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The New Great Walls: A New Guide to China's Overseas Dam Industry, Second Edition
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2013
€™ global ambitions as playing a “win-win†for China and the host countries. [IRN Guide]. URL …
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Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2012
final height in 2010, but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project’s legacy …
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Pollution Across Chinese Provinces
Co, Catherine Yap; Kong, Fanying; Lin, Shuanglin - eSocialSciences - 2008
The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is revisited using 1987-1995 data for Chinese provinces.
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Fertilizing Nature: A Tragedy of Excess in the Commons
Good, Allen G; Beatty, Perrin H - eSocialSciences - 2011
nitrogen pollution to our ecosphere. The atmosphere is polluted by N2O and NOx gases that directly and indirectly increase …
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Does Partial Privatization Improve the Environment?
Pal, Rupayan; Saha, Bibhas - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper shows that, in case of differentiated products mixed duopoly, environmental damage increases (decreases) with the level of privatization, if the level of privatization is less (more) than certain level. It also shows that partial privatization is optimal from the social welfare point...
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Initiatives of NGOs in Kutch Region
Satija, Kalpana C - eSocialSciences - 2009
Many NGOs occupy a space between public and private sector organisations, and the papers in this special issue demonstrate that the mechanisms required for effective accountability by these NGOs are usually be different to mechanisms suited to discharging the accountability duties of other forms...
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Water in India: Situation and Prospects
Prakash, Anjal; Sharma, Medhavi; Chourey, Jayati - eSocialSciences - 2013
This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in India, based on secondary information. It maps the current challenges and suggests feasible alternatives amidst increasing water scarcity and disenfranchisement of resource bases...
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Public Opposition Halts Violation of Environmental Norms: Case of APSEZ, Gujarat
Aggarwal, Yogi - eSocialSciences - 2014
All too often blinded by the dazzle of development people and planners do not see the trail of destruction that accompanies new initiatives. It need not be that way. As the case of Adani Ports and SEZ in Mundra, Gujarat shows it is possible for a vigilant environmental movement backing popular...
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Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
Hanna, Rema; Greenstone, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2011
Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and … air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and … nitrogen dioxide. The most successful air pollution regulation is associated with a modest and statistically insignificant …
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]....
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