Sustainable Development

1993 - 2025

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Volume 33, issue 1, 2025

Linking local and global: Assessing water scarcity risk through nested trade networks pp. 1-18

Chenglong Wang, Chenyang Shuai, Xi Chen, Jingran Sun and Bu Zhao

A pathway for plastic waste in construction materials pp. 19-29

Sidra Tul Muntaha and Martina Keitsch

Overcoming barriers to sustainable development: Evaluating what information frameworks matter and how they work in reducing consumer food waste pp. 30-51

Ting Xu, Lingyun Mi, Xuejiao Wang, Jiali Han, Lijie Qiao, Hongwei Chen and Yuchuan Jiang

Sustainability transition theories: Perpetuating or breaking with the status quo pp. 52-68

Katharina Biely and Sabrina Chakori

Alignment of the 2030 Agenda to the port industry pp. 69-83

David Tremblay, Claude Villeneuve and Patrick Faubert

Supplier–buyer (in)congruence in environmental management accounting for sustainable development in the context of Japan pp. 84-99

Yanqin Zeng, Sotaro Katsumata, Xi Li and Qingyu Zhang

The path to China's zero‐carbon target: Implications for the relationship between de‐coal, economic output, and carbon dioxide emissions pp. 100-112

Emrah Kocak and Mohammed Alnour

The role of private sector investment in agriculture: A catalyst for sustainable development in Asia pp. 113-128

Robert Becker Pickson, Peng Gui, Lirong Jian and Elliot Boateng

Turning “green” into “gold”: A study on the impact of green finance pilot zone policy on energy carbon emission efficiency pp. 129-143

Jiazhan Gao, Guihong Hua and Baofeng Huo

Leveraging on the fourth industrial revolution by African accountants in the sustenance of SDGs and AU Agenda 2063 pp. 144-157

Shepard Makurumidze, Obert Sifile, Daniel Twesige, Faustin Gasheja, Edson Gwangwava, Kudzanai Matowanyika, Shakemore Chinofunga, Ranga Mbizi and Kalisa Sunday

Global SDG composite indicator: A new methodological proposal that combines compensatory and non‐compensatory aggregations pp. 158-176

Francisco Javier Blancas and Ignacio Contreras

Sustainable development through digital innovation: Unveiling the impact of big data comprehensive experimental zones on energy utilization efficiency pp. 177-189

Han Xue, Meng Cai, Baoliu Liu, Kaisheng Di and Jin Hu

Scientometric evaluation of cutting‐edge research on sustainable development and environmental concern pp. 190-202

Roopendra Singh

Resilience in the face of ecological challenges: Strategies for integrating environmental considerations into social policy planning in Africa pp. 203-220

Waidi Gbenro Adebayo

Impact of technological advancement and greener energy on sustainable agriculture in Asia: Evidence from selected Asian countries pp. 221-237

Gagan Deep Sharma, Muhammad Ibrahim Shah, Ritika Chopra, Amar Rao and Umer Shahzad

Social innovation at the bottom of the pyramid: Effects of informality and sustainable affordable innovation pp. 238-250

Samuel Adomako and Mai Dong Tran

Proposing a composite index and maturity model for urban sustainability in the Brazilian context: A machine learning and data envelopment analysis approach pp. 251-269

Marcelo Furlan, Pedro Augusto Bertucci Lima, Gilberto Dias Paião Junior, Enzo Barberio Mariano and Sara Margarida Moreno Pires

Sustainable development of local livelihoods in Vietnam: A demand‐driven approach through “One Commune, One Product” pp. 270-286

Nguyen Thuy Trang, Steven W. Kopp and Vo Hong Tu

How can corporate digital responsibility (CDR) be measured in line with corporate social responsibility (CSR)? A new theoretical approach in construction 4.0 pp. 287-308

Bianca Weber‐Lewerenz and Marzia Traverso

Extended producer responsibility in e‐waste recycling: A secure path to a sustainable future for UAE pp. 309-318

Enas Mohammed ALqodsi

Resilience in action: Kosovo's National Development Strategy to incorporate sustainable development goals pp. 319-332

Haris Alibašić

The relationship between culture and sustainable development goal compliance at the municipal level pp. 333-348

Bernardino Benito, María‐Dolores Guillamón, Ana‐María Ríos and Javier Cifuentes‐Faura

Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development: Rüza—A traditional water management practice in Phek district, Nagaland pp. 349-363

Jyoti Das

Can sustainability orientation make firms more resilient? Exploring the role of digital business model innovation, digital orientation, and environmental dynamism pp. 364-378

