8TH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE [SDC2021]
12th - 14th of November 2022
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
PRESENTERS
12th - 14th of November 2022
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
PRESENTERS
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Urban Development & Sustainable Architecture
Ana Cristina García-Luna Romero investigates the production and perception of the public space and housing from an interdisciplinary approach to establish environmental criteria in the design and construction of the city. Professor at the University of Monterrey in the Department of Architecture where she has also been in the Chair of the Department of Interior Design. She has lived, studied and worked in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico. Because of her interest among the field of realization of forms and space, aesthetics and product engineering, has postgraduate studies related to construction management as well as in architecture and sustainability. Currently she is working on her doctoral thesis. In her professional career has over ten years of practice where she has worked either with national and international architects and designers. Cristy combines her interest in architecture, design and urban sociology with her passion for travel around the world by offering consulting and training in different countries.
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Valeria Monno is associate professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the Politecnico di Bari (IT). Democracy, inclusion, social justice and environmental stewardship are the key-principles that have underlain her research, which so far has been mainly focused on planning for inclusive and sustainable cities and territories. Accordingly, her research has dealt with migration, environmental and urban peripheries regeneration, thus taking on the challenge of innovating spatial planning through a continuous theory/practice interplay. Therefore, possible innovations of theories and practices have been investigated, experimented and proposed with the aims of avoiding fragmentation, socio-economic polarization and environmental decline, and of enhancing the transformative potential of planning practices in fragile and deprived contexts in order to make planning meaningful for the most vulnerable human and non-human beings. Her research interests concern the need for planning practices which may enable local administrations and communities to cope with issues regarding the inclusion of marginalized communities like migrants and poor people living in deprived or contaminated peripheries. Focusing on planning as a plural and collective project aimed at integrating knowledge her research has therefore aimed at identifying and building ‘cooperative bridges’ among different structures of knowledge in order to construct alternative and regenerative visions of urban and territorial transformation. Within this thematic area, she has built a research of an international scope, and of both an analytic and normative nature, which has led her to publish a series of articles – the latter enjoying continual acknowledgments and excellent editorial collocations. Furthermore, such research activity has fostered her constant inclusion into international groups of researchers.
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Erum is a builder, creator and tree-shaker. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan currently known as Edmonton. She obtained a Civil Engineering degree from Queen’s University and spent over 20 years building great sustainable communities. Currently, Erum is Director, Enforcement with the Association of Professional Engineers and GeoScientists of Alberta (APEGA), Western Canada’s largest regulator. As well, she’s Municipal Councillor with the Kananaskis Improvement District (KID). On Council, Erum sits on Budget and Audit Committee and represents Council on the Bow Valley Regional Housing Committee. For her accomplishments she has received recognition as a Top 40 Under 40, The Next 10, A Woman Who Inspires and Woman of the Year Finalist. From her alma mater she received Queen’s University Engineering Excellence: 125th Award for Engineering Alumni. As well, Erum has also been chosen as one of 250 leaders across Canada to participate in the 2020-2021 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.
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Satprem Maïni is a French postgraduate architect in earth architecture and he has lived in Auroville, India, since 1989. Since 1985, he focuses on reviving raw earth as a building material and especially Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks (CSEB). He is the founding director of the Auroville Earth Institute where he works as an architect, builder, consultant, researcher, trainer and lecturer. He has worked in 38 countries and with his team has trained over 13,500 people from 92 countries on earth architecture. Satprem is the Representative for Asia of the UNESCO Chair “Earthen Architecture, Constructive Cultures and Sustainable Development”. He has been granted 15 awards, 4 international awards and 11 national awards.
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The Importance of Education for Sustainable Development
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan is multifaceted management professional with 29 years of diversified banking experience in setting strategies, conducting operational plans and establishing goals for credit, corporate & investment banking, sustainable development, sustainable banking, development economics, green industry, green banking, micro, small & medium enterprises, financial inclusion, anti-money laundering, public-private partnership, industrial management with competencies in originating and executing structured finance & syndication loan deals involving a variety of asset-backed securitizations in Bangladesh also having expertise in sustainability reporting and climate change. Mr. Khan is presently additional managing director of Standard Bank, Bangladesh. During his long banking careers, he held senior management positions in different capacities. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh, associate fellow member of Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, United Kingdom and the first certified sustainability reporting assurer in Bangladesh.
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Anyikwa Egbichi Blessing is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is an expert in Adult Literacy and Non-Formal Education, with special interest in Community Learning /Education as well as Educational provisions for Disadvantaged Groups such as Women and Girl drop outs, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Migrants. Her interest and involvement precipitated her position as the University of Lagos Chapter Coordinator for African World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF) at San Diego, California where she also served as a visiting lecturer . She has served as consultant to National Commission of Mass literacy, adult and non-formal education (NMEC), UNESCO Nigeria and Federal Ministry of Education Nigeria. Dr Anyikwa has 50 publications in reputable national and international journals. She is currently the coordinator for the literacy center at the University of Lagos.
