The survey assessed barriers to transferring environmental goods and services to China as perceived by environmental professionals. It identified the highest priority barriers according to respondents: (1) protection of intellectual property, (2) limitations of the rule of law in China, (3) fragmentation and bureaucracy of the Chinese government, and (4) establishing appropriate levels of ownership for environmental goods and services providers in China. The barriers did not appear to be unique to environmental transfers and were generally applicable to transferring technology to China. Examples from Australian experience confirmed these barriers to providing needed environmental technology and innovation to China.
A Research on Properties of Concrete with Partial Replacement of Aggregates b...ijtsrd
Solid waste management is among the key environmental issues in India. The current research applies to the usage of or even recycled plastics as an alternative for rough aggregates in concrete. The primary goal of the analysis is to investigate the modification in the physical attributes of concrete by the inclusion of plastics to concrete. In addition to the physical qualities, winter qualities of the ensuing concrete may also be analyzed. The utilization of plastic aggregates was discovered to lead to the development of sturdy concrete. Additionally, with the plastics, the tensile and compressive strength of the concrete reduces. The foremost change brought approximately by using plastics is the fact that concrete's thermal conductivity is decreased due to the utilization of plastics. It is able to thus be declared recycled plastics are usually utilized for thermal insulation of structures. Series of experiments had been performed in this current study for a comparison of the usage of Used Plastic as a replacement of sand in various different proportions. The main conclusions drawn was that the compressive strength increases with the inclusion of Used Plastic upto a certain proportions and then reduces the strength. Monu | Er Sumesh Jain "A Research on Properties of Concrete with Partial Replacement of Aggregates by Waste Plastic" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29875.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/29875/a-research-on-properties-of-concrete-with-partial-replacement-of-aggregates-by-waste-plastic/monu
A Research on Properties of Concrete with Partial Replacement of Aggregates b...ijtsrd
Solid waste management is among the key environmental issues in India. The current research applies to the usage of or even recycled plastics as an alternative for rough aggregates in concrete. The primary goal of the analysis is to investigate the modification in the physical attributes of concrete by the inclusion of plastics to concrete. In addition to the physical qualities, winter qualities of the ensuing concrete may also be analyzed. The utilization of plastic aggregates was discovered to lead to the development of sturdy concrete. Additionally, with the plastics, the tensile and compressive strength of the concrete reduces. The foremost change brought approximately by using plastics is the fact that concrete's thermal conductivity is decreased due to the utilization of plastics. It is able to thus be declared recycled plastics are usually utilized for thermal insulation of structures. Series of experiments had been performed in this current study for a comparison of the usage of Used Plastic as a replacement of sand in various different proportions. The main conclusions drawn was that the compressive strength increases with the inclusion of Used Plastic upto a certain proportions and then reduces the strength. Monu | Er Sumesh Jain "A Research on Properties of Concrete with Partial Replacement of Aggregates by Waste Plastic" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29875.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/29875/a-research-on-properties-of-concrete-with-partial-replacement-of-aggregates-by-waste-plastic/monu
1. What does millions visits means?
2. How to know the problem? Tools?
3. Steps for emergency repair
4. The real problem is “Socket”
5. Profiling with XHProf
6. Cachings and twemproxy
7. Summarize of skills
An Assessment and Ranking of Barriers to Doing Environmental Business with Ch...Turlough Guerin GAICD FGIA
The transfer of environmental goods and services to China will increasingly be of importance to developed nations as the demand for the environmental management increases in China. A review of the literature on technology transfer to China revealed a range of well recognised and commonly known constraints to transferring technologies to China. There were gaps in the literature in relation to the concerns that environmental professionals have regarding technology transfer to China as limited information on the transfer in environmental goods and services to China. A survey of the non-trade barriers and their practical impact on the transfer of environmental technologies and goods and services to China, focusing on Australian suppliers was undertaken to address these gaps. The survey, which was developed from barriers to technology transfer already described in the extensive research addressing the wider issues of technology transfer to China, targeted environmental professionals but also included other professionals with interests in transferring environmental goods and services to China. From the survey, the highest priority barriers to transferring environmental goods and service to China were identified and those which are most likely to limit Australian vendors of environmental goods and services in their technology transfers to China, were protection of intellectual property (IP), limitations of the rule of law, fragmentation and bureaucracy of the Chinese government; and establishing appropriate level of ownership (of environmental goods and services providers in China). Examples of Australian experience were also examined, which confirmed these barriers to providing the needed technology and innovation to manage China’s increasing environmental impacts. The research also shows that the barriers identified do not appear to be unique to transfer of environmental goods and services but rather generic to the transfer and adoption of Australian technology into China.
