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Operationalizing the Metaverse for Urban Sustainability: Evidence From an Expert Panel and the Seoul Metaverse City Case Study

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change: Rethinking Justice, Responsibility, and Collective Obligation

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in European Countries: An Analytical and Econometric Approach

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing policy relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the European Union, significant uncertainties remain regarding the extent to which European countries perform unevenly across different dimensions of sustainable development and whether higher levels of economic development necessarily translate into better
Inês Pereira, Margarita Robaina
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways for Value Chains to Strengthen Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions: A European Cross‐Case Analysis Based on Stakeholders' Perceptions

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ABSTRACT Mountain areas are hotspots of high natural and cultural value, but they face sustainability challenges. This research offers a quantitative cross‐case analysis of 21 case studies from mountain regions across 14 European countries, examining how local stakeholders perceive the contribution of mountain value chains to sustainable development ...
María Mar Delgado‐Serrano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tourism as a Catalyst for Blue Carbon Restoration and Conservation: Pathways, Gaps, and Opportunities

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ABSTRACT Tourism is a major driver of coastal economies worldwide, yet it is also a growing source of pressure on blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Nowadays, tourism‐led conservation/restoration is increasingly promoted under the banner of regenerative tourism, but how these projects are motivated ...
Ahalya Suresh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corner Stores: The Perspective of Urban Youth

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2015
We examined the perspectives of low-income, urban youth about the corner store experience to inform the development of corner store interventions.Focus groups were conducted to understand youth perceptions regarding their early shopping experiences, the process of store selection, reasons for shopping in a corner store, parental guidance about corner ...
Stephanie S Vander Veur, Gary D Foster
exaly   +3 more sources

Urban Youth Building Community

Journal of Community Practice, 2006
SUMMARY “Urban” youth-a euphemism for underserved, poor, marginalized, ethnic minority youth-can be active participants in community change. Countering the predominant image of these youth as disengaged or troubled, this article describes three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research.
Kysa Nygreen, Patricia Sanchez
exaly   +2 more sources

Africa's Urban Youth

2023
Making up 65 percent of Africa's population, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 play a key role in politics, yet they live in an environment of rapid urbanization, high unemployment rates and poor state services. Drawing from extensive fieldwork in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, this book investigates how Africa's urban youth cultivate a sense of ...
Amy S. Patterson   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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