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Renewable energy and energy efficiency are recognized among the key factors of transitioning towards a low-consumption and low-carbon society. In order to achieve such transition, the government policies should be aimed at meeting the renewable energy generation and energy efficiency targets of specific localities. Nonetheless, these targets vary between different urban regions, and there is limited knowledge on the correlation between energy transition and urbanization levels. The aim of this paper is to identify that correlation in urban regions. This study places Italian regions under the microscope of an empirical investigation. The study adopts a two-step analysis that provides a useful model for regional analyses. The results of the study consolidates our understanding and highlights that the energy transition process requires greater efforts concerning social participation and provision of incentives for renewable energy production, mainly in the less urbanized areas.
T.L. Lantz; G. Ioppolo; T. Yigitcanlar; R. Arbolino. Understanding the correlation between energy transition and urbanization. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 2021, 40, 73 -86.
AMA StyleT.L. Lantz, G. Ioppolo, T. Yigitcanlar, R. Arbolino. Understanding the correlation between energy transition and urbanization. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2021; 40 ():73-86.
Chicago/Turabian StyleT.L. Lantz; G. Ioppolo; T. Yigitcanlar; R. Arbolino. 2021. "Understanding the correlation between energy transition and urbanization." Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 40, no. : 73-86.
Digital technologies engaged in urban metabolism for efficiency provide policymakers, urban managers, and planners with useful instruments to collect, monitor, analyze, and evaluate the circularity of environmental, social, and economic resources to improve their effectiveness and quality. At present, the digital technology-based approach is strategic for circular cities engaged in the development of smart and sustainable actions in the fields of mobility, energy, environment, waste, telecommunications, and security. Through the ‘Circular Resource Efficiency Management Framework’ developed by the European Commission, this paper generates insights into the digitalization practices of the circularity of urban metabolism by analyzing the initiatives implemented by the municipalities of Kaunas, Flanders region, Porto, Prato, The Hague, and Oslo, which constitute the Partnership on Circular Economy (PCE) of the Urban Agenda of the European Union. The results of the analysis provide a wide range of practices such as real-time monitoring stations for water and energy consumption, digital cameras for controlling vehicle flows, web platforms for sharing goods and services, and tracking sensors for public transport, which aim to optimize the efficiency of the circularity of urban metabolic flows. This study increases the understanding and awareness of digital technologies in this paradigm shift.
Gaspare D’Amico; Roberta Arbolino; Lei Shi; Tan Yigitcanlar; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Digital Technologies for Urban Metabolism Efficiency: Lessons from Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6043 .
AMA StyleGaspare D’Amico, Roberta Arbolino, Lei Shi, Tan Yigitcanlar, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Digital Technologies for Urban Metabolism Efficiency: Lessons from Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6043.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaspare D’Amico; Roberta Arbolino; Lei Shi; Tan Yigitcanlar; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2021. "Digital Technologies for Urban Metabolism Efficiency: Lessons from Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6043.
Over the past 10 years, the concepts and objectives of circular economy have been increasingly detailed and become strategic issues of international, European, and national policies. However, the transition towards circular production models continues to be affected by several barriers and critical factors that make the transition difficult to achieve. The paper tries to design a relationship between sustainable production and lean production, highlighting the opportunity to invest in reverse‐logistics and how Industry 4.0 system represents a breeding ground for circular economy targets application. The aim of the current study is to examine the relationships among sustainable production, lean production, and Industry 4.0 in order to evidence the need to adopt a lean methodology and Industry 4.0 technologies in a sustainable development perspective for companies. Following a holistic vision, the authors summarize the production principles and formulas, which, although in parallel, lead to similar results and therefore represent the pillars of a competitive and sustainable business. In conclusion, exploring the circular economy principles and production chain model, challenges, opportunities, and future outlooks are formulated.
Cristina Ciliberto; Katarzyna Szopik‐Depczyńska; Małgorzata Tarczyńska‐Łuniewska; Alessandro Ruggieri; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Enabling the Circular Economy transition: a sustainable lean manufacturing recipe for Industry 4.0. Business Strategy and the Environment 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleCristina Ciliberto, Katarzyna Szopik‐Depczyńska, Małgorzata Tarczyńska‐Łuniewska, Alessandro Ruggieri, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Enabling the Circular Economy transition: a sustainable lean manufacturing recipe for Industry 4.0. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristina Ciliberto; Katarzyna Szopik‐Depczyńska; Małgorzata Tarczyńska‐Łuniewska; Alessandro Ruggieri; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2021. "Enabling the Circular Economy transition: a sustainable lean manufacturing recipe for Industry 4.0." Business Strategy and the Environment , no. : 1.
