Accounting and Statistical Analyses for Sustainable Development : Multiple Perspectives and Information-Theoretic Complexity Reduction |
Autore | Lemke Claudia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
Collana | Sustainable Management, Wertschöpfung und Effizienz |
Soggetto topico | Environmental economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Environmental Economics
Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Composite indicators Multilevel perspective Principal component analysis Information theory Open Access |
ISBN | 3-658-33246-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of equations -- List of symbols -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background and motivation -- 1.2 Research question and aim of the dissertation -- 1.3 Procedure -- Chapter 2 Conceptual framework of sustainable development -- 2.1 Definition of sustainable development and sustainability -- 2.2 The three contentual domains of sustainable development -- 2.2.1 Environmental protection -- 2.2.2 Social development -- 2.2.3 Economic prosperity -- 2.2.4 Integration of the three contentual domains -- 2.3 Stakeholders and change agents of sustainable development -- 2.3.1 The multilevel perspective -- 2.3.2 Corporate sustainability -- 2.3.3 Political goal setting: The United Nations's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- 2.3.4 Sustainability science -- 2.4 Summary -- Chapter 3 Measuring and assessing contributions to sustainable development -- 3.1 Principles of sustainable development measurement and assessment methods -- 3.2 Overview of quantitative sustainable development assessment methods -- 3.3 Sustainable development indicators -- 3.3.1 Corporate indicator frameworks -- 3.3.2 Meso-level indices -- 3.3.3 Macro-level indices -- 3.4 Summary -- Chapter 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Overview of sustainable development indices' calculation steps and methodological requirements -- 4.2 Methodological evaluation of sustainable development indices -- 4.3 Methodology of the Multilevel Sustainable Development Index (MLSDI) -- 4.3.1 Collection of sustainable development key figures -- 4.3.2 Preparation of sustainable development key figures -- 4.3.2.1 Meso-level transformation to macro-economic categories -- 4.3.2.2 Macro-level transformation of statistical classifications -- 4.3.3 Imputation of missing values.
4.3.3.1 Characterisation of missing values -- 4.3.3.2 Single time series imputation: Various methods depending on the missing data pattern -- 4.3.3.3 Multiple panel data imputation: Amelia II algorithm -- 4.3.3.4 Statistical tests of model assumptions -- 4.3.4 Standardisation to sustainable development key indicators -- 4.3.5 Outlier detection and treatment -- 4.3.5.1 Characterisation of outliers -- 4.3.5.2 Univariate Interquartile Range (IQR) method -- 4.3.6 Scaling -- 4.3.6.1 Characterisation of scales -- 4.3.6.2 Rescaling between ten and 100 -- 4.3.7 Weighting -- 4.3.7.1 Overview of weighting methods -- 4.3.7.2 Multivariate statistical analysis: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- 4.3.7.3 Multivariate statistical analysis: Partial Triadic Analysis (PTA) -- 4.3.7.4 Information theory: Maximum Relevance Minimum Redundancy Backward (MRMRB) algorithm -- 4.3.7.5 Statistical tests of model assumptions -- 4.3.8 Aggregation -- 4.3.9 Sensitivity analyses -- 4.4 Summary and interim conclusion -- Chapter 5 Empirical findings -- 5.1 Data base, objects of investigation, and time periods -- 5.2 Sustainable development key figures -- 5.2.1 Collection and preparation of sustainable development key figures -- 5.2.2 Imputation of missing values -- 5.3 Sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.1 Alignment of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) disclosures -- 5.3.1.1 Environmental sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.1.2 Social sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.1.3 Economic sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.2 Summary statistics of the sustainable development growth indicators -- 5.3.3 Outlier detection and treatment -- 5.3.4 Empirical findings of the cleaned and rescaled sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.4.1 Summary statistics. 5.3.4.2 Comparative analysis of the selected branches -- 5.4 Weighting -- 5.4.1 The Principal Component (PC) family's eigenvalues and explained cumulative variances -- 5.4.2 The Maximum Relevance Minimum Redundancy Backward (MRMRB) algorithm's discretisation and backward elimination -- 5.4.3 Comparative analysis of weights -- 5.4.4 Statistical tests of the Principal Component (PC) family -- 5.5 Empirical findings of the four composite sustainable development measures -- 5.5.1 Summary statistics -- 5.5.2 Comparative analysis of the selected branches -- 5.6 Sensitivity analyses -- 5.7 Summary -- Chapter 6 Discussion and conclusion -- 6.1 Implications for research -- 6.2 Implications for practice -- 6.3 Limitations and future outlook -- 6.4 Summary and conclusion -- Appendix -- A.1 Statistical classification scheme of economic activities in the European Union (EU) -- A.2 German health economy's statistical delimitation -- A.3 Statistical tests of sustainable development key figures -- A.4 Summary statistics of the sustainable development key indicators -- A.5 Outlier thresholds of the sustainable development key indicators -- A.6 Normality tests of z-score scaled sustainable development key indicators -- A.7 Sensitivities by the four composite sustainable development measures -- References. |
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Lemke Claudia
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Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
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Challenge and Research Trends of Forecasting Financial Energy |
Autore | Korol Tomasz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (130 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Development economics & emerging economies |
Soggetto non controllato |
economics of family
personal finance financial energy forecasting bankruptcy of households financial health consumer finance consequences of COVID-19 farms factors determining the propensity to use external capital logistic regression classification and regression trees (CRT) Central Pomerania Poland COVID-19 pandemic company’s performance crude oil energy markets technical trading rules predictability data snooping market efficiency COVID-19 pandemic hold-up problem natural gas transit country gas wars Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sustainable entrepreneurship family firm managerial overconfidence financial strategy electric cars Asia ASEAN tax incentives development forecasts |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910566476503321 |
Korol Tomasz
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Challenges and Opportunities for the Renewable Energy Economy |