Yi Xie, Qinghua Xia, Jianmin Song and Shuchuan Hu

Toward sustainable energy transition: Unveiling the synergies of democracy, energy justice, and structural adjustment on emissions in West Africa pp. 379-398

Evans Opoku‐Mensah, Wei Chen, Priscilla Tuffour, Divine Quase Agozie, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi and Ajara Mahmoud

Environmental degradation in South Asia: Implications for child health and the role of institutional quality and globalization pp. 399-415

Feng Wang, Seemab Gillani, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Muhammad Nouman Shafiq and Khush Dil Khan

Delivering sustainable development via social innovation: Cases of social entrepreneurship in South Korea and Singapore pp. 416-430

Semee Yoon and Jae‐Yun Ho

Mapping sustainable options in the fashion industry: A systematic literature review and a future research agenda pp. 431-464

Valerio Schiaroli, Rosa Maria Dangelico and Luca Fraccascia

Integration versus prioritization in the Sustainable Development Goals: An argument to prioritize environmental sustainability and a just transition pp. 465-477

Mark Elder

How does globalisation affect informality in sub‐Saharan African countries? pp. 478-492

Munacinga Simatele and Segun Thompson Bolarinwa

Does collaborative governance mediate rural tourism to achieve sustainable territory development? Evidence of stakeholders' perceptions in Colombia pp. 493-507

Eliana‐Leonor Valderrama, Jorge‐Andrés Polanco and Paula M. Hernandez‐Diaz

The smart future for sustainable development: Artificial intelligence solutions for sustainable urbanization pp. 508-517

Marwan Al‐Raeei

Exploring the path to achieve sustainable agricultural development: An empirical analysis based on the modernization of agriculture in six central China provinces pp. 518-533

Yuhui Luo, Bangwang Li and Jianan Wang

Global perspectives on club convergence: Unraveling the nexus of human and sustainable development in the face of corruption pp. 534-553

George Halkos, C. Bampatsou and P.‐S. Aslanidis

Toward sustainable cities: Assessing drivers of SDG performance in Italian municipalities pp. 554-564

Nicola Raimo, Vitiana L'Abate, Arcangelo Marrone and Filippo Vitolla

Unleashing digital transformation to achieve the sustainable development goals across multiple sectors pp. 565-579

Vincenzo Varriale, Mark Anthony Camilleri, Antonello Cammarano, Francesca Michelino, Julian Müller and Serena Strazzullo

Leveraging on supply chain‐oriented technology engine for green initiatives adoption pp. 580-599

Roberto Cerchione

Why is it necessary to integrate circular economy practices for agri‐food sustainability from a global perspective? pp. 600-620

Md. Ziaul Islam and Lili Zheng

Carbon‐trade nexus: The embodied carbon emission transfer network of China's sustainable development demonstration belt pp. 621-635

Feifei Tan, Fuxing Xu, Shouzhen Bao and Zhiyuan Niu

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure and firm performance: Moderating role of board gender diversity and sustainability committee pp. 636-651

Ahmad Yuosef Alodat and Yunhong Hao

Corporate board diversity, environmental compliance, and occupational health and safety disclosure for achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy pp. 652-667

Rabiu Saminu Jibril and Muhammad Aminu Isa

Formal institutions, informal institutions, and firms' environmental innovation: An application of the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method pp. 668-680

Zhongju Liao and Yuhan Wu

UN‐SDGs framework for child development in India: Evidence from a decentralized analysis pp. 681-699

Muttur Ranganathan Narayana

Decentralization policies and sustainable rural development: A path to eradicating poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2) pp. 700-716

Qurat ul Ain, Tahir Yousaf and Muhammad Abubakar Tahir

Towards carbon neutral cities: An insight for Istanbul, Turkey pp. 717-732

Betul Hande Gursoy Haksevenler

Natural resource abundance, governance, and government expenditure: Empirical insights from environmental sustainability pp. 733-757

Mary Donkor, Yusheng Kong and Emmanuel K. Manu

Is urban innovation capacity shaping new models of economic development? Evidence from the circular economy pp. 758-770

Pengyu Chen, Zhongzhu Chu, Yuhao Zhao and Yiming Li

An evaluation methodological approach to support the definition of effective urban projects: A case study in the city of Rome (Italy) pp. 771-793

Francesco Tajani, Pierluigi Morano, Felicia Di Liddo and Ivana La Spina

Bridging the gap: Exploring urban resilience and sustainability in Finnish regional development pp. 794-810