Implementing policies able to drive energy sector transition is an objective of the European Union. Based on economic literature, we argue that several determinants might be either drivers or barriers to the effectiveness of energy policy interventions: political-institutional, socio-economic and region-specific factors. For understanding their role in the Italian framework, this research aims at assessing to what extent each group of determinants influences the transition towards green energy systems. In doing so, by using several econometric techniques, we are able to offer useful suggestion to the policymaker about potential intervention strategy. Finding shows that institutional and regional-specific drivers play a pivotal role in driving Italian regions energy transition.
Raffaele Boffardi; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Roberta Arbolino. A two-step approach to evaluate drivers and barriers to clean energy policies: Italian regional evidence. Environmental Science & Policy 2021, 120, 173 -186.
AMA StyleRaffaele Boffardi, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Roberta Arbolino. A two-step approach to evaluate drivers and barriers to clean energy policies: Italian regional evidence. Environmental Science & Policy. 2021; 120 ():173-186.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaffaele Boffardi; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Roberta Arbolino. 2021. "A two-step approach to evaluate drivers and barriers to clean energy policies: Italian regional evidence." Environmental Science & Policy 120, no. : 173-186.
Strategic management of complex decisional problems in the tourism sector requires the implementation of proper planning procedures for sustainable tourism activities, due to either the number of actors involved, the presence of conflicting goals and the need of resource rationalization. Thus, the aim of the research is to implement a new approach for the selection of projects to be funded by public administration, in order to maximize the efficiency of public resource allocation. Furthermore, the proposed technique enhances the inclusion of the three dimensions of sustainability in tourism policy planning and implementation phases. The Multi-objective Optimization model accounts for environmental, social and economic impacts, to select tourism activities to be realized in order to maximize stakeholder utility. In order to test the model, we selected a case study: a call for tender drafted by an Italian Public administration, whose aim was to support the attractiveness of the urban areas. Findings illustrate that, in comparison with multicriteria techniques, the proposed model allows to achieve a better allocation of public funds, in both quantitative (i.e., amount of resources allocated) and qualitative (selection of projects with positive social and environmental implication) terms.
Roberta Arbolino; Raffaele Boffardi; Luisa De Simone; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Multi-objective optimization technique: A novel approach in tourism sustainability planning. Journal of Environmental Management 2021, 285, 112016 .
AMA StyleRoberta Arbolino, Raffaele Boffardi, Luisa De Simone, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Multi-objective optimization technique: A novel approach in tourism sustainability planning. Journal of Environmental Management. 2021; 285 ():112016.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberta Arbolino; Raffaele Boffardi; Luisa De Simone; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2021. "Multi-objective optimization technique: A novel approach in tourism sustainability planning." Journal of Environmental Management 285, no. : 112016.
Proper management of urban waste might support sustainable and circular development, while mismanagement increases both costs and socio-environmental negative outcomes. In particular, the organic fraction constitutes the largest share of urban waste. In the circular economy framework, it is described as a valuable resource, to be converted into soil improver, biogas and energy. The aim of the paper is to propose a Decision Support System (DSS) for policymakers, based on linear programming techniques. This model is expected to improve the current methodologies for planning and managing organic fraction of municipal solid waste and provide useful insights about public resources allocation. The proposed optimization model is tested on Campania Region (Italy), which is a clear example of the negative implications of improper waste management. Based on the goals recently set by Campania regional government, the model allows to select the most cost-effective and sustainable solutions for treating organic waste. Results show three different scenarios associated to the impacts that each possible outcome has on the stated objectives. The “Ideal Solution” is not achievable, but it is used as a benchmark; the “Max NPV Solution” is feasible, but it reports several major drawbacks. Finally, the “Best Compromise Solution” allows to increase regional composting capability by six time and biogas availability by seven times, with environmental implications that are very similar to the ideal ones.
Raffaele Boffardi; Luisa De Simone; Angelina De Pascale; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Roberta Arbolino. Best-compromise solutions for waste management: Decision support system for policymaking. Waste Management 2021, 121, 441 -451.
