Evaluating Economic Benefits of Newly Opened Expressways in China

2003 ◽  
Vol 1839 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-127
Author(s):  
Louie Nan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Investment Environment ◽  
Methods Development ◽  
Time Savings

In the past decade, expressways have been developed rapidly in China. It is evident that a number of opened expressways generated promoting effects on regional economic development. Most existing studies tend to assess the effects in a qualitative way. The purpose of this study was to develop quantitative methods to evaluate the economic benefits of expressway projects during the operational period. The benefits discussed include user benefits (reduced vehicle operating costs, time savings, and safety benefits), which are the direct effects of the expressway projects. The estimation of user benefits is carried out on the basis of well-defined quantitative methods. Development benefits, which are the indirect effects of the expressway projects, were also examined. Their indirect nature makes them inherently more difficult to analyze quantitatively. A comparative analysis method was developed to tackle the problem. These methodologies were applied to a case study of the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway in Zhejiang Province, one of the fastest-growing provinces in China in economic activity. The estimation results show that, since its opening in December 1996, the expressway has generated significant user benefits in the region. Statistical data have provided some evidence that the expressway promoted the region's economic development by improving the investment environment, promoting exchange and circulation of commodities, providing convenient transportation for tourists, and promoting development in small towns and urbanization.

Can Environmental Protection in Ecological Functional Zones Break Free from the Constraints of Focusing Just on Economic Benefits? — A Case Study of the Plateau Ecological Zone’s Tiamitcheen

2018 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850018
Author(s):  
Wei JIANG
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Functional Zones

Following the 2015 publication and revision of the 2008 National Ecological Functional Division, China, in 2017, added 240 counties (cities, districts, and banners) to its national key ecological functional zone system. Ecological functional zones, in practice, are often caught in a dilemma between environmental protection and economic development, with actions aimed at the promotion of locally-based economic advances frequently conflicting with the goals of ecological functional divisions. To investigate this dilemma, the paper selected Tiamitcheen County in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, a key ecological function zone, as the site for a field investigation, case study. The primary methodologies applied in this study included a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews. Based on the observation of three main reasons for the dilemma between environmental protection and economic development, the author proposed that ecological functional zones should be further subdivided based on the National Ecological Functional Division according to the zones’ respective characteristics at the local level. More efforts should also go into better specifying the scope of ecological “red lines”, and to the demarcation of the boundaries of ecological functional core zones, buffer zones, and experimental zones. This would help in the formulation of local development planning, while at the same time increasing the support directed to ecological protection zones. In addition, “differentiated” and “greening” zoning assessment mechanisms should also be fully implemented, whereby different assessment factors and weights are established according to the characteristics of the different functional zones. An expanded array of economic indicators should also be delineated, which more specifically indicates the differences between ecological functional zones and other functional zones. This would, via a “differentiated” and “green” assessment system, help to ease the conflicts arising between local governments’ efforts at both economic promotion and ecological protection. Within ecological functional zones, it would also encourage local governments to break through the need to adhere strictly to efforts at economic promotion so as to ensure ecological security.

scholarly journals Hobby and business on trading birds: Case study in bird market of Sukahaji, Bandung, West Java and Splendid, Malang, East Java (Indonesia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
BUDIAWATI S ISKANDAR ◽  
JOHAN ISKANDAR ◽  
RUHYAT PARTASASMITA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
West Java ◽  
Urban Bird ◽  
The City

