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Solar energy is leading the charge in the shift to renewable energy sources because of its sustainability and abundance. With the use of remote sensing data and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for land suitability research, this study evaluates the viability of developing solar farms in Baqubah City, Diyala, Iraq. Iraq is well-positioned for the spread of solar power due to its growing energy demand and dedication to diversifying its energy mix. Key elements included in the analysis were slope, land...

Earthquakes are unevenly distributed in space. Seismic events are predominantly concentrated within well-defined seismic belts, many of which coincide with the boundaries and interaction zones of major tectonic plates. These zones represent areas of accumulated stress and active geodynamic processes, where earthquake generation is most frequent. In seismically active territories such as Bulgaria, earthquakes constitute one of the most significant natural hazards due to their potential societal and infrastructural ...

This study presents a comparative retrospective analysis of the spatio-temporal dynamics of climatic parameters within the territory of Aktobe Region for two periods: 1970–2000 and 2000–2025. The methodological framework of the study is based on geographic information system (GIS) technologies, the WorldClim global raster climate database, and verified observational data from the stationary meteorological network of RSE “Kazhydromet.” The aim of the research is to identify trends in mean annual, maximum, a...

Abstract This study examines the tourist valorization of speleological heritage in the Republic of Kosovo. Owing to its geological, geomorphological, hydrological, cultural-historical, and biological heritage, as well as favorable climatic conditions, Kosovo possesses significant potential for the development of speleotourism, ecotourism, and tourism more broadly. In recent years, ecotourism has gained increasing importance within the tourism sector and is widely regarded as a key component of sustainable developm...

The rapid evolution of geographic information technologies has significantly transformed the field of regional atlas cartography, shifting the paradigm from static, paper-based publications to dynamic, interactive web environments. This paper introduces the methodological framework, structural design, and practical execution of the combined print and web-based geographical atlas of the Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia. Developed by the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, this project synthesizes centuries of ...

The concept of circular economy (CE) is a fundamental change in the way we perceive and manage resources, production, and consumption. The transition to a circular economy is a major challenge at international level, considering the context of limited natural resources and the growth of the global population. As the consumption of resources continues to increase, it is essential to find ways to manage raw materials more efficiently and to reduce the anthropic impact on the environment. In this context, the authors...

The global economy is confronted with a myriad of risks, encompassing economic instability, climate change, social challenges, and technological transformations. These risks pose significant threats to companies, their financial health, and long-term sustainability. In the era of globalization and heightened awareness of environmental and social issues, sustainable development has emerged as a critical component of business operations worldwide. To address these challenges, organizations are increasingly adopting ...

This article aims to assess the effectiveness of existing adaptation strategies. The primary issue that will be highlighted is the inadequacy of the adaptive measures identified to address the various economic challenges. The study's results highlight the need to revise and enhance existing adaptation strategies to incorporate effective measures that stabilise economic performance and mitigate the costs associated with adapting to and coping with climate change challenges in the country. The study will highlight t...

Climate change is becoming an increasingly significant factor in the global economy, requiring urgent adaptation of economic systems and strategies. The impacts of climate change on the economy are multifaceted, ranging from physical damage to infrastructure to more subtle effects on the labor market and the prices of basic resources. At the same time, these changes create new opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth. One of the immediate impacts of climate change is extreme weather events that lead to ...

The article highlights the critical role of liquidity management in banks and underscores the need for legislative-level changes in regulation and the assessment of climate risks in banks to achieve financial stability. Banks face growing expectations from regulators and society to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into their business practices, as well as strengthen liquidity and control over climate risks. The article highlights the importance of prioritising the correct regulation o...

The European Union (EU) is dedicated to advancing the SDGs, aligning its efforts with both global objectives and its own strategic priorities, such as employment targets at the EU level. To address unemployment, particularly among youth, the EU has implemented a variety of policies. These include initiatives focused on enhancing education and training systems, as well as measures designed to foster a work environment that supports higher activity rates and increased labor productivity. Additionally, specific progr...

As climate change accelerates, governments and businesses around the world are faced with the need to adapt to new environmental and economic realities. Innovative adaptation strategies are becoming key to building economies that are not only resilient but also able to thrive in times of uncertainty. Adapting to climate change means adjusting economic systems to new conditions to mitigate negative impacts and harness potential benefits. This involves rethinking the ways we use resources, as well as developing new ...

Background: This paper explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in optimizing rural tourism management, highlighting the potential of this technology in the sustainable development of rural communities. AI can contribute to the efficient management of tourist flows, resource optimization, and improving visitor experiences. Methods: The study presents a detailed bibliometric analysis of the existing literature, using relevant keywords extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Moreover, AI ...