Autore | Reboredo Juan Carlos |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (166 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
day-ahead market
balancing market gate closure forecast uncertainty wind power forecast agent-based simulation the MATREM system drying solar energy sustainable processing energy efficiency global heat production energy market energy conversion electricity carbon trading palm oil producer renewable energy economy sustainable development clean development mechanism Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Malaysia energy planning Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) low-carbon economy renewable energy deployment environmental efficiency pumped hydro storage wind farm simulated annealing genetic algorithm pattern search Matlab optimization toolbox economic and environment feasibility renewables low carbon interdependence copulas conditional quantiles liquefied natural gas cold energy regasification chilled water techno economic coevolution the fuel ethanol industry history-friendly model entry regulation ethanol mandate production subsidy R& D subsidy |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557648003321 |
Reboredo Juan Carlos
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The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities / Peter Driessen, Jan Hofman, Cornelis Johannes (Kees) van Leeuwen, Jos Frijns |
Autore | Driessen Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (314 p.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
flood resilience
flood risk Cape Town Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sustainable development goals urban planning coordination IHP storm water management stakeholder involvement flood risk management water management sustainability Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE) climate change urban water cycle wastewater management water policy governance capacity greenhouse gas emissions intergovernmental Urban Water Management Programme indicators sustainability city networks water sensitive cities water scarcity ICLEI flood damage assessment stakeholder participation SuDS climate change mitigation social network analysis water ecology SDGs urban resilience design rainfall event cost of inaction rainwater harvesting co-design UNESCO rainfall-runoff storm water control measure decentralized water reclamation with resource recovery baseline assessment City Blueprint Approach urban water management urban landscape governance strategies science and technology drinking water Integrated Water Resources Management resilience Sponge City stormwater reservoir use-attainment sustainability assessment water security Water-Energy-Food Nexus water management water supply Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) urban drainage lifecycle analysis social infrastructure urban pluvial flooding assessment framework footprint climate change adaptation infrastructure total cost of ownership water governance flood control water-reuse governance |
ISBN |
9783039211517
303921151X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910367569303321 |
Driessen Peter
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Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019 | ||
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Driving Sustainability through Engineering Management and Systems Engineering |
Autore | Philbin Simon P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (156 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
sustainability
project success business-society business models Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sustainable development infrastructure project fuzzy analytic hierarchy process project selection sustainable projects multi-criteria decision making COVID-19 food and beverage manufacturing complexity theory engineering management management conceptual carbon neutral electric vehicle vehicle-to-grid renewable energy smart charging net-zero circular economy design methods whole systems thinking data centre industry |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557407703321 |
Philbin Simon P
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New Approaches in Social, Environmental Management and Policy to Address SDGs |
Autore | Martinez-Nuñez Margarita |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (250 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Development economics & emerging economies |
Soggetto non controllato |
ecological footprint
environmental performance of SMEs 2030 Agenda sustainable development goals (SDGs) systemic sustainability analysis SDG targets prioritization sustainability project management scheduling public infrastructures Z-fuzzy number sustainable development goals facilitating factors implementation regional and local planning Norway capability assessment business incubator maturity model Thailand agro-food business small and medium enterprise (SME) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Agenda 2030 regime analysis United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ecosystem services forest forestry management practices European Green Deal sustainable development financing impact fund sustainable urban drainage systems green infrastructures stormwater green infrastructure Mediterranean climate arid climate template climate Spain hazardous waste shipment network analysis gross domestic product per capita disposal proximity principle self-sufficiency principle complex systems industrial ecology urban-industrial symbiosis urban-industrial systems urban metabolism ecosystem service observational scale trade-off hot/cold-spot Ussuri watershed country risk developing economies governance institutional quality low-income countries SDGs community empowerment energy transition rural depopulation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557612203321 |
Martinez-Nuñez Margarita
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Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking : Practices, Policies, and Trends / / edited by Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Serena Caucci, Kai Schwärzel |
Autore | Hettiarachchi Hiroshan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 232 p. 64 illus., 61 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 630 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Waste management Environmental management Environmental policy Sociology Waste Management/Waste Technology Environmental Management Environmental Policy Sociology, general |
Soggetto non controllato |
Agriculture
Waste Management/Waste Technology Environmental Management Environmental Policy Sociology, general Soil Science Environmental Social Sciences Sustainable Waste Management Soil Water Retention Nutrients Health risks Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Open Access Agricultural science Waste management Waste treatment & disposal Environmental management Central / national / federal government policies Sociology |