A survey was conducted to assess non-trade
barriers and their practical impact on the
transfer of environmental technologies and goods
and services to China, focusing on Australian vendors.
The highest priority barriers, which are most likely to
limit Australian vendors of environmental goods and
services in their technology transfers to China, were
protection of intellectual property, limitations of the rule
of law, fragmentation and bureaucracy of the Chinese
government; and establishing appropriate level of
ownership (of these vendors). Examples of Australian
experiences that confirmed these barriers to providing
the needed technology and innovation to manage China's increasing environmental impacts were also examined. These barriers are discussed in relation to a pending free trade agreement between Australia and China. The perceived impacts of such a free trade agreement on corporate environmental managers and environmental consultants are also discussed. The barriers identified do not appear to be unique to transfer of environmental goods and services, but generic to the transfer and adoption of Australian technology into China.
1. What does millions visits means?
2. How to know the problem? Tools?
3. Steps for emergency repair
4. The real problem is “Socket”
5. Profiling with XHProf
6. Cachings and twemproxy
7. Summarize of skills
An Assessment and Ranking of Barriers to Doing Environmental Business with Ch...Turlough Guerin GAICD FGIA
The transfer of environmental goods and services to China will increasingly be of importance to developed nations as the demand for the environmental management increases in China. A review of the literature on technology transfer to China revealed a range of well recognised and commonly known constraints to transferring technologies to China. There were gaps in the literature in relation to the concerns that environmental professionals have regarding technology transfer to China as limited information on the transfer in environmental goods and services to China. A survey of the non-trade barriers and their practical impact on the transfer of environmental technologies and goods and services to China, focusing on Australian suppliers was undertaken to address these gaps. The survey, which was developed from barriers to technology transfer already described in the extensive research addressing the wider issues of technology transfer to China, targeted environmental professionals but also included other professionals with interests in transferring environmental goods and services to China. From the survey, the highest priority barriers to transferring environmental goods and service to China were identified and those which are most likely to limit Australian vendors of environmental goods and services in their technology transfers to China, were protection of intellectual property (IP), limitations of the rule of law, fragmentation and bureaucracy of the Chinese government; and establishing appropriate level of ownership (of environmental goods and services providers in China). Examples of Australian experience were also examined, which confirmed these barriers to providing the needed technology and innovation to manage China’s increasing environmental impacts. The research also shows that the barriers identified do not appear to be unique to transfer of environmental goods and services but rather generic to the transfer and adoption of Australian technology into China.
A survey was conducted to assess non-trade
barriers and their practical impact on the
transfer of environmental technologies and goods
and services to China, focusing on Australian vendors.
The highest priority barriers, which are most likely to
limit Australian vendors of environmental goods and
services in their technology transfers to China, were
protection of intellectual property, limitations of the rule
of law, fragmentation and bureaucracy of the Chinese
government; and establishing appropriate level of
ownership (of these vendors). Examples of Australian
experiences that confirmed these barriers to providing
the needed technology and innovation to manage China's increasing environmental impacts were also examined. These barriers are discussed in relation to a pending free trade agreement between Australia and China. The perceived impacts of such a free trade agreement on corporate environmental managers and environmental consultants are also discussed. The barriers identified do not appear to be unique to transfer of environmental goods and services, but generic to the transfer and adoption of Australian technology into China.
It is 20 years since China opened its doors to the
West. Now a new era is beginning for trade in
China as it becomes a member of the World Trade
Organisation.
What have we learnt to date from transferring
technologies to China, particularly those designed
to protect the environment? How do vendors of
environmental technologies access this opening
market?
While recently working in Asia, some things were
clearly evident. It takes money, time, persistence
and careful planning to achieve widespread adoption
of a new environmental technology in China.
Firms that succeed in China:
• get advice from others who have been successful;
• collaborate with the Chinese on research;
• collaborate with other foreign companies in business
activities;
• form joint ventures with Chinese companies, but
recognise that partnerships work well too;
• provide a comprehensive package where and
when it is needed;
• protect their intellectual property (but are also
prepared for some ‘technology leakage’);
• establish a local presence;
• respect cultural differences; and
• access the resources of governments in Australia
and China.
Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies: Identifying the Hierarchy and...scmsnoida5
The application of new, resource efficient
Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) has
become crucial for both development and the
environment. Technology transfer is most
fundamentally complex process of learning and the
effective transfer is not possible until all the factors
related to transfer process is well understood. Present
paper aims to understand Hierarchy and interrelationship
among barriers to the process of adoption
of environmentally sound technologies using an
interpretive structural modelling (ISM) technique. The
paper will reveal how ISM supports policy planners
and implementing agencies in recognizing and
exploring interdependencies among barriers to EST.
The main findings of the paper contain the
development of Hierarchy and inter-relationship of
barriers to EST adoption with ISM model. The
identified barriers are divided into five blocks of
Hierarchy that display their inter-relationship depicting
the driving-dependence relationship. This academic
exercise of ISM model development is expected to
direct a way forward to the policy planners, makers
and implementers to leverage their resources
optimally with effective adoption of EST.
Domestic and international cooperation in the field of contaminated-site management has increased dramatically in the past decade. The expected benefits of this cooperation include the reduction of duplication in remediation efforts, the coordination of contaminated-site research, improved synergy between various stakeholders, enhanced policy development, and better information dissemination and technology transfer. This article identifies and briefly discusses key domestic and international collaborations, partnerships, and networks relating to contaminated-site management and remediation. Also provided is information on how the forums can be accessed. Common themes identified across the forums discussed in this article include (1) the development and demonstration of innovative technologies, (2) the use of risk assessment, (3) the use of toxicology, bioavailability, and ecotoxicity testing, and (4) the increasing need to find holistic approaches for managing contaminated sites, such as guaranteed remediation programs and transfer of environment liability, and the need for understanding implications of remediation financing mechanisms
GREEN ICT POLICY MATURITY FOR ACTUALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING IN DEVEL...ijcseit
Green ICT Policy encompasses the frameworks an organization has developed and put in place to apply
environmental sustainability criteria throughout its value chain. The lack of appropriate green policy
alignment to application of ICT uptake challenges the reaping of the benefits often stated of ICT. Multiple
case study design with case from different sectors of the economy selected based on information richness,
accessibility, size as well as diversity in application of ICT was employed. Triangulation of data collection
and findings interpretation was utilised. The study established that green ICT policy maturity was very low.
In effect, calling for purposed policy set up on green ICT application by developing nations to ensure ICT
benefits are realised while limiting environmental degradation.
GREEN ICT POLICY MATURITY FOR ACTUALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING IN DEVEL...ijcseit
Green ICT Policy encompasses the frameworks an organization has developed and put in place to apply environmental sustainability criteria throughout its value chain. The lack of appropriate green policy alignment to application of ICT uptake challenges the reaping of the benefits often stated of ICT. Multiple case study design with case from different sectors of the economy selected based on information richness,
accessibility, size as well as diversity in application of ICT was employed. Triangulation of data collection and findings interpretation was utilised. The study established that green ICT policy maturity was very low. In effect, calling for purposed policy set up on green ICT application by developing nations to ensure ICT benefits are realised while limiting environmental degradation.
Green ICT Policy encompasses the frameworks an organization has developed and put in place to apply
environmental sustainability criteria throughout its value chain. The lack of appropriate green policy
alignment to application of ICT uptake challenges the reaping of the benefits often stated of ICT. Multiple
case study design with case from different sectors of the economy selected based on information richness,
accessibility, size as well as diversity in application of ICT was employed. Triangulation of data collection
and findings interpretation was utilised. The study established that green ICT policy maturity was very low.
In effect, calling for purposed policy set up on green ICT application by developing nations to ensure ICT
benefits are realised while limiting environmental degradation.
Challenges to the Incorporation of Environmental Sustainability Issues into C...irjes
A study was conducted with the aim of exploring the challenges affecting the incorporation of
environmental sustainability issues into construction procurement at the local government level of Ghana. The
research specifically studied nineteen (19) out of the twenty-two (22) district assemblies in the western region of
Ghana, examined their construction procurement system and their challenges in incorporating environmental
sustainability issues into their construction contracts. A literature review focused on the construction
procurement process pertaining at the district level, questionnaires were used in the study. The study discovered
that though the respondents were aware of the impact of construction procurement activities on the environment
they do not pay attention to addressing these issues through the procurement processes. The study also noted
that the major external challenges to incorporation of environmental sustainability issues into construction
procurement are lack of government guidance, lack of knowledge in the industry, limiting standards and
contractors desire for lower prices. The study identified four major internal challenges to the incorporation of
environmental issues into construction procurement as: lack of roadmap or strategy, lack of knowledge and
skills, weak processes, and lack of understanding of how to insert environmental issues into contracts. The study
concluded that government need to expedite efforts to review the current procurement documents in order to
provide a roadmap to incorporate environmental sustainability issues into the public procurement system. The
study increased awareness on the importanceof working out a strategy to promote environmental sustainability
issues through public procurement management.
