Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Eva Maria Pf?stl Title: Editorial Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:5-7 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63263&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giuseppe Vito Author-Name: Cristina Simone Author-Name: Francesca Iandolo Author-Name: Pietro Vito Title: Sustainability in the Italian Scientific Perspective: A Focus on the Economic and Managerial Points of View Abstract: This paper traces the network of research Institutions working in Italy on the theme of sustainability from various disciplinary points of view, in particular from those of Economics and of Management, highlighting their main character in terms of Authors, scientific papers, topics most frequently dealt with, relationships between them. The network analysis is provided adapting methods of bibliographic mapping and clustering of scientific production. The bibliometric maps obtained can be downloaded, in their interactive version, at the following links: https://bit.ly/2QXhYpj Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sostenibilit?, Italia, economia, gestione, bibliometria, vosviewer. Note: Pages:9-26 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63264&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002002 Number: 2 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63264 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tamara Merkulova Author-Name: Kateryna Kononova Author-Name: Margarita Deyneka Title: Income inequality influence on economic growth and sustainable development Abstract: Economic growth and the distribution of income has become the subject of a broad international discussion caused by the request for new sources of sustainable development under the conditions of qualitative and quantitative limitations of natural resources. The aim of the paper is to analyze institutional and environmental channels of income inequality influence on economic growth and sustainable development. In this paper, the following subjects are considered: a review of research outcomes on the relationship between inequality and economic growth, social justice and the hypothesis of the optimal level of income differentiation, the channels of the inequality influence on the environment, a case study of Ukraine. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Disuguaglianza dei redditi, canali istituzionali e ambientali, distri-buzione ottimale del reddito, ambiente, sviluppo sostenibile. Note: Pages:27-43 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63265&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002003 Number: 3 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63265 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Immacolata Viola Author-Name: Biagio Simonetti Author-Name: Lina ?zt?rk Title: Sustainable jobs and tourism Abstract: According to a definition of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) "sustainable tourism development meets the needs of the present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing the prospects for the future. It must integrate the management of all resources in such a way that economic, social and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, biological diversity and living systems" (World Tourism Organization, WTO). Sustainable tourism, therefore, refers to a way of traveling is respectful of the planet, in harmony with the natural environment, social and artistic; characterized by a low environmental impact. The Assembly of the United Nations (UN) declared the 2017 as the international year of sustainable tourism, signaling continuity with that enshrined in the United Nations Conference on sustainable development in which it was agreed that a "well planned and well managed tourism" can contribute to the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental), job creation and trade (Rio 20). According to Porter?s approach, the competitiveness of a country is influenced by the availability of skilled human capital and physical and technological infrastruc-ture, the presence of research and training centres, and services that support busi-nesses, and the characteristics of the market. These elements are synthesized in the concept of microeconomic business environment and are described in Porter?s "di-amond model" (1990). In particular, with respect to the terms of factors, Porter argues that key factors of production (or factors) are for example the skilled work-force. Hence the need to develop new skills for new jobs. To this end, we should help to better predict future skills needs, balance better skills and labour market needs and bridge the gap between education and employment. Education is the strategic and necessary lever towards the creation of Sustainable Jobs, which lead to the spread of so-called sustainable employment. In this paper, focusing on the environmental component will report some examples of sustainable jobs in the tourism sector. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Turismo sostenibile, lavoro sostenibile, competenze, formazione e economia circolare. Note: Pages:45-56 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63266&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002004 Number: 4 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63266 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Safwat H. Shakir Hanna Author-Name: Irvin W. Osborne-Lee Author-Name: Gian Paolo Cesaretti Author-Name: Rosa Misso Title: Ecological Human Imprint (EHI) and Water Resources in USA Modeling: Impacts and Assessment Abstract: Ecological Human Imprint (EHI) is a new index that is of important measure in cal-culating the human demands and impacts on our global environment. In this re-spect, the ecological human imprint is a function of all the parameters that interact between the power of ecosystem productivity and human interactions and activities on a particular ecosystem or the demand from that ecosystem. The present paper will cover and analyses the ecosystems? productivity and the human demand from the ecosystems. It will produce comprehensive analyses in measuring the possibility of capabilities of the ecosystems to provide goods and services to the human beings on our planet Earth. Further, the paper will discuss the models that can be used in measuring the sustainability of ecosystem and in particular, water resources and what we should be doing to maintain the earth healthy ecosystems. In this respect, the paper will assess and introduce a comprehensive model called Ecological Human Imprint (EHI) and water resources change of US (EHI-WR-US) that can describe the status of our ecosystems? productivities and the impacts of changing of water resources? availability and human population within the USA Earth boundaries. Furthermore, the paper will provide some answers to the human issues in USA; water resources change impacts as the results of human activities. Further, the model will provide warning to the current trend in use and abuse of our natural ecosystems and what will be expecting from these ecosystems to provide the human needs in response to the current use of US ecosystems that exist. It is clear from the analysis of (EHI-WR-US) that the USA will reach 450 million people or more in the year 2050, and this will overload the ecosystems with heavy demands and consumptions for goods, and services that these ecosystems can produce or cannot produce for the next generations. It is expected that model will assess the impacts of the EHI of human population in US from ecological transfor-mation of land-use, and economic impacts, locally in US. From the analysis, the model predicted that the US biological capacity will be degrading to the extent that the ecosystems will not be able to support the growing populations, and there will be a shortage of food and other services. It is expected that the need will be about twice the land of current land of US to meet the demands from our ecosystems to support the growing population and their life style. In this model, we used Stella Software to