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Author-Name: Rinie Schenck
Author-X-Name-First: Rinie
Author-X-Name-Last: Schenck
Author-Name: Derick Blaauw
Author-X-Name-First: Derick
Author-X-Name-Last: Blaauw
Author-Name: Charlotte Nell
Author-X-Name-First: Charlotte
Author-X-Name-Last: Nell
Title: Waste management in rural South Africa - perspectives from Manfred Max-Neef's human scale development framework
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The impact of limited or non-existing formalised waste management services in rural areas can have severe consequences for both the community and the environment. Unregulated waste management practices often fill the void, such as indiscriminate dumping, littering and burning waste in the open. Using Max-Neef's human scale development theory lens, a case study of a remote rural town in the Free State Province of South Africa was conducted to investigate the linkages and interdependencies between waste management in the town with other poverties experienced by the residents. The results have guided us towards synergic waste solutions and systemic satisfiers to be developed with the communities that can lead to satisfaction in more than one fundamental human need. Waste management solutions as synergic satisfiers should primarily view waste as a potentially valuable resource to enable greater participation in the enhancement of multiple fundamental human needs.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 30-52
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: waste management; illegal dumping; littering; Max-Neef; fundamental human needs; FHNs; human-scale development; sustainability; South Africa; sustainable development goals; SDGs.
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Author-Name: Alejandro Mora-Motta
Author-X-Name-First: Alejandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Mora-Motta
Author-Name: Till Stellmacher
Author-X-Name-First: Till
Author-X-Name-Last: Stellmacher
Author-Name: Maria del Valle Barrera
Author-X-Name-First: Maria del Valle
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrera
Title: Fundamental human needs and socio-ecological transformation: a reflection on participatory action research in a context of tree plantations in Chile
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The strength of the <i>fundamental human needs</i> (<i>FHN</i>) approach, originally developed by Max-Neef and colleagues, relies on the separation of finite needs from context-specific satisfiers and a type of participatory action research (PAR) used to define and assess people's well-being. This paper reflects on the FHN PAR workshop-based method that was adapted and used to study how expanding extractivist tree plantations in Southern Chile affect the well-being of peasant and Mapuche-Williche people. The reflection is based on intensive fieldwork conducted in 2016 and 2017 in La Unión, Southern Chile, which included FHN PAR workshops. The paper presents the practical methodological experiences with FHN PAR from that fieldwork and discusses key data analysis elements. It also relates the FHN PAR approach to the contemporary socio-ecological transformation discussion. The article concludes by illustrating the practical potentials and limitations of the FHN PAR workshop-based method to understand well-being in contexts of socio-ecological transformation.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 53-77
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: fundamental human needs; FHN; extractivism; tree plantations; socio-ecological transformation; Chile.
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Author-Name: Henrietta Palmer
Author-X-Name-First: Henrietta
Author-X-Name-Last: Palmer
Author-Name: David Simon
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Simon
Author-Name: Jan Riise
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Riise
Title: Urban research for sustainability: developing a comparative transdisciplinary co-production approach to realise just cities
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This paper engages with Manfred Max-Neef's approach to transdisciplinarity in relation to an innovative international cross-city research program. Given the inadequacies of conventional methods, fundamentally different approaches are required to meet the 'wicked problem' challenges of transition towards sustainable societies. Mistra Urban Futures, a Swedish-based research centre with multi-institutional partnerships in eight cities on four continents, designed a <i>co-produced comparative</i> research program to address the realisation of just cities through a typology enabling the comparison of urgent local priorities. This paper reflects on the approach and its relevance to Max-Neef's call for <i>understanding</i> as central to a transdisciplinary approach. Key findings include how understanding, together with the realisation of just cities, emerges intertwined as methodological outcomes. These outcomes also supported the processes, hence contributing to the discourses on transition and the methodologies of transdisciplinarity and comparative urban research.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 78-94
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: transdisciplinarity; co-production; Manfred Max-Neef; Mistra Urban Futures; comparative urban research; realising just cities; RJC; urban justice; urban experiments; self-reflexive learning; multi-stakeholder partnerships.
