The increasing demand for economic development in the coastal zone is exerting greater pressure on the eco-environment in this region. Therefore, it is imperative to conduct comprehensive research on ...the sustainable development of the eco-environment in coastal areas. Grounded in sustainable development theory and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), this study assessed sustainable development of Jiaozhou Bay (JZB), China over the period from 2015 to 2019 under multiple pressures applying the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework. Subsequently, a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis was employed to propose specific countermeasures and recommendations. In terms of weight within the criterion layer, Response (R) and Pressure (P) were assigned higher weights. The comprehensive assessment value Z in the target layer indicated a slight decrease in 2016 followed by a gradual increase that eventually led to stabilization. The comprehensive assessment values of the indicators varied depending on different conditions, implying that higher values would contribute to sustainable development of the eco-environment. Based on a SWOT analysis, strategies for Qingdao were derived from a combination of research findings and future development policy. These strategies include preventing and controlling land and sea pollution, governing reclamation activities, optimizing industrial structure, and strengthening public opinion guidance. This study highlights the application of quantitative and qualitative analysis methods in ICZM, providing specific recommendations based on policy analysis for achieving sustainable development in JZB's eco-environment under multiple pressures.
•The sustainable development of the eco-environment in Jiaozhou Bay is investigated.•This study integrates quantitative and qualitative methodologies.•The indicators of human involvement carry significant weight within the system.•The government's focus aids Jiaozhou Bay's eco-environmental sustainability.
ChatGPT is an AI tool that has sparked debates about its potential implications for education. We used the SWOT analysis framework to outline ChatGPT's strengths and weaknesses and to discuss its ...opportunities for and threats to education. The strengths include using a sophisticated natural language model to generate plausible answers, self-improving capability, and providing personalised and real-time responses. As such, ChatGPT can increase access to information, facilitate personalised and complex learning, and decrease teaching workload, thereby making key processes and tasks more efficient. The weaknesses are a lack of deep understanding, difficulty in evaluating the quality of responses, a risk of bias and discrimination, and a lack of higher-order thinking skills. Threats to education include a lack of understanding of the context, threatening academic integrity, perpetuating discrimination in education, democratising plagiarism, and declining high-order cognitive skills. We provide agenda for educational practice and research in times of ChatGPT.
Sixty-three studies published in the years 1997–2002 are reviewed to assess the effects of workplace diversity on teams and organizations. Four major questions are considered: Which personal ...attributes have diversity researchers studied in recent years? What has been learned about the consequences of diversity for teams and organizations? What has been learned about the role of context in shaping the effects of diversity? How has research addressed the multi-level complexities inherent in the phenomenon of diversity? For each question, we consider the strengths and weaknesses of recent diversity research, point out opportunities for new research, and identify threats to continued advancement. The review concludes by considering practical implications of the accumulated evidence.
O setor florestal em países em desenvolvimento pode contribuir para combater a mudança climática através de negociações financeiras, sendo o mecanismo de REDD+ uma abordagem proeminente. A abordagem ...de REDD+ jurisdicional (J-REDD+) surgiu para países de grandes dimensões como o Brasil, cujas particularidades regionais ou estaduais podem influenciar na dinâmica de implementação do REDD+. Este estudo analisa a implementação do J-REDD+ no Amazonas (AM) de 2005 a 2022. Usando-se análises de documentos oficiais e estudos acadêmicos, uma matriz SWOT foi criada para identificação de forças, fraquezas, oportunidades e ameaças na implementação do J-REDD+. Foi percebido que as forças incluem políticas públicas, combate ao desmatamento, governança, monitoramento e metas de redução do desmatamento. As fraquezas englobam a falta de um plano estadual de REDD+, aumento recente de desmatamento, desafios estratégicos, representatividade limitada de PIPCTs em colegiados e mecanismo de transparência. Externamente, a oportunidade reside em financiamento crescente para projetos. No entanto, as ameaças incluem a falta de financiamento continuado, mudança na constituição de equipes e a descontinuidade dos programas do governo local. Concluiu-se que a implementação do J-REDD+ em ambas as escalas é crucial para que esse mecanismo contribua efetivamente para a mitigação da mudança climática, atendendo às necessidades presentes e futuras.
