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Boosting the externalities across the water, energy, food, and waste (WEFW) sectors is challenging, especially considering tightening constraints such as population growth, climate change, resource-intensive lifestyles, increased waste production, sanitary crises and many others. The nexus approach supports the transition to a more sustainable future because intersectoral trade-offs can be reduced and externalities exploited, making imperative for decision makers, entrepreneurs, and civil society to simultaneously engage, with respect to all the components of the nexus. This research addressed intersectoral synergies and trade-offs in the case of the WEFW nexus in Romania, judging from the perspectives of entrepreneurial activity and economic results. The objective of this research was to explore the nexus in-depth by statistically analyzing the financial and economic indicators reported by active enterprises at county-level, based on the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance data. Research results describe the effects of the policies implemented in the fields of WEFW sectors. At the same time, attention was paid to the quality of the entrepreneurial activity, analyzed from the perspective of economic performance. This paper fills a research gap regarding the WEFW nexus by resorting to an economic and entrepreneurial performance assessment in order to find sectoral pathways toward policy cohesion in Romania. Findings suggested the existence of major trade-offs among sectors, owing to the fact that each county has a different development degree.
Radu Petrariu; Marius Constantin; Mihai Dinu; Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu; Mădălina Elena Deaconu. Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance. Energies 2021, 14, 5172 .
AMA StyleRadu Petrariu, Marius Constantin, Mihai Dinu, Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Mădălina Elena Deaconu. Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance. Energies. 2021; 14 (16):5172.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRadu Petrariu; Marius Constantin; Mihai Dinu; Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu; Mădălina Elena Deaconu. 2021. "Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance." Energies 14, no. 16: 5172.
The growth in population and economic activities has direct implications on the deterioration of the natural capital, especially when referring to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. However, improvement is possible by empowering sustainable consumption and production patterns. Through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations call for a mix of economic development, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion. The agenda also provides the instruments needed to track progress, as each Sustainable Development Goal has a set of indicators meant to assess various dimensions of sustainability. Energy productivity is only one of many, but still special because it reflects sustainable consumption behaviors and production patterns. The 2030 Climate Target Plan elaborated by the European Commission consolidates and brings its contribution to the aims of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by adding weight to the importance of the greenhouse gas emissions target. The objective of this research was to study the relationship between energy productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, biowaste recycling and nominal GDP in the EU in order to highlight the key of a smooth transition towards sustainable consumption behaviors and production patterns. The results show that recycling, greening the economy and energy productivity are the vectors of this transition.
Mihai Dinu; Simona Pătărlăgeanu; Radu Petrariu; Marius Constantin; Ana-Mădălina Potcovaru. Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9794 .
AMA StyleMihai Dinu, Simona Pătărlăgeanu, Radu Petrariu, Marius Constantin, Ana-Mădălina Potcovaru. Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9794.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMihai Dinu; Simona Pătărlăgeanu; Radu Petrariu; Marius Constantin; Ana-Mădălina Potcovaru. 2020. "Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9794.
This paper aims at identifying the extent to which Romania has accessed European funds for agriculture and rural development in the 2014-2020 period. During this financing period, Romania has received more than 8.12 billion euros from the European Union budget, more precisely from the Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFDR), through the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP). Five percent of the available amount was allocated to the Leader approach at local level and at least 30% was allotted for environmental protection measures. This paper will analyze the number of projects which were submitted, selected and contracted and the payments made until 2019. Subsequently, an analysis will be carried out of the NRDP sub-measures in order to prove the usefulness and necessity of this type of structural programme. The rate of absorbtion of European funds will be closely correlated with indicators such as the evolution of the GDP / inhabitant, the population and the number of enterprises in rural areas, the employed population and the number of enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, the development of villages through the construction or modernization of roads, sewage infrastructure, water and gas. To conclude, the positive and negative aspects regarding the implementation of European funds will be listed, especially in the fields of agriculture and rural development in Romania.
