Making real progress toward more sustainable societies using decision support models and tools: introduction to the special volume - ScienceDirect
Export JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page., 15 October 2015, Pages 1-13Author links open overlay panelShow moreAbstractAcademics, politicians, professionals and the general public are aware that without stewarding our planet's natural resources, man is on the pathway towards a global collapse. Over the next three decades mankind is expected to consume an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year – three times current consumption. Social welfare and human wellbeing are threatened with the scarcity
consequently, nations and their societies are also at risk of collapse. The readers of this special volume will find a compilation of scholarly research papers with real-life applications that take the challenge of proposing decision-making models and tools to address sustainability challenges in integrative ways. The main focus of this special volume is integration of sustainability dimensions (economic, social, environmental, ethical and time) into decision-support models and to identify pathways to achieve more sustainable societies. The majority of the research in this special volume, 74 percent, focuses on environmental and economic dimensions. Only 26 percent integrated social dimensions with them. Methodologically, a range of mathematical models and tools are presented to support prescriptive decision-making, with some descriptive models integrated, to support decision-makers in solving practical problems across a variety of industries and scenarios. The breadth and complexity of issues facing organizations and society requires innovative applications of these methodologies. The concerns cover a spectrum ranging from energy to solid waste management. A multitude of levels from broad-based policy concerns to strategic inter-organizational sustainable supply chain management and significantly, shop floor operational issues are also covered. The variety of problems and solutions exemplifies the potential for modelling and operations research for addressing some of our world's most pressing concerns.KeywordsSustainabilityDecision support systemsQuantitative methodsEnvironment and societyOperations researchOperations managementCheck if you have access through your login credentials or your institution.ororRecommended articlesCiting articles (0)OALib Journal期刊
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Las fiestas populares en la modernidad: celebración y sufrimiento en la fiesta mayor de Gracia de Barcelona
El presente artículo es resultado de una investigación más amplia realizada en un barrio de la ciudad de Barcelona sobre la Fiesta Mayor de Gracia. En este artículo me centro en la relación de la fiesta, la celebración, el sufrimiento y la modernidad. De esta forma trato de argumentar que el proceso de modernización de la sociedad y por lo tanto de la fiesta popular ha producido un sujeto que tiene la libertad de celebrar sus fiestas populares pero a la vez este sujeto sufre la fiesta al estar ésta inmersa en relaciones individualistas y mercantilistas. Para llevar acabo lo anterior, en un primer momento describo cómo se entiende la fiesta popular en el contexto urbano moderno y sus modificaciones en relación con la sociedad rural, industrial y de consumo. El artículo tiene un sentido fenomenológico en tanto que trata de dar cuenta de las vivencias de los y las participantes durante la organización y celebración de la fiesta. Dichas vivencias son el resultado de 3 a os de investigación etnográfica y de entrevistas realizadas a diferentes participantes de la Fiesta Mayor de Gracia.
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