns post-COVID-19, and explores the impact of perceived threat on this intention. The results show that the need to belong mediates the relationship between perceived threat and intention to support one's hometown.
JOURNAL OF DESTINATION MARKETING & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Luigina Jessica Montano, Xavier Font, Corinna Elsenbroich, Manuel Alector Ribeiro
Summary: This study presents an improved method for evaluating complex tourism interventions using participatory approaches. It argues that participatory methods can promote a culture of evaluation and support partners in demonstrating project impacts. The paper demonstrates the effectiveness of Theory of Change (ToC) as a tool for co-creating and owning evaluation strategies to ensure project outcomes. This novel application of ToC based on participatory approaches aims to disseminate knowledge and improve decision-making in tourism interventions and policy-making.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xavier Font, Anna Torres-Delgado, Gloria Crabolu, Jesus Palomo Martinez, Joseph Kantenbacher, Graham Miller
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of sustainable tourism indicators on destination competitiveness, using the European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) as a reference. By assessing the absorptive capacity of destination management organisations (DMOs), the study found that DMOs acquired knowledge about the importance of sustainable tourism indicators through ETIS and developed their own systems based on its principles. However, the European Commission had unrealistic expectations that DMOs or their policies would undergo significant transformation as a result of using indicators, or that indicators would be utilized to improve tourism sustainability and competitiveness.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Inmaculada Gallego, M. Rosario Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Xavier Font
Summary: This paper explores global differences in travel risk perception based on attitudes towards travel abroad and the time required to plan travel. Through big data analysis, it identifies clear differences between different regions and suggests marketing implications for tourist destinations to maximize opportunities for tourism reactivation.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elizabeth Alvarez-Chavez, Stephane Godbout, Mylene Genereux, Caroline Cote, Alain N. Rousseau, Sebastien Fournel
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of alternative filtering materials and bed aeration on the retention of nutrients and fecal bacteria in woodchip bedded stand-off pads for cows. The results showed that the alternative biofilters were more efficient in removing COD, SS, TN, and NO3-N, while conventional biofilters were more efficient for PO4-P removal. Aeration did not have a significant effect under the tested temperature conditions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yike Zhang, Zengyi Ma, Zhuoting Fang, Yuandong Qian, Zhiping Huang, Yilong Ye, Jianhua Yan
Summary: This study investigates the application of oxygen enrichment melting technology in the melting of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash. The results demonstrate that oxygen enrichment technology can reduce energy consumption and operating costs, as well as decrease pollution emissions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liangang Xiao, Mingkai Leng, Philip Greenwood, Rongqin Zhao, Zhixiang Xie, Zengtao You, Junguo Liu
Summary: This study investigates the effects of grazing exclusion on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation and vegetation recovery. It finds that grazing exclusion can increase the potential for SOC accumulation, and higher annual precipitation is positively correlated with SOC accumulation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Beatrice Cantoni, Jessica Ianes, Beatrice Bertolo, Selena Ziccardi, Francesco Maffini, Manuela Antonelli
Summary: This study evaluates the performance of ozonation and adsorption as in-series processes compared to standalone processes for the removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in drinking water. The combination of both processes proves to be more effective than adsorption and ozonation alone. Ozonation improves the adsorption performance of poorly-oxidizable CECs but worsens that of well-oxidizable compounds. This research highlights the importance of considering both processes in the removal of CECs in drinking water treatment plants.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dan Li, Bingjun Liu, Yang Lu, Jianyu Fu
Summary: A new Standardized compound Drought and Saltwater intrusion Index (SDSI) was developed to detect changes in the severity of CDSEs in six estuaries. The study found that saltwater intrusion plays a dominant role in influencing SDSI severity, and CDSEs vary in frequency, duration and severity among different estuaries.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yong-Qiang Li, Rui Sun, Chong-Miao Zhang, Zi-Xuan Liu, Rui-tao Chen, Jian Zhao, Hua-dong Gu, Huan-Cai Yin
