How to Monitor the Transition to Sustainable Food Services and Lodging Accommodation Activities: A Bibliometric Approach
Sustainability
; 14(15):9102, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1994159
ABSTRACT
The transition to sustainable food systems is one of the main challenges facing national and international action plans. It is estimated that food services and lodging accommodation activities are under pressure in terms of resource consumption and waste generation, and several tools are required to monitor their ecological transition. The present research adopts a semi-systematic and critical review of the current trends in the food service and lodging accommodation industries on a global scale and investigates the real current environmental indicators adopted internationally that can help to assess ecological transition. This research tries to answer the subsequent questions (i) how has the ecological transition in the food service industry been monitored? and (ii) how has the ecological transition in the lodging accommodation industry been monitored? Our study reviews 66 peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings included in Web of Science between 2015 and 2021. The results were analyzed according to content analysis and co-word analysis. Additionally, we provide a multidimensional measurement dashboard of empirical and theoretical indicators and distinguish between air, water, energy, waste, health, and economic scopes. In light of the co-word analysis, five research clusters were identified in the literature “food cluster”, “water cluster”, “consumers cluster”, “corporate cluster”, and “energy cluster”. Overall, it emerges that food, water, and energy are the most impacted natural resources in tourism, and users and managers are the stakeholders who must be involved in active monitoring.
Environmental Studies; ecological transition; tourism; environmental indicators; circular economy; sustainability; monitoring framework; food services; hotels; hospitality; Fast food industry; Hospitality industry; Steel production; Content analysis; Indicators; Food service; Food service industry; Empirical analysis; Restaurants; Ecological monitoring; Food waste; Energy consumption; Natural resources; Hotels & motels; COVID-19; Food industry; Food; Sustainable food system; Cluster analysis; Bibliometrics; Sustainable development; Air conditioning; Pandemics; Public buildings; Accommodation; Economic analysis; Resource consumption; Cost control; Coronaviruses; Energy; Europe; Italy; France
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ProQuest Central
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English
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Sustainability
Year:
2022
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