STANDARD OF CARE AND E-DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES: LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY IMPACTSBarry Wellar
Barry Wellar’s presentation at the 2010 GIS-Pro Conference introduced the topic of governments using GIS to meet duty of care/standard of care obligations. During the 2011 GIS-Pro Conference, Sean McGrath reported on e-democracy activities designed to streamline the legislative process, reduce the paper burden, and significantly improve information exchanges between elected officials and citizens. This panel session builds on those foundations by discussing how information technology is modernizing the legislative process in different jurisdictions, how the availability of GIS is increasing the onus on governments to explicitly build GIS into their standard of care capabilities, and how e-democracy principles and practices are emerging as a core element of enterprise-wide computer-based communications systems in governments. This presentation summarizes the core arguments in the two standard of care papers given by Wellar (Wellar, 2010a, 2010b) at the 2010 URISA conference, and then discusses some of the policy and legislative impacts arising from and feeding into the fusion of GIS and e-democracy infrastructure and activities. The presentation should be of particular interest to: 1) elected and appointed members of the executive function responsible for incorporating standard of care obligations into the policies and legislative materials of local, provincial/state, and federal governments; and 2) managers and GISPs responsible for designing and implementing a GIS-based, e-democracy capability that achieves enterprise-wide inter-connectivity between duty of care and standard of care obligations and the modifications to policies or legislative documents and procedures that pertain to those care obligations.
International Journal of Production Research,2007, 1–22, iFihildredzr1di
International Journal of Production Research,
2007, 1–22, iFirst
Selection of a reverse logistics project for end-of-life computers: ANP
and goal programing approach
V. RAVIy, RAVI SHANKAR*y and M. K. TIWARIz
yDepartment of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India
zDepartment of Manufacturing Engineering, National Institute of Foundry and Forge
Technology, Jharkhand State, Ranchi 834003, India
(Revision received September 2006)
Considering the key issues involved in environmental-friendly disposal of end-
of-life (EOL) computer, its supply chain should be designed to incorporate the
key dimensions of reverse logistics. An important managerial decision-making
activity undertaken by reverse logistics managers is selection of feasible projects
that could be completed according to the resources available. The reverse logistics
project selection is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. While the
experience and expertise of reverse logistics managers could work out for small
sized projects, it might not be fruitful for multiple-criteria large sized reverse
logistics in arriving at a proper decision related to selection of projects. The
reverse logistics projects involve interdependencies among the criteria and the
candidate reverse logistics projects. In this paper, a combination of analytical
network process (ANP) and zero one goal programing (ZOGP) is used as solution
methodologies to deal with the above problem. The ANP is used to determine the
degree of interdependence among the criteria and candidate reverse logistics
projects, while ZOGP permits the consideration of resource limitations and other
constraints in arriving at the solution. The hybrid approach using ANP and
ZOGP provides a realistic representation of the problem related to the selection
of feasible reverse logistics for EOL computers.
Keywords: Reverse logistics; Analytical network process; Zero-one goal
programming; Multi-criteria decision-making; Computer hardware industry
1. Introduction
The computer industry is growing at an exponential rate with new technologies and
upgrades reaching the market in a very short span of time. Accordingly, as the
technology changes and improves, the products become technically obsolete
(Grenchus et al. 2001). Some 500 million computers will be rendered obsolete by
2007 in the USA alone (Hamilton 2001). The product life cycle of computers has
drastically reduced and the useful life of a personal computer is now in the sub-three
year range (Greene 2000, Pescovitz 2000). Thus, shrinking of the useful life of
computers has resulted in an ever-increasing amount of end-of-life (EOL) computers
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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ISSN 0020–7543 print/ISSN 1366–588X online � 2007 Taylor & Francis
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DOI: 10.1080/00207540601115989
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