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Analysis of Sustainable Transport for Smart Cities
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2019)
For decades, transportation has been considered as a link to all aspects of life worldwide. In this case, the world's natural environment, social well-being and economic development all usually depend on transportation ...
An Analysis of Social Ties: Coffee Value Chain in Uganda
(Educational Research Multimedia and Publications (ERM Publications), 2019)
Uganda is among the worlds' largest coffee producers and exporters. Coffee production in Uganda has been a developing process over the last 60 years, with various players from the garden, home drying, factories, stores and ...
Willingness to Pay for Forest Existence Value and Sustainability
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2020)
Uganda is richly endowed with flora and fauna. Until the early 2000s, most of the types of vegetation have remained natural/virgin forests and shrubs until recent years, when human activities have damaged them. Understanding ...
Socioeconomic Impact of Mining in the Atiwa Forest Reserve of Ghana on Fringe Communities and the Achievement of SDGs: Analysis from the Residents' Perspective
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2021)
The Atiwa forest reserve of Ghana sits upon roughly 150 million tons of bauxite. The Government has decided to mine and use the proceeds for national infrastructure development programs. This article examines the impact ...
Quantification of the influence of Písek City Forests Ltd. on the local economy of the region
(Česká akademie zemědělských věd, 2018)
The aim of this paper is to highlight the possible way of quantification of the impact of forest enterprise and forest management on the economic and social development of the territory by using the methodology of the local ...
Analytical Study for the Determination of the Energy Use Potential of Forest Dendromass in the Czech Republic
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2023)
The European Union's current pressure on the Member States to adopt both the Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package is leading to an accelerated drive to put in place measures to meet the 2030 climate targets. At the same ...
Forest as a source of renewable material to reduce the environmental impact of buildings
(Česká akademie zemědělských věd, 2023)
Construction sector has high environmental impact throughout entire life cycle of buildings. One way to reduce the impact is to use building materials with the lowest possible environmental impact - such as wood. The use ...
Intervention analysis of COVID-19 pandemic impact on timber price in selected markets
(Elsevier Science BV, 2024)
Using intervention analysis and time series of roundwood prices from ten European and North American countries, we analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the movement of timber prices. The study material consists ...