Urbanization and solid waste production: Prospects and challenges

I Voukkali, I Papamichael, P Loizia… - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
The increasing urban population and the restructuring of urban economies are the main
aspects that determine urban development in the twenty-first century. Rapid urbanization is …

Sustainable solid waste management in Yemen: environmental, social aspects, and challenges

A Al-Dailami, I Ahmad, H Kamyab, N Abdullah… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022 - Springer
Rapid population growth, urbanization, economic progress, and changing lifestyles all
contributed to an increase in resource consumption and waste generation. Global solid …

Sustainable waste management for clean and safe environments in the recreation and tourism sector: a case study of Lithuania, Turkey and Morocco

D Perkumienė, A Atalay, L Safaa, J Grigienė - Recycling, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to intensive tourism and increasing demand for recreational activities, people produce
more waste. In this context, the aim of this research is to determine the opinions of experts …

[HTML][HTML] Environmentally responsible behavior and Knowledge-Belief-Norm in the tourism context: The moderating role of types of destinations

RM Fenitra, GC Premananto, RMH Sedera… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decade, Indonesia's Special Region of Yogyakarta has attracted steadily more
visitors annually. However, this growth also degrades the quality of the tourism environment …

Measuring the level of environmental performance in insular areas, through key performed indicators, in the framework of waste strategy development

P Loizia, I Voukkali, AA Zorpas, JN Pedreño… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
To measure “something that is not there”, is not easy and at the same time not fully
understandable and perceived by the citizens. Several elements (such as, waste production …

Map** the nexus between sustainability and digitalization in tourist destinations: A bibliometric analysis

Y El Archi, B Benbba, K Zhu, Z El Andaloussi, L Pataki… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sustainability has become a key consideration for tourist destinations, and digitalization is
increasingly being used as a tool to enhance sustainable tourism development. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach

E Juvan, B Grün, S Dolnicar - Annals of Tourism Research Empirical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tourism produces> 35 m tons of solid waste annually. For waste reduction efforts to be
effective, empirical baseline measures of waste production and waste production patterns …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated SWOT-PESTLE-AHP model assessing sustainability in adaptive reuse projects

I Vardopoulos, E Tsilika, E Sarantakou, AA Zorpas… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the recent past, sustainable development has been considered a major issue for urban
and regional studies. Adaptive reuse appears to be a practical solution for sustainable urban …

Microplastics in the coastal environment of Mediterranean and the impact on sustainability level

G Chatziparaskeva, I Papamichael… - Sustainable Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects emanated from Microplastic Pollution (MPs) on human health, the environment,
economy, society have been explored in the past with little to no collective knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Sha** sustainable cities: A long-term GIS-emanated spatial analysis of settlement growth and planning in a Coastal Mediterranean European City

I Vardopoulos, S Ioannides, M Georgiou, I Voukkali… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
European cities have experienced rapid (and often conflicting) transformations that include,
inter alia, the environment, the economy, society, climate change, and access to affordable …