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Mozammel did M.Com. in Finance from Dhaka University and completed Cost and Management Accountancy (CMA) courses in January 1996 and qualified myself as a Professional Accountant, and also completed MBA. He started his career in a leading Industrial Consulting firm. Then he switched over to a nationalized commercial bank, i.e., Sonali Bank Ltd. Finally Mozammel have been serving at Saudi-Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited (SABINCO), a joint venture investment company owned by the two brotherly Governments, i.e., The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and The People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Currently, he am holding the position of Executive Vice President-Investment in SABINCO. The Company is pioneer in promotion of industries in Poultry and Fish Feed manufacturing, Fisheries, Power, Steel, Telecommunication, Pharmaceuticals, Pulp and Paper, Textiles, Cement & Ceramic and Chemicals projects etc. During his long career of more than 25 years, he have already prepared hundreds of Feasibility Reports/Project Profiles on different industrial units. Participated in various syndicated finance projects under different sectors and also arranged fund through syndication as Lead Arranger and my endeavor is centering round the pre and post investment activities. Mozammel gradually acquired knowledge in industrial financing has got some scope to contribute something in selecting appropriate projects, choosing the right entrepreneurs, justifying the viability of the projects, arranging funds and implementing those in a rewarding manner. Thus contributing to the industrial development of the Country.
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Dann Diez is a climate justice activist and international speaker on leadership, sustainability, and green business. His passion for people and the planet brought him to help and mobilize eco-actions in the island and indigenous communities. His training, experience, and global involvement in social enterprise and sustainable development made a mark because of his dedicated commitment to sharing this with the grassroots communities. Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable Energy and Enterprise Development for Communities (SEED4COM) that empower communities and change lives through the promotion of Renewable Energy for all in off-grid, last mile, and disaster risks communities, environmental conservation, education and entrepreneurship. Dann is also the co-founder of Pusyon Kinaiyahan Internationale (alliance of the earth) a grassroots movement for the protection of people and the planet. Currently the Secretary-General of the Philippine Marine Environmental Protection Association, Country Coordinator of Philippine Waste Platform, former Foundation for the Philippine Environment Visayas Regional Advisory Committee, former SK councilor and co-founder of the Students in Action for Values and Empowerment (SAVE) a political student organization in Cebu. He is involved in many environmental campaigns and organizations, notably with Former US Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, national convener and prime mover of Let's do it Philippines movement, National Clean-Up Day Coalition, Ecobricks Philippines, Zero Waste Academy Philippines, and just recently the Food Gardens Movement to promote food security for COVID19 response. A Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity Fellowship in India, Recipient of the Miguel R. Magalang Individual Climate Leadership Memorial Award, ASEAN Leadership Fellow on Smart Cities, featured as Amazing Earth Hero, and Past President of the Rotary Club of Mandaue North. As a citizen of the world he gives back and volunteer his time and resources to promote friendship, prosperity, and peace. A world youth day volunteer and international development worker had led him to travel to 43 countries.
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PRESENTERS
Problems in establishing alliances to comply with SDG 17
in the successful execution of environmental conservation projects
The research for this study has found that the formation of alliances for the successful revitalization of the global partnership for sustainable development as defined by UN Sustainable Development Goal 17, entails considerable difficulty. This study uses for its empirical work marine environmental conservation projects and analyses the potential involvement of nonhuman actors as primordial stakeholders in these types of projects. The idea is to extend the scope of SDG 17 for it to also consider nonhuman subjects in order for it to better achieve its goal. The results of this study may be extrapolated to the business and management fields, which depend on natural resources for the development of their products. In the same way, in these areas natural resources as nonhuman actors are not present in the stakeholder maps of these projects. Environmental Conservation projects are thus especially interesting to study with regards to their stakeholder context and have been used as the experimental setting for the empirical work of this study. The primordial stakeholders of these projects are not social objects and therefore go beyond the present limits of present stakeholder theory. The study that has been used to analyze this concept is a marine conservation project based in Spain, and to shed light in potential extending the role of the 17th Sustainable Development Goal to include nonhuman beings to be able to better achieve the rest of the SDGs.
Dr. Elena Bulmer hold a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid, PMP by PMI, PRINCE-2. She has 15 year of international experience in the management of environmental conservation and biodiversity projects. She is a professor and researcher at EAE Business He research interest reside mainly in the fields of sustainability and project management.
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Experiences and Lessons Learned from Stakeholder Engagement in Transitioning to Use of Community Energy Business Entity - In the Case of Remote Islands, Nagasaki
Five years have passed since the liberalization of retail electricity sales in Japan. Consumers are now free to choose their own power company and can make a contract with power companies that better suit their lifestyles. As a result of this liberalization, many electric power companies have come up with their own plans. In this trend, emerging community energy business entities that aim for "local production for local consumption" have recently begun to increase. The purpose of this paper is to identify the strategies and challenges from the experience of stakeholder engagement in new community energy business entities. Stakeholder engagement in this context is a form of community engagement used to develop a viable agenda and implementation plan in line with the interests and needs of key stakeholders and constituencies. It is important to seek strategies to involve more stakeholders in decision-making when building new energy systems within a community, especially for in the development of remote island areas with rapidly declining populations. It is desirable that all key stakeholders be involved in the discussion of a new energy future. This paper focuses the case study of remote islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, which has the largest number of remote island municipalities in Japan. Based on semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and document analysis, this research identifies the scope and engagement strategy of the community energy business entities, and discuss lessons learned and challenges from the experience of energy stakeholder engagement. In the context of remote islands, a geographically isolated and resource-constrained area, both theoretical and practical issues are presented. This paper also presents options and outreach issues to encourage the broader range of stakeholder participation than just energy projects.