Occupational health and safety and the physical safety of population are key areas of legal regulation at the international, European as well as national levels. This article analyses the legal frameworks that govern sustainable development and resource management in these areas, highlighting their importance for protecting workers and the public from physical, chemical, biological and cyber threats. International legal standards, such as International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions and European Union direc...

The modernization of the Bulgarian railways, which has been underway for more than 20 years, is an important step towards a climate-neutral Europe. The goal is to improve Bulgaria's connectivity with the countries of Central and Western Europe, by achieving European standards and integrating the national transport network into the trans-European transport network, the requirements for interoperability of the railway infrastructure in Europe and the EU Green Deal. The expected results of the modernization are achie...

This paper aims to identify and analyse opportunities for improving financing mechanisms in the environmental sector by exploiting the opportunities provided by public-private partnerships. The need to create conditions and opportunities for strengthening ecological financing mechanisms in Bulgaria is identified as an essential element through which sustainable development goals can be achieved, while also aligning regional and national environmental policies with European environmental policies. There is a growin...

Practicing rural tourism in mountain areas represents an essential element in their sustainable development, offering economic, social and environmental opportunities that contribute to the revitalization of these regions, the reduction of economic gaps and the value of natural and cultural heritage. This study aims to identify the impact that the development and promotion of rural tourism has on rural mountain communities. The article makes an innovative contribution to understanding how responsible tourism activ...

The development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and revision of the EU policies on agriculture, including environmental and the common agricultural policy, plant protection, sustainable use of fertilizers, pesticides and veterinary drugs, requires comprehensive and reliable statistical knowledge. The introduction of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 on agricultural input and output statistics poses a challenge as it brings significant changes to the system in Latvia by not only broadening the range of inputs and i...

In this paper, the authors analyze methods and technologies that contribute to the efficiency of an agricultural holding, in accordance with the principles of sustainable agriculture. The aim is to identify modern techniques (crop rotation, use of organic fertilizers, efficient irrigation, digitalization of agricultural processes, minimum sowing) that reduce the ecological footprint, as well as to compare traditional practices with modern methods of sustainable cultivation. The paper highlights solutions capable o...

This paper demonstrates the importance of integrating modern technologies in the management of municipal infrastructures and highlights the significant advantages of using a municipal cadastral information system and an external database. With the help of GNSS technology and the total station, this precision requirement is met. The data from the measurements formed the basis for creating municipal cadastral plans that provide a detailed and accurate representation of the municipal networks. The methodology used in...

Due to limited resources, development is associated with a process of transformation, including the performance of the transformation. In 2015, following the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the political agenda has shifted towards sustainable development for society, which includes environmental criteria. European Union Member States have strengthened the political agenda on sustainable development with the EU Green Deal initiative. Various development indexes could be emp...

We live in a world where, globally, the urban population represents 50% of the Earth's inhabitants, and in 2035, it is expected to represent 75%. In Romania, in 2024, 55.81% of the total population lives in urban areas and the difference in rural areas. In the paper, we set out to create an "x-ray" of the commitments that our country has assumed within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Goal 11. Romania must find solutions for the sustainable development of communities, based on environmental education,...

Tourism is a key driver of economic growth and regional development, particularly in emerging destinations that capitalize on natural and cultural resources. This study explores the role of European-funded sustainable projects in enhancing tourism infrastructure, services, and environmental policies in the Western Region of Romania. [1] By analyzing various initiatives supported through EU funding (FEADR, EURI), the research identifies best practices and challenges in implementing sustainable tourism strategies. T...

Supporting the agricultural sector, a factor of strategic importance for ensuring food security, raw materials for the food industry and for maintaining jobs, in the sense that it must benefit from public policy from the state aimed at compensating for losses generated by the increase in prices and other costs such as labour, veterinary services, agricultural utilities, etc. European, counting over 620 000 beekeepers in the EU. The importance of this sector is much greater than could be deduced from its contributi...

Sustainable human capital management and green human resource management have become the trend words in business management in recent years. It cannot be denied that human resource management has become one of the leading management functions in organisations at all levels, working on the development of the organisation's most valuable resource, human resources. Consequently, the importance of human capital management and a more strategic approach focusing on the development of employees' knowledge, skills and inn...

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of digitalization in promoting sustainable economic development, focusing specifically on the contribution of digital technologies in the field of geosciences and climate analysis. By using a mixed methodology that combines documentary analysis with relevant case studies, the research explores how advanced digital solutions contribute to environmental monitoring and climate forecasting in the current context of confronting the accelerating phenomenon of clim...

