Thus, the purposes of this study are (1) to delineate the organizers' perception of socio-economic impacts of the festival and event tourism, and (2) to compare these results with those of attendees from literature. The findings of the study revealed that organizers' perceived economic impacts had four domains: Community …
This paper examines the socio-economic implications of scaling back China's Sloping Land Conversion Programme (SLCP), one of the world's largest payments for ecosystem services programmes.
The availability of socio-economic impact studies on port authority and regional development agency websites has often made this information accessible to the public at large. However, the differences in methodologies adopted, in terms of selecting, defining and measuring various types of socio-economic impacts, sometimes lead to …
Shifting from a linear to a circular economy could decouple environmental footprints from an ever growing global GDP. As footprints are increasingly driven by international trade, such a shift in a national economy would have global implications. In this study, we explore the global environmental and socio‐economic impacts of …
The study findings indicate that, the animal traction implements introduced by the project has achieved considerable positive environmental and socio-economic impacts in the project area.
Background Genetically modified (GM) crops have generated a great deal of controversy. Since commercially introduced to farmers in 1996, the global area cultivated with GM crops has increased 94-fold. The rapid adoption of GM technology has had substantial socio-economic impacts which a vast amount of technical and non …
It includes contributions by prominent academic researchers analysing the socio-economic impact of migration in a variety of contexts: interconnection of people and trade flows, causes and consequences of …
Mega sporting events and their socio-economic impact: Case study of the 2022 FIF A World Cup 18 Games in 2012 for example, which had a total economic impact of £9.5 billion dollars.
Analyses that couple direct biophysical impacts on species with indirect socio-economic impacts via consumption, commodity, and land use change are sorely needed to fill important gaps in our ...
The socio-economic impact of micro and small enterprises: A case study of metal and woodwork cluster in Meneharia sub-city, Hawassa, Ethiopia @inproceedings{Teklehimanot2017TheSI, title={The socio-economic impact of micro and small enterprises: A case study of metal and woodwork cluster in Meneharia sub-city, …
Conventional energy source based on coal, gas, and oil are very much helpful for the improvement in the economy of a country, but on the other hand, some bad impacts of these resources in the …
Abstract. Environmental, social and governance pressures should feature in future scenario planning about the transition to a low carbon future. As low-carbon …
undesired socio-economic impacts such as the disruption of social cohesion, displacement, congestion, traffic accidents and environmental impacts. Furthermore, it was found that the decision-making process is affected by ethnic favouritism, urban bias and a top-down approach where the rural poor and peripheral areas are deprived
Purpose Traction batteries are a key component for the performance and cost of electric vehicles. While they enable emission-free driving, their supply chains are associated with environmental and socio-economic impacts. Hence, the advancement of batteries increasingly focuses on sustainability next to technical performance. However, …
In this study, we explore the global environmental and socio-economic impacts of hypothetical circular policy interventions affecting the consumption of metal …
UNDP Africa's new report: "Analysing long-term socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 across diverse African contexts" examines the effect COVID-19 will have on macro-economic development in 10 African countries by 2030 and 2050. The study highlights the multifaceted economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic across …
As low-carbon energy technologies advance, markets are driving demand for energy transition metals, increasing the stress placed on people and the environment in extractive locations.
In some cases, modeling has included network analysis of how flows (e.g., of water or people) would be affected by network damage; in others, models abstract away from the spatial and topological aspects of networks to focus on economic or other types of linkages. Impact models and simulation models are advantageous in many ways; for …
In particular, assessing the impact of political, economic, socio-cultural, environmental and other external influences upon health care policy, proposals and organisational programmes is becoming a recognisable stage of health service strategic development and planning mechanisms. Undertaking this form of strategic analysis therefore is to ...
2.1 What is Socio-Economic Impact Assessment? SEIA is the systematic analysis used during EIA to identify and evaluate the potential socio-economic and cultural impacts of a proposed development on the lives and circumstances of people, their families and their communities. If such potential impacts are signifi cant and
3.1 Productivity of Switchgrass. Figure 1 shows the relative yield of switchgrass cultivated in heavy metals contaminated soils compared to control soils. According to these results, it was observed that production of switchgrass in Zn and Cu contaminated soils produced less biomass than control, although this reduction was not …
Analyzing the socio-economic impact of automation and job displacement *A.M.A.R.B Alahakoon, G.A.I.M Bandara Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura ... 4.1 Assessment of the overall economic effects of automation The integration of humans and machines holds the promise of creating a manufacturing process that is
Minnesota's iron mining industry not only has significant economic impact in the areas in which the iron is mined. The effects of Minnesota's iron mining industry can be felt far and wide – on local, regional, national and even international levels. ... socio economic impacts of metal eand traction; conveyor skirt design problem in iron ore ...
open access. Highlights. •. Social impacts of the mining sector can be assessed using different indicators sets. •. A literature review identifies the main social …
The COVID-19 shock can be interpreted as a combination of supply and demand shocks (Baqaee and Farhi, 2020; Caballero and Simsek, 2020; Guerrieri et al., 2020).
The present article aims at:. investigating and assessing the environmental impacts of sand mining from rivers. investigating social problems caused by sand mining from river mines. investigating economic impacts of sand work sites on local communities. Considering these goals the article tries to answer these questions: 1.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shaken up the socio-economic order on a global scale with interventions designed to curb the spread of the disease bearing multiple and reinforcing impacts on several aspects of economic and social lives. The effects of COVID-19 were diverse and often spilled over different or …
Deadly consequences. The report examines the many socio-economic impacts of extreme weather, which have wreaked havoc in the lives of the most vulnerable around the world.Five consecutive years of drought in East Africa, in conjunction with other factors such as armed conflict, have brought devastating food insecurity to 20 million …
We found that two general modeling approaches were used to estimate future demand—inflow-driven and stock-driven approaches. Inflow-driven approaches attempt …
1. Introduction. Labelled as a black swan event [] and likened to the economic scene of World War Two [], the outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2)) has had a detrimental effect on global healthcare systems with a ripple effect on every aspect of human life as we know …