Dr. Satoshi Ishida - Lecturer, Department of Public Policy, Faculty of Regional Design and Development, University of Nagasaki, Japan. Ph.D. (Public Policy). His research focusses on development of collaborative governance model and participatory decision making. Dr. Ishida is especially interested in the qualitative analysis of multistakeholder process and consensus building process in the field of public policy.
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Dr. Hirotaka Haga - Lecturer, Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Regional Design and Development, University of Nagasaki, Japan. Ph.D. (Economics). His research focusses on municipal environmental policy in the point of view of the local management and governance. Dr. Haga is especially interested in regional development by utilizing renewable energy.
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ESG Premium on Financial Performance of Scandinavian Stock Companies
Defined during the Millennium UN (United Nations) Summit in 2000, the concept of Sustainable Finance refers primarily to the maximization of environmental, social and governance (ESG) benefits realized by companies. ESG is also perceived as the collective indicator – ESG rating – assessing the implementation of Sustainable Finance assumptions in companies' performance. The primary objective of the research is to identify the strength and direction of the impact of ESG ratings on the financial performance of listed companies within the energy and industrial sectors in the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway and Sweden). Research hypothesis constitutes that Scandinavian stock ESG companies of energy and industrials sector recognize ESG premium contributing higher returns and market valuation of those companies than other companies of the same sectors. The results of the study partly confirm set hypothesis.
Adrian Gawęda graduated MA studies in the field of finance and accountancy in parallel at two different departments of the University of Lodz. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences of University of Lodz, Poland. His doctoral thesis is “Sustainable finance impact on stock companies valuation”. Research undertaken in his doctoral dissertation will be focused on identification of sustainability premium recognized in higher market valuation of European public companies’ which fulfil assumptions of sustainable development. Also, Mr. Gawęda’s fields of interest are corporate finance, financial analysis and valuation of listed companies.
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New Economies - A Study of Possible Alternatives to a Collapsed System
Anne Aune is a Civil Engineer, MSc in Urban and Environmental Engineering, Designer in Sustainability by Gaia Education, Level 3 Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research in Human, Smart, Creative and Sustainable Cities at IBRACHICS. After a serious health problem, she gave new meaning to her relationship with work and her way of inhabiting the world.
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The role of sustainability in chemical education
A critical, inter-/transdisciplinary, and system thinking mindset is crucial for innovation in green and sustainable technologies. In recent years, green and sustainable chemistry and engineering education have received increasing attention. While their definition, practices and connections are well defined, a chasm in education challenges their real-world application. In our presentation, we will assess the role of critical thinking and system thinking in sustainable education. We explore the limitations of the current top-to-bottom practices while envisioning more holistic approaches in line with the need for an urgent change in the field. The drive towards a sustainable future must be addressed just to the youth, experts and industry leaders. Lateral fields such as social science, economics, law, and humanity must have a solid understanding of the concepts and practices in green and sustainable technologies. In the presentation, we will be demonstrating the crucial role of green and sustainable technologies and how they transform human resources, institutional and infrastructural settings in all sectors on a large scale to generate adequate cutting-edge knowledge that can be materialized in greener and more sustainable products and processes in a challenging world.
Gergo received his BSc from Budapest University of Technology and Economics and his MRes from the University of Manchester in chemical engineering. He worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than three years before joining the Sustainable Separation Engineering Group at KAUST, Saudi Arabia. During his PhD, Gergo focuses on different membrane separation challenges and possible solutions towards a more sustainable future. He is also the contributor of several chapters in the Sustainable Process Engineering textbook.
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A systematic literature review on sustainable fresh food cold supply chain: state-of-the-art and future direction
The fresh food cold supply chain industry needs to bring the balance among environmental, social, and economical aspects to maintain the market existence. Sustainable fresh food cold supply chain is one of the recent beneficial fields that can bring the balance among environmental, social, and economical aspects. A comprehensive review research needs to be conducted for a better understanding of sustainable fresh food cold supply chain. The main purpose of this research is to explore different insights from the existed literature that can help better achieve sustainable development of the fresh food cold supply chain. To explore various insights and gaps in sustainable fresh food cold supply chain, 142 papers are selected from SCOPUS database (January 2001 to August 2021). The selected papers are categorized on the basis of year, authors, organizations, journals, citations, status of country. The categorization of selected papers helps to explore various gaps such as SFFCSC has been studied more in developed countries and less studied in developing countries during the time between 2001 and 2017, while since 2018 till August 2021, the studies of SFFCSC in developing countries is more than developed countries.