Remote sensing techniques are increasingly used in land surface monitoring processes. The development of satellite systems has led to increasingly complex research in terms of analysis and monitoring of large land areas, with reduced costs and high efficiency. In this research, a satellite scene from 03.07.2024 taken over by the Landsat 9 remote sensing system was used, the scene identifier being LC09_L2SP_186028_20240730_20240731_02_T1, WRS_PATH 186 and WRS_ROW 28, UTM projection system, Datum WGS84, Ellipsoid WG...

The relevance of this research stems from the critical importance of protecting environmental rights under conditions of martial law. Violations of these rights can lead to long-term environmental degradation and adverse impacts on public health. As of the 1000th day of the war, environmental damage to Ukraine caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation has reached an estimated USD 70 billion. Approximately 3 million hectares of forests have been destroyed, over 6,500 environmental violations recorded, and ...

The present study examines working capital as a key indicator of financial sustainability. The focus is placed on its role in ensuring the resilience of enterprises operating within the chemical industry in Bulgaria. Given the sector's cyclical volatility, the research emphasizes the necessity of effective working capital management as a prerequisite for maintaining corporate liquidity and solvency. From a theoretical perspective, the study explores the nature and scope of working capital, its structural component...

The evolution of the view of the economic growth paradigm, the development of consumer awareness and the development of legal regulations affect the continuous formation of the conditions for sustainable development. The formation of the form, the definition of unambiguous standards and the continuous formation of the provisions of directives obliging an increasingly wide range of companies obliged to report sustainable development, in the short term, is a challenge for many companies operating in the Polish marke...

The Sofia-Plovdiv railway line is part of the Sofia-Plovdiv-Istanbul direction along the Orient/Eastern-Mediterranean corridor of the Trans-European network (TEN-T). The line is of important national and strategic importance. The project to modernize the line will lead to better conditions for transporting passengers and cargo and reaching European interoperability standards [1]. One of the predicted effects of modernization is an increase in the volume of freight transport at the expense of road transport. This w...

The agricultural sector is an important strategic branch of any economy. Food security and food independence of the state are the key to ensuring the national security of the state. This fact became especially evident during Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which, among other things, affected the global food market. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the oldest policies of the European Community, as it was launched in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome, signed by six countries (Germany, France, Italy, the ...

Rapid urbanization across Lagos, Nigeria has driven extensive land cover modifications with significant climatic impacts. This study analyzed interlinkages between land use land cover (LULC) transformations and land surface temperature (LST) shifts in the intensely developing Lagos suburb of Ikorodu from 1991-2021 utilizing robust geospatial techniques. Multi-spectral Landsat 5, 7 and 8 data enabled reliable LULC classification into five covers using a Random Forest algorithm. Subsetting the Ikorodu area facilitat...

In the context of martial law in Ukraine and significant climate change, the risks of forest fires are significantly increased. The forest areas of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone are most exposed to such threats, which is additionally mediated by a number of factors: radioactive contamination and threats of migration of radioactive elements in case of forest fires, significant clutter of these areas, structure of the stand, lack of forest roads and communications, shortcomings of legal regulation and insufficient le...

The Lugoj Forest Administration is a subunit of the Timi? Forestry Directorate and is located in the western part of Romania in the hilly area of Timi? County. It has as its object of activity the application of the Romsilva strategy for the forests received under administration, the conservation and sustainable development of the publicly owned forest fund of the state, the management of the hunting and fishing funds assigned according to the law, the harvesting and valorization of specific forest products accord...

Analysis of old cartographic sources provides an opportunity to create a retrospective picture of the past. One of these important sources for study is "Map of Gurjstani vilayet" published by Al. Aslanikashvili in 1953, The map (which) was compiled according to the Ottoman document of the 16th century. The document reflects the period when the southern part of South Georgia was part of the Ottoman Empire under the name of the province of Gurjistani Vilayet (Samtskhe-Saatabago). Today, the largest part of this terr...

As of 1.1.2023, a legal obligation under Decree No. 264/2020 Coll., Section 4, point 1 and Section 12 to calculate the total delivered energy for buildings with cooling, humidity adjustment and/or electricity generation by a maximum hourly step has been established in the Czech Republic. The current monthly calculations represented stationary thermal balances of losses and gains. The new hourly calculation is a dynamic model. The accuracy of the model increases significantly based on the solution of the differenti...