AMA StyleRaffaele Boffardi, Luisa De Simone, Angelina De Pascale, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Roberta Arbolino. Best-compromise solutions for waste management: Decision support system for policymaking. Waste Management. 2021; 121 ():441-451.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaffaele Boffardi; Luisa De Simone; Angelina De Pascale; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Roberta Arbolino. 2021. "Best-compromise solutions for waste management: Decision support system for policymaking." Waste Management 121, no. : 441-451.
Tan Yigitcanlar; Nayomi Kankanamge; Alexander Preston; Palvinderjit Singh Gill; Maqsood Rezayee; Mahsan Ostadnia; Bo Xia; Giuseppe Ioppolo. How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories. 2020, 8, 37 .
AMA StyleTan Yigitcanlar, Nayomi Kankanamge, Alexander Preston, Palvinderjit Singh Gill, Maqsood Rezayee, Mahsan Ostadnia, Bo Xia, Giuseppe Ioppolo. How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories. . 2020; 8 (1):37.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTan Yigitcanlar; Nayomi Kankanamge; Alexander Preston; Palvinderjit Singh Gill; Maqsood Rezayee; Mahsan Ostadnia; Bo Xia; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2020. "How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories." 8, no. 1: 37.
Smart urban metabolism is a hybrid approach—where technological, economic, environmental and social perspectives are simultaneously considered—to develop smart and sustainable cities. This characteristic makes smart urban metabolism a strategic tool for urban policymakers and managers, and planners. Nonetheless, little is known on about the indicators of smart urban metabolism. This study aims to shed light on what the specific indicators of smart urban metabolism are. The paper places international standards and indicators of urban systems under the microscope to determine their focus, and areas of action. The analysis exposes divergences in urban system evaluation approaches by international standardization organizations—particularly with a focus on whether they concentrate on urban smartness or urban metabolism. The results of the analysis demonstrate a challenge in integrating urban metabolism with urban smartness. In this sense, there is no international standard taken into consideration thus far. The study points out to a novel and invaluable approach to improve the understanding and awareness on internationally standardized urban indicators that characterize, and stimulate the knowledge on smart urban metabolism.
Gaspare D'Amico; Raffaella Taddeo; Lei Shi; Tan Yigitcanlar; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Ecological indicators of smart urban metabolism: A review of the literature on international standards. Ecological Indicators 2020, 118, 106808 .
AMA StyleGaspare D'Amico, Raffaella Taddeo, Lei Shi, Tan Yigitcanlar, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Ecological indicators of smart urban metabolism: A review of the literature on international standards. Ecological Indicators. 2020; 118 ():106808.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaspare D'Amico; Raffaella Taddeo; Lei Shi; Tan Yigitcanlar; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2020. "Ecological indicators of smart urban metabolism: A review of the literature on international standards." Ecological Indicators 118, no. : 106808.
Background and objectives: Due to COVID-19, various countries introduced lockdowns and limited citizen movements. These restrictions triggered an increased use of digital technologies and platforms by the public. This provides an opportunity for the authorities to capture public perceptions on COVID-19 from social media channels to make informed decisions. The use of social media analytics during pandemics for decision-making, however, is an understudied area of research. Thus, this study aims to generate insights into how social media analytics can assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions.Methods: This study involved a social media analysis approach—i.e., systematic geo-Twitter analysis—that contains descriptive, content, sentiment, and spatial analyses. Australian states and territories are selected as the case study context for the empirical investigation. This study collected 96,666 geotagged tweets (originated from Australia between 1 January and 4 May 2020), and analysed 35,969 of them after data cleaning.Results: The findings disclose that: (a) Social media analytics is an efficient approach to capture the attitudes and perceptions of the public during a pandemic; (b) Crowdsourced social media data can guide interventions and decisions of the authorities during a pandemic, and; (c) Effective use of government social media channels can help the public to follow the introduced measures/restrictions.Conclusion: The findings are invaluable for authorities to understand community perceptions and identify communities in needs and demands in a pandemic situation, where authorities are not in a position to conduct direct and lengthily public consultations.
Tan Yigitcanlar; Nayomi Kankanamge; Alexander Preston; Palvinderjit Singh Gill; Maqsood Rezayee; Mahsan Ostandnia; Bo Xia; Giuseppe Ioppolo. How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleTan Yigitcanlar, Nayomi Kankanamge, Alexander Preston, Palvinderjit Singh Gill, Maqsood Rezayee, Mahsan Ostandnia, Bo Xia, Giuseppe Ioppolo. How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTan Yigitcanlar; Nayomi Kankanamge; Alexander Preston; Palvinderjit Singh Gill; Maqsood Rezayee; Mahsan Ostandnia; Bo Xia; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2020. "How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories." , no. : 1.