Journey towards sustainable banking and financial inclusion in Bangladesh through innovation
A key step for the development of a country is to transform its informal sector into a formal and regulated structure where financial inclusion is considered a key enabler. The poor need to be allowed access to the country’s finance as part of the objective to achieve inclusive economic development and eradicate poverty. Financial services are the results of a process that mobilizes and facilitates the use of finance in the economy. With this reality being prevalent, digital financial services have seen a huge progress despite the harsh experience of the global pandemic known as COVID-19. Small firms and low-income families are important beneficiaries of the advancement of mobile finance, online banking, and Fintech services. Preventive measures like social distancing and lockdown are promoting the adoption of digital financial services. It is more than a decade now that Bangladesh has managed to register an average of more than 6% GDP growth. Behind this stable and significant growth of the country’s economy is an inclusive development strategy that is bolstered by inclusive financing initiatives and the success in implanting all of these objectives into the mainstream financial sector. Bangladesh has earned the status of being a pioneer of financial inclusion which is marked by the country’s recent strides toward rapid growth of the financial sector, rich and varied heritage in microfinancing activities, an incredible success in adopting and expanding digital financial services, and the materialization of ‘Digital Bangladesh’. So, everyone’s access to finance is a prerequisite to inclusive development. Total value of IT export services including freelancing through banking channel is USD 265.22 million in 2019-2020 financial year. In the year 2020, the total loan disbursement in microcredit sector was BDT 1302.32 billion. In the year Dec 2020 total Agent Banking account 9,645,999. With a developing economy, Bangladesh is experiencing ongoing changes and emergence of businesses and jobs due to technological evolution, challenging aftermaths of natural disasters, and an unprecedented epidemic like COVID-19, all of which foster the demand for innovative, goal-driven, and new financial products. Keywords: Sustainable Banking; Financial Inclusion; Covid-19; Innovation; Bangladesh.
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan is multifaceted management professional with 29 years of diversified banking experience in setting strategies, conducting operational plans and establishing goals for credit, corporate & investment banking, sustainable development, sustainable banking, development economics, green industry, green banking, micro, small & medium enterprises, financial inclusion, anti-money laundering, public-private partnership, industrial management with competencies in originating and executing structured finance & syndication loan deals involving a variety of asset-backed securitizations in Bangladesh also having expertise in sustainability reporting and climate change. Mr. Khan is presently additional managing director of Standard Bank, Bangladesh. During his long banking careers, he held senior management positions in different capacities. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh, associate fellow member of Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, United Kingdom and the first certified sustainability reporting assurer in Bangladesh.
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Advancing Paulinian Core Values as SPUP’s Response to Climate Change
With the adverse effects of Climate Change in the environment, it is necessary to critically examine attitudes and behaviors relevant to environmental values. Highlighting the incorporation of the Paulinian Core Values, St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP) fostered environmental programs, projects, activities, and partnerships towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on Climate Change. Utilizing the descriptive research design, this study examined the extent of integration of the Paulinian Core Values, namely: Christ-centeredness, Commission, Charity, Charism, and Community in the implementation of SPUP’s Climate Change initiatives. With participants composed of teachers, students, alumni, and members of partner-communities, the results showed that the degree of integration of the Paulinian Core Values in the realization of the University’s Climate Change-related endeavors is gauged to a “Very Great Extent”. Moreover, the findings also demonstrated the ability of SPUP to foster relevant and responsive environmental advocacy in engaging its academic and partner-communities towards the advancement of its Climate Change undertakings. This is reflected in the paradigm on SPUP Environmental Core Values, where the principles of ecological spirituality, environmental integrity, environmental justice, environmental engagement, and environmental stewardship are advanced vis-à-vis the Paulinian Core Values.
Dr. Allan Peejay Lappay is the Director of Alumni, External Relations and Advocacies of St. Paul University Philippines in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. He holds a doctorate degree in Educational Management. He was a recipient of the following awards and grants: 2021 Outstanding Professor for Holistic Development of Students ( by World Education Leaders Summit & Awards), 2020 Best City Advisory Council Member (by the Philippine National Police Region 2), 2018 Outstanding UNESCO Club Educator of the Philippines (by UNESCO Philippines), 2018 Dissemination Assistance for Research in Education Program (by Philippine Education Assistance Committee) and 2011 Ship for SouthEast Asian Youth Program (by Cabinet Office of Japan & Philippine National Youth Commission).
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Considering Smart Agriculture from Gender Perspective: A Study on Turkey
This presentation is about the current condition of smart agriculture in Turkey. The use of high-tech resolutions in agriculture has been developed recently in all over the world to make more precise, less wasteful and eco-friendly production. Turkey is a newcomer of these types of technologies as a big agricultural producer. We are looking at the impacts of smart tech applications in both institutional arena and pioneer examples through the lenses of gender. Using TURKSTAT data, we analyze information technology use by gender, and reach to the conclusion that rural women can gain certain advantages if new developments address structural inequality problems leaving their status lower. To make smart agrarian applications more effective in terms of rural developmental aims, we recommend the design of gender sensitive policies by empowering women in terms of decision making, production process, access to services and resource ownership. Another conclusion of our analysis is that smart agriculture practices are to be defined with a mobile solution, rather than desktop offerings, and a focus on young farmers, rather than elders to be effective in Turkish context.
Ezgi Çolak is working as a research assistant at Beykoz Unviersity, Istanbul - Turkey. She graduated from Kocaeli University, and completed her MA studies at Hacettepe University, Ankara. She is currently doing her PhD on Management and Organization at Marmara University, Istanbul. Her research interests are gender studies, diversity management, organizational studies, and research methods.
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Özgür Burçak Gürsoy is an assistant professor in Management Department at Beykoz University. She has taken her BA, MA and PhD degrees from Bogaziçi University. She is interested in agriculture, labor relations, market formation, research methods, gender and business history. Her articles are published in Turkish Studies, Historia Agraria, and Toplum Bilim.
