This paper on inclusion was presented to the at the 2005 summer school of DEEEP (Development Education Exchange in Europe Project), Härnösand - Sweden, 5 - 12 June 2005. It addresses the significance of the concept of world civilisation. It assesses how meaning may be attached to the concept...

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We attempt to clarify the problem of determination of national emission endowments under the Kyoto protocol. We argue that many issues, such as assigning culpability and compensation for the current global stock of carbon and the linking of emission endowments to per capita entitlements, are...

Using a non cooperative climate policy game applied in the literature, we find that an agreement with international emissions trading leads to increased emissions and reduced efficiency.

The scarcity of water resources in both arid and temperate countries alike is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation problems facing water users and policy-makers. In arid countries this problem is faced each day in the myriad of conflicts that surround its use.Water scarcity is a...

A major environmental tragedy of modern times is the widespread arsenic contamination of shallow drinking water wells in rural Bangladesh which went unrecognized for years. Large numbers of people are now starting to show a range of symptoms long associated with chronic arsenic exposure. Rural...

Анализируются основные природные и антропогенные катастрофы, являющиеся причинами возникновения чрезвычайных ситуаций. Приводятся критерии отнесения...

Издание осуществлено при финансовой поддержке Российского гуманитарного научного фонда (РГНФ), проект 99-02-16039. В монографии исследуются каналы взаимодействия...

Учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено для студентов и аспирантов, желающих углубить свои знания в области экономики природопользования. В работе отражены...