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A Study on the Meaning of Ecological Sustainability in the Ecological Ethics (생태적 지속가능성의 생태윤리적 의미에 대한 연구)

  • Byun, Sun-Yong
    • Journal of Ethics
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    • no.85
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    • pp.167-186
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    • 2012
  • This paper analyzes the meaning of sustainability in sustainable development in the ecological ethics, and suggests the importance of ecological sustainability. In the discussion of ecological sustainability the relation between sustainability and change should be regarded as not conflictual but interactive. The concept 'ecological' in this context means network, and the concept 'sustainability' means the relationship between changing being(or beings) which constitutes ecological system and its unchanging being(or whole relation). So there are two axes of human and ecological system, and three elements namely network which means mutual dependence of human and nature, sustainability which means the maintenance of ecological relations, and responsibility which humans should take for the sustainability, in the ecological sustainability. The maintenance between being and relations of beings, changing sustainability, the priority of being to non-being, mutual interdependence on the basis of solidarity of beings are important values in the ecological sustainability.

Sustainable Development and Sustainability Marketing - Integration of customer and socio-ecological aspect in Marketing concept - (글로벌 기업 환경 변화의 새로운 패러다임으로서 지속가능한 발전과 마케팅 - 지속가능마케팅의 의사결정 지향적 컨셉 -)

  • Nam, Sang-Min;Kim, Jong-Ho;Noh, Jung-Koo
    • Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.83-108
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    • 2007
  • Since the 1992 UN Conference for Environment and Development held in Rio de Jaineiro, Sustainable Development has become the global thesis. More than 170 countries signed the Agenda 21 for the sustainable action plan, and adopted the sustainability concept as the key concept of dealing with the environmental, social, ethical, and economic problem. Sustainability is one of the main marketing challenges in the 21st century. By integrating social and ecological criteria, marketing may can make valuable contributions to sustainable development. Regarding the sustainability marketing, it is difficult to find the domestic marketing research on the thesis of sustainable development, and this is the definite evidence that the Korean marketing researchers do not realize the importance of the thesis of sustainable development which is internationally suggested as the new paradigm of change. The purpose of this study is to build the conceptual background and explore the research direction in order to introduce and adopt the concept of sustainable development in the domestic marketing research field. The present paper proposes a comprehensive conception of sustainability marketing, defined by six step: analysis of social-ecological problems; analysis of consumer behavior; normative sustainability marketing; strategic sustainability marketing; instrumental sustainability marketing; and transformative sustainability marketing. The aim of the paper are to clarify the concept of sustainability marketing. To accomplish this research purpose we discuss the sustainable development which is the conceptual background of sustainability marketing, analyze the characteristics of the sustainability marketing, and finally summarize the research results and present the suggestions for further research. Sustainability marketing embraces the idea of sustainable development, a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs. Sustainability Marketing goes beyond conventional marketing thinking. If marketing is about satisfying customer needs and building profitable relationships with customers, sustainability marketing may be defined as building and maintaining sustainable relationships with customers, the social environment and natural environment. By creating social and environmental value, sustainability marketing tries to deliver and increase customer value. Sustainability Marketing aims at creating customer value, social value and environmental value. Sustainability marketing integrates social and ecological criteria into the whole process of marketing, and can be differentiated in six steps: (1) Analysis of the social and ecological problems, generally and specifically with respect to products which satisfy customer needs and wants; (2) Analysis of customer behavior with special aspect to social and ecological concerns; (3) Corporate commitments to sustainable development in the mission statement, development of sustainability visions, formulation of sustainable principles and guideline, setting of socio-ecological marketing objectives and goals (normative aspects of sustainability marketing); (4) Sustainability segmentation, targeting and positioning, and timing of market entry(strategic aspects of sustainability marketing); (5)Integration of social and ecological criteria into the marketing-mix, i.e. products, services and brands, pricing, distribution and communication(instrumental aspects of sustainability marketing); (6) Participation in public and political change processes, which transform existing institutions towards sustainability(transformative aspects of sustainability marketing). The first two steps begin with an analysis of the company situation. In sustainability marketing it is crucial not just to know consumer needs and wants, but also to find out about the ecological and social problems of products along their whole life cycle. The intersection of socio-ecological problems and consumer wants sets the ground for sustainability marketing. Step three to five describe the implementation of sustainability marketing. Social and ecological criteria are fully integrated into the mission statement, strategies and marketing-mix. Step six is one of the specifics of sustainability marketing. It is about the commitment of company to sustainable development and their active participation in public and political processes in order to change the existing framework in favor of sustainability.