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Disaster Resilience of Arts-and-Cultural-Based Creative Industries
(Cases of Lombok and Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
This research is motivated by the phenomenon of the development of the creative industries which play an important role in regional economic growth. The existence of creative industries throughout which are spread to almost all parts of Indonesia is great potential as well as a challenge due to the threat of disaster in most parts of Indonesia. To deal with the effects of disasters, creative industries need to make efforts to recover their economic conditions by building resilience. With high creativity, the creative industries must have more ability to build resilience. In previous research, research still focuses on digital technology-based creative industries that are developing in urban areas and with the threat of market uncertainty. Research with the characteristics of creative industries in Indonesia, which are the most creative industries based on traditional arts and culture that tend to be located in rural areas, has not been considered. This study aims to identify how the creative industries are able to build creative resilience after the disaster. With a qualitative approach, this research takes a case study on arts-and-cultural-based creative industries in Bayan Village, Pringgasela Village, and Kasongan Area. This research will produce a new concept of creative resilience.
Eri is an academic assistant in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. She is currently also working on a research project on the topic of disaster resilience of the creative industries. Eri have an interest in the areas of regional development, rural development, creative industry development, disaster resilience, and tourism planning.
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Implementation of Water Efficiency System in Green Building Projects in Malaysia:
Comparatives Study in Menara Kerja Raya and Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam
The purpose of this paper is to do Comparative Study on Water Efficiency system which includes Grey water and Rain Water Harvesting in Menara Kerja Raya, Kuala Lumpur and Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam , Malaysia. Water efficiency is an important criteria in savings the portable water consumption in an execution and implementation of a successful Green Building Project towards Malaysian Commitment of reduction CO² emission by 45% in 2030 in COP 21, Paris. The green building in return have proven to save energy usage by 50%; CO2 emissions reduced by 39%; water usage reduced by 40% and solid leftover reduced by 70% (Turner & Frankel[30]) SPAN annually report also stated that Malaysia daily water consumption is 212 liters/day/person and it is higher compared to normal average daily water consumption which is 100-200 liters/ day.person and because of this savings water through water efficiency system implementation is crucial in Malaysia The research intended to investigate the effectiveness of anually reduction of portable water consumption and percentage of water savings for the MKR and PKNS, Shah Alam project itself after the implementation of Water Efficiency system in the project. Cumulative readings of 12 months water usage readings for grey water and rain water harvesting for Menara Kerja Raya and PKNS, Shah Alam, Building is observed, monitored analysed comparatively with the monthly domestic building water usage. The data from the building is taken by the BACS system and analysis is using the Microsoft Excell. In conclusion from the research, Grey Water System and Rain Water Harvesting System is an important element in Water Efficiency implementation in green building projects to promote the reduction and savings of daily domestic water consumption. It is hoped that this research could promote the success of Water efficiency Implementation in Green Building Projects through the installation of Grey Water and Rain Water Harvesting System as a whole.
Ir . Shiela Sharif Designation: Senior Mechanical Engineer Institution: University Of Malaya Department: Public Works Department Malaysia Qualification: Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University Putra Malaysia Masters Degree of Science Management, University Utara Malaysia PhD, Sustainable Development and Green Building, University of Malaya. Professional engineer, Asean Chartered Professional Engineer, Aemas Certified Energy Manager Currently working in Public works Department Malaysia in Water Efficiency section
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Assessment of Furniture's and Finishes of 4-Star Hotel Rooms in Ernakulam -
A Multi-Criteria Evaluation and Redesign
Hotels rank in the most elevated levels of energy utilization in the construction Industry. Utilization of higher quantum of materials, renovation, and removal of building material to stay fervent is perhaps the most negative effects of lodgings. The motivation behind this paper is to develop a simple framework for green assessment across all 4-Star hotels in Ernakulam. The study was conducted in selected hotels in the Ernakulam District. The investigation has recognized the currently used materials of hotel rooms across the surveyed hotels. The proposed framework was derived based on a materials Environmental, Technical, economic and socio-cultural factors along with incorporating a theoretical aspect of a materials Lifecycle stages. The results from FOM method indicates that the reviewed hotels are high energy and carbon-intense particularly on account of furniture’s and Finishes of Hotel rooms. The fundamental motivation behind this paper is to build up a hypothetical plan for foundational consideration of evaluation of every material for lodgings for the fulfilment of resource efficiency and waste management effectiveness.
Neethu is an architect/Sustainable building Consultant (IGBC AP) with a combined experience of over 7 years in teaching and architectural practice. Post completion of her graduation in 2013 at Sathyabhama University, she started her career at Mathew and Saira Architects at Cochin for a year and further worked with inspiration with Ar C.P Sunil at Centre for Environment Architecture and Human Settlements(C-Earth). She later shifted to Mangalore and worked with Alva and Associates and was fortunate to experience Mangalore’s urbanism from close quarters. Her interest in academics urged her to join Nitte Institute of Architecture to teach undergrads. To deepen her knowledge in sustainable architecture trends, she pursued Masters in Sustainable Architecture from MES school of Architecture. Her recent role as assistant Professor at EKC college of Architecture, Manjeri helped her express ideas of a holistic approach for sustainability in various aspects of available natural resources to the budding Architects.
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Social Inequality in Pakistan - a deterring force to sustainable development
Developing countries have been encountering various challenges. One of the biggest challenges is to reduce social inequality and ensure equal opportunity across the board. Persistent social inequality is one of biggest obstacles that restrict sustainable development in any country. The Present research is a case study of Pakistan that analyses the state of social inequality in the country, deeply rooted in developing countries in various forms such as political inequality, educational inequality, and healthcare inequality. The research has analyzed Pakistan’s social policies, scanned internal and external environments, and suggested tentative policy recommendations. Initial recommendations suggested that a need for restructuring, updating, and upgrading various social development programs. The study concluded that reducing the social inequality and realistic implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) can lead the country to the sustainable development path.