Hossam Hewidy and Susa Eräranta

Leveraging global south sports mega events to advance sport for development and peace theory and practice pp. 811-822

Davies Banda, Meredith A. Whitley and Nasser Al Khori

Sustainability in Agave tequilana weber farming: A life cycle assessment pp. 823-835

Adrián Salvador Morales García, Jorge Luis García‐Alcaraz, Julio Blanco Fernández and Eduardo Martínez Cámara

Social ties and food insecurity in woman‐headed households pp. 836-846

Andres Silva, Maria Isabel Sactic, Diego Monteza‐Quiroz and Ximena Schmidt Rivera

Assessing sustainable development goal 7 implementation and its nexus with social, economic and ecological factors in EU countries pp. 847-860

Marta Kuc‐Czarnecka, Iwona Markowicz, Agnieszka Sompolska‐Rzechuła and Alina Stundziene

How effective are trade policy and monetary policy in achieving a pathway to sustainable development? Evidence from a wavelet quantile‐on‐quantile Granger causality analysis pp. 861-877

Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo and Victoria Olushola Olanrewaju

Information and communication technology, economic globalization, and environmental sustainability in APEC nations: Insights from LCC and EKC hypotheses testing pp. 878-903

Kong Ximei, Muhammad Qasim Javaid, Tanzeela Shams and Muhammad Sibt‐e‐Ali

Promoting sustainable development in the Australian Murray‐Darling basin: Envisioning an EcoSocial work approach pp. 904-915

Heather Boetto

Can Africa–China cooperation influence African green growth to truly alleviate undernourishment? Evidence of the quadruple mediating effect pp. 916-938

Dhekra Ben Amara and Jiajun Qiao

Evaluating the environmental impacts of Chinese decentralization policies toward SDG 13 pp. 939-956

Tahir Yousaf, Muhammad Faisal Shahzad and Qurat ul Ain

Higher education and sustainable entrepreneurship: The state of the art and a look to the future pp. 957-969

Walter Leal Filho, David Anthony Kirby, Tiago F. A. C. Sigahi, Ricardo L. F. Bella, Rosley Anholon and Osvaldo L. G. Quelhas

Modeling climatic, terrain and soil factors using AHP in GIS for grapevines suitability assessment pp. 970-991

Paola D'Antonio, Costanza Fiorentino, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Maura Sannino, Emanuele Scalcione, Giovanni Lacertosa, Felice Modugno, Antonella Marsico, Angelo R. Donvito, Luis Alcino Conceição, Marios Drosos and Antonio Scopa

Strategic sustainable development: The role of intermediaries in managing the sustainability compliance of a multi‐tier crop agri‐food supply chain. A developing economy perspective pp. 992-1013

Muhammad Khan, Karl Behrendt, Dimitrios Papadas and Lydia Arnold

Greening Mexican manufacturing: Examining the role of SMEs in environmental preservation through green business strategies, eco‐innovation, and corporate social responsibility pp. 1014-1029

Ma. Mónica Gloria Clara Castillo Esparza, Antonia Madrid‐Guijarro and Gonzalo Maldonado‐Guzman

Green growth and urban employment: Evaluating the impact of ecosystem conservation on diverse sectors in Yunnan Province, China pp. 1030-1043

Jiacheng Shao, Zeyuan Liu, Guoxia Ma, Qingyu Zhang and Jinnan Wang

Women and circular transition in agri‐food industry: The commitment to gender diversity as an engine of change pp. 1044-1067

Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez and Saudi‐Yulieth Enciso‐Alfaro

Links between the sustainable development goals: An analysis for Italy pp. 1068-1084

Anil Markandya, Laura Cavalli, Arnab Bhattacharya, Gregmar Galinato and Luca Farnia

Simulation of policies to promote pro‐environmental behavior in a dynamic learning model of social networks: Cases of Brazil, the United States, Japan, Germany, China, and India pp. 1085-1103

Shinsuke Kyoi, Yuta Uchiyama and Koichiro Mori

Can income inequality reduction policies limit the disparity between urban and rural clean cooking fuel access rates? pp. 1104-1123

Muntasir Murshed

Protein consumption in Europe: Sustainability, tradition, and policy implications pp. 1124-1135

Petr Prochazka, Jana Soukupova, Josef Abrham, Kevin J. Mullen, Karel Tomsik, Lukas Cechura, Inna Cabelkova and Lubos Smutka