Summary: In this study, an electron beam excitation multi-wavelength ultraviolet (EBE-MW-UV) system was established and found to have significantly higher microbial inactivation effects compared to single-wavelength UV-LEDs in water. Mechanism analysis revealed that EBE-MW-UV damaged microbial DNA and proteins, and generated additional reactive oxygen species, leading to microbial inactivation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kaili Ma, Xinxin Han, Qiujuan Li, Yu Kong, Qiaoli Liu, Xu Yan, Yahong Luo, Xiaopin Li, Huiyang Wen, Zhiguo Cao
Summary: This study reveals that the use of a tryptophan-degrading microbial consortium (TDC) can enhance the hydrolysis efficiency of waste activated sludge (WAS), increasing the yield and quality of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and improving the solubilization and release of organic substances from WAS.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ling Xiong, Rui Li
Summary: Incorporating Ecosystem Service Value (ESV) into land use planning can provide informed land management decisions. This study evaluates the ESV of Guizhou Province in China's karst region. The results show an increase in total ESV over the past two decades due to ecological restoration projects.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Geetha Jenifel
Summary: This article discusses the importance of water and the pollution of freshwater resources, and introduces the use of machine learning models and blockchain technology to predict and protect water quality.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stanslaus Terengia Materu, Taotao Chen, Chang Liu, Daocai Chi, Meng Jun
Summary: The study showed that H2SO4-modified biochar can reduce P leaching, increase soil available P, and enhance plant P uptake in alternate wetting and drying irrigation systems. Biochar additions B20A and IAWDB20A-M were effective in improving yield, reducing P leaching, and increasing APB.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amir Nouri, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Mark Van Loosdrecht
Summary: This study focuses on the development of an air-lift bio-electrochemical reactor (ALBER) with a continuous feeding regime to enhance nitrogen removal from synthetic wastewater. The effect of temperature, hydraulic retention time (HRT), N -NH+4 /TN ratio, and current density on the reactor performance was investigated, and the ALBER achieved a maximum TN removal of 73%. The results suggest that the ALBER has potential for treating industrial wastewater at low temperatures.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peifang Wang, Guoxiang You, Yang Gao, Juan Chen, Xun Wang, Chao Wang
Summary: This study investigated the ecological processes of microbial communities and N- and P-transformation processes in multistage agricultural drainage ditches. The results showed that the microbial communities were co-shaped by agricultural practices and ditch size, which further governed the N and P removal performance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaofeng Niu, Huan Wang, Tao Wang, Peiyu Zhang, Huan Zhang, Hongxia Wang, Xianghong Kong, Songguang Xie, Jun Xu
Summary: Microorganisms play a critical role in maintaining ecosystem balance, and environmental stressors can affect the assembly processes of microbial communities. The study found that different stressors have opposite effects on microbial community assembly in water and sediment, and warming has different influences compared to herbicides and nutrients.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuqing Tan, Qiming Cheng, Fengwei Lyu, Fei Liu, Linhao Liu, Yihong Su, Shaochun Yuan, Wenyu Xiao, Zhen Liu, Yao Chen
Summary: The exacerbation of global warming, extreme weather events, and rapid urbanization have led to increased flooding in urban areas. China has adopted sponge city as an efficient means of preventing and controlling urban floods. Using a SWMM-FVCOM model, the hydrological reduction and control effect of sponge city construction (SPCC) within a university campus were evaluated. The study found that implementing SPCC effectively mitigates surface runoff and reduces the severity of urban flooding. However, the efficacy of runoff control decreases with longer rainfall return periods.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhonghan Chen, Qiuyan Li, Shibo Yan, Juan Xu, Qiaoyun Lin, Zhuangming Zhao, Ziying He
Summary: Tidal rivers are important biochemical reaction channels, receiving carbon from wastewater and agricultural drains, affecting CO2 emissions. Through modeling and data analysis, researchers explored carbon distribution, emissions, and greenhouse effects, emphasizing the potential of river management to change global CO2 emissions under climate change.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)