Kehar Khan Khoso LLB, MBA, M.Phil (Eco), PhD (Candidate) Over 15 years of management and HR experience. Over 10 years academic and research experience. Currently associated with Rose Garden International School as a international Business teacher in Bangkok, Thailand. Have published four research articles in international journals and have presented research paper s various international conferences in Asia and Europe.
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Sustainable Design through Up-Cycling Crafts in the Mainstream Fashion Industry of India
Fashion today, banks upon fast fashion to generate higher turnover of designs and patterns in apparel and relate accessories, however, in the near future the fashion industry will have to re-invent itself to move towards a more holistic and sustainable circular model to balance the harm already caused. And closed loops of the circular economy will help the integration of indigenous craft knowledge which is regenerative. This paper explores ways a circular economy can be created by amalgamating fashion and craft while creating a sustainable business model
Having completed her Design Education and Masters in Fashion Management from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad, Avani Chhajlani is a textile enthusiast. She has a robust industry experience in the technologically advanced E-Commerce sector with various companies across the Indian mainland.
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Linking Natural Systems with Urban Infrastructure
Cities are at the forefront of innovation, knowledge, and prospects, attracting huge populations with its innumerable possibilities. Cities across the world are also faced with a myriad of problems. Some with crippling infrastructure, others with a social or political crisis and few with critical environmental problems. But only those cities, which are able to seek a balance with social, environmental and economic aspects are able to sustain and grow in the right direction. This presentation briefly highlights the possibilities and ways to link natural systems with urban infrastructure and help cities to absorb and mitigate some of the shocks and stresses it faces.
Sujata is an Architect- planner with over 20 years of experience in academics and 10 years in sustainable planning and environmental design consultancy. Currently the Head of Department of M. Arch (Environmental Architecture) at BNCA, Pune, she holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture from MMCA, Pune, Masters degree in Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and was awarded Ph. D in 2018 from the Savitribai Phule Pune University. With a focus on environment and environmental behaviour, she is actively involved in various research oriented activities and academics. She is currently a Member of BOS (Architecture) at SPPU. She is also on the Doctoral Research committees at BNCA, Pune, SRM University, Chennai, Dayanand Sagar College of Architecture, Bangalore and Manipal School of Architecture and Planning. Her areas of interest are environmental planning, environmental behaviour, climate resilience planning and housing
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Livelihood Sustainability of Rural Settlements in Vulnerable Conditions
In this presentation, the livelihood adaptation of rural settlements in western and northwestern Iran in vulnerable conditions (in terms of social, economic and environmental factors) has been studied and analyzed. In this regard, villages are considered that have special environmental characteristics such as distance from major economic hubs, limited water resources, subsistence agriculture, improper use of natural resources and cultural heritage, aging rural population and youth migration and the sale of raw materials. Therefore, the main effort will be to find an answer to the question to what extent the hypotheses of sustainable livelihood will be applicable in the study area. The results show that in such areas, the most important livelihood strategies to reduce harm can include diversifying the livelihood portfolio by discovering entrepreneurial opportunities, completing advantageous value chains in the region, empowering the active workforce to develop and increase business productivity, and developing responsible ecotourism and tourism. It has also been shown that environmental and social assets are the most important assets of such areas in order to adapt to changing conditions.
Ali Maleki is director and assistant professor of at Sharif Policy Research Institute (SPRI), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He received his PhD in Public Policy from Edinburgh University, UK. He also has been visiting researcher at SPRU, University of Sussex at Brighton, UK. He has experience in public policy, local and regional development, sectoral innovation systems, and science & technology policy, with a focus on developing countries. He has authored international books, chapters, and scholarly articles in leading journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, R&D Management, and Development Policy Review. He teaches Master and Ph.D. courses on public policy, policy analysis, sustainable development, economics of innovation, and industrial policy at Iranian universities.
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Institutional sustainability practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) in Northern Mindanao
"Good day everyone! I am Antonio Merca, a faculty member of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines. I am here today to present my research paper entitled “Institutional sustainability practices in higher education institutions in Northern Mindanao”, Philippines. This presentation will show us the importance of the 34 Higher Education Institutions that relates to the UNESCO 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, and how they were adopted by the Higher Education Institutions of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. In particular, it would show which of those Sustainable Development Goals their Institutions’ best policies were centered upon. This presentation would also include a formulated policy for a better integration of the Sustainable Development Goals on the current education systems (particularly, in Northern Mindanao, Philippines) based on the results of this study."
Antonio M. Merca was born at Digos City, Philippines on May 3, 1961. He is happily married to Catherine I. Merca with 3 children. He is a Licensed Professional Teacher. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Bachelor of Engineering Technology and Master’s degree in Master in Teaching Technology from Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines. He is employed in the same institution as Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department of the College of Engineering and Technology, and was formerly the Chairperson of the Automotive Engineering Technology Department , Program Coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology Management, member of the Institute Library Committee, and member of the Department and College Curriculum Committee. He is currently a graduate student of Sustainable Development Studies with specialization in Sustainable Environmental Education. His research interest are Engineering Technology, Technology Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, and Gender and Development.
