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Polluting non-renewable resources, tradeable permits and endogenous growth

Grimaud, Andre; Rouge, Luc - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 1/2/3, pp. 38-57

production process generates a flow of pollution. This flow negatively affects the dynamics of the stock of environment, which is …

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Stochastic environmental policy, risk-taking, and growth: discretion versus commitment

Soretz, Susanne - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 1/2/3, pp. 58-72

of promoting individual abatement activity. An endogenous growth model is considered where pollution is essential for … production and causes disutility. Accidental pollution introduces uncertainty into the model. Furthermore, the extent to which … the agents perceive their individual influence on aggregate pollution is parameterised. Recursive preferences allow for …

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From urban-rural to global dependencies

Westlund, Hans; Li, Yuheng - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 141-149

Against the background of global urban knowledge economy, this paper discusses some of the challenges that sustainable urban life is facing in the global knowledge economy of the 21st century. The paper makes an overview of the fundamental change in urban-rural relations, urban and rural...

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Urbanisation and sustainability: the role of the spatial allocation of property rights and public investment

Dentinho, Tomaz Ponce - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 189-205

The aim of this paper is to perceive the sustainability of urban development around the world looking into the effect on urbanisation of unsustainable factors such as the spatial distribution of rents from natural resources and the spatial allocation of public investment. First, a principal...

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Evaluation model for cultural heritage in spatial planning

Mrak, Iva - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 206-234

The article describes the evaluation model for cultural heritage in spatial planning, created in the shifting perspective from a static-contemplative to a dynamic-planning understanding of the heritage. The shift is manifested in the creation of the model which allows analysis, diagnosis,...

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Entrepreneurship and economic development: the relative attraction of employment centres by firm size

Craig, Steven G.; Kohlhase, Janet E.; Perdue, Adam - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 281-293

Our research empirically explores the relative importance of firm size in fostering economic growth by using cross-sectional variation in the relative location of large and small firms in urban centres of employment. Our method compares the relative location of large and small firms between the...

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Port cities and urban wealth: between global networks and local transformations

Hein, Carola - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 339-361

A port city's economy has historically depended upon its ability to adapt its port to political, economic, social, and technological changes. After the 1960s, many working ports adapted to containerisation by moving away from outdated infrastructure; public and private entities in some cities...

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Applying Kuznets theory to the analysis of relation between the economic development and greenhouse gas emission

Tunytsya, Taras Y. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 1/2, pp. 89-102

Proceeding from the empirical data analysis carried out for Ukraine and 37 other European countries, the author has traced a quadratic relation between the greenhouse gases emission level (at the example of CO<SUB align="right">2</SUB>) and the economic development. The analysis focused on researching the possibility...</sub>

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Adaptative methodology of sustainability indicators management by ontology

Pinheiro, Wallace Anacleto; Barros, Ricardo; Souza, … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 4, pp. 338-355

and income creation, while reduces the rates of deforestation, erosion and water and soil pollution. In this context …

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Long-run projections of environmental impact in the OECD: the importance of uncertainty and age structure

Liddle, Brantley - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 11 (2011) 3/4, pp. 200-217

This paper considers the influence of uncertainty with respect to GDP and population total and age structure on long-run environmental impact projections. A simple model, based on the stochastic version of the IPAT equation, is used to generate projections of two environmental impacts for which...

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