Are new technologies in the medicine sector a driver to support the development of a society 5.0? Innovation pushes the artisan to become smart and lean, customer-oriented but within a standardized environment of production, maintaining and ensuring the quality of the product. An artisan is a user and innovator, as an essential part of the industrial chain. In the healthcare sector, the doctor is the industrial artisan, and medicine can be considered as an example of a smart tool, strongly tailored, that embeds the innovation of materials, nano-devices, and smart technology (e.g., sensors and controllers). But how much of society is ready to host smart technology “on board”, becoming “on life”, constantly connected with remote controls that allow us to monitor, gather data, and, in any case, act, with preventive healthcare solutions? After a short overview of the medicine sector, a preliminary, tentative link between technological innovation and the healthcare sector allows us to adopt several outlooks on how to change research, always more transdisciplinary, combining science with social science in order to remain human-centered.
Giuseppe Ioppolo; Franck Vazquez; Michael Hennerici; Emmanuel Andrès. Medicine 4.0: New Technologies as Tools for a Society 5.0. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2020, 9, 2198 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe Ioppolo, Franck Vazquez, Michael Hennerici, Emmanuel Andrès. Medicine 4.0: New Technologies as Tools for a Society 5.0. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9 (7):2198.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Ioppolo; Franck Vazquez; Michael Hennerici; Emmanuel Andrès. 2020. "Medicine 4.0: New Technologies as Tools for a Society 5.0." Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 7: 2198.
The evolution of economic systems has produced a new vision of the spatial and localization models in which transport and logistics are deemed to play a major role in generating value to economic areas. Different methods of parametric and nonparametric analysis are applied to deal with the issue of the efficiency and competitiveness of territories. Using an original dataset, we set out to estimate productivity differentials between companies or industries located in different Italian regions. Unlike previous works aimed at investigating logistics productivity, this paper focuses on the main variables affecting Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in the transport and logistics sectors. The findings of this study contribute to filling the gap in transport related literature on the issue of ‘Total Factor Regional Logistics Productivity’ (TFRLP), identifying the most important elements able to improve the TFP level using an econometric estimate. In a second step, we carry out a comparison among the different Italian regions with a view to testing the relationship between the logistics and economic activities of a territory. The results of this latter analysis show that, in the different Italian regions, the logistics sector is characterised by a high resilience capacity, so innovation in the logistics industry is a strong element in driving regional exports.
David Barilla; Fabio Carlucci; Andrea Cirà; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Lucio Siviero. Total factor logistics productivity: A spatial approach to the Italian regions. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2020, 136, 205 -222.
AMA StyleDavid Barilla, Fabio Carlucci, Andrea Cirà, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Lucio Siviero. Total factor logistics productivity: A spatial approach to the Italian regions. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2020; 136 ():205-222.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Barilla; Fabio Carlucci; Andrea Cirà; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Lucio Siviero. 2020. "Total factor logistics productivity: A spatial approach to the Italian regions." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 136, no. : 205-222.
For many years different scientists have published the results of research related to the usage of UDI (user-driven innovation) concept and its impact on innovation activity of enterprises. None of them, however, concerned the relationship between various determinants for developing the R&D (Research and Development) sphere. It is the reason why the main purpose of the study is to present the empirical evidence in finding the determinants for usage of “user-driven innovation” concept (UDI). The work focuses on using this concept in R&D departments, which are very often responsible for introducing this kind of innovation in a firm’s practice. The use of the UDI concept in R&D in the enterprise will be influenced by various factors which, in the literature, are divided into external, independent of the enterprise; and internal, which can be a result of adopted strategies, action plans and/or operating standards. The implementation of UDI in enterprises gives a number of benefits resulting from interaction with the environment, but also encounters barriers and internal problems that need to be neutralized. It is why, in this paper, the internal factors will be considered. To present the relationship between the selected variables, the correspondence analysis which constitutes one of the methods for multidimensional statistical analysis, was applied. The results presented in the paper allowed to formulate several important conclusions about the potential level of implementation of UDI concept in R&D departments in Poland. Firstly, it should be noted that in Poland, the UDI concept is still seen as new. This is why there are no scientific publications on this topic, as well as a lack of system solutions and strategic documents encouraging entrepreneurs to conduct research and development activity based on contacts with users. That is why authors have made some recommendations regarding the promotion of activities related to the use of UDI in research and development processes. Our research supplements the current knowledge in the field of internal conditions affecting the implementation of the UDI concept in enterprises which are starting to implement this concept.
Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Giuseppe Ioppolo. User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations. Sustainability 2019, 12, 171 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk, Giuseppe Ioppolo. User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations. Sustainability. 2019; 12 (1):171.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2019. "User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 171.
The basic idea of this paper is that an efficient energy planning requires a deepened awareness of the state of place. By considering the complexity of this issue - that involves both production, consumption, impacts on the environment and policy aspects - a multidimensional analysis should be implemented. The aim of the study is to propose an innovative approach for achieving increased efficiency energy by reducing the existent differential among the local areas. The approach consists of two main steps: i) the building of LEEI (Local Energy efficiency Index) and further four sub-indexes - designed by using a Principal Component Analysis - for assessing the level of local efficiency; ii) the measurement of the distance between the score achieved in the ranking by each observation and a threshold calculated as best compromise situation - realized by using a redrafted Sen Index. This methodology has been tested on a sample of 20 Italian provinces. The findings allow to provide information to policy makers concerning the overall energy efficiency of an area through a vertical comparison among the observation; while the four sub-indexes offer specific indication about the multidimensionality of the analysed phenomenon. This final step helps to offer punctual information for a future allocation to the regions, for a financial resource programming on the bases of the real weakness.
Roberta Arbolino; Raffaele Boffardi; Luisa De Simone; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Who achieves the efficiency? A new approach to measure “local energy efficiency”. Ecological Indicators 2019, 110, 105875 .
AMA StyleRoberta Arbolino, Raffaele Boffardi, Luisa De Simone, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Who achieves the efficiency? A new approach to measure “local energy efficiency”. Ecological Indicators. 2019; 110 ():105875.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberta Arbolino; Raffaele Boffardi; Luisa De Simone; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2019. "Who achieves the efficiency? A new approach to measure “local energy efficiency”." Ecological Indicators 110, no. : 105875.
Transforming urban areas into prosperous, liveable, and sustainable settlements is a longstanding goal for local governments. Today, countless urban settlements across the globe have jumped into the so-called ‘smart city’ bandwagon to achieve this goal. Under the smart city agenda, presently, many government agencies are attempting to engineer an urban transformation to tackle urban prosperity, liveability, and sustainability issues mostly through the means of technology solutions. Nonetheless, the notion of smart cities is ambiguous, and there are limited conceptual frameworks to assist cities and their administrations in understanding the big picture view of this urban development paradigm. The aim of this paper is to generate a clear understanding on the making of successful smart city practices. This is done by elaborating the smart cities notion through a multidimensional conceptual framework, examining smart city best practices across the globe—i.e., Songdo, Masdar, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Brisbane—, and providing insights of smart city approaches from these cases. The findings of the study disclose the need for a comprehensive smart city conceptualisation to inform policymaking and consequently the practice. This will help in the formation of a much-needed smart urbanism model for the resilient settlements of the climate emergency era.
Tan Yigitcanlar; Hoon Han; Kamruzzaman; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Jamile Sabatini-Marques. The making of smart cities: Are Songdo, Masdar, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Brisbane the best we could build? Land Use Policy 2019, 88, 104187 .
AMA StyleTan Yigitcanlar, Hoon Han, Kamruzzaman, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Jamile Sabatini-Marques. The making of smart cities: Are Songdo, Masdar, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Brisbane the best we could build? Land Use Policy. 2019; 88 ():104187.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTan Yigitcanlar; Hoon Han; Kamruzzaman; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Jamile Sabatini-Marques. 2019. "The making of smart cities: Are Songdo, Masdar, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Brisbane the best we could build?" Land Use Policy 88, no. : 104187.