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Promotion of scientific and cultural cooperation and exchange between institutions in Senegal and Brazil:
In search of sustainability
The purpose of this presentation is to introduce the partnership of cooperative and scientific and cultural exchange between Senegal and Brazil. In particular, the Higher Institute of Applied Technological Studies (ISETA), Tambacounda, Senegal, was interested in understanding how advances have been made in Brazilian agriculture, with an emphasis on Family Farming in the Northwest Region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In the 1970s and 1980s, because of farming modernization, half of family farmers in Brazil were unable to obtain the income of a monthly minimum wage from agricultural activity. Three decades later, there have been many advances in local production systems. Milk production has become important to family farming. There is also the encouragement of activities that add more income per area unit, such as fruit growing, horticulture and family agroindustry. The results of the interactions was multi-faceted. It included joint research, promoted cultural interaction, encouraged language studies in Portuguese, English, and French as well as encouraged the intercultural experience. The barriers to cooperation were also discussed and discussion is the beginning of resolution.
Dr Roberto Carbonera earned his Master degree in Agronomy from the University of São Paulo and Doctorate from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. Since 1994, he has been an Adjunct Professor 1, Doctor at the Regional University of the Northwest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ), Ijuí, Brazil. He is part of the permanent staff of the interdisciplinary master’s degree course in Environmental Systems and Sustainability at UNIJUÍ. He has extensive research experience in the field of Agronomy and Environmental Sciences, with an emphasis on Agricultural Production Systems, Pesticide Toxicology, Seed Production and Technology. He has published complete articles in scientific journals, published books and book chapters, supervised master's dissertations, scientific initiation scholarships, organized scientific events, participating in master's boards, specialization boards and boards for graduation course conclusion papers, in addition to participating in committees and review boards of scientific journals.
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Research methods for developing sustainable and inclusive interventions for disadvantaged populations
Research on social inequalities runs the risk of replicating the dynamics through which these inequalities are created and maintained. Researchers often maintain positions of power and control over the disadvantaged populations they involve in their studies and can reinforce existing stereotypes that disempower excluded communities. We have conducted seven pilot projects exploring how to reduce social inequities, involving a wide range of stakeholders in Asian and African contexts. This presentation will describe the methods used to ensure that these projects disrupt existing narratives and processes and empower socially excluded groups to influence policy, practice and social norms that affect unfair resource allocation, poor quality or non-existent data and the absence of excluded groups in decision-making that affects their lives. We describe how these methods can be used to help develop sustainable interventions at institution, policy and societal levels that could target the multiple drivers of exclusion for disadvantaged populations in diverse contexts. Key factors for the development of such interventions are the equitable involvement of excluded communities in the research process, stakeholder capacity building and addressing the political and social context in which inequalities exist.
Ghazala is Associate Professor of Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Leeds with research interests in service development for those underserved by health and other public services and seldom heard in decision making about health policy and practice. She leads the multidisciplinary Inequalities Research Network and the international Partnerships for Equity and Inclusion, which bring together academics, advocacy organisations for excluded communities, public services practitioners and policymakers to identify ways of reducing the inequalities that affect disadvantaged groups.
Ghazala is currently a member of the Advisory Group for UKRI/UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Equality and Human Rights Commission on COVID-19 and BME staff. Ghazala has substantial experience of translating her research findings into policy and practice through engagement with policy bodies, education, training and participatory research that brings together service users, practitioners and policymakers in order to reduce health and social inequalities. |
Honey marketing, structure and conduct of honey market in Gozamen district,
East Gojjam Zone, and Amhara Region
Ethiopia is currently producing 47,706 tons in general and 11,118.25 tons of honey in particular at Amhara region, has good potential to produce honey and beeswax, CSA (2016–2017). There are also an estimated 5.15 million beehives which are managed with approximately about 1.7 million smallholder beekeepers. There are different honey market channels where by many market actors were involved in the honey marketing system. The smallholder beekeepers and the local consumers in particular and the country in general are not benefited from the potential as of expected. The different honey market actors involved in honey trading contribute to the increasing trend of honey market price from year to year. This study revealed that the domestic price at different market points is higher than export price indicating the impact of domestic honey marketing on export marketing. Thus, the study will be used as an input for policy makers in establishing legal honey marketing framework and regulatory measures, which will be beneficial to the healthy honey marketing system.
Sileshi Yeserah was born in Ethiopia in March1983 and I have been graduated in MSc degree in Apiculture and BSc degree in Animal production and also another degree in civil Engineering. I had been working in different regional and federal institutions in the field of agriculture especially in animal science fields.. Currently, I am working as a lecturer and researcher at Bahir Dar university, Ethiopia.
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Covid-19 coupled with climate change: Which big dilemma for Sustainable development goals?
Could we deal with Covid-19 regardless of climate change and sustainable development objectives agenda (2030)?
