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Technological change and the environmental imperative : challenges to the copper industry
Brundenius, Claes (contributor) - 2003
, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological … case of copper smelting in China / Bo Göransson -- From nationalization to re-privatization of the Peruvian copper industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850878
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Redesigning environmental valuation : mixing methods within stated preference techniques
Powe, Neil A. - 2007
Introduction -- Need for public consultation and stated preference -- Stated preference : methods and challenges -- Qualitative methods -- Interpreting stated preference responses -- Investigating sensitivity to scope -- Constructing better preferences? -- Communal nature of stated preference --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420070
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Sustainable cities : diversity, economic growth and social cohesion
Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009
This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850845
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Economic growth and valuation of the environment : a debate
Ierland, Ekko van van (contributor);  … - 2001
The debate on the valuation of nature and the environment, sustainable national income and economic growth is one of prime importance in environmental economics. Economic Growth and Valuation of the Environment deals with the fundamental approaches to calculating sustainable national income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850965
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Environmental economics and policy making in developing countries : current issues
Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo (contributor) - 2001
The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of topics varying from the general problems of growth and conservation to specific applications such as; pollution costs, environmental taxation, deforestation and climate change. This volume also offers policymakers a comprehensive view of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851459
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Implementing sustainable development : integrated assessment and participatory decision-making processes
Baranzini, Andrea (contributor); Abaza, Hussein (contributor) - 2002
Decision-makers increasingly seek to design environmental and development policies that will support sustainable development. Thus, practical tools to help formulate sustainable development policies and clear methods to assess their acceptability and effectiveness are urgently needed. This book...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852083
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Environmental valuation, economic policy, and sustainability : recent advances in environmental economics
Acutt, Melinda (ed.); Mason, Pamela (ed.) - 1998
This book brings together some of the most important recent developments in the various aspects of environmental economics as well as providing an introduction to its theory and practice. Environmental valuation techniques, including exciting new approaches such as production function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473839
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Fair principles for sustainable development : essays on environmental policy and developing countries
Dommen, Edward (ed.) - 1993
With the increasingly evident and widespread impact of economic activity on the environment, there is a growing concern in all parts of the world for environmental considerations to be more fully reflected in economic decision-making. The Polluter-Pays, User-Pays and Precautionary principles are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473930
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Catch-up and radical innovation in Chinese state-owned enterprises : exploring large infrastructure projects
Liu, Xielin; Wang, Xiao; Hu, Yimei - 2021
innovation systems in China -- 3. State Grid and user-driven innovation: the case of ultra-high voltage power transmission -- 4 …. TD-SCDMA, LTE-TDD, and China Mobile: catch-up and innovation in the Chinese telecommunications industry -- 5. China … demonstrate the innovation process of SOEs, the unique innovation model of China, as well as its advantages and disadvantages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487425
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China's global vision and actions : reactions to belt, road and beyond
Rimmer, Peter James - 2020
Contents: Preface: Beyond China, China, China -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Actions and Reactions -- PART II CHINA -- 2 …. From China's Logistics to China's Geologistics -- PART III THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT: LANDBRIDGES, ECONOMIC CORRIDORS AND … TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: BLUE ECONOMIC PASSAGES, AN ECONOMIC CIRCLE AND SEAPORTS -- 5. China-Indian Ocean …
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