scholarly journals A situational analysis of the care of road traffic victims in Burkina Faso: a challenge to achieve sustainable development objectives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Guiard Schmid ◽  
Thierry Comte ◽  
Sié Ahmed Ouatarra ◽  
Salifou Gandema ◽  
Armel Brice Tapsoba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Development Objectives

scholarly journals Collaborative research and knowledge translation on road crashes in Burkina Faso: the police perspective 18 months on

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Dagenais ◽  
Michelle Proulx ◽  
Esther Mc Sween-Cadieux ◽  
Aude Nikiema ◽  
Emmanuel Bonnet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Road Traffic Crash ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Crashes

AbstractIn this commentary, we present a follow-up of two articles published in 2017 and 2018 about road traffic crashes, which is an important public health issue in Africa and Burkina Faso. The first article reported on a research project, conducted in partnership with local actors involved in road safety, carried out in Ouagadougou in 2015. Its aim was to test the effectiveness, acceptability, and capacity of a surveillance system to assess the number of road traffic crashes and their consequences on the health of crash victims. Several knowledge translation activities were carried out to maximize its impact and were reported in the 2018 article published in HRPS: monthly reports presenting the research data, large-format printed maps distributed to the city’s police stations, and a deliberative workshop held at the end of the research project. The present commentary presents our efforts to deepen our understanding of the impacts of the knowledge translation strategy, based on follow-up interviews, 18 months after the workshop, with the heads of the road traffic crash units in Ouagadougou police stations (n = 5). Several benefits were reported by respondents. Their involvement in the process prompted them to broaden their knowledge of other ways of dealing with the issue of road crashes. This led them, sometimes with their colleagues, to intervene differently: more rapid response at collision sites, increased surveillance of dangerous intersections, user awareness-raising on the importance of the highway code, etc. However, sustaining these actions over the longer term has proven difficult. Several lessons were derived from this experience, regarding the importance of producing useful and locally applicable research data, of ensuring the acceptability of the technologies used for data collection, of using collaborative approaches in research and knowledge translation, of ensuring the visibility of actions undertaken by actors in the field, and of involving decision-makers in the research process to maximize its impacts.

Tourism and (sustainable) development: revisiting the theoretical divide.

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Richard Sharpley
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Theoretical Relationship ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Resource Sustainability ◽  
Development Objectives

Abstract This chapter revisits the theoretical relationship between tourism and development, within the framework of contemporary understandings of development objectives, processes and challenges and the necessary parameters of resource sustainability. Re-visioning development as prosperity, as opposed to economic growth, as well as recognition of the 'de-developmental' consequences of the growth imperative, points to the need for policies that allow for only targeted growth in tourism within an overall slowing down (or even de-growth)of tourism globally.

scholarly journals The Managerial Aspects of Integrating the Sustainable Development Principles into Practices of Mining Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 03011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliia Lazarenko ◽  
Olga Garafonova ◽  
Vyktoriia Marhasova ◽  
Svetlana Grigashkina ◽  
Olena Kozureva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Management Context ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Sustainability Principles

In order to successfully achieve sustainable development objectives, modern enterprises have to establish a framework and implement appropriate managerial tools for the effective integration of sustainability into business operations. The paper aims to clarify the concept of sustainable development in the mine management context, highlight the main principles of sustainable mining and devise appropriate tools and mechanisms from a managerial viewpoint to implement the strategic sustainability priorities into business practice. Based on a literature review of research on sustainable mine management issues, the main dimensions of the sustainability concept are highlighted and the specific goals corresponding to each of the priority focus areas are identified in the paper. As a result of the study, the key organizational aspects and firm-level mechanisms that should be primarily taken into account from a management decision-making viewpoint to embed the strategic sustainability principles into business practices and corporate activities of mining operators are pointed out. From a practical perspective, the findings can be used by mining operators for defining strategic sustainability priorities and setting related corporate objectives, as well as devising guidelines for the effective implementation of the integrated sustainable mine management system.

