Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ashraf Balabel, Mamdooh Alwetaishi
Summary: Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 adopts comprehensive development standards and initiatives to achieve sustainable goals, with a focus on sustainable buildings to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The launch of the Mostadam evaluation service aims to assist buildings in meeting sustainable standards in line with Saudi society's principles.
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Environmental Studies
Ahmed Abd El-Aal, Gamil M. S. Abdullah, Wael M. Al-Metwaly, Kholoud M. AbdelMaksoud
Summary: This study aims to demonstrate the importance of geological heritage for geoscience, geoeducation, and geotourism. The Geographical Information System (GIS) methodology has potential in evaluating geotourism resources in Najran province. The region's rich geodiversity and valuable geological heritage resources contribute significantly to geoconservation and efficient management strategies. However, the current focus on other developmental initiatives in Saudi Arabia highlights the need for additional research to utilize the available sustainable tourism resources.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abood Khaled Alamoudi, Rotimi Boluwatife Abidoye, Terence Y. M. Lam
Summary: To develop smart sustainable cities in Saudi Arabia, a citizens' participation framework is needed to support the implementation of SSC and understand the involvement of citizens in urban development. This study aims to identify additional stakeholder's management measures and explain their relationship with citizens' participation level.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammad Mazharul Islam, Mohammad Nazrul Islam Mondal, Haitham Khoj
Summary: The primary objectives of this study are to examine the presence of long-run equilibrium relationships and short-run dynamic relationships between health factors and GDP growth in Saudi Arabia over a specific time period. The results indicate the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship between the health factors and GDP growth; however, in the short term, the variables are found to be in a state of disequilibrium. Specifically, the study reveals that infant mortality, road traffic mortality, and healthcare expenditure exhibit a strong negative relationship with GDP growth, while the maternal mortality ratio displays a weak positive relationship. The findings of this research hold significant implications for policymakers who are striving to achieve sustainable GDP growth as outlined in Saudi Vision 2030.
Article
Mathematics
Majed S. Balalaa, Anouar Ben Mabrouk, Habiba Abdessalem
Summary: The paper proposes a wavelet method to study the impact of electronic media on the economic situation, specifically focusing on the KSA 2030-vision and its effects on the Saudi and global economy. The findings aim to provide insight into future market situations in the GCC region and be a guide for investors.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Redwanur Rahman, Ameerah Qattan
Summary: Vision 2030 and SD 2030 are crucial in both social and economic aspects, the Saudi government has aligned national programs and strategies with global development goals, prudent reforms should be taken to improve healthcare, ultimately enhancing state capacity.
INQUIRY-THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PROVISION AND FINANCING
(2021)
Article
Economics
Jorge Blazquez, Marzio Galeotti, Baltasar Manzano, Axel Pierru, Shreekar Pradhan
Summary: Energy price reforms generate the largest long-term welfare gains among the three policy measures, while introducing a VAT and deploying renewable energy also bring about certain welfare benefits. However, the welfare effects of renewable energy deployment are sensitive to the selected financing scheme.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Khalid Abdullah Mulhim Al Mulhim, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan, Shahed Khan
Summary: This paper examines the development of social housing policies in Saudi Arabia using a critical juncture approach within the framework of historical institutionalism. The study finds a shift from a public-welfare perspective to a more neoliberal vision in this sector, with a time-lag in policy development compared to global trends. Recently, the government has started focusing on social housing and integrating it with the Saudi Vision 2030.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Khalid Mohiuddin, Osman A. Nasr, Mohamed Nadhmi Miladi, Huda Fatima, Samreen Shahwar, Quadri Noorulhasan Naveed
Summary: In order to achieve Vision 2030, Saudi higher educational institutions need to reform their education system and prioritize certain areas to support higher education development. This study investigates the current practices of these institutions and analyzes their achievements and progress towards the Vision's goals. The findings reveal that priorities include modern curriculum, industry-based learning outcomes, skilled graduates, faculty development, innovative research, foreign university collaborations, accreditations, and lifelong learning.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tufail Alyousef, Faez Alshihri, Mahmoud Abdellatif, Tareq Alrawaf, Reham Abdellatif
Summary: This study aims to investigate the potential contributions and constraints of integrated recreation cities (IRC) to sustainable development in Saudi Arabia and provide implementation policies and measures to support sustainable development.
