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This paper examines the likely impact on agriculture of the climate change which has already taken place between 1960 …, and carbon dioxide response functions are used to calculate the impacts on agriculture. Temperature and precipitation … overall growth of agriculture has been small, contributing between 2.6% and 5.4% of overall growth. This effect has been …
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L’economia dell’attuazione delle politiche ambientali: il caso cinese, di Miron Mushkat e Roda Mushkat La letteratura sulle strategie di politica ambientale sta crescendo rapidamente e diventando sempre più sofisticata. Tuttavia essa tende più al rigore teorico che alla robustezza empirica...
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This review discusses empirical research on social networks and the environment; it summarizes findings from representative studies and the conceptual frameworks social scientists use to examine the role of social networks. The article presents basic concepts in social network analysis,...
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The Chinese authorities have traditionally responded slowly and indecisively to threats to the ecosystem. The pace may be accelerating and a sense of urgency may be beginning to crystallize, a pattern that may be charted properly only if the tools relied upon by the government for this purpose...
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Substance Flow Analysis (SFA). Being agriculture soils and livestock sectors where the human food production stands, this paper …
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Petroleum from leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs) can contaminate local soil and surface and groundwater. This can pose health risks to the surrounding population. Focusing on single family home sales from 1996 to 2007 in three Maryland Counties, we use a hedonic house price model and a...
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based on four blocks with 40% of the weight on agriculture/rural factors and 20% each on broader economy-wide governance … agriculture’s enabling environment would help provide an important input into better policy decisions. …
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Given their value for both agriculture and biodiversity, seeds are the target of controversial efforts to establish … elaboration among constituencies involved in trade, agriculture, development, and conservation. Although contradictions among …
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political and economic objectives. The level of liberalisation in the agriculture sector can differ substantially across …
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This paper examines the heavily supported Swiss food and agriculture sector. It reviews some of the key features and …
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