Artificial intelligence and sustainable development during urbanization: Perspectives on AI R&D innovation, AI infrastructure, and AI market advantage pp. 1136-1156

Qiang Wang, Fuyu Zhang and Rongrong Li

Who will be prosocial consumers? The relationship between environmental value and sustainable consumption pp. 1157-1173

Wong Ming Wong, Yaobin Wang and Wunhong Su

Unraveling the influence of convenience situational factors on e‐waste recycling behaviors: A goal‐framing theory approach pp. 1174-1191

Gabriele Puzzo and Gabriele Prati

The role of green finance to achieve sustainability through green supply chain management and innovative technologies pp. 1192-1211

Moustafa Mohamed Nazief Haggag Kotb Kholaif and Xinmeng Tang

Female economic participation and sustainable development in African countries: The moderating role of governance pp. 1212-1230

Tolulope Osinubi and Munacinga Simatele

Promoting sustainable development goals through generative artificial intelligence in the digital supply chain: Insights from Chinese tourism SMEs pp. 1231-1248

Shaofeng Wang and Hao Zhang

Sustainable development and investor confidence: The safe‐haven appeal of green‐bond issuing firms pp. 1249-1268

Shivam Azad and S. L. Tulasi Devi

Are social justice and sustainability interdependent? If so, how and under what conditions? pp. 1269-1283

Kjell Y. Törnblom, Răzvan‐Gabriel Popa and Pius Krütli

The link between sustainability initiatives at firm and supply chain levels: The mediating role of involvement of partners pp. 1284-1297

Usha Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan Ramanathan, A. S. Balakrishnan and Imke Hermens

Using Q‐methodology for policy research and stakeholder engagement to strengthen public health in large‐scale mining in Mozambique pp. 1298-1314

Joschka J. Proksik, Fritz Brugger, Hermínio Cossa, Leonardo Chavane and Eusébio Macete

Beyond environmental sustainability: Low‐carbon land use policies can contribute to the realization of comprehensive sustainable development pp. 1315-1332

Ke Liu, Peng Cheng, Anlu Zhang, Sixian Qin and Xue Zhang

Social‐ecological systems modeling for drought‐food security nexus pp. 1333-1353

Debashis Roy, Steven A. Gillespie and Md Sarwar Hossain

Advancing green education in MENA region: Challenges, opportunities and best practices pp. 1354-1365

Helen Onyeaka and Adenike A. Akinsemolu

Tensions between the carbon, employment and value added generated by marine sectors: Triple bottom line analysis using a novel input–output table for the UK pp. 1366-1380

Alberto Roca Florido and Simon Mair

Energy security indicators for sustainable energy development: Application to electricity sector in the context of state economic decisions pp. 1381-1400

Tomas Karpavicius, Tomas Balezentis and Dalia Streimikiene

Gender, social networks, and the use of organic fertilizers toward sustainable agriculture in suburban villages of Central Vietnam pp. 1401-1416

Thi Quynh Anh Le, Yasuharu Shimamura, Hiroyuki Yamada and Minh Duc Le

Explaining compliance with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from Colombia's coffee belt pp. 1417-1440

Paulo Mortara Batistic, Thomas Dietz, Jan Börner and Yannic Rudá Damm

Trade‐offs and synergies between dimensions of well‐being among smallholder farmers in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR pp. 1441-1457

Jonas L. Appelt, Latsamy Siengsounthone, Sengaloun Phonekeo, Dirk Essink, Peter H. Verburg and Jasper van Vliet

Cross‐administrative solutions for sustainable development: The case of the Watertown Hub pp. 1458-1478

Jun Zhai, Jiamin Shen and Nannan Ge

Sustainable development goals implementation in a post‐colonial African State: Any future for the African Continental Free Trade Area? pp. 1479-1490

Felix Chidozie, Goddy Uwa Osimen, Joy Bhadmus and Oluwamurewa Newo

Comparative study of enterprise efficiency and environmental, social and governance performance before and after COVID‐19 epidemic—A study of China's A‐share listed Fintech companies pp. 1491-1525

Tao Xie, Ying Li, Yung‐Ho Chiu and Shiyou Ao

Promoting sustainable practices through green investments in the United Kingdom real estate industry pp. 1526-1544

Isik Akin and Meryem Akin

Do ICT and green technology matter in sustainable development goals? pp. 1545-1574

Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Tugba Nur, Emre E. Topaloglu and Ladislav Pilař

Strategic intentions of higher education for sustainable development goals: Qualitative evidence from universities in Türkiye pp. 1575-1587

Volkan Göçoğlu