Since natural resources are finite, new policy instruments to sustain the most efficient processes of waste recycling are required in all countries. To this end, it is critical to explore all technology mechanisms underlying solid waste researchers and practitioners’ behaviors. The study focuses on to demonstrate the importance of knowledge diffusion between the source and destination of environmental innovations. This way, policymakers can elaborate opportune strategies to improve the efficiency of innovation activities. By analyzing a sample of 240 large international firms from the USA, Japan, and Europe, this paper discusses the extent to which innovation inputs, research and development, and relative technological spillovers affect environmental innovation—that is measured by the number of waste recycle and land fertilizers patents. The novelty of the study comes from introducing a knowledge production function approach to analyze the role of technological knowledge spillovers on waste recycling and land fertilizers efficiency at the firm level. The technological relatedness between the firms is computed through technological proximity, based on the construction of technological vectors for each firm. The results reveal a significant positive impact of external spillovers on firms’ environmental innovation levels. This finding is important particularly in terms of policy implications concerning industrial strategies; as in order to improve environmental innovation, incentives that favor industrial relatedness and establishing integration between firms are crucial.
Luigi Aldieri; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Concetto Paolo Vinci; Tan Yigitcanlar. Waste recycling patents and environmental innovations: An economic analysis of policy instruments in the USA, Japan and Europe. Waste Management 2019, 95, 612 -619.
AMA StyleLuigi Aldieri, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Concetto Paolo Vinci, Tan Yigitcanlar. Waste recycling patents and environmental innovations: An economic analysis of policy instruments in the USA, Japan and Europe. Waste Management. 2019; 95 ():612-619.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuigi Aldieri; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Concetto Paolo Vinci; Tan Yigitcanlar. 2019. "Waste recycling patents and environmental innovations: An economic analysis of policy instruments in the USA, Japan and Europe." Waste Management 95, no. : 612-619.
By now, the importance of renewable energies is consolidated for the promotion of more and more green systems. Although this issue has become one of the cornerstones of the European Union and of each members States, evaluating the effectiveness of the applied environmental policies still results difficult. The basic aim of the paper is to propose an innovative approach for ex post monitoring of the actions carried out by Italian regions. By using both a multivariate technique and a classic convergence analysis, we set out to test in an original way whether the Italian regions realized in a successful way the environmental policies established by European Union (EU) in the energy sector. The results obtained highlight the existence of several improvements between 2008 and 2015, mainly in Southern regions, historically recognized as the less dynamic ones. Moreover, by using a panel data model we are able to offer useful suggestions about the financial allocation among the several typologies of renewable for reducing pollutants.
Roberta Arbolino; Raffaele Boffardi; Giuseppe Ioppolo. The effectiveness of European energy policy on the Italian system: Regional evidences from a hierarchical cluster analysis approach. Energy Policy 2019, 132, 47 -61.
AMA StyleRoberta Arbolino, Raffaele Boffardi, Giuseppe Ioppolo. The effectiveness of European energy policy on the Italian system: Regional evidences from a hierarchical cluster analysis approach. Energy Policy. 2019; 132 ():47-61.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberta Arbolino; Raffaele Boffardi; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2019. "The effectiveness of European energy policy on the Italian system: Regional evidences from a hierarchical cluster analysis approach." Energy Policy 132, no. : 47-61.
This paper follows the view that for the implementation of a successful growth policy, differentials among local areas require both a deepened awareness of the state of place and a multidimensional measure of inequalities—by considering both intangible and tangible features of the development. To achieve an effective growth policymaking, an innovative approach is proposed. The approach consists of two main steps. Firstly, the definition of an index for assessing the potential of local development—designed by using Principal Component Analysis model on a sample of 110 Italian provinces—allows vertical comparison among the observation in order to evaluate the level of reached development; besides two further sub-indexes offer specific indication about the multidimensionality of the analysed phenomenon. Secondly, by using a Sen Index, the measurement of the distance between the position in the ranking of the observation and a calculated threshold offers punctual information on the weights that could be assigned to the provinces for a financial resource programming. The findings of an empirical investigation reveal that the proposed approach has adequate to estimating provincial territorial development potentials.
Roberta Arbolino; Tan Yigitcanlar; Pasqua L’Abbate; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Effective growth policymaking: Estimating provincial territorial development potentials. Land Use Policy 2019, 86, 313 -321.
AMA StyleRoberta Arbolino, Tan Yigitcanlar, Pasqua L’Abbate, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Effective growth policymaking: Estimating provincial territorial development potentials. Land Use Policy. 2019; 86 ():313-321.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberta Arbolino; Tan Yigitcanlar; Pasqua L’Abbate; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2019. "Effective growth policymaking: Estimating provincial territorial development potentials." Land Use Policy 86, no. : 313-321.