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Author-Name: Montagu Murray
Author-X-Name-First: Montagu
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Author-Name: Christiaan Pauw
Author-X-Name-First: Christiaan
Author-X-Name-Last: Pauw
Title: A novel tool for quality-of-life assessment in the household context
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This article describes the development and application of an original quality-of-life assessment tool. Part 1 reflects on how the practical challenges the Nova Institute faces working in the low-income context in South Africa inspired us to develop an original quality-of-life assessment tool. Part 2 examines how this endeavour builds on the insights of quality-of-life studies as a sub-discipline of sociology, but specifically also on the conceptual work of Manfred Max-Neef. Part 3 describes the methods used to design a quality-of-life assessment tool and explains how Max-Neef's concepts are expounded to develop the tool. Part 4 presents an example from the results of a general household survey in more than a thousand households, together with an in-depth quality-of-life assessment in 46 of these households, to illustrate the application of the tool. We conclude that the tool provides a practical way to sensibly combine subjective and objective indicators in quality-of-life analysis.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 95-113
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: Max-Neef; needs theory; human scale development; quality of life studies; social indicators; fundamental human needs; quality of life assessment.
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Author-Name: Lina I. Brand-Correa
Author-X-Name-First: Lina I.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brand-Correa
Author-Name: Julia K. Steinberger
Author-X-Name-First: Julia K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Steinberger
Title: Max-Neef and sustainability: theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions
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The work of Manfred Max-Neef has been hugely influential in many areas of academia. One of those areas has been sustainability studies in general, through to energy studies from a social science perspective more specifically. In this paper, we explore how Max-Neef's work has been used to describe energy, more specifically energy services, as need satisfiers. Moreover, we also describe how the study of energy services as need satisfiers has been undertaken in practice, with urban and rural communities in Colombia, Zambia and Nepal. Our empirical work is based on Max-Neef's workshops, albeit with some adaptations. We have named the adapted approach human scale energy services (HuSES). The HuSES approach has allowed us to understand which energy services are more synergetic for the communities we have worked with, and therefore we consider it to be a useful tool for prioritising energy interventions.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 114-131
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: Max-Neef; sustainability; energy; human scale development; HSD; satisfiers; socio-technical provisioning systems.
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Author-Name: Salina Spiering
Author-X-Name-First: Salina
Author-X-Name-Last: Spiering
Title: Self-reflexive practice through the human scale development approach - competencies needed for transformative science research
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Solution-oriented transformative science (TSc) is increasingly being discussed as a means to produce participatory and actionable knowledge for sustainability transitions. This requires that researchers adopt different roles, competencies and a degree of reflexivity, which thus far, are often not fully applied. This article proposes the human scale development approach (HSDA) of the Chilean economist, Max-Neef and his colleagues, as a valuable framework to engage in self-reflexive research practices. Inspired by autoethnography, I draw on my own sustainability research as a PhD-student, paying close attention to deprivations, potentials that I encountered, exploring how self-reflexive practices enhance the understanding of competencies and elucidating how to adopt and fulfil required research roles and procedures. I show how such a self-reflexive process can be a useful (training) tool not only for early PhD researchers and for supervision, but may add value for TSc scholars in general.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 132-159
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: autoethnography; transformative science; TSc; self-reflexive practice; human scale development approach; HSDA; roles of researcher; competencies; values; reflexivity; sustainability science.
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Author-Name: Olawumi D. Awolusi
Author-X-Name-First: Olawumi D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Awolusi
Author-Name: Josue Mbonigaba
Author-X-Name-First: Josue
Author-X-Name-Last: Mbonigaba
Title: Economic growth and sustainable developments within the BRICS, MINT and G-7 countries: a comparative panel data analysis
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This study analysed the effect of economic growth on sustainable development within the (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey (MINT) and G-7 countries using a panel dataset from 1990 to 2017. The study estimates via the auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) were supported by cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) and cross-sectional distributed lag (CS-DL). The results confirm that sustainable development and economic growth are co-integrated at the panel level. Consequently, the study concluded that economic growth increases the level of sustainable developments in the BRICS, MINT and G-7 countries in the short run. However, economic growth was a drag on sustainable development in only the BRICS and MINT countries in the long run. The study thereby suggests varied policies to achieve sustainable developments in the BRICS blocs. The novelty of this study is partly the construction of sustainable development indexes that are robust to cross-sectional dependence and small sample bias.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 191-219
Issue: 3/4
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: sustainable development; economic growth; cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag; CS-ARDL; cross-sectional distributed lag; CS-DL; BRICS countries; auto regressive distributed lag; ARDL; foreign direct investment; FDI.
