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Determinants of Property Reuse for Age-Friendly Social Housing Development in Shrinking and Ageing Cities: Evidence from Latvia Open
Demographic decline and population ageing present unprecedented challenges to housing systems in post-socialist Europe. With one of the European Union (EU)’s fastest shrinking populations, an underdeveloped social housing sector, and an ag…
Integrating Circular Economy (CE) Principles into Construction Waste Management (CWM) Through Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) Open
The construction sector is a major contributor to global waste output, with construction and demolition waste (CDW) producing substantial environmental, economic, and logistical challenges. Traditional methods for handling waste in develop…
Development of an Innovative Landfill Gas Purification System in Latvia Open
The management of municipal solid waste remains a critical environmental and energy challenge across the European Union (EU), where a significant portion of waste still ends up in landfills, generating landfill gas (LFG) rich in methane an…
Optimization of Electricity Consumption-Associated Costs in a Medium-Sized Logistics Company Open
The purpose of this research is to investigate the possibilities of electricity consumption-associated cost reduction in buildings owned by a medium-sized logistics company in Latvia (A_LV), which is a part of the larger international busi…
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Water Transport Enterprises Competitiveness Estimation Model Open
This paper presents a developed model for assessing the competitiveness of water transport enterprises, taking into account their specific characteristics. The model includes eight components: economic, social, material and technical, geog…
Characteristics of Socio-Economic Issues and Their Possible Resolution in the Housing Market of Latvia Open
The aim of the research is to identify the main socioeconomic issues in the housing market and to elaborate proposals for resolving them in order to stabilize the development of housing market in Latvia. Within the framework of the researc…
Case study on Employee Competence Regarding Competitiveness and CSR issues of the Forest Industry Companies Open
It would be helpful if the companies operating in the forest industry in Latvia in the management process use advantages of strategic management. To make further progress in competitiveness management, the developed strategy should be effe…
Evaluation of Formal and Informal Spatial Coastal Area Planning Process in Baltic Sea Region Open
Many shared views of both scholars and practitioners reflect spatial planning as a place-creating process that must be understood from a multi-level perspective. Formal and informal planning modes have variations in planning practices in d…
Smart and sustainable local communities in global Covid-19 pandemic conditions Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes in everyone’s life. Villages and rural areas are among the places where people have sought refuge in order to stay away from others and to be able to comply with government regulations during …
Indicators for the Smart Development of Villages and Neighbourhoods in Baltic Sea Coastal Areas Open
A formal village/neighbourhood planning process is typically focused on three planning levels (national, regional and local) and is usually linked with administrative units of the territory (state, region or municipality). The local planni…
Sea Natural Resource Potential for Blue Growth Policy Implementation in Baltic Sea Region Open
The goal of the research is to investigate and to identify effective Blue RIS3 implementation measures and best practices in the six participating Baltic Sea regions and to synthesize the findings in one research paper. The analysis aims a…
Evaluation of Community Involvement in Participatory Process – Lessons Learned in the Baltic Sea Region Open
For exploring and discovering the main knowledge, experience and practices, four main issues were analyzed: what were the goals of the involved participants regarding the community involvement in the spatial and community planning; what me…
Circular economy in built environment and real estate industry Open
The concept of circular economy have gained a popularity in the scientific areas for the past decades due to raising influence of climate change, overpopulation, deforestation, resource depletion, urbanization, pollution and other global i…
The Impact of Culture and Creativity on the Economy of the City Open
Creativity is an important component of the economy for modern cities, and necessary condition for it is the qualitative understanding of the economic theory science. In the global competition, it plays an important role for the economic g…
Identification of Maritime Technology Development Mechanisms in the Context of Latvian Smart Specialisation and Blue Growth Open
Recognising the fact that economic realities change the world faster than global politics, in 2010 the European Commission approved the strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, called EUROPE 2020, in order to promote greater e…
The Development of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Industry in Science and Entrepreneurship: Legal Indicators. A Case Study of Latvia (Part Four) Open
The present scientific paper is the fourth part and continuation of the in-depth scientific study of the developed system of engineering economic indicators, where the authors obtain results from the scientific research presented in a seri…
Eco-Economics in Cities and Rural Areas Open
Economic models are built primarily following the classical economic theories, but a challenge to build good models with classical theories is needed to define the exact value of the Earth, which is hardly definable. Quite often national g…
Research on Real Estate Development Opportunities and Identification of the Most Appropriate Segments for Investment in Latvia Open
The present research provides the assessment of the Latvian real estate business environment by considering social, economic, ecological and technological aspects in order to identify the overall real estate development opportunities in di…
Business benefits of implementing the design and build approach in the construction process Open
In the entire construction procurement structure, construction procurement makes up the largest part both by the total number of purchases and by the total volume of public procurement; therefore, construction procurement affects the secto…
Determining Customer Satisfaction in the Real Estate Management Sector in Riga Open
This article discusses the need to determine customer satisfaction and how to use it in non-mortgage asset management companies. The aim of the article is to discover the essential elements necessary for ensuring customer satisfaction in r…
The Development of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Industry in Science and Entrepreneurship: Scientific Indicators. A Case Study of Latvia (Part Three) Open
The present scientific paper is the third part and continuation of the indepth scientific study of the developed system of engineering economic indicators, where the authors obtain results from the scientific research presented in a series…
Creative Destruction for Sustaining a Land Development in Residential Areas Open
The development of housing sector indicates the household formation and relates to the residential real estates, therefore the assessment of the developments may provide the decision makers with necessary information on the state and poten…
Community Participiation in Village Development: the Scale of Latvia Open
The research provides an insight into village development planning, as well as considers village planning from the perspective of the national planning framework. Local settings of village development have also been taken into account. The…
Social Partner Involvement in Latvia Special Economic Zones Open
With increasing global competitiveness, countries must have instruments to attract and keep businesses. One way involves attracting a core of foreign investors with the help of special economic zones (SEZs) and integrating them in local ec…
The Development of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Industry in Science and Entrepreneurship: Socioeconomic and Technical Indicators. A Case Study of Latvia (Part Two) Open
Part two of the in-depth scientific study clarifies the significant social and technical indicators of the development of nano-field at the macro, micro, and meso development levels of the economic environment in Latvia in the framework of…
The Development of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Industry in Science and Entrepreneurship: Socioeconomic and Technical Indicators. A Case Study of Latvia (Part One) Open
The present scientific paper is the first part of two publications, where the authors obtain results from the scientific research presented in a series of works on the development of the nanotechnologies and advanced materials industry in …