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This paper aims to analyse the nexus between tourism activities, including tourists’ circulation, accommodation or entertainment, and environmental degradation. Consequently, the conceptual framework captures the complexity of the nexus between tourism and the environment, given that tourism activities can be performed by tourists or for tourists and that tourism depends on the environmental quality, and, consequently, we highlight the impact of tourism activities on biodiversity loss through the pollution effects that they generate, i.e., air pollution, water pollution, or noise pollution, as well as their contribution to waste increase or to the depletion of natural resources. To achieve this goal, we apply structural equation modelling based on partial least squares analysis (PLS). The results based on tourists’ opinions highlight the existence of a direct and significant nexus between tourists’ activities and environmental degradation, with many implications and consequences.
Mirela Ștefănică; Christiana Brigitte Sandu; Gina Ionela Butnaru; Alina-Petronela Haller. The Nexus between Tourism Activities and Environmental Degradation: Romanian Tourists’ Opinions. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9210 .
AMA StyleMirela Ștefănică, Christiana Brigitte Sandu, Gina Ionela Butnaru, Alina-Petronela Haller. The Nexus between Tourism Activities and Environmental Degradation: Romanian Tourists’ Opinions. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMirela Ștefănică; Christiana Brigitte Sandu; Gina Ionela Butnaru; Alina-Petronela Haller. 2021. "The Nexus between Tourism Activities and Environmental Degradation: Romanian Tourists’ Opinions." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9210.
Economic and social progress is directly and closely related to energy consumption. In the latest decades, there is a higher need to reduce energy consumption from conventional sources, replacing it with energy obtained from unconventional sources. The environmental concern is one of the objectives of the European economic policy, with a particular focus on renewable energy consumption and energy efficiency in order to lower the environmental impact. In this context, we analyzed energy consumption per capita and renewable energy consumption per capita in the EU with the help of parametric methods, using the β-convergence model, and semiparametric methods, using the σ-convergence model. In this research we proposed to study six analysis models of the period 1960–2015, based on the availability of data. We concluded that the EU states went through a convergence process in a slow pace of energy consumption per capita and renewable energy per capita, showing a convergence pattern. The results of the study show that there is a relationship between the convergence of conventional energy consumption and the convergence of renewable (unconventional) energy consumption. The study covers a long period of time in which EU member states had different economic and social systems, implicitly different degrees and rates of development. In addition, the interest in renewable energy is relatively recent in the whole world. There is a possibility that future research will provide more optimistic results, in terms of accelerating the convergence rate, as appropriate measures and technologies are applied to renewable energy production in all EU member states.
Gina Butnaru; Alina-Petronela Haller; Raluca Clipa; Mirela Ștefănică; Mihaela Ifrim. The Nexus Between Convergence of Conventional and Renewable Energy Consumption in the Present European Union States. Explorative Study on Parametric and Semi-Parametric Methods. Energies 2020, 13, 5272 .
AMA StyleGina Butnaru, Alina-Petronela Haller, Raluca Clipa, Mirela Ștefănică, Mihaela Ifrim. The Nexus Between Convergence of Conventional and Renewable Energy Consumption in the Present European Union States. Explorative Study on Parametric and Semi-Parametric Methods. Energies. 2020; 13 (20):5272.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGina Butnaru; Alina-Petronela Haller; Raluca Clipa; Mirela Ștefănică; Mihaela Ifrim. 2020. "The Nexus Between Convergence of Conventional and Renewable Energy Consumption in the Present European Union States. Explorative Study on Parametric and Semi-Parametric Methods." Energies 13, no. 20: 5272.