Article
Economics
Ghazala Aziz, Suleman Sarwar
Summary: The goal of this study is to examine and analyze the role of governance in achieving, manipulating, and modifying sustainable economic growth in Saudi Arabia. Using ARDL and dynamic ARDL simulated econometric approaches, it also highlights the impact of governance measures before and after Vision 2030. Contrary to previous literature, the empirical estimations show a negative effect of governance effectiveness on economic growth. However, the findings confirm the significant and positive influence of voice of accountability, rule of law, and corruption control. Moreover, the study suggests that addressing political stability and governance effectiveness is crucial for sustainable economic growth in Saudi Arabia, while the institutional dimension of governance has a substantial and positive effect. This study provides valuable insights for policymakers to monitor current strategies and inform decision-making in the future.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Mohammad Al-Saidi
Summary: Saudi Arabia's water and energy sectors are crucial for achieving sustainability goals such as the circular economy. Current efforts include promoting renewables, decarbonizing electricity production, improving energy efficiency, and adopting sustainable water-use practices. However, more explicit and targeted strategies are needed to fully embrace the circular economy paradigm and enhance resource-use sustainability.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Harman Preet Singh, Ajay Singh, Fakhre Alam, Vikas Agrawal
Summary: The research investigates the relationship between selected UN SDGs and GDP growth rate in Saudi Arabia. The results show that education and training, gender equity/women's empowerment, greenhouse gas emissions, and decent employment are positively related to GDP growth, while poverty, hunger, and health are negatively related. The research suggests that investing more in education and training can help achieve the SDGs without compromising environmental goals.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ahmed Sulaiman Alsafran
Summary: The microgrids in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are expected to make significant progress over the next five years as part of the Saudi government's plans for sustainable energy and development. To achieve these goals, the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) has initiated an energy mix program and the Saudi Water and Electricity Regulatory Authority (WERA) is working on updating and defining standards for microgrids. This paper emphasizes the importance of establishing standards for microgrids and offers recommendations on their implementation in the Saudi Electric Power System (EPS).
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Hamdi A. Al-Jamimi, Galal M. BinMakhashen, Lutz Bornmann, Yousif Ahmed Al Wajih
Summary: Bibliometric studies are used to assess the research performance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) by analyzing scientific outputs and impacts using statistical methods. This study focuses on the most productive universities in KSA and examines their research profile in terms of productivity, scientific impact, and collaboration dimensions. The study evaluates KSA's scientific activities from 2011 to 2020, identifies the most productive universities, analyzes research trends, and explores different collaboration patterns to understand future research directions in KSA. The implications of this study are to provide evidence-based insights for researchers and policymakers.
Review
Development Studies
Maryna Brychko, Yuriy Bilan, Serhiy Lyeonov, Dalia Streimikiene
Summary: This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of research literature on enterprise development and examine the multilateral and facilitative role of internal and external business environment changes in the relationship between sustainable development and enterprise development. Through bibliometric analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, researchers investigated the different links between enterprise development, sustainable development, and business environment.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ghazala Aziz, Suleman Sarwar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Nasir Malik, Rida Waheed
Summary: This article examines the role of creativity in controlling carbon intensity in OPEC countries. Panel estimation techniques are used to analyze annual data from 1990 to 2018. The empirical evidence shows that patent rights and innovation are policy factors that help control carbon intensity, leading to an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly society. However, the impact of innovations is stronger than that of patents. On the other hand, urbanization and economic growth are key determinants that increase carbon intensity, while renewable energy has an insignificant effect. The empirical analysis, particularly on creativity, provides practical implications for authorities in controlling carbon intensity and improving energy efficiency.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ghazala Aziz, Rida Waheed, Suleman Sarwar, Mohd Saeed Khan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of life expectancy on carbon emissions in Saudi Arabia and examines the role of governance in achieving carbon neutrality. Using the dynamic ARDL technique, it is one of the pioneering studies in analyzing the influence of life expectancy on carbon emissions control. The coefficients of life expectancy, education, and political stability are significantly negative, while governance effectiveness acts as an obstacle to carbon neutrality. Surprisingly, the empirical findings on life expectancy and governance effectiveness present interesting results. Looking at the estimates for Vision 2030, the coefficient of corruption control is significant and negative, indicating the Saudi government's prioritization of combating corruption. Despite the positive governance effectiveness, governance reforms are still needed to achieve carbon neutrality goals in Saudi Arabia.
Article
Business
Rida Waheed, Suleman Sarwar, Majid Ibrahim Alsaggaf
Summary: This study aims to investigate the importance of energy, green, and blue indicators in achieving sustainable economic growth in Saudi Arabia, and to test the impact of Vision 2030 on these factors. The findings suggest that Saudi Arabia can achieve sustainable economic growth by enhancing sea trade and tourism, highlighting the significance of blue economic factors.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ghazala Aziz, Rida Waheed, Majid Ibrahim Alsaggaf
Summary: The purpose of this study was to understand the interactions between various factors in Saudi Arabia, including ecological footprint, forest resources, land resources, environmental technology, and renewable energy consumption. The study found that forest and land resources play a significant role in reducing the ecological footprint. Environmental technology and renewable energy showed insignificant effects in pre-Vision 2030 analyses but became negative and significant in positive shock analyses. These results highlight the effectiveness of Saudi Vision 2030 in addressing environmental challenges and suggest the implementation of beneficial policies.