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants are constantly developing systems and, apart from Stirling engine, are currently the only commercially available technology, which allows electricity generation using low and medium temperature waste thermal energy. A lot of effort has been devoted to improve analysis techniques, with the aim to find the most favorable parameters of ORC as well as the best working fluid for a certain type of energy source and configuration of the system. The aim of the paper is to present a method to determine an optimal pinch point temperature difference interval (OPPTDI) using multi-criteria approach with G(X) as multi-objective function and pinch point temperature difference as a decision variable. The analysis has been carried out for five selected organic fluids: R245fa, R1234yf, R1234ze, R227ea, and R152a. The optimization model has been solved using the linear weighted sum method. The applied technique specifies OPPTDI by assigning different values of weights w1 and w2 to the individual objective functions f1 (economic index) and f2 (environmental index), which are the components of the global function G. The proposed method should be perceived as an initial evaluation of the pinch point temperature difference interval, giving an insight for the designer what is the potentially optimal range of the considered quantity and moreover – the optimal values region of such parameter, if one of the objective functions is evaluated to be more significant than the other.
Marcin Jankowski; Aleksandra Borsukiewicz; Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Determination of an optimal pinch point temperature difference interval in ORC power plant using multi-objective approach. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 217, 798 -807.
AMA StyleMarcin Jankowski, Aleksandra Borsukiewicz, Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Determination of an optimal pinch point temperature difference interval in ORC power plant using multi-objective approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 217 ():798-807.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarcin Jankowski; Aleksandra Borsukiewicz; Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2019. "Determination of an optimal pinch point temperature difference interval in ORC power plant using multi-objective approach." Journal of Cleaner Production 217, no. : 798-807.
The effect of environmental innovation on employment is increasingly relevant for sustainable development. However, few studies have examined the role of environmental spillovers based on local innovation at the firm level. We addressed this gap by analysing European, Japanese and American firms, a set of developed economies with different economic structures and subsidies for green innovations. Moreover, we analysed the time frame between 2002 and 2010, which is peculiar for industrial strategies of countries concerning sustainable development, because it included the beginning of the world economic and financial crisis since 2008. The novelty of our work consists in developing a new theoretical framework to discuss the employment effects of innovation at the firm level. Indeed, the proximity between the firms is computed using the original Mahalanobis Environmental Industry Weight matrix (MEIW-matrix), where we used patents distribution for each firm. In particular, we employed econometric methods to handle the heterogeneity and endogenous explanatory variables. The findings show a significant positive impact of environmental spillovers on firms' employment levels. This result sheds some light on the economic effects of policymakers' actions to boost firms' transition toward the use of green technologies.
Luigi Aldieri; Fabio Carlucci; Andrea Cirà; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Concetto Paolo Vinci. Is green innovation an opportunity or a threat to employment? An empirical analysis of three main industrialized areas: The USA, Japan and Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 214, 758 -766.
AMA StyleLuigi Aldieri, Fabio Carlucci, Andrea Cirà, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Concetto Paolo Vinci. Is green innovation an opportunity or a threat to employment? An empirical analysis of three main industrialized areas: The USA, Japan and Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 214 ():758-766.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuigi Aldieri; Fabio Carlucci; Andrea Cirà; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Concetto Paolo Vinci. 2019. "Is green innovation an opportunity or a threat to employment? An empirical analysis of three main industrialized areas: The USA, Japan and Europe." Journal of Cleaner Production 214, no. : 758-766.
Over the years, the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to agricultural biogas energy source allowed to depict the environmental impact related to this renewable energy source as well as to highlight mitigation strategies oriented to improvement of Anaerobic Digestion sustainability. A review focused upon the recently published LCAs of agricultural biogas plants was carried out. The review highlighted a huge variability on environmental results due to the ways the feedstock mixtures are produced, managed and supplied; and the regions in which the plants are located. Differences were also related to the ways the energy produced were utilised, whether it was input to the national grid, and/or recycled within the system.
Carlo Ingrao; Jacopo Bacenetti; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Antonio Messineo. Energy and Environmental Assessments of Agro-biogas Supply Chains for Energy Generation: A Comprehensive Review. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 99 -117.
AMA StyleCarlo Ingrao, Jacopo Bacenetti, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Antonio Messineo. Energy and Environmental Assessments of Agro-biogas Supply Chains for Energy Generation: A Comprehensive Review. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():99-117.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlo Ingrao; Jacopo Bacenetti; Giuseppe Ioppolo; Antonio Messineo. 2018. "Energy and Environmental Assessments of Agro-biogas Supply Chains for Energy Generation: A Comprehensive Review." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 99-117.