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Author-Name: Xiaoling Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaoling
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Yu Han
Author-X-Name-First: Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Author-Name: Lixia Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Lixia
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Hanfei Wen
Author-X-Name-First: Hanfei
Author-X-Name-Last: Wen
Author-Name: Qinglong Shao
Author-X-Name-First: Qinglong
Author-X-Name-Last: Shao
Title: Public participation, innovation capability and green growth: a pilot study in Beijing
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Existing studies mainly discuss the effects of command-and-control as well as market-oriented environmental regulations on green economies, yet few have focused on the functions of public participation in environmental governance, especially from a dynamic angle. To further enrich the discussion, this study constructs a dynamic relationship analytical framework between public participation and green growth to test existence of the Porter hypothesis (PH). Under this framework, a green GDP index is first constructed to represent the level of green growth. In addition, technological innovation is introduced as an intervening variable to observe the influencing mechanism of public participation on green growth. The research findings based on an empirical test of Beijing data confirm that a long-term stable coordination relationship exists among the three variables. Public participation promotes the improvement of innovation capability and green growth, but not vice versa. Therefore, the significant role of public participatory environmental regulation is supported which indicates that the PH is valid. Moreover, a virtuous circle relationship is also found between innovation and green growth. Accordingly, policy implications are proposed to advocate public participation in environmental regulations to promote regional green growth.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 220-237
Issue: 3/4
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: green GDP; environmental regulation; public participation; innovation capability; vector autoregressive; VAR model; Beijing.
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Author-Name: Adriana Beatriz Madeira
Author-X-Name-First: Adriana Beatriz
Author-X-Name-Last: Madeira
Author-Name: Fabiana Gama de Medeiros
Author-X-Name-First: Fabiana Gama de
Author-X-Name-Last: Medeiros
Author-Name: Gilberto Perez
Author-X-Name-First: Gilberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Perez
Title: Perceptions regarding sustainable innovation in marketing in the Brazilian fast food sector
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This study sought to understand experts' perceptions regarding sustainable innovations in marketing in the fast food sector in Brazil. As a research method, it used in-depth interviews and convenience sampling, with eight interviewees, including researchers, managers, and consultants with at least 10 years of experience in the fast food sector. By analysing the content of the interviews (using the 13 pre-existing categories from the literature review, plus two new categories that emerged), it was noted that the interviewees found it difficult to identify the concept of sustainability. In addition, the Brazilian context appears to be an obstacle for the adoption of more sustainable consumption habits by the population in general, due to an educational gap. The interviewees indicated the need to develop public policies for the country to enable the implementation of sustainable innovations. There is little evidence of specific sustainable innovations in the fast food sector in Brazil.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 238-266
Issue: 3/4
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: fast food; sustainable innovation; sustainable innovation in marketing; sustainability; Brazil; sustainable consumption; fast food sector in Brazil; marketing in the fast food sector; experts' perceptions on sustainability; innovation.
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Author-Name: Mohamad Fadl Haraké
Author-X-Name-First: Mohamad Fadl
Author-X-Name-Last: Haraké
Author-Name: Virginie Nahas
Author-X-Name-First: Virginie
Author-X-Name-Last: Nahas
Author-Name: Nada Khaddage-Soboh
Author-X-Name-First: Nada
Author-X-Name-Last: Khaddage-Soboh
Title: Keen Sight Fund healthcare initiatives in post-conflict Lebanon
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This study examined the work and processes of non-governmental entities providing sustainable healthcare services through humanitarian action in post-conflict environments and highlights the significance of peacebuilding through public healthcare services. Here, Keen Sight Fund (KSF), a Lebanon-based non-governmental ophthalmology fund, was studied. Using multi-method qualitative methodology, the KSF's initiation, the establishment of partnerships with local and international NGOs, a field mission to a remote dispensary, and its awareness campaigns from 2016 to 2020 were observed. KSF volunteer physicians, a public sector official, and partnered NGO officials were interviewed. Discussions were also held with 42 focus-group participants, and members of households that had benefitted from KSF services. Study results indicate that local humanitarian actions, led by volunteer physicians backed by international financial support, form the best approach to rebuilding healthcare services in post-conflict settings. The study further highlights the importance of social investment in communal work.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 267-284
Issue: 3/4
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: post-conflict environment; social investment; public sector; sustainable healthcare services; peacebuilding; NGOs; humanitarian action; Lebanon.