In recent years, the metaverse have captured the general public’s attention. After so many years of development, the Korean entertainment market has become more and more competitive, and SM ...Entertainment, as the leading Korean entertainment company, chose to catch the wave of metaverse and create a unique metaverse marketing model, which has been a great success. The aim of the paper was to explore whether SM’s “metaverse” strategy could be a new model for all entertainment companies. This paper investigated the influential factors based on the 4Is of marketing mix theory and through a SWOT analysis. The paper showed that the importance of interest and Interaction is rising in the entertainment market. It concluded that this marketing model has won because of its uniqueness; therefore, other companies cannot replicate its success. If one company wanted to take its place in the competitive market, it would need to have its own unique marketing model.
Streaming media had been a popular form of entertainment since 2019 due to COVID-19. Netflix, Home Box Office, and other streaming media offer an abundance of media resources to all kinds of ...audiences. Notwithstanding that streaming media had been flourishing, they still had trouble constructing sustainable profitability. Apple TV+, being one of the streaming media corporations, found out a way to achieve sustainable profitability. The platform also benefited from the flourishing of the streaming media industry. In order to promote the sustainable development of the streaming media industry, the article is mainly about Apple TV+ achieving sustainable profitability by adapting short and quality streaming media products and making proper use of the parent Company Apple Inc’s financial support. SWOT analysis will be used to make a further explanation. The advice is offered in the article to expose the revelation of future development for both Apple TV+ and the industry, which is to combine franchises with short series and make use of co-branding to enlarge its media resources. Additionally, the research also reveals the weakness of Apple TV+ that Apple TV+ has difficulty in retaining loyal customers due to the lack of rich and attractive streaming media resources.
Este artículo propone una metodología para la construcción de una matriz de análisis de debilidades, oportunidades, fortalezas y amenazas en la formulación y evaluación de proyectos, con base en ...estudios cuantitativos de riesgo. Se parte de una revisión de literatura para obtener una descripción del análisis de debilidades, oportunidades, fortalezas y amenazas y sus usos, así como las herramientas en los estudios de riesgos de los proyectos. Luego se muestra un marco metodológico para la construcción de análisis de debilidades, oportunidades, fortalezas y amenazas cuantitativos y los apartados necesarios para llevar a cabo el análisis, el cual se valida con un caso de aplicación. Se concluye que, mediante análisis cuantitativos de riesgos en los proyectos, se puede reducir la subjetividad en la construcción de la matriz estratégica de debilidades, oportunidades, fortalezas y amenazas.
The emergence of state‐of‐the‐art satellite altimetry has provided new prospects for integrating water surface elevation (water level) measurements with a hydrologic model for river discharge ...estimation, which is particularly suited for poorly gauged or ungauged basins. In this context, we explored the possibility of model calibration using Jason‐2‐derived water levels, followed by SWOT (the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission)‐like data (the combination of Landsat 5/8‐derived at‐a‐section river widths and concurrent gauged water levels). Two types of empirical formulas designed specifically for altimetry‐derived water levels and the joint use of water levels and river widths, respectively, were used to derive discharge, which was integrated with a hydrologic model (CREST‐RS). Here we present results of estimating daily continuous river discharge in narrow rivers for the upper Brahmaputra River (UBR) and Lhasa River (LR) using the developed approach independent of in situ discharge measurements. Five scenarios were performed: (1) model calibration using the Jason‐2‐derived water levels and SWOT‐like data in the UBR (scenarios I–III) and (2) model calibration using the SWOT‐like data for the LR (scenarios IV–V). Results showed that model calibration using the Jason‐2‐derived water levels could provide reasonably well‐constrained parameters for discharge estimation, with the Nash‐Sutcliffe Efficiency coefficient (NSE) reaching 0.85 during 2003–2014. For the SWOT‐like data, the NSE reached 0.85 for the UBR and 0.75 for the LR. This study highlights the potential of performing model calibration using satellite altimetry and SWOT‐like observations, which paves the way to estimate river discharge for ungauged basins globally.
Key Points
Jason‐2‐derived water levels and SWOT‐like observations could be used as references for model calibration
The calibrated hydrologic model produced daily continuous discharge in ungauged basin
Important implications for discharge estimation using SWOT were provided
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