Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Comitato di Redazione Title: In ricordo della Professoressa Rosa Misso Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:5-5 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65398&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Eva Maria Pfostel Title: Editorial Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:7-9 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65399&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gian Paolo Cesaretti Title: Insights and Suggestions. The Labyrinth of Sustainability Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:11-12 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65400&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Safwat H. Shakir Hanna Author-Name: Gian Paolo Cesaretti Title: The Theory of Sustainable Development: A Review Abstract: The sustainable development theory depends on many factors that can support it. These factors can be of importance to the current generation and future generation, Theoretically; the sustainable development is depending on the well of people to use the natural resources that are not infinite the proper use and keep it continuing for the future generation. The sustainable development theory is saying to protect the natural Earth from destruction as the results of the abusing the Global Earth in which humans are living on it and enjoying the resources that the Mother Earth is providing. Furthermore, the Earth?s natural resources are balanced with every elemental component of it, and if the earth is losing this balance, then the mother Earth will not be able to provide the products and services the humans are demanding from it. Many aspects of sustainable development that can be explained in our scenarios in this paper can we are presenting here. The significant findings in this paper are the balancing the human population of the world to support the reduction of degrading or damaging of the global environment; use of efficient energy; decreasing poverty, improve quality of life, supporting healthy people, support quality of education and support providing jobs to the youth to get equal opportunities. This will lead to eliminate unuseful ideologies and improve sustainability. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:13-28 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65401&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002004 Number: 4 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65401 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Aliya Kassymbek Author-Name: Lazzat Zhazylbek Author-Name: Zhanel Sailibayeva Author-Name: Kairatbek Shadiyev Author-Name: Yermek Buribayev Title: The role of parliament in the sustainable development of the country: Agenda for Kazakhstan Abstract: This study is devoted to the impact of Parliament on the sustainable socio-economic, political development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The article addresses the most important issues of sustainable development, the formation and activities of the legislative branch of power, the importance of parliament during the transitional periods of political modernization of Kazakhstan. The authors tried to reveal the political and legal foundations of the functioning of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to determine the most popular areas of its functioning in modern conditions of accelerating political processes in the country. It is likely that the upsurge in civic activity in Kazakhstan, mass rallies, as well as a change in the thirty-year rule of the first president will put the government in need of transforming the legislative branch of power. Against this background, the underestimation of the social and political significance of parliamentary institutions as one of the decisive conditions for the stable and sustainable development of society and the state stands out. The dependence of the sustainable development of Kazakhstan on the level of development of parliamentary relations seems to be a key point in understanding the essence of the modern political process, its internal determinants, requiring the disclosure of the relationship between elements of civil society and government structures. A comprehensive study of the relationship between socio-political stability and parliamentary institutions contributes to the further development of a scientific theory of the development of the individual, society and the state in the complex and contradictory conditions of the transit of supreme power, which Kazakhstan entered. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:29-52 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65402&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002005 Number: 5 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65402 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zoia Sokolovska Author-Name: Oksana Klepikova Author-Name: Tetiana Cherkasova Title: An insurance company as an element of sustainable development of the state socio-economic system: Ukraine insurance companies case study Abstract: This article focuses on non-life insurance companies functioning and ensuring their sustainable development on the basis of the System Dynamics method application on the iThink system software platform. The key points of the research are the analysis of economic and mathematical methods, models, information technologies, which are used for risk valuation and insurance companies activity management; simulation models complex development for non-life insurance company management. The proposed approach allows insurance companies to analyse and pick up management factors for achieving sustainable development; to carry out an analysis of the indicators reflecting the internal and external factors that affect the stability of insurance companies and the insurance market of Ukraine. The proposed simulation-models are aimed at situational testing of the insurance company?s work in order to control financial sustainability and solvency indicators. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:53-72 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65403&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002006 Number: 6 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65403 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kateryna Kononova, Anton Dek Title: Bitcoin mining electricity consumption and carbon footprint Abstract: Crypto economy, first mentioned in 1996, started shaping at the beginning of 2009, after Bitcoin network launch. Being a new phenomenon, Crypto economy causes both great enthusiasm and serious concerns related to its impact on the environment. The amount of electricity consumed by Crypto economy is comparable to the annual consumption by such countries as Chile and Venezuela. The influence of Crypto economy on the planet?s ecosystem is growing at a significant pace. Even though there are thousands of cryptocurrencies, bitcoin mining contribution to the overall consumption of electricity by the cryptocurrency industry is crucial. To understand the alternative cost of maintaining a cryptocurrency industry infrastructure and its impact on the Earth?s ecosystem, different electricity consumption models considered and corresponding carbon footprint model introduced. The carbon footprint model based on a third-party estimate of global electricity consumption by the industry and geographical distribution of mining facilities educated guess coming from the internet traffic distribution of mining pools login pages. This approach allowed considering 8 out of top-10 mining pools responsible for the majority of network hashrate. The resulting carbon dioxide emissions taking bitcoin mining yearly electricity consumption equal 73.12 TWh is 40.88 million tons of CO2, which is 0.12% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:73-88 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65404&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002007 Number: 7 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65404 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Francesca Scafuto Title: Climate risk for the self and community: The role of Nature Relatedness, Personal Control and Mindfulness Abstract: The present pilot and correlational study illustrates the role of mindfulness, nature relatedness and personal control in predicting climate change perceived risk. It was hypothesized that the two components of risk perception for climate change (CCR), one targeting self and local community (CCRS) and one targeting global community (CCRG), would be differently correlated to all the variables; mindfulness and perceived personal control would significantly predict climate risk above all for self and local community and relatedness with nature (NR) would predict climate change risk and mediate the relationship between mindfulness and risk. U.S. College students (N = 87) were provided with the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (FFMQ-SF), Nature Relatedness Scale (NRS) and measures for Climate Risk and Personal control, adapted by previous author?s studies. The results confirmed partially the first and the second hypothesis, and totally the third one. CCRG showed no significant correlation with any facet of mindfulness and only showed a positive correlation with NR-S (Self) and NR-P (Perspective), while CCRS was negatively correlated with three facets of mindfulness (Nonjudging, Describing and Acting with awareness), positively correlated with one facet (Observing) and all the dimensions of NR. Personal control was positively correlated only with Mindfulness. In the regression model, CCRS was predicted by Mindfulness and NR while CCRG was predicted by the only NR. Nature Relatedness also mediated the relationship between Mindfulness and CCRS. Theoretical implications of these results, limitations of the study, such as the little sample size, and future research paths are discussed. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:89-108 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65405&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002008 Number: 8 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65405 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tatiana V. Bitkova Author-Name: Oksana F. Volkova Title: Study of the Water supply in the Megapolis: System dynamics approach Abstract: The problems of water supply in Ukraine are analysed and actual tendencies in the factors influencing the state of water resources are evaluated. The main accent is done on the problems of water resources management in megapolices, using Kharkiv (about 1.5 million inhabitants) as an example. The main problems for Kharkiv are the state of water mains and drinking water quality assurance. Analysis of the experience of applying the system dynamics (SD) methodology for analysing water supply problems confirms its adequacy. The authors propose an SD model, which displays the basic dependability of the factors that determine water intake, water supply, discharge and treatment in Kharkiv. When parameter-izing the module, real data was used. Simulation results are life-like and it?s possi-ble to conduct computer experiments for decision support. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:109-124 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65406&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002009 Number: 9 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65406 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vincenzo Sequino Author-Name: Chiara Salerno Author-Name: Alessandra Pesce Title: On innovation, cooperation and agriculture: Some reflections on these topics Abstract: The future vision of agriculture has two extreme positions, represented by the High-Tech scenario dominated by large multinationals investing in advanced technologies, and a very strict localism in which the single local communities seek self-sufficiency. This paper analyses a path that enhances a guidance and oversight role at national level, by employing Data-Driven Methodologies and Open Data-based Machine Learning technologies, and by supporting a cultural change through the contribution of emerging disciplines (i.e. design thinking). This new path should not forget the importance of the territorial approach in order to enforce action learning and micro-learning, with a new system that is certainly far from the traditional methods. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:125-150 Volume: IX Year: 2019 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=65407&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2019-002010 Number: 10 X-File-Ref: http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/References.ashx?idArticolo=65407