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World statistics on mining and utilities 2016
United Nations Industrial Development Organization - 2016
World Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2016 provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility … and growth of international mining and utility activities by country and sector. Country level data is clearly presented … on the number of establishments, employment and output of activities such as: coal, iron ore and crude petroleum mining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419889
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World statistics on mining and utilities 2012
United Nations Industrial Development Organiztion - 2012
World Statistics on Mining and Utilities provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility … and growth of international mining and utility activities by country and sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851627
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China's economy in the post-WTO environment : stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability
Xu, Lilai (contributor) - 2011
context of a two-way flow of foreign direct investment. All the extensive chapters highlight the issue of sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850612
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Sustainable development indicators in ecological economics
Lawn, Philip A. (contributor) - 2006
Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850668
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Multinationals and emerging economies : the quest for innovation and sustainability
Duysters, Geert (contributor); Costa, Ionara (contributor);  … - 2009
the global economy but the authors show how it can impede as well as encourage sustainability. The book brings together …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850739
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Sustainable forest management and global climate change : selected case studies from the Americas
Dore, M. H. I. (contributor); Guevara, Rubén (contributor) - 2000
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises that, in the formulation of a global strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon (the main factor in global warming) forests could play an important role. This book highlights that role and demonstrates how the forests of the world...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850766
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Environmental taxation in China and Asia-Pacific : achieving environmental sustainability through fiscal policy
Kreiser, Lawrence A. (contributor) - 2011
analysis on how fiscal policy can be used to achieve environmental sustainability. Highly topical chapters include energy tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850794
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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (contributor);  … - 2009
This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850833
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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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Innovation, markets and sustainable energy : the challenge of hydrogen and fuel cells
Russo, Angelantonio (contributor);  … - 2009
Adopting a cross-sectional and international perspective, this title analyses the implications of introducing fuel cell technologies into the industrial system and explores the complexity of market development for new technological solutions
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850910