An essential part of the development of municipalities is an investment in a properly functioning technical infrastructure. In addition to today's standard connection to the development of electricity, new investments in technical infrastructure related to the aquatic environment are also required concerning the interests of nature and especially the ecological hairline of water components. Many smaller municipalities are still not solved by sewerage of residential houses and other buildings, especially agricultur...

The issue of environmentally conditioned conflicts is extremely topical in the current geopolitical situation. The current, in many cases, uneven and unregulated economic and population growth, together with the ever-increasing global consumption, causes many countries to face a growing shortage of vital renewable resources, such as drinking water, arable land, pastures, forests, fish resources, etc. Depletion and excessive use of natural resources, combined with environmental degradation and climate change, is on...

The circular economy implementation demands following sustainability principles. Any degraded area, including brownfields and dumps, needs planning and assessment for primary reuse in future, whether it is green space, residential area or newly developed industrial center. Brownfields usually are associated with environmental pollution, surrounding contamination, and lost-to-economy abandoned resources. Responsible environmental and social governance principles include evaluation criteria of reclamation options. E...

Many international, European, regional, and national organizations are active in spatial data collection and analysis. Their activities for spatial data management as well as the implementation of geoportals outline the need for harmonization of the infrastructures with existing data in different areas and in the forestry. The forests spatial data in Bulgaria are part of various information systems, specialized projects, and active national portals. The information process is characterized by rapid technological p...

The purpose of the article is to analyze international legal documents regarding the possibility of their application for the purpose of environmental protection during armed conflict. Special attention was paid to the provisions of international humanitarian law. The gaps that exist in this area were identified. The topic is especially relevant nowadays, when we are witnessing the significant damage caused to the environment during the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Already now, the d...

The implementation of the necessary studies to assess the potential for local socioeconomic development must be directly linked to the realization of the valorization of the landscape. On the one hand, by applying the valorization of the landscape, the potential opportunities for increasing the labor potential of the region can be discovered, and on the other hand, this process can lead to a decrease in the income of the local population, attracting a new economically active population. Stimulating the management ...

Security planning and disaster management are critical areas of focus in Bulgaria, given the country's vulnerability to various natural and man-made disasters, including earthquakes. Bulgaria has established an emergency management system for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. This system includes various government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and volunteers who work together to ensure an effective response to disasters. The Bulgarian government and the science community conduct risk asse...

Urban railway transit is one of the most sustainable and environmentally friendly means of transport in the modern European city. There is a significant incentive for municipalities in Europe to construct new urban railways as the latter combine high energy efficiency with high carrying capacity. One of the main arguments in opposition to expanding existing urban rail networks is the noise and vibration impact of the new line on the surrounding area. This paper addresses the issue by means of formulating a theoret...

This paper presents the findings of the mapping and evaluation of macrophyte vegetation from Tataru and Uzlina lakes, located within Danube Delta, Romania. Throughout time, the Danube Delta unique ecosystem has endured considerable ecological changes due to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Currently, the potential threats are those related to pollution, agriculture, land use, climate change and subsequently, the proliferation and/or the extinction of many macrophyte species. The excessive development of aquati...

The European Green Deal has an overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral in 2050. The goal is to reduce EU's greenhouse gas emissions for 2030 to at least 50% and towards 55% compared with 1990 levels. Its goals extend to many different sectors, including construction, biodiversity, energy, transport and food and includes carbon tariffs for countries that don't curtail their greenhouse gas pollution at the same rate. On 18 June 2020, the Taxonomy Regulation for climate change mitigation and adaptation was p...

Environmental policy is a relatively young science that originated in the late 60's and early 70's. The term environmental policy is used not only to describe national, international, global, regional or local environmental policy. Today, environmental policy is formulated by a number of other entities, primarily political parties, but also entities of the business sphere or the public sector. The Industrial Revolution is considered to be a fundamental milestone in the dynamics of human society's development, scop...

The current research aims to apply cluster analysis using the software ArcGIS in the study of the food industry in Bulgaria for the period 2010 to 2020. The use of clustering methods is necessary to differentiate homogeneous groups of administrative-territorial units of NUTS 3 level on certain indicators to reveal several features and implement specific economic policies and measures for areas of a cluster and others. The grouping of the areas according to the considered indicators was done with the tool Grouping ...

Although originally developed for military purposes, Global Navigation Satellite Systems have become indispensable for an ever-growing range of civil and scientific applications such as cartography, cadastral and land information systems, transport systems, precision agriculture, self-driving vehicles, rescue missions, etc. The accuracy of positioning by means of GNSS, however, is affected by atmospheric distortions of the GNSS signals as well as by the characteristics of the receiver (e.g. number of channels, fir...