Article
Business
L. Taylor Damonte, Arch G. Woodside
Summary: This study provides a natural experiment on the impact of tourism destination visits on national financial well-being. By tracking the weekly rate of change in lodging demand in Myrtle Beach area over a fifteen-year period, the findings suggest that trends in lodging industry performance at a leisure travel destination like Myrtle Beach may be a leading indicator of changes in national business valuation. Discussions on limitations of natural experiments, including sources of invalidity, need to be included in such studies.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Diego Henriquez, Alfonso Urzua, Wilson Lopez-Lopez
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between various identity indicators and different dimensions of psychological well-being among Colombian migrants in Chile. The results show that collective self-esteem and ethnic identity have positive relationships with almost all dimensions of psychological well-being, while identity fusion with Colombia is only positively related to positive relationships dimension, and identity fusion with Chile is only positively related to the autonomy dimension.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Emmanuel K. Mbaru, Christina C. Hicks, Georgina G. Gurney, Joshua E. Cinner
Summary: The study found that the adoption of a conservation intervention did not significantly improve the well-being of local populations, but adopters showed modest improvements in material and subjective livelihood well-being compared to nonadopters over time. Variations in well-being experiences among adopters, nonadopters, and controls across different domains affirmed the dynamic and social nature of well-being.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Yuko Otake, Fabien Hagenimana
Summary: Previous studies challenge the assumption that economic growth improves subjective well-being, and argue that a mode of economy sustaining both subjective well-being and the natural environment is needed to achieve SDGs. The ethnographic study in post-genocide Rwanda showed that subjective well-being can be facilitated by alternative economy modes and direct sources of well-being, when basic needs are satisfied by well-established infrastructure and social services. This study contributes to understanding why and how people can be happy without money, and illuminates an economy mode benefiting the sustainable development of local communities.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Victor C. L. Arruda, Adriano S. Marques, Jose L. B. Moreira, Taynara G. S. Lago
Summary: Energy insecurity caused by dependence on oil and natural gas has been a topic of discussion in international forums, with concerns about economic instability and environmental crises. This study focuses on the potential of bioenergy as an alternative to fossil fuels, specifically biogas produced from organic materials. The analysis of Paraiba state in Brazil reveals that it has the capacity to produce an average of 31.3 PJ of animal bioenergy each year.
ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kei Aoki
Summary: This study demonstrates that knowledge sharing has a positive impact on contributor well-being, and can be a sufficient incentive for user innovators to diffuse their innovations. Through a C-to-C marketplace, contributors can independently disseminate and monetize their creations, leading to increased well-being.
Article
Environmental Studies
Dario Krpan, Frederic Basso
Summary: This research explores the influence of labeling and framing on support for the alternative sustainable social-economic model of degrowth. The main findings suggest that framing degrowth in terms of achieving positive consequences increases support for social change toward this economy, regardless of its name labeling.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Carlos Alberto Ruggerio
Summary: This review analyzes the main theoretical definitions of sustainability and sustainable development, their potentials and limitations, emphasizing the differences between their meanings. The article selected works that provide substantive definitions from a complexity theory perspective and discusses the criticisms of the concept of sustainable development, the emergence of the concept of sustainability in the 1990s, and new alternatives such as degrowth and buen vivir. The results also highlight the potential of sustainability as a developing framework for scientific research and environmental management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Herve Corvellec, Alexander Paulsson
Summary: Resources are a central concept in debates on socio-ecological transformations and post-growth societies. However, this study uses a resourcification approach to problematize the concept of resources in degrowth scholarship. The study reveals that resources are understood in two interconnected ways, as a critique of current resource practices and as a call for transformative de-resourcification practices. By approaching degrowth as a dynamic process of resource shifting, the study contributes to opening new socio-ecological pathways to post-growth societies.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Silvia Facchinetti, Elena Siletti
Summary: This paper examines the well-being indices in Italy, highlighting their importance in government policies, as well as significant differences among the indices in terms of theoretical approach, statistical rigor, and objectives.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Ruofei Yao, Rui Li
Summary: This paper investigates the dynamics of a consumer-resource reaction diffusion model in a heterogeneous environment and proves the global stability under specific conditions using the comparison principle.
