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The Maritime Transportation Sector: Addressing Key Challenges Towards Sustainable Development, Rayan Dui
The Maritime Transportation Sector: Addressing Key Challenges Towards Sustainable Development, Rayan Dui
Center for Business Research and Development
The present business landscape expects sustainability from the most diverse organizations. However, sustainability issues in maritime transportation have taken a lower priority among its stakeholders. The different maritime stakeholders have started to become aware of their sustainability responsibility as interest in sustainable shipping has grown among retailers and their shipping vessels, leading to cost-efficiency in their operations and compliance with regulations and conventions set forth by the IMO (Lister, 2015). It must be noted that the maritime transportation sector is central to the worldwide economy as it is responsible for transporting products of all kinds and accounts for approximately ninety …
Philippine Air Transportation: Impact And Challenges, Krista Danielle Yu, Paulynne Castillo, Cesar C. Rufino, Maria Zunally Rapada, Tereso S. Tullao Jr.
Philippine Air Transportation: Impact And Challenges, Krista Danielle Yu, Paulynne Castillo, Cesar C. Rufino, Maria Zunally Rapada, Tereso S. Tullao Jr.
Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)
With the Philippines’ archipelagic geography, air transport is the most efficient way to connect its islands and boost economic activities. Using the latest Philippine input-output tables (National Statistical Coordination Board, 2006; Philippine Statistics Authority, 2014, 2017), the air transport sector proves to be the leading driver of economic activities. Ranking first relative to all other sectors in the economy, in terms of backward linkages, indicates its general dependence on the rest of the economy for inputs to the services that it provides.
Urban Organic Farming For Diversified Agriculture, Jose Santos Carandang, Robert W. Taylor, Josemari S. Calleja, Edito A. Busayong, Eric Camilio R. Punzalan
Urban Organic Farming For Diversified Agriculture, Jose Santos Carandang, Robert W. Taylor, Josemari S. Calleja, Edito A. Busayong, Eric Camilio R. Punzalan
Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)
Urban organic farming had been shown in previous projects as well as the present one to have the potential of addressing the fundamental requirements of food security by addressing issues of availability since production is just in the vicinity, which also addresses the carbon footprint of food production because food need not be transported to far distances. The use of organic methods also contributed to increased food safety. More importantly, the practice of urban agriculture empowers local residents in the stewardship, specifically of their barangay’s green spaces and more broadly the whole urban environment (see Mogk, Kwiatkowski, &Weindorf, 2010). However, …