predict the impacts of the EHI for the next century and what we should expect beyond quantitatively. The model developed on relaxed assumption, mod-erate assumption and conservative assumption of human population growth and in consequence, the US EHI biological capacity with all its components, including energy and impacts of climate change that affects the water resources and on the natural resources and availability of cycling natural resource. Accordingly, the warming and related climate changes proceed more rapidly than generally expected before. Weather extremes can cause unsustainable summer heat along with lack of water, fire causing vegetation to burn and will allow loss of forest vegetation. This will end of the destruction and loss of available food and in consequence, the famine and human death. The paper will conclude and set up several recommendations to avoid irreversible impacts of human beings on the ecosystems and our global environment, including the impact of climate change and in consequence, the water resources and finally the sustainability of our ecosystems Classification-JEL: Keywords: Risorse idriche negli Stati Uniti, impronta ecologica umana (EHI). Note: Pages:57-83 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63267&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002005 Number: 5 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63267 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Irene Paola Borrelli Title: Environmental sustainability of agriculture and 2030 Agenda: the situation in Italy Abstract: The 2030 Agenda requires that each country defines its own strategy by incorporating the SDGs, while taking into account the different national realities, capacities and levels of development, as well as respecting the individual national policies and priorities. Italy has also engaged in this process. The paper offers a deepening on the Italian placement in relation to the objectives of 2030 Agenda with a focus on SDG2 "End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture". Specifically, it will focus on the assessment of the environmental performance of Italian agriculture according to the set of indicators chosen to monitor progress towards the Agenda 2030 SDGs and with regard to this it will offer some reflections on what the best ways to improve it can be. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Agenda 2030, Goal 2, agricoltura sostenibile, sostenibilit? ambientale, agricoltura italiana. Note: Pages:85-103 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63268&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002006 Number: 6 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63268 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Carlo Alberto Campiotti Author-Name: Arianna Latini Author-Name: Germina Giagnacovo Author-Name: Joaqu?n Fuentes-Pila Author-Name: Matteo Scoccianti Title: Energetic and Environmental Sustainability of the food agriculture system Abstract: The national food agricultural system in its broadest sense of agriculture and food industry, has taken over the past decade, a highly systemic configuration, which enabled him to reach remarkable positions, if we consider that budget of about 270 billion is characterized by overall volumes. Significant are also occupational values which, according to recent surveys, rec-orded more than 900,000 employed in agriculture and about 500,000 jobs in the food industry. This work is focused mainly on the consequences that the integration of the agri-cultural world with the food industry involved in the production, processing and marketing of food products. They discuss the consequences resulting from the pro-cessing of primary education from leading producer of food goods to supplier of semi finished food products, activities and food industry market. The results of the ENEA Tesla and SCOoPE projects are presented to support the issue of energy efficiency as an instrument able to decrease final energy consump-tion, estimated by ENEA in about 15 Mtoe, of the agricultural food system. The initiatives and strategies implemented by companies, companies, associations and consumers themselves to combat the impacts on the modern agri-food industry market are briefly analyzed. In this regard are the market data and the dissemination of so-called Alternative networks and we discuss the socio cultural and economic implications of these new production and consumption patterns for sustainable economic development of the company. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Agricoltura, industria alimentare, energia, efficienza energetica, reti alimentari alternative. Note: Pages:105-119 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63269&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002007 Number: 7 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63269 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marios Karagiovanidis Author-Name: Joaqu?n Vasilios Fragos Author-Name: Zacharoula Andreopoulou Title: Rural Sustainability: Managing energy and water consumption, using emerging technologies on irrigation pumps Abstract: As the energy consumption across the globe is increasing fast, every industry sector is trying to adapt best practices to achieve minimum environmental, economic and social footprint. In addition, the all increasing stress on the global freshwater supply necessitates the measurement of water consumption as a sustainability metric for every human activity. Irrigated agriculture constitutes one of the larger consumers of freshwater and energy worldwide, while providing a major source of income and employment for rural societies. Irrigation modernization can save water and energy consumption. Many technologies are actually included in the so-called smart farming, but not all are actually sustainable, economically viable and easily adaptable. This paper presents emerging technologies that can be used to maximize energy and water savings in agricultural irrigation and more specific on electric centrifugal pumps. The work is focused on two technologies that can be easily implemented on existing pumping stations, their use is simple enough for the average farmer to understand and manage and they require relatively low investment cost. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sostenibilit? rurale, energia, acqua, irrigazione, tecnologia, VFD, sensore di vibrazione. Note: Pages:121-132 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63270&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002008 Number: 8 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63270 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Amedeo De Cesari Author-Name: Maria Leone Author-Name: Alberto Manelli Author-Name: Roberta Pace Title: The sustainability of the interaction between Financial and commodity markets Abstract: In the last ten years, the price of raw materials showed wide fluctuation and an increase in volatility. The volatility in the agricultural commodity market has aroused greatest interest because the prices of food commodities influence the survival of the people. Different studies have led different conclusions about the causes of these fluctuations. Some, following the Masters hypothesis, indicate in the increase of the speculative activity the determinant of such fluctuations. Others, instead, are critically and reported the inconsistencies of Masters hypothesis. In the following article, we analyze the wheat market, the different hypothesis of that have been proposed to explain price fluctuation and, implementing a regression analysis, we prove the uses of basis by the buyer, reseller and merchandiser of grain to achieve a profitable margin or minimize risks. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Speculazione, mercato delle commodities agricole, analisi di regres-sione, hedging. Note: Pages:133-153 Volume: VIII Year: 2018 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=63271&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2018-002009 Number: 9 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=63271