scholarly journals Strategies for the Valorisation of Chestnut Resources in Italian Mountainous Areas from a Sustainable Development Perspective

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Stefano Bruzzese ◽  
Simone Blanc ◽  
Filippo Brun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social History ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Active Management ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Chestnut Tree ◽  
History Of ◽  
Action Strategies ◽  
Development Objectives

The chestnut tree has characterised the social history of the Italian hills and mountains. However, in recent years, this resource has been abandoned because of the change in socio-economic needs. The aim of this study is twofold: (i) To give an overview of this resource, assessing the strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats of the chestnut tree through the use of the SWOT methodology; (ii) to provide action strategies for resource valorisation, in accordance with the SDGs set out in the UN 2030 Agenda, by using the TOWS methodology. Our results suggest four strategies, specifically; ‘resource-based’, ‘network-based’, ‘policy-based’ and ‘market-based’, capable of valorising the resource from environmental, economic and societal points of view. The active management of chestnut forests, together with the development of a value chain can guarantee sustainable production, technological and process innovation and could empower companies to face global markets in a more competitive way and lead to the creation of high value-added products, generating a strong economic and social engine for the revival of the sector. Moreover, the commitment of the private sector to the reorganisation of the supply chain must also be accompanied by coherent public policy action. This is essential for the adoption of plans and programmes consistent with sustainable development objectives, ensuring their prioritisation and implementation.

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS WHICH GOVERN THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY: THE CASE OF ARTIFICIAL LAKE KERKINI IN GREECE

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 213-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIMITRA MANOU ◽  
JASON PAPATHANASIOU
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Artificial Lake ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Strategic Objective ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

This paper was developed in the context of the research project entitled GEMCONBIO (Governance and Ecosystems Management for the Conservation of Biodiversity), which is a European FP6-funded project under Priority 7 — Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-Based Society. The projects strategic objective is, through the elaboration of certain case studies, to explore the interactions between governance modes and sustainable development objectives in view of identifying which governance processes and institutions can contribute best to the conservation of biodiversity. The case study of Kerkini Lake was selected along with approximately 27 case studies across Europe, the United States and third countries because of the area's very important ecosystem. It is one of the 10 most important wetlands in Greece, a declared National Park and one of the most important wetlands for birds in Europe. There is a plethora of national, European and international laws and regulations as well as administrative decisions regarding the study area. However, problems of implementation and compliance appear to be very strong causing severe implications in the area's sustainable development.

scholarly journals Enhancing Access to Energy Services for Sustainable Development in Rural Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-152
Author(s):  
Surya Gyawali ◽  
Sushil Bahadur Bajracharya ◽  
Sudarshan Raj Tiwari ◽  
Hans Norve Skotte
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Energy Services ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Physical Access

Access to energy has been based on physical availability, acceptability, adequacy, affordability, reliability, and quality of supply. In addition to physical access, real access to energy services can be limited by the purchasing power of the household, the cost of energy and cost or energy-using equipment. However, ensuring adequate energy for a healthy life implies that the types and amount of energy should meet basic minimum needs without adverse health impacts. The purpose of the paper is to explore the dimensions of energy access to rural communities in developing countries for enhancing sustainable development objectives. The systematic literature review methodology has been used to define approaches of sustainability of energy access and try to understand the linkage between modern energy access to sustainable development for rural communities. The study is stabilized that, redefinition and standard thresholds for sustainable energy services in local community level are crucial for human welfare and health, efficiency and productivity, as well as impacts on the environment, must be linked with sustainable development. Measuring sufficiency or adequacy is harder to define because this may vary from amazingly from region to region depending on climate, customs, and living standards. The study provides a unique insight into the needs, feelings and capabilities of people living with and without modern energy and related innovations and it contributes how these are mobilized and constrained in ways that may extend existing inequalities and the barriers to meaningful access, but also may signify means to overcome them.

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