Article
Business
Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Erum Zahoor Zaidi, Syed Hasnain Alam, Dalia Streimikiene, Vishnu Parmar
Summary: This study examines the effect of social media marketing on brand equity, purchase intention, and customer equity. Using structural equation modeling and collecting data from 312 respondents, it finds a significant positive relationship between social media marketing and brand equity, as well as a direct effect of social media marketing efforts on purchase intention through brand equity. The study also highlights the importance of a comprehensive marketing strategy in the Pakistani market and the influence of offline activities like testing and trial sessions on customers' purchase decisions.
AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mahyar Kamali Saraji, Ehsan Rahbar, Ali Ghorbani Chenarlogh, Dalia Streimikiene
Summary: A rigorous literature review was conducted to identify the challenges of adopting a lean, agile, resilient, and green supply chain (LARG SC). The validity of the identified challenges was analyzed through a survey, and a novel MEREC-TOPSIS method under spherical fuzzy sets was proposed to evaluate the objective importance of the challenges and assess pharmaceutical companies' performance in dealing with them. The results revealed 35 validated challenges to LARG SC adoption, with the most significant challenges being designing for manufacturing, applying information technology, strong communication with suppliers and distributors, and green packaging.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tomas Balezentis, Mindaugas Butkus, Dalia Streimikiene
Summary: The agricultural production is crucial for food provision and income in rural areas. This study analyzes the agricultural energy productivity in EU Member States during 2005-2019, finding the need for attention and policy development in this area. The results show stable differences between clusters of countries, suggesting the importance of cohesive policies for homogeneous groups.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ghazala Aziz, Suleman Sarwar, Muhammad Wasim Hussan, Ali Saeed
Summary: This research explores the relationship between environmental technology, environmental taxes, and renewable energy consumption in the context of East Asia. The findings suggest that environmental technology plays a significant role in reducing ecological footprints, while the impact of environmental taxes and renewable energy consumption is minimal. Additionally, urban population dynamics and economic surges amplify ecological consequences. The study highlights the importance of technological innovations in environmental stewardship and recommends a recalibration of policy priorities.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Tomas Balezentis, Dalia Streimikiene, Gintare Stankuniene, Olatunji Abdul Shobande
Summary: Households play a significant role in global greenhouse gas emissions, with a potential for high reduction. The main ways to reduce emissions are through the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency improvement, and changes in energy use patterns. Building renovation and the use of energy efficient appliances have the highest energy saving potential in households.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Tomas Balezentis, Agne Zickiene, Artiom Volkov, Dalia Streimikiene, Mangirdas Morkunas, Vida Dabkiene, Erika Ribasauskiene
Summary: This article proposes a novel framework for assessing the viability of agri-food supply chains in the face of disruptive events. The method utilizes Monte Carlo simulation and expert evaluation to assess the viability of different stages of the supply chains. The framework is applicable to both short and long supply chains and has practical value. The evaluation of Lithuanian agri-food supply chains under the effects of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war reveals increased energy consumption as a major negative factor, but also shows slightly increased production outputs due to uninterrupted production activities.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Antanas Usas, Edmundas Jasinskas, Dalia Streimikiene
Summary: Thanks to constant improvement in software packages, apps, and technologies, creating and improving websites has become easier. Problems faced by website users include excess or lack of information, inappropriate layout of website management, inefficiency of additional functions, and excess of visual material. The type of business can affect decision outcomes and influence consumer satisfaction and trust. This study examines consumer satisfaction and trust with C2C websites and proposes an analytical model that links website quality indicators to consumer satisfaction and trust. The results show a positive effect of website quality on consumer trust and satisfaction, mediated partly by consumer trust. C2C websites should understand consumer expectations regarding website quality for online shopping to attract and retain consumers.
MANAGEMENT & MARKETING-CHALLENGES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Dalia Streimikiene, Asta Mikalauskiene
Summary: The agri-food sector has a significant impact on the environment and is the world's largest economic sector. Sustainable agriculture is crucial for meeting present and future needs while ensuring profitability and environmental health. Transitioning to more sustainable agricultural systems through the use of renewables can reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Assessing agricultural sustainability can be done using various indicators and can be performed on a country and micro level. This paper presents an assessment of the agricultural sustainability of the Baltic States based on an indicator framework and applies a multi-criteria decision analysis tool for ranking.
CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Muhammad Ramzan, Ummara Razi, Muhammad Usman, Suleman Sarwar, Amogh Talan, Hardeep Singh Mundi
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of nuclear energy, geothermal energy, agriculture development, and urbanization on carbon emissions and ecological footprint in China. The findings show statistically significant correlations between these factors and environmental degradation, while agricultural development has a pollution-mitigation impact.