The Covid-19 impacted severely and hugely ecosystems, economies, societies, and governances worldwide. However, those externalities and impacts are not democratically overspread. Some wealthy countries, classes, and individuals have more resilience and adaptation capabilities. Some others, are more and more pauperized and excluded from development policies. We focus on Africa, where natural resources exist, but most of people are threatened by water stress, deforestation, pollution, Co2 emissions due to climate change externalities. Moreover, the pandemics impacts, are predicted to be huge and very heavy on the processes of sustainable development goals, to which are committed African states in short, mid, and long runs. Sub-Saharan countries, the most vulnerable ones of the continent, living mainly on agriculture are more sensitive to climate change syndrome. Despaired of the political, economic, social, and normative situation in their countries, many young people are fleeing their villages, cities, and nations to Europe, and elsewhere in Middle-East, America.... As a turntable to the Mediterranean basin, North Africa is also exposed to more severities in their ecosystems, economies, and societies. On the basis of Data bases, reports, surveys, and documentary works, we try to explain how the pandemic Covid-19 couldn’t hide the other side of the coin, the climate change as strategic issue in sustainable development goals agenda.
The Covid-19 impacted severely and hugely ecosystems, economies, societies, and governances worldwide. However, those externalities and impacts are not democratically overspread. Some wealthy countries, classes, and individuals have more resilience and adaptation capabilities. Some others, are more and more pauperized and excluded from development policies. We focus on Africa, where natural resources exist, but most of people are threatened by water stress, deforestation, pollution, Co2 emissions due to climate change externalities. Moreover, the pandemics impacts, are predicted to be huge and very heavy on the processes of sustainable development goals, to which are committed African states in short, mid, and long runs. Sub-Saharan countries, the most vulnerable ones of the continent, living mainly on agriculture are more sensitive to climate change syndrome. Despaired of the political, economic, social, and normative situation in their countries, many young people are fleeing their villages, cities, and nations to Europe, and elsewhere in Middle-East, America.... As a turntable to the Mediterranean basin, North Africa is also exposed to more severities in their ecosystems, economies, and societies. On the basis of Data bases, reports, surveys, and documentary works, we try to explain how the pandemic Covid-19 couldn’t hide the other side of the coin, the climate change as strategic issue in sustainable development goals agenda.
Prof. Abdesselem Mahmoud is teaching Sustainable Development Sociology. His major is a doctorate of Education Sciences, Sociology from René Descartes university, Paris 5 Sorbonne, France. Co-founder of a Lab. on " Sustainable Cities and Built Environment VDEC at National School of Architecture and Town Planning. Chief Editor of the Journal of Social Sciences at the Center of Economic and Social Researches and Studies.
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Regional dynamics of peri-urban growth: Case of Metropolitan Region
This research paper is an attempt to highlight the land provisions under different masterplans of Delhi. The Delhi has witnessed different structural changes in the masterplan around 1981,2001,2021 and Proposed Draft 2041. The Delhi Landsat imageries for 1989 and 2018 shows an increase in the built-up areas around the periphery of NCT. The peri -urbanization has been a result of increasing in- migration to peri – urban areas of Delhi. The built-up extraction for years 1981,1991,2001,2011 and 2018 highlights the growing peri-urbanization on scarce land therefore it becomes equally important to research on the history of land and its legislative measures. It is interesting to understand the streaks of changes that have occurred in land of Delhi in accordance with the different masterplans and land legislative policies. The process of masterplan process in Delhi has experienced a lot of complexities in juxtaposition to other metropolitan regions of the world. The paper identifies the short comings in current master planning process approach in regard to stage of planning process, traditional planning approach and lagging ICT based interventions. The metropolitan governance systems across the globe and India depict a diversity in the organizational set up and varied dissemination of functions. Keywords: Land provisions, built-up areas, in migration, built up extraction, master planning process, legislative policies, metropolitan governance systems This research paper is an attempt to highlight the land provisions under different masterplans of Delhi. The Delhi has witnessed different structural changes in the masterplan around 1981,2001,2021 and Proposed Draft 2041. The Delhi Landsat imageries for 1989 and 2018 shows an increase in the built-up areas around the periphery of NCT. The peri -urbanization has been a result of increasing in- migration to peri – urban areas of Delhi. The built-up extraction for years 1981,1991,2001,2011 and 2018 highlights the growing peri-urbanization on scarce land therefore it becomes equally important to research on the history of land and its legislative measures. It is interesting to understand the streaks of changes that have occurred in land of Delhi in accordance with the different masterplans and land legislative policies. The process of masterplan process in Delhi has experienced a lot of complexities in juxtaposition to other metropolitan regions of the world. The paper identifies the short comings in current master planning process approach in regard to stage of planning process, traditional planning approach and lagging ICT based interventions. The metropolitan governance systems across the globe and India depict a diversity in the organizational set up and varied dissemination of functions. Keywords: Land provisions, built-up areas, in migration, built up extraction, master planning process, legislative policies, metropolitan governance systems.
Mr. Bakshi is currently working with School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal from Feb 2018 as Assistant Professor. He has undertaken his Doctoral research from IIT Roorkee, 2021 from July onwards. He has worked as a faculty coordinator of post graduate studio for masterplan project jointly ventured with UN Habitat (Feb- April, 2021). He has been a part of the project team on “GIS-Based Master Plan” for Imphal under AMRUT. He recently presented his research on “Planning Imperatives for NRW in India”, at SDC, Bangkok (July . He also shared his research on “ Spatial-Temporal dynamics of Peri-Urban Development” at Pusan University, Busan. He was engaged in the faculty team for the project of Coimbatore Regional Plan in association with GIZ and TN Govt (May-Dec, 2018). He was a part of academic studio exercise for “Development Plan of Namchi, Sikkim” which was first selected smart city in Sikkim (Feb-June,2018). He has taught Regional Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Urban Mobility, Planning Theory, Planning Techniques and Public Finance.
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