Abstract. Iskandar BS, Iskandar J, Partasasmita R. 2019. Hobby and business on trading birds: Case study in bird market of Sukahaji, Bandung, West Java and Splendid, Malang, East Java (Indonesia). Biodiversitas 20: 1316-1332. Bird species have various ecological and socio-economic-cultural functions for the human being. Ecologically, birds have beneficial functions in the ecosystem, such as helping plant pollinators, spreading plant seeds, participating in controlling agricultural pests, and monitoring environmental changes. Meanwhile, bird functions for the social-economic and culture of the community among them are known as sources of protein food, mystical functions, sources of material stories, sources of inspiration to make songs, craft materials, the source of gene pool, and become pets and trade animals. With the rise of the urban population hobby of raising birds and also the development of various bird contest activities in the urban, causing of the bird trade is very widespread in urban areas, such as in bird markets. In some cities in Indonesia, various bird markets have been popularly known for a long time. This study aimed to elucidate species diversity, folk classification, bird populations, bird prices, constraints to bird trade, and the positive and negative effects of bird trade in the urban bird market. The research method used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods with the ethnoecological approach. The results of this study showed that from a survey of 60 bird traders in the bird market of Sukahaji, Bandung, and Splendid, Malang, a total of 160 bird species, representing 38 families were documented. Among them, 10 species representing 7 families recorded as protected bird by law in Indonesia, based on recent government regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry of Republic of Indonesian No.106/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/12/2018. A total of 2,950 individuals were recorded in Sukahaji; while in Splendid were recorded 3,558 individuals. Prices of birds that are traded varied greatly depending on the species and characteristics of birds. It has been revealed that bird trade in the bird market has been various economic benefits for many people. However, due to the bird trade in bird markets in the city which has not been properly managed, the sustainability system of the bird trade in the city is very alarming caused of many factors, including decreasing of bird population over time in rural ecosystem as main supply of urban bird trading in the bird markets. Therefore, bird trading in the bird markets must be properly managed based on the sustainable development program concept, namely pro-economic, pro-social, and pro-environment.

scholarly journals The Effect of Brand Image, Product Prices, and Product Quality on Repurchases of Kopi Petani Nusantara (Case Study on Kopi Petani Nusantara Consumers in Jakarta)

2021 ◽  
pp. 271-280
Author(s):  
Sista Ferida Rotua Butar Butar ◽  
Jerry Heikal
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Coffee Consumption ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Product Price ◽  
The Many ◽  
Determining Factor

The high interest in coffee consumption in Indonesia is not only a coffee-producing country, as quite a lot of consumers. Indonesia was ranked 4th as the world's largest coffee producer in 2016 after Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia. Of the many types of coffee, in general, there are two types of coffee marketed in Indonesia, namely Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee. This research was conducted using quantitative methods with a population and sample of 112 respondents. The data analysis method used is binomial logistic regression analysis. The results showed that the quality of brand image, product price, and product quality are factors that determine repurchase decisions on Kopi Petani Nusantara in the archipelago, which shows 57.1% to be the determining factor while the rest is determined by other factors. This happens because of the better brand image of a product, so buyers will make repeat purchases to meet their needs, both in terms of Recognition, Reputation, Affinity, and Domain.

Regional forestry economic evaluation based on neural network and fuzzy model

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Xuesong Ma ◽  
Xianghua Chen ◽  
Yude Geng
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Bp Neural Network ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Fuzzy Model ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods

In the process of people’s development, many resources in natural resources provide convenience and help for people’s survival and development, and forest is an important part of ecological balanced development. In the process of economic development, forest resources can also bring people a lot of economic benefits. People develop regional forestry economy by planting trees with economic value. Asset assessment of forests can better promote the development of forestry economy and help people better use and manage resources. During the process of forestry economic development, the technology of asset evaluation established on the basis of BP neural network enriches the theoretical content of forestry economic development to a certain extent and provides a more solid theoretical basis for development. At the same time, the qualitative and quantitative methods are combined to ensure that the data are more accurate and the key influencing factors can be better analyzed. Based on the analysis of the relevant research results, this paper takes some trees of the same growth year as the object of study. Using BP neural network to analyze the factors that will change the overall value of forest resources, a special BP neural network model belongs to forestry and economic development is established.

scholarly journals The Development of E-commerce in the Context of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 244-249
Author(s):  
Hongjie Chen ◽  
Ruilin Liu ◽  
Bangni Wang ◽  
Yishi Xia
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Business Model ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Economic Prosperity