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The Connection System through Environmental Analysing Factor-Plan Element-Control Element-Valuation Index to Improve the Sustainability in Ecological Housing Estate (생태주거단지의 지속가능성제고를 위한 계획요소-제어요소-평가지표 연계시스템 (에너지 계획분야를 중심으로))

  • Seo, Dong-Koo;Oh, Deog-Seong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.49-58
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    • 2008
  • This study aims to identify the structure and system to make close relationship among planning elements, legal regulation and evaluation index toward sustainable development in the ecological housing estate. Through these close relationships the ecological housing estate could get more sustainability. With this consideration, this study consists of following three parts. First, we review the key issues of sustainability in ecological housing which are focused on the energy-efficient planning. Second, we extract the planning elements, legal regulation and evaluation index using the qualitative system dynamics that is found out all phenomenons from viewpoint of closed loop thinking and circular feedback system. Third, we analyse the correlationship among them in terms of energy efficient planning in the ecological housing estate. Finally, we summarize the findings toward sustainability in ecological housing estate through these analysis.

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PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF A TOURISM-BASED SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEM BY BIFURCATION ANALYSIS

  • Afsharnezhad, Zahra;Dadi, Zohreh;Monfared, Zahra
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2017
  • In this paper we study a four dimensional tourism-based social-ecological dynamical system. In fact we analyse tourism profitability, compatibility and sustainability by using bifurcation theory in terms of structural properties of attractors of system. For this purpose first we transformed it into a three dimensional system such that the reduced system is the extended and modified model of the previous three dimensional models suggested for tourism with the same dimension. Then we investigate transcritical, pitchfork and saddle-node bifurcation points of system. And numerically by finding some branches of stable equilibria for system show the profitability of tourism industry. Then by determining the Hopf bifurcation points of system we find a family of stable attractors for that by numerical techniques. Finally we conclude the existence of these stable limit cycles implies profitability and compatibility and then the sustainability of tourism.

A Evaluation and Planning Method of Ecological Sustainability of Residential Development Based on the Concept of Environmental Carrying Capacity (환경수용능력개념에 기초한 주거단지의 생태적 지속가능성 평가 및 계획기법)

  • Lee, Byeongho
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.3-14
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    • 2012
  • A sustainable evaluation and planning method shall have an integrative methodology for analysis of interrelationship among environmental resource uses and natural conditions during the planning process. However, there are few methods for understanding or achieving sustainable planning in residential development projects for most planner/architects. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate theories of the concept of environmental carrying capacity based on the ecological view, to propose a sustainable planning method for evaluation and planning of environmental sustainability in residential development projects, to analyze interrelationship of selected environmental resources to represent an environmental carrying capacity for a residential development project based on the proposed sustainable planning method. Finally, through the case studies of a high-density housing project located near Seoul Metropolitan area, the existing case and a sustainable case were analysed by the proposed method.

A Study to develop an ecological audit program in elementary schools for sustainability education (지속가능성 교육을 위한 초등학교 생태감사 프로그램 개발 방안)

  • Kim, Hee-jin;Nam, Young Sook
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.26-37
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to prepare a plan for the development of an ecological audit program that can be applied to the elementary school curriculum for sustainability education. School ecological audits enable students or groups of students to identify and solve the school's environmental problems on their own, thereby fostering sustainable decision-making and attitudes. As a result of the study through literature research, an ecological audit project learning program applicable to the elementary school curriculum was developed. The developed program is aimed at 6th graders and is composed of 16 steps reflecting the procedural and ecological processes of the ecological audit. In order to settle the developed program in the school site and improve the school sustainability of the developed program, it is necessary to introduce a school environment management system that can periodically monitor the school environment, strengthen the capacity of school teachers, and provide a professional certification system outside the school. In addition, with this bottom-up policy-making system, students can expect to spread a sustainable school culture through environmental education activities.