ISBN | 3-030-36283-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Composting as a Municipal Solid Waste Management Strategy: Lessons Learned from Cajicá, Colombia -- 3. Composting: a Sustainable Route for Processing of Biodegradable Wastes in India -- 4. Composting in Sri Lanka: Policies, Practices, Challenges, and Emerging Concerns -- 5. Valuing Wastes – a Multi-Method Analysis of the Use of Household Refuses from Cooking and Sanitation for Soil Fertility Management in Tanzanian Smallholdings -- 6. Urban Waste as a Resource: the Case of the Utilization of Organic Waste to Improve Agriculture Productivity Project in Accra, Ghana -- 7. Organic Waste Composting at Versalles: an Alternative that Contributes to the Economic, Social and Environmental Well-Being of Stakeholders -- 8. Traditional and Adapted Composting Practices Applied in Smallholder Banana-Coffee-Based Farming Systems: Case Studies from Kagera and Morogoro Regions, Tanzania -- 9. Co-composting: an Opportunity to Produce Compost with Designated Tailor-Made Properties -- 10. Biochar-Compost Mixtures as Promising Solution to Organic Waste Management Within a Circular Holistic Approach. |
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Hettiarachchi Hiroshan
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SDGs, transformation, and quality growth : insights from international cooperation / / Akio Hosono |
Autore | Hosono Akio |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 pages) : color illustrations |
Collana | Sustainable Development Goals |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
International cooperation Development economics & emerging economies Development studies Economic growth International economics Politics & government |
Soggetto non controllato |
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
quality growth inclusive growth industrial strategy environmental sustaimability |
ISBN | 981-16-9748-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | SDGs, Transformation, and Quality Growth: An Overview -- Transforming Economies for Jobs and Inclusive Growth -- Quality growth focusing on resilience to disaster risks. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910551841803321 |
Hosono Akio
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Sustainable Construction Engineering and Management |
Autore | Zavadskas Edmundas Kazimieras |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (680 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
building information modeling
project owner attitude behavior technology acceptance model BIM information model bridge maintenance management system Public–private partnership (PPP) risk identification risk relationship triangular fuzzy number ISM MICMAC data collection system worker’s smartphone concrete temperature monitoring high-rise building construction sustainable roles LEED contractors Vietnam bridge deterioration prediction model semi-Markov process Weibull-distribution condition rating sustainable construction project management (SCPM) sustainable performance evaluation set pair analysis informatization greenization Guangzhou metro China time management delay management mitigation strategy owner perspective contractor perspective power construction project Tanzania knowledge transfer safety behavior safety management construction site structural equation modeling (SEM) building information modeling (BIM) building performance assessment (BPA) key performance indicators (KPIs) facility management (FM) operation and maintenance (O& M) operating room (OR) defects liability period risk matrix residential buildings loss distribution approach decision tree analytic hierarchy process dynamic programming sustainable investment project participants’ behaviour roof installation projects modular construction rework integrated design process dependency structure matrix (DSM) process optimization sustainability green building delay sources risk management random forest-genetic algorithm computer aid construction project bridge construction risk analysis loss assessment model third-party damage insurance sensitivity analysis uncertainty modelling load action resistance limit states stochastic simulation failure probability structural reliability correlations linguistic action indicators last planner system linguistic action perspective resource-dependent activity relationship scheduling scheduling software Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications (MS Excel VBA) rework causes SWARA method time project success building projects sustainable construction value management exploratory factor analysis construction management green building materials (GBMs) building industry Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) construction industry MCDM COPRAS method real case study enterprise competitiveness organizational flexibility organizational innovation modernization of construction industry structural equation modeling natural language processing construction data management machine learning thermal insulation multi criteria analysis SALSA buildings Renovation Wave sustainable highway construction sustainability indicators triangular intuitionistic fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making entropy measure risk attitudes organizational learning fly ash geopolymer environment sustainable construction public private partnership critical success factors fuzzy synthetic evaluation project governance maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation (MR& R) inspection optimization infrastructure decision making life cycle assessment materials greenhouse digital transformation digital technology strategy change management project assessment sustainability criteria construction projects decision robustness risk process project management IDEF0 risk system implementation design smart technologies decision-making methods |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557421003321 |
Zavadskas Edmundas Kazimieras
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Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity : Breaking down the 5Ps--People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships |
Autore | Urata Shujiro |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (187 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KurodaKazuo
TonegawaYoshiko |
Collana | Sustainable Development Goals Series |
Soggetto topico |
Development studies
Political science & theory Asian history Central government policies |
Soggetto non controllato |
Development Studies
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Social Welfare Human Rights Development education Sociological approach to development Public Private Partnership (PPP) Peace Studies |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910633996203321 |
Urata Shujiro
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Singapore : , : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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