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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".

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Laboratory of Operations Research, Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, 28hs Octovriou 78, 383 33 Volos, Greece
Interests: applied statistics and econometrics; simulations of economic modelling; environmental economics; applied micro-economic with emphasis in welfare economics; air pollution; game theory; mathematical models (non-linear programming)
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Dear Colleagues,

There is a vast body of literature examining the main drivers of sustainability. Obviously, the economic effects of energy and climate change mitigation and adaptation play a substantial role in any policy planning and effective management towards sustainability. Climate change involves many dimensions—scientific, economic, societal, and political, and it is a global problem, realized on local scales that will persist for many decades or even centuries. Although we are aware of climate change dimensions and problems, greenhouse gases (GHG) keep on growing. Apart from the agreements on facing and tackling the problem, a substantial response to climate change requires a joint approach of mitigation in reducing GHG emissions and aiming to stabilize the levels of heat-trapping GHGs into the atmosphere as well as adaptation to climate change that already exists. Although climate change is a global problem, it is also considered on a local scale, with cities and municipalities on the cutting edge of adaptation. In this Special Issue, we are seeking to address research questions including but not limited to costs and modelling of climate-change impacts, adaptation in the developed and developing world, the promotion of effective international technology cooperation, emissions from transport, progress in national adaptation planning, adaptation, innovation in climate change mitigation, progress in national adaptation planning, and assessment of climate change effects on a city (and port) scale.

Prof. Dr. George Halkos
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adaptation
mitigation
climate change
national planning
risk management
economic effects
energy

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Global Emission Taxes and Port Privatization Policies under International Competition

by Feng Pian, Lili Xu, Yuyan Chen and Sang-Ho Lee

Sustainability 2020, 12(16), 6595; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12166595 - 14 Aug 2020

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This study considers two asymmetric ports under international competition in which each country has a hub port and a private manufacturer and investigates strategic interactions between port privatization and emission tax policies. We emphasize the key role of the relative market size between the two countries and show that in a privatization choice game, port privatization is a dominant strategy in a larger country, but it will be chosen by a smaller country only if its relative market size is not so small. We also show that the coordination of global emission taxes before privatization choices can induce the equilibrium of the game to be globally optimal when the emission tax is relatively high. This finding provides an important policy implication on the climate change that coordinated global environmental policy is imperatively required in the port privatization policy. Full article

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Spatial Heterogeneity of the Carbon Emission Effect Resulting from Urban Expansion among Three Coastal Agglomerations in China

by Jiqun Wen, Xiaowei Chuai, Shanchi Li, Song Song, Yuanwei Li, Mengjie Wang and Shuosheng Wu

Sustainability 2019, 11(17), 4590; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su11174590 - 23 Aug 2019

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Land-use change, particularly urban expansion, can greatly affect the carbon balance, both from the aspects of terrestrial ecosystems and anthropogenic carbon emissions. Coastal China is a typical region of rapid urban expansion, and obvious spatial heterogeneity exists from the north to south. However, the different urban change characteristics and the effect on carbon balance remain undetermined. By unifying the spatial-temporal resolution of carbon source and sink data, we effectively compared the carbon budgets of three coastal urban agglomerations in China. The results show that all of the three urban agglomerations have undergone an obvious urban expansion process, with the built-up area increasing from 1.03 × 10⁴ km² in 2000 to 3.06 × 10⁴ km² in 2013. For Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH), the built-up area gradually expanded. The built-up area in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) gradually changed before 2007 but rapidly grew thereafter. The built-up expansion of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) passed through three growing stages and showed the largest mean patch size. Carbon emission spatial patterns in the three urban agglomerations are consistent with their economic development, from which the net ecosystem production (NEP) spatial patterns are very different. Compared to carbon emissions, NEP has a carbon sink effect and can absorb some carbon emissions, but the amounts were all much lower than the carbon emissions in the three urban agglomerations. The carbon sink effect in the Yangtze River Delta is the most obvious, with the Pearl River Delta following, and the lowest effect is in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei. Finally, a scientific basis for policy-making is provided for viable CO₂ emission mitigation policies. Full article

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Impact of Perceived Livelihood Risk on Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study in Shiyang River Basin, China

by Fang Su, Udoy SAIKIA and Iain HAY

Sustainability 2019, 11(12), 3349; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su11123349 - 17 Jun 2019

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Using data collected from semi-structured interviews with 485 households, this research evaluates the effect of perceived livelihood risk on livelihood strategies within farming households in China’s Shiyang River Basin. Perceived livelihood risk was evaluated by establishing an index system of livelihood risk (health, environmental, financial, social, and information and connectivity risks). Different livelihood strategies were identified, including reducing consumption, seeking help from relatives and friends, securing loans, seeking employment, and converting assets into cash. The effect of perceived livelihood risk on livelihood strategies was measured and evaluated using multinomial logistic regression. The results indicate that the effect of different perceived livelihood risk on livelihood strategies varies. Personality traits, as well as perceived health risk, financial risk, social risk, and environmental risk influence livelihood strategies, while perceived information risk and connectivity risk do not appear to have obvious relationships to livelihood strategies. Finally, we present proposals for ensuring farmers’ livelihood strategies are more effective. Full article

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Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises, Organizational Resilience Capacity and Flash Floods: Insights from a Literature Review

by Antonis Skouloudis, Thomas Tsalis, Ioannis Nikolaou, Konstantinos Evangelinos and Walter Leal Filho

Sustainability 2020, 12(18), 7437; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12187437 - 10 Sep 2020

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From a managerial standpoint, sustainability poses numerous challenges for the business community. One of the prominent concerns in the context of organizational sustainability is the impact of climate change and extreme weather events (EWEs), which create discontinuity and damages to business operations. In this respect, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly vulnerable to EWEs, such as flash floods, having disastrous consequences to SMEs that tend to be ill-prepared. Taking into consideration that these negatives effects are also transferred into the local communities in which SMEs are located, it is crucial to create appropriate mechanisms that will enable these enterprises to build relevant capacities and acquire necessary resources in order to deal with relevant disruptive events. With this in mind, this paper attempts to delineate the emerging literature in relation to strategic approaches in dealing with high impact/low probability EWEs. With this analysis, we aim to provide insights for enhancing the robustness of SMEs against such natural hazards through effective resilience and adaptation strategies. The paper reveals that resilience to EWEs is indeed a multifaceted issue posing numerous challenges to SMEs. Taking into account their intrinsic characteristics, there is a need for a holistic management approach that will assist SMEs to safeguard their assets against extreme weather. Full article

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