Sustainability

Marine debris threatens aquatic habitats and complicates inspections in ports, seabed environments, and offshore infrastructure. Previous lightweight detectors remain vulnerable to weak texture, blurred boundaries, and cluttered multi-scale features, while direct network expansion conflicts with restricted onboard resources. This study adapts YOLO11n by integrating Receptive-Field Aggregation (RF…

Rapid urbanization, increasing demand variability, and digitalisation of urban infrastructure require intelligent decision-support systems that can improve sustainability, resilience, and operational efficiency in smart city operations. Artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven optimization offer strong potential for adaptive urban services, including dynamic pricing, demand response, resource…

Road crashes undermine the sustainability of transportation systems by generating substantial human, social, and economic costs. Identifying the factors associated with severe crash outcomes is therefore essential for supporting safer and more sustainable mobility, in accordance with Vision Zero and Sustainable Development Goals 3.6 and 11.2. This study investigates the influence of behavioral, e…

The rapid expansion of embodied intelligent agricultural machinery has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in market adoption, highlighting a growing disconnect between technological supply and downstream demand. This study develops a dynamic general equilibrium model to examine how government fiscal support and labor-market frictions shape the adoption of embodied intelligent agricul…

Appropriate-scale operation is important for integrating ordinary farm households into modern agriculture, yet the appropriate scale may differ substantially across producer types. Using micro-level data from the nationally representative 2021 China Household Finance Survey, this study develops an analytical framework integrating efficiency and resilience perspectives to compare ordinary farm hou…

Immersive technologies support heritage interpretation and management, yet research remains divided between cultural and archaeological heritage and urban planning. This systematic review, reported according to PRISMA 2020, aimed to examine the design, application, and evaluation of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality systems in archaeological parks, historic districts, and urban-planning conte…

Board-level ESG committees are increasingly used to formalize corporate sustainability governance, yet formalization does not ensure implementation. Existing research mainly evaluates disclosure, ESG ratings, and other favorable sustainability outcomes, and it remains unclear whether these committees are associated with changes in regulator-confirmed environmental noncompliance. Using Chinese A-s…

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was adopted in order to improve the quality of this type of reporting in the European Union. However, its scope and requirements were quickly softened in order to reduce the reporting burden on companies. This paper is an exploratory multiple case study of twelve sustainability statements published for the financial years 2024 and 2025 by si…

Climate change and environmental variability pose major challenges to sustainable wheat production, highlighting the need for stable and high-yielding cultivars. This study evaluated fifteen bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes across twelve environments during two consecutive growing seasons using a randomized complete block design with three replications. Stability and performance were …

In the arid regions of southeastern Tunisia, international migration—often driven by declining agricultural yields due to climate change—can be associated with strengthening the resilience of agro-systems through the valorization of migratory assets, particularly remittances invested in adaptation practices that support agricultural sustainability. However, this relationship may become neutral or…

The construction industry is increasingly pressured to reduce its environmental footprint through the adoption of sustainable materials and digital innovation. This literature review examines the convergence of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and related digital technologies with bio-based and sustainable construction materials, aiming to enhance environmental, economic, and social sustainabi…

The stone industry generates substantial waste along the quarrying, cutting and finishing chain, with only about 22% of the extracted material processed into final products, while roughly 64% is lost as slurry and 8% as solid waste. Compared to other industries such as wood and steel, there is a significant gap in the exploitation of relevant circular economy indicators for the stone industry. To…

Non-marketable postharvest residue from Satsuma Owari mandarins (Citrus unshiu)—discarded due to having a puffy peel (MC) or being damaged (MD)—was evaluated against a commercial mature reference (MM) using an integrated cascade biorefinery. Along the liquid pathway, must fermentation (6.1–9.0% v/v) and fractional distillation yielded a citrus brandy (~30% v/v). Vinasse emerged as the stream of h…

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, big data analytics, and intelligent industrial systems has accelerated global industrial transformation. While Industry 4.0 emphasised automation and efficiency, concerns regarding inequality, labour displacement, cybersecurity, and environmental sustainability have intensified the need for more human-centred industrial systems. Indus…

The establishment of National Eco-industrial Demonstration Parks (NEIDPs) represents a prominent industrial policy for fostering green development in China, yet its causal effects on corporate green innovation (CGI) remain underexplored. This study investigates the impact of NEIDPs on CGI using a multi-period difference-in-differences model with data from Chinese A-share listed companies over 200…

Achieving low-carbon agriculture in major grain-producing areas hinges on balancing emission reduction imperatives with the need to maintain food security. However, previous studies have largely examined agricultural carbon emissions (ACE) at administrative scales, potentially overlooking heterogeneous agricultural functions and emission pathways within urban agglomerations. This study integrates…

National parks, such as Domogled-Valea Cernei and Cozia, alongside protected areas like the Mehedinți Plateau Geopark or the Field of Lapiezuri in Ponoare, represent key assets for attracting tourists interested in nature and sustainability. This study investigates how tourists perceive sustainable ecotourism in Romania’s South-West Oltenia Region and identifies the primary determinants of their …

African leafy vegetables (ALVs) are increasingly recognised for their nutritional, phytochemical, and socioeconomic importance, particularly in resource-limited communities. This narrative review synthesises current evidence on the effects of preservation methods on nutritional composition, phytochemical stability, microbial quality, sensory attributes, consumer acceptability, and their contribut…

Green total factor productivity (GTFP) is a central measure of high-quality green development because it captures productivity performance under resource and environmental constraints. The low-carbon transition of manufacturing therefore requires a clearer understanding of how digital transformation affects green productivity. This study examines the relationship between digital transformation an…

This paper presents a case study of a road embankment affected by landslide activity that was subsequently stabilised using geocell reinforcement. The project involved a temporary accessway, approximately 80 m long and 8 m wide, located along Wattamolla Road, NSW, Australia. Stability assessments were undertaken using finite element modelling to evaluate the influence of geocell confinement on em…