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Author-Name: Yue Dong
Author-X-Name-First: Yue
Author-X-Name-Last: Dong
Title: A study of rural tourism development and tourism economic quality based on regional difference analysis
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Development of rural tourism can boost rural economic development, and objective analysis of rural tourism can facilitate the synergistic development of the industry. The slack-based model (SBM) used for calculating the economic quality of rural tourism, the entropy method used for calculating the weight of development indicators constructed by the analytic hierarchy process method, and the Thiel index used for measuring the differences in development levels are presented. An analysis was performed on Henan Province. The results demonstrate that the tourism economic quality and development level in the countryside in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of Henan Province all showed an increasing trend over time, and the ranking was always the lower reach > the middle reach > the upper reach; the differences in tourism development levels among the three regions gradually decreased, the contribution of differences within regions to the overall differences rose first and then decreased.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 285-297
Issue: 3/4
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: difference analysis; rural tourism; economic quality; slacks-based measure model.
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Author-Name: Gitika Goswami
Author-X-Name-First: Gitika
Author-X-Name-Last: Goswami
Author-Name: Supriyo Roy
Author-X-Name-First: Supriyo
Author-X-Name-Last: Roy
Author-Name: Satabdi Datta
Author-X-Name-First: Satabdi
Author-X-Name-Last: Datta
Author-Name: Srishti Manna
Author-X-Name-First: Srishti
Author-X-Name-Last: Manna
Title: Sustainable supply chain intervention: a case-based analysis of the economics of land degradation
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Sustainability has been considered central to developmental issues across the world. The exploitation of natural resources without concern for ecological balance resulted in environmental degradation, a disorder in social structure, and economic instability. Therefore, the focus for sustenance shifted towards retaining a balance between <i>people</i>, <i>planet</i>, and <i>profit</i>. Land is one of the valuable resources, and once degraded, causes loss of productivity, thus making an imbalance to supply chain sustainability. The present study examines the economics of land degradation and its impact on natural, social, and human capital. Domain for the survey is to explore the most degraded areas of the Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh, India. We performed a comparative analysis between intervention and control villages to identify land remediation measures in the concerned villages. The study's findings significantly highlighted the performance variations across intervention and control villages concerning the selected indicators to match the desired Sustainable Development Goals.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 160-190
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: land remediation; supply chain intervention; social developmental indicators; economics of land degradation; ELD; sustainability.
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Author-Name: María del Valle Barrera
Author-X-Name-First: María del Valle
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrera
Author-Name: Patricio Belloy
Author-X-Name-First: Patricio
Author-X-Name-Last: Belloy
Author-Name: Benoit Mougenot
Author-X-Name-First: Benoit
Author-X-Name-Last: Mougenot
Author-Name: Jean Pierre Doussoulin
Author-X-Name-First: Jean Pierre
Author-X-Name-Last: Doussoulin
Title: The international impact of Manfred Max-Neef's scholarship: a bibliometric approach
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This study is the first approach to measure and assess the global scholarly impact of Professor Manfred Max-Neef's work (1932-2019). Our research uses bibliometric analysis and the Scopus database to identify the interdisciplinarity and internationalisation of Max-Neef's ideas and recognise their contribution to human and sustainable development. We measure the impact in terms of quantity and quality of citing publications, international collaboration networks, and disciplinary areas influenced by Max-Neef's work. We acknowledge that this first analysis should be strengthened by adding sources of publications and by expanding the analysis to non-academic spaces, including transition initiatives and other social organisation practices.
Journal: Int. J. of Sustainable Development
Pages: 1-29
Issue: 1/2
Volume: 25
Year: 2022
Keywords: Max-Neef; human scale development; HSD; human development; sustainable development; transdisciplinarity; fundamental human needs; bibliometric analysis; wellbeing; ecological economics; transdisciplinary research.
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