NONLINEAR ANALYSIS-REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Iana Nesterova, Hubert Buch-Hansen
Summary: This paper discusses the intersection between the concepts of the circular economy and degrowth, specifically focusing on the implications of circularity in business within the context of degrowth societies. The authors argue that in order to effectively implement circularity as a sustainability practice, it should be deeply integrated into various aspects of social existence, particularly in terms of individuals' inner being.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Natalie Ralph, Assoc investigator
Summary: This article explores the design criteria for renewable energy technology that align with Circular Economy strategies, considering social dimensions and enabling independence from the economic growth imperative. By merging Circular Economy strategies with 'convivial technology' design tools, the article identifies weaknesses in CE design approaches and highlights the contributions from conviviality towards promoting growth independence and social wellbeing in RE technology. Designers are encouraged to balance internationalized/industrial technology with localized, convivial technologies to reduce reliance on monopolistic international supply chains.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Yuxiang Xie, E. Xie
Summary: This study contributes to empirical literature on multidimensional well-being by exploring the relationship between resources and how individuals convert their personal endowments. Factors such as conversion efficiency, differences in efficiency levels, and determinants of efficiency levels for both poor and non-poor individuals are investigated. Personal, environmental, and social factors can constrain the conversion of given resource factors into achieved functioning, leading to varying levels of output efficiency among individuals.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Psychiatry
Uriel Halbreich
Summary: Well-being is a multi-faceted concept that is claimed by various disciplines and professionals, each emphasizing their own unique perspective. Economists and politicians focus on finance and prosperity, while socially-minded activists focus on poverty and education. Health professionals focus on patients through medical tests, psychologists on stress and crises, and psychiatrists on mental disorders. Clergy and philosophers emphasize spirituality and cultural values. All these perspectives should be integrated into a single comprehensive entity for a well-rounded understanding of well-being.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andrew L. Fanning, Daniel W. O'Neill
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2016)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ines Cosme, Rui Santos, Daniel W. O'Neill
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2017)
Article
Ecology
Adam P. Marshall, Daniel W. O'Neill
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2018)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Andrew L. Fanning, Daniel W. O'Neill
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andrew L. Fanning, Daniel W. O'Neill, Milena Buchs
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jefim Vogel, Julia K. Steinberger, Daniel W. O'Neill, William F. Lamb, Jaya Krishnakumar
Summary: The study found that factors such as public service quality, income equality, democracy, and electricity access are associated with higher need satisfaction and lower energy requirements. On the other hand, extractivism and economic growth beyond moderate levels of affluence are linked to lower need satisfaction and greater energy requirements.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Andrew L. Fanning, Daniel W. O'Neill, Jason Hickel, Nicolas Roux
Summary: Most countries tend to transgress biophysical boundaries faster than they achieve social thresholds, leading to deep transformations being needed to safeguard human and planetary health. No country has achieved minimum social thresholds within biophysical boundaries between 1992 and 2015, and a projection indicates that no country is on the path to achieve them.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Arthur Apostel, Daniel W. O'Neill
Summary: This study estimates Belgium's wealth distribution and evaluates the revenue potential, distributional impact, and environmental effect of a one-off wealth tax. The findings indicate that the wealthiest 1% of households possess a significant amount of wealth, and the revenue potential of a one-off tax is higher than expected. However, the reduction in wealth inequality and environmental impact would be minimal.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aljosa Slamersak, Giorgos Kallis, Daniel W. O' Neill
Summary: Achieving the Paris Agreement requires massive deployment of low-carbon energy, but the transition itself may consume energy and result in substantial carbon emissions. Research finds that the transition will decrease the available net energy and increase the carbon emissions from the energy system.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Biographical-Item
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel W. W. O'Neill
Summary: Herman Daly, one of the founders of ecological economics, passed away at the age of 84. His work challenging the pursuit of economic growth and advocating for a steady-state economy has been fundamental to sustainability science.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lina Brand-Correa, Anna Brook, Mdena Buchs, Petra Meier, Yannish Naik, Daniel W. O'Neill
Summary: This article discusses the importance of ecological economics for public and planetary health, emphasizing the need for integrating ecological economics principles with pluralistic economic thinking in academic and practical settings.
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jason Hickel, Daniel W. O'Neill, Andrew L. Fanning, Huzaifa Zoomkawala
Summary: This study quantifies the responsibility of each country for ecological breakdown by assessing their material use beyond fair and sustainable boundaries. The results indicate that high-income nations are the primary drivers of global ecological breakdown and need to urgently reduce their resource use to achieve sustainability.
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel W. O'Neill, Andrew L. Fanning, William F. Lamb, Julia K. Steinberger
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Lukas Hardt, Daniel W. O'Neill
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2017)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)