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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"sustainability challenges"”.
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Sustainability Challenges of Rural Livelihood at Bomvini Reserve Kwa-Zulu Natal
The study aimed at exploring challenges experienced by sustainable livelihood schemes in the rural community of Bomvini Reserve. Most people in rural areas depend on the sustainable livelihoods for the income generation in their households. Though, they encounter a lot of challenges which …
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Luxury Tourism in South Africa: navigating opportunities and barriers to address sustainability challenges
… is increasingly challenged to balance growth and sustainability, particularly in developing regions such as South Africa. This study explores the opportunities and challenges faced by luxury tourism businesses in integrating sustainability into their operations. Focusing on three luxury game …
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Sustainability, Fashion Design, and Consumerism: Undergraduate Entry Level Fashion Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Habits
… knowledge of consumerism, fashion design, and sustainability. The postmodern study employed crystallization as its methodological framework to gain insight into how participants' knowledge is manifested in their daily habits, and used 4 methods of data gathering: semistructured interviews, …
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Playing for Change: Embedding Sustainability in German Professional Football. A Qualitative Analysis of the Implementation of Binding Sustainability Criteria
… the effects of the introduction of binding sustainability criteria through the German football association DFL on the operations and the strategic devel-opment of the affected clubs. Through qualitative expert interviews with sustainability managers from clubs in the first and second …
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Free Higher Education in South Africa: University of Zululand and University of KwaZulu-Natal, comparison with implications on University produce.
… KwaZulu-Natal. The main aim was to determine the sustainability, challenges and benefits of this policy and possibly come with solutions or alternatives if the policy does not succeed. The project reviewed studies on access to higher education, challenges faced by Higher Education (HE) and …
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Community-driven initiatives for the social sustainability of e-centres in the Western Cape
… to disadvantaged communities. E-centres face sustainability challenges in their operations, which hamper their digital inclusion agenda. Literature was reviewed to identify factors that contribute to sustainability. A few case studies were evaluated to identify factors contributing to their …
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Smart Home Governance in Hong Kong and Vancouver: A Comparative Study of Smart Home Technologies
… scholars as an overall response to the energy challenges associated with climate change. A more granular or localized aspect of smart cities, namely the concept of 'smart homes', it is argued in this work, can provide an important focal point for addressing urban sustainability challenges such …
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Investigating factors affecting the financial sustainability of civil society organisations in Namibia
… operational hindrances, especially financial sustainability challenges that lead to the closure of their operations after few years leaving a void in many communities where they operate due to their dependency on foreign funding. Thus, there is need to establish the factors that affect the …
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Social sustainability: guidelines for urban development and practice in Abuja City, Nigeria
… that defined and integrated the pillars of sustainability, the implementation of sustainable urban planning remains a challenge with conflicting perspectives between sustainable development stakeholders through policy programme and practice in developed and developing countries. This …
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The role of reliability in characterizing green stormwater infrastructure in urban areas
… quality have risen to the forefront of modern sustainability challenges. Green infrastructure— the use of nature-based solutions to target, treat, and store stormwater at its source— has emerged as a possible solution. While green infrastructure does offer multiple benefits for urban users, its …
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Scenarios and futures in the governance of sustainable innovation pathways: the case of hydrogen energy
Global climate change and other sustainability challenges demand a transition to more sustainable systems. The long-term and complex nature of such transitions invites longterm planning, but it also suggests that the future is unpredictable and contested. Moreover, the act of envisioning, …
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Enhancing the printability of food inks and the structural stability of 3D-printed food through additive food manufacturing
… Moreover, it addresses food security and sustainability challenges by utilizing and optimizing alternative food sources to minimize food waste and costs. Initially, AM technology unitized non-food materials, which involved extreme conditions. However, recent advancements have introduced …
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Multimodality: Models, Algorithms, and Applications
As global sustainability challenges intensify, the demand for innovative, interdisciplinary solutions that leverage diverse data sources and analytical methods is surging. We investigate combining operations research and artificial intelligence to address urgent sustainability and healthcare …
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Integrating Groundwater Conservation and Risk Mitigation under Uncertainty: Strategies for Sustainable Aquifers and Agriculture
… climate change-induced variability threaten the sustainability of aquifers, jeopardizing long-term agricultural productivity. This dissertation investigates how integrating groundwater conservation policies with financial risk management strategies can simultaneously achieve aquifer …
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Smarter cities: socio-technical innovation towards sustainable urban transport futures. The case of re-establishing utility cycling as a mainstream mode in London
Cities globally face pressing sustainability challenges. This is particularly evident in the urban transport sector, where increasing and increasingly frictionless mobility continues to be promoted as a key driver of local economic growth and development. There is, therefore, increasing pressure to …
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Smarter cities: socio-technical innovation towards sustainable urban transport futures - the case of re-establishing utility cycling as a mainstream mode in London
Cities globally face pressing sustainability challenges. This is particularly evident in the urban transport sector, where increasing and increasingly frictionless mobility continues to be promoted as a key driver of local economic growth and development. There is, therefore, increasing pressure to …
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Construction 4.0 Digital Maturity Model Development
… for labour shortages, rising global population, sustainability goals and technological backlog. These challenges manifest a significant economic impact on construction companies, resulting in only a one per cent productivity increase until 2020. A growing body of literature has been published …
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‘Money and (dis)connection’: Income inequality and network disadvantage as barriers to sustainable technology adoption
… in household incomes and other pressing sustainability challenges, such as those that depend on massive adoption of new technologies within network industry sectors: telecommunications, waste management, transport, energy and water. Does existent income inequality translate into adoption …
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Predictive Analytics Applications for Oil and Gas Processing Facilities
The oil and gas industry faces profitability and sustainability challenges that demand companies to have more efficient, reliable, safe, and environmentally friendly operations. Furthermore, as oil and gas companies embark on the Industry 4.0 journey, the pillar of big data becomes increasingly …
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