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impact on the ecosystem. A set of indicators was applied in order to compare the two fishing activities. The results obtained …
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whether the economic and social dimensions of future global development could be harmed by climate policy. This paper … there is a trade-off between climate policy and economic development and/or social cohesion. This is done by using a new … indicators. The FEEM SI index is built into a recursive-dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of the world economy …
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This analysis provides an example of how biodiversity can be measured by means of different indicators, and how the … latter can be used to assess the influence of the biodiversity profile of a region on the tourism flows towards it. Previous … studies have considered environmental amenities as one of the determinants of tourism destination choice. The central …
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collaboration with Local Authorities, concerning the development of tools for beach management in the Riviera del Beigua (Liguria … set of environmental and socio-economic indicators. Finally, our ultimate target is to propose guidelines, which will …
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, developed under the EU initiative Equal, consisting in the establishment of a set of indicators of professional and social … dimensions of professional integration, the reliability of sources, the methodology, the operating definition of indicators and … indicators was empirically implemented for a first validation at a national, regional and local level, building annual time …
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dealing with the development and implementation of SD strategies at international as well as at local level. With this regard …Defining what Sustainability and Sustainable Development mean is a critical task, as they are global objectives, which … cover different aspects of life often difficult to quantify and describe. Talking about sustainable development means …
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This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth …-taking is both a driver and a consequence of economic development, and should not be indiscriminately suppressed. The …
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In a society composed of a ruler and its citizens: what are the determinants of the political equilibrium between these two? This paper approaches this problem as a game played between a ruler who has to decide the distribution of the aggregate income and a group of agents/citizens who have the...
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We offer a framework to assign quantitative allocations of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), across countries, one budget period at a time. Under the two-part plan: (i) China, India, and other developing countries accept targets at Business as Usual (BAU) in the coming budget period, the...
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This paper studies cross-border intellectual property rights (IPR) as a North-South contract using a Nash bargaining approach and distinguishes between the outcome and its actual enforcement. The absorptive capacity of the Southern country to exploit technology transfer plays a key role in the...
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