With the outbreak of COVID-19, the national economy has been depressed because people cannot produce and assume goods normally. Thus, offline shopping become a problem in daily life. People have to adapt to the new social environment to make a living. Apparently, E-commerce is the most important result of economic development brought by the experiences of the business method during this pandemic. This paper introduces and uses the SWOT analysis method to list the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of E-commerce. There’s a case study of one of the most popular E-commerce companies in China, JingDong, in order to illustrate the strength of selling products online during COVID-19. This paper mainly focuses on the E-commerce development in China during the pandemic, and the research result shows that the platform business model, specifically the E-commerce, is the best choice for developing enterprises during the pandemic. How the business should choose for their progress can be found in this paper as well. Although E-commerce might have vices in some parts, due to the high profits brought to the enterprises by E-commerce, more people may still be willing to engage in the operation of E-commerce, and expand the team of Chinese E-commerce, thus promote economic prosperity as soon as possible.

scholarly journals Seeking an ecologically defensible calculation of net loss/gain of biodiversity

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1358-1383
Author(s):  
Thomas Cuckston
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
New South ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Wales ◽  
A Site

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how proponents of biodiversity offsetting have sought to produce an ecologically defensible mechanism for reconciling economic development and biodiversity conservation. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses a case study biodiversity offsetting mechanism in New South Wales, Australia. Michel Callon’s framing and overflowing metaphor is used to explain how accounting devices are brought into the mechanism, to (re)frame a space of calculability and address anxieties expressed by conservationists about calculations of net loss/gain of biodiversity. Findings The analysis shows that the offsetting mechanism embeds a form of accounting for biodiversity that runs counter to the prevailing dominant anthropocentric approach. Rather than accounting for the biodiversity of a site in terms of the economic benefits it provides to humans, the mechanism accounts for biodiversity in terms of its ecological value. This analysis, therefore, reveals a form of accounting for biodiversity that uses numbers to provide valuations of biodiversity, but these numbers are ecological numbers, not economic numbers. So this is a calculative, and also ecocentric, approach to accounting for, and valuing, biodiversity. Originality/value This paper contributes to the extant literature on accounting for biodiversity by revealing a novel conceptualisation of the reconciliation of economic development and biodiversity conservation, producing an ecologically defensible form of sustainable development. The paper also makes a methodological contribution by showing how Callon’s framing and overflowing metaphor can be used to enable the kind of interdisciplinary engagement needed for researchers to address sustainable development challenges.

scholarly journals A Case of Homestays in Brunei as a Means of Socio-Economic Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Siti Aisah Janaji ◽  
Fahmi Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Revenue Streams

This paper aims to discuss how homestays in Brunei represents a means of socio-economic development. While recognizing the socio-economic benefits and revenue streams that homestays gain from not only providing accommodation facilities, the wide range of cultural activities and exposures will strengthen the preservation of Brunei’s cultural heritage. A case study approach and qualitative research method were conducted in this study. The key findings reveal that the community participation in three homestays is perceived to empower individuals in contributing on-going socio-economic development of their respective village. This study contributes knowledge and practical suggestions to potential ventures, homestay operators and researchers.

Socio-economic effects of labor migration from small towns of Russia

2016 ◽  
pp. 103-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Mkrtchyan ◽  
Y. Florinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Spatial Mobility ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
High Labor ◽  
Standardized Interview

The article examines labor migration from small Russian towns: prevalence of the phenomenon, the direction and duration of trips, spheres of employment and earnings of migrants, social and economic benefits of migration for households. The representative surveys of households and migrant-workers by a standardized interview were conducted in four selected towns. Authors draw a conclusion about high labor spatial mobility of the population of small towns and existence of positive effects for migrant’s households and the economy of towns themselves.

Blockchain in Supply Chain: Case Study of Lottemart Ciputat

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Handoyo ◽  
M. R. Mashudi ◽  
H. P. Ipung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Production Processes

Current supply chain methods are having difficulties in resolving problems arising from the lack of trust in supply chains. The root reason lies in two challenges brought to the traditional mechanism: self-interests of supply chain members and information asymmetry in production processes. Blockchain is a promising technology to address these problems. The key objective of this paper is to present qualitative analysis for blockchain in supply chain as the decision-making framework to implement this new technology. The analysis method used Val IT business case framework, validated by the expert judgements. The further study needs to be elaborated by either the existing organization that use blockchain or assessment by the organization that will use blockchain to improve their supply chain management.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document