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At this moment, both in our country and in the European Union, rural tourism and ecotourism are among the most dynamic … challenges. Sustainable development of Romanian local communities through ecotourism and rural tourism represents a requirement … tourism and ecotourism, between the need for sustainable development and the need to preserve the local traditions, and to …
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As a case study on the status of women in the economics profession, this article analyzes the fascinating career of Anne P. Carter. Prior to 1966 there were no women in the economics faculty at Harvard. In 1966 Carter became the first assistant professor of the Harvard Economics Department but,...
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This dissertation treats the topic of environmentally unfriendly consumption behaviour in relation to air pollution and the use of automobiles in Mexico City by analyzing three related aspects: i) relevant factors of driving patterns, ii) differences in the extent of pollution arising from...
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The challenges we face in our economies and societies in our divided unsustainable world are perhaps greater than at …, governed and acted as though our world is comprised of parts that can be separately exploited by humans and managed by us from … one stable state to another. We have forgotten we are just one species in a complex natural world. We have tended to act …
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In this short paper we analyze the impact of tourist demand in hotel rooms on the investment of hotels on environmental quality. We show that when income of the tourists increases, then to maintain the demand for rooms, the hotels must in-crease the investment on the environmental quality of the...
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forest ecosystems. The article attempts at exploring various dimensions of ecotourism industry and critically analyzes the … relationship among the stakeholders, overall strength-weakness of ecotourism sector and impediments hindering its development … forest degradation hindering expansion of ecotourism industry. For sustainable development of forest-based tourism …
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Mechanisms of compensation and reward for environmental services (CRES) are becoming increasingly contemplated as means for managing human–environment interactions. Most of the functional mechanisms in the tropics have been developed within the last 15 years; many developing countries still...
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Inwiefern sind die deutschen „Hartz-Reformen“ und die im Frühjahr 2011 verabschiedeten Regelsätze des Arbeitslosengeldes II wirtschaftsethisch legitim? Mit Blick auf das Modell der integrativen Wirtschafts­ethik von Peter Ulrich soll dieser Frage auf den Grund gegangen werden. Dabei wird...
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This paper has the following aims: - To display the nature of the contractual civil responsibility to wich is … allow the auditor to be free of responsibility if he has work in accordance with professional standards. This paper deals …
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We examine the impact of the values respect for others and responsibility on productivity and the accumulation of … is substantial. Respect for others works primarily through productivity whereas responsibility is important to investment … in physical and human capital. We also show that respect and responsibility are embedded in institutions and may overcome …
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