The Assessment of the Sustain ability on Human Activities through Ecologically Productive Land Calculated by the Ecological Footprint of Cheju Island (생산 가능한 토지면적산정기법을 이용한 지속성 평가에 대한 연구: 제주도 지역을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Yong-Bum;Hyun, Youn-Joo;Chung, Yong
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 1997
  • The object of this study is the introduction and the application of Ecological Footprint(EF) for sustainability of regional people activities. It is a tool for the evaluation of specific projects through various lifestyles or consumption to area of broad policy and budgets. But in Korea there is no assessment for consumption level of human activities by EF. Therefore this study try to analyse ecologically productive land for human activities of Cheju-island in order to assess the sustainability in Cheju and compares with another industrized countries. We analyze the human activities level of Cheju-island then the EF is about 0.9(ha/cap). This value is not more than another countries like Canada and United States. EF assists in choosing technologies, policies and Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) which can perform a certain task with the smallest ecological footprint. It will help society to avoid collapse and move towards sustainability and ecological efficiency.

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The Impact of Wine Brand Sustainability on Intimacy, Attitude, and Loyalty (와인 브랜드의 지속가능성이 친밀감, 태도, 그리고 충성도에 미치는 영향)

  • Sung-Hyun YOON;Sung-Yong CHOI
    • The Korean Journal of Franchise Management
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.57-70
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: Korea is also one of the markets that is growing significantly in the wine market. Due to this influence, Korean mainstream franchises are also increasing the proportion of wine sales. This study aims to examine the sustainability of wine brands from the perspectives of environment, organic farming, and ecological protection, and to verify the influence of these factors on consumer attitudes and intimacy. Research design, data, and methodology: The data were collected from 306 wine purchasers aged 20 or older and analyzed with SPSS 25.0 and SmartPLS 4.1. A total of 311 questionnaires were collected, and 306 were used for analysis after excluding 5 incomplete questionnaires. Result: The findings showed that the environment, organic, and ecological protection positively influence intimacy. In addition, organic positive influences attitude, but the environment and ecological protection did not influence. Intimacy positively influences attitude and loyalty, and attitude also positively influence loyalty. Conclusions: First, this study explained consumers' perception of the sustainability of wine brands through self-identity theory. Second, wine brands need to develop wineries into eco-friendly regions. Third, marketing should focus on the environment of the winery region. Fourth, wine franchises need to market their wine brands' organic farming.

A Study on the Implication of Sustainability and Environmental Assessment (지속가능성과 환경평가의 연계에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Sang-Pyo
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.269-279
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    • 2011
  • Sustainability assessments tend to integrate ecological, social, and economic concerns. Sustainability assessment could be considered the highest rung in the assessment ladder. Broad strategies that seek to integrate individual SEA(Strategic Environmental Assessment) could be subjected to a sustainability assessment. Sustainability assessment could incorporate global and transboundary effects and priorities into SEA and project-level EIA(Environmental Impact Assessment). SEA could provide an environmental context and direction for project-level EIA. Procedural and substantive EIA requirements can be addressed through tiering such as sustainability assessment, SEA, project-level EIA. In Korea, PERS(Prior Environmental Review System) that has been utilized to evaluate administrative plans related with various kinds of development projects should be evolved not only to incorporate environmental impacts into early stage decision-making, but also to implicate sustainability assessments that include social equity and economic efficiency. Integration of SEA and sustainability assessment can be initiated through the application of DPSIR (Driving Force - Pressure - State - Impact - Response ) framework that was developed by European Environmental Agency.

Analysis of Herman Hertzberger's Architecture for Social Sustainable Design (헤르만 헤르츠버거의 건축에 나타난 사회적 지속가능한 디자인 관점에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Eun-A;Kim, Moon-Duck
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.69-79
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    • 2011
  • The concept of architectural sustainability is gradually being highlighted in several ills and consciousness of crisis of modern architecture. However, many of us tend to realize its sustainability focusing on ecological sustainability in many ways. Such perspective is considerably technical and extensive. Therefore, I paid attention to Herman Hertzberger's architecture to find out how to consider spatial aspects, when interior architecture designers engage in design process. This study aims to analyze architectural progress for social communication of Herman Hertzberger's project, breaking from the existing research to only limit him to one of structuralism architects. In particular, it was found that in relation to social sustainability, universal/social design, cultural design and green/ecological design have been progressed in their forms through communicational perspectives of social architecture which he's insisted since the structuralism era. Recently, majority of issues about sustainability are restricted to economical aspects. Accordingly, further study is needed to consider his architecture from social aspects. As his architecture is concentrating on coexistence from a social perspective for communication, not on modern spatial discourse, his architectural works need to be analyzed consistently as realistic measurements.