Mihai Dinu; Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu; Bogdan Chiripuci; Marius Constantin. Accessing the European funds for agriculture and rural development in Romania for the 2014-2020 period. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 2020, 14, 717 -727.
AMA StyleMihai Dinu, Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Bogdan Chiripuci, Marius Constantin. Accessing the European funds for agriculture and rural development in Romania for the 2014-2020 period. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence. 2020; 14 (1):717-727.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMihai Dinu; Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu; Bogdan Chiripuci; Marius Constantin. 2020. "Accessing the European funds for agriculture and rural development in Romania for the 2014-2020 period." Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 14, no. 1: 717-727.
This paper focuses on the current environmental issues, more specifically the amount of greenhouse gases humanity is being confronted with at the moment. The research was carried out on a niche of the topic, namely on the carbon footprint of public buildings. The concept of a sustainable university is new and insufficiently explored, and as part of the environmental metabolism, it influences anthropic sustainability in a directly proportional manner. This indicator’s monitoring systems reveal how vulnerable humanity is in front of the latency of an unprecedented and inevitable environmental catastrophe. The ecological effects may be mitigated by the academic community through green urban design. The ecological performance can be expressed in an economically efficient manner, which can, at the same time, create a precious channel of communication within the entire academic community though volunteering for sustainability. Moreover, this research has identified several solutions for optimizing the carbon footprint, which do not hinder the necessary economic development. Within the current context, when most economic activities are leading to ecological collapse, sustainability should be reprioritized with the help of the academic society, through the examples offered by applied research. The premises of this research were represented by bibliometric analyses and the results obtained have proven its importance, as well as the importance of certain scenarios involving solutions for improving the metabolism of nature.
Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu; Costel Negrei; Mihai Dinu; Roxana Chiocaru. Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies through Green Facades in an Economically Efficient Manner. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3779 .
AMA StyleSimona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Costel Negrei, Mihai Dinu, Roxana Chiocaru. Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies through Green Facades in an Economically Efficient Manner. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3779.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu; Costel Negrei; Mihai Dinu; Roxana Chiocaru. 2020. "Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies through Green Facades in an Economically Efficient Manner." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3779.
The tourism and restaurant sectors contribute to the local economy in many ways and can ensure achieving the sustainable development goals. Since Bihor County presents great potential for the development of the HORECA industry, both locally and nationally, the main objective of this research was aimed towards studying the dynamics of the indicators specific to this field. More precisely, the main objective was to quantify the influence of indicators specific to the HORECA industry on the average monthly nominal net earnings in the industry in Bihor County. The multiple linear regression methodology (least squares method) was applied in this study, in order to validate or reject hypothesis that the average monthly nominal net earnings in the HORECA industry in Bihor County is strongly influenced by a series of specific indicators. Findings validate this hypothesis because the coefficient of determination indicates that the multiple linear equation successfully (78.89%) predicts the directions of influence between the previously mentioned indicators. Out of all the indicators included in the regression model, the increase with one unit of the relative change of the number of active enterprises in Bihor in the HORECA industry determines the biggest increase of the relative change in the average monthly nominal net earnings in the HORECA industry in Bihor, an increase with 1.058%, should the other exogenous variables remain constant.
Simona Roxana Patarlageanu; Marius Constantin; Mihai Dinu. CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE HORECA INDUSTRY IN BIHOR COUNTY. AN ECONOMETRIC APPROACH. Oradea Journal of Business and Economics 2020, 5, 7 -17.
AMA StyleSimona Roxana Patarlageanu, Marius Constantin, Mihai Dinu. CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE HORECA INDUSTRY IN BIHOR COUNTY. AN ECONOMETRIC APPROACH. Oradea Journal of Business and Economics. 2020; 5 (1):7-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimona Roxana Patarlageanu; Marius Constantin; Mihai Dinu. 2020. "CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE HORECA INDUSTRY IN BIHOR COUNTY. AN ECONOMETRIC APPROACH." Oradea Journal of Business and Economics 5, no. 1: 7-17.