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Does pollution hinder urban competitiveness?
Kahn, Matthew E.; Lozano Gracia, Nancy; Soppelsa, Maria E. - 2019
This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the … implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those … pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005055
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Pakistan at 100 : Environmental Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at 100, Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at 100 discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan so that the country becomes an upper middle-income country when it turns 100 years old in 2047. This policy note...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645976
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The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018 : Building a Sustainable Future
Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2009
capital that are not yet fully incorporated in the wealth accounts: air pollution, marine fisheries, and ecosystems. This book …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644094
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Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation : Confronting Environmental Threats in Sindh, Pakistan
Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto - 2015 - Online-Ausg.
In 2009, more than 40,000 people died prematurely in Sindh, Pakistan because of an illness associated with an environmental health risk. This means that almost one of every five deaths that occurred that year was caused by environmental factors. Loss of natural resources and impacts from natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245157
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Managing Pollution for Poverty Reduction and Green Development
World Bank Group - 2010
The World Bank Group (WBG) has been active in public and private sector pollution management for the past several … improved the management of solid and hazardous waste and wastewater, and controlled pollution related to a large variety of … growth, and green development require that pollution management be addressed within a new context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247781
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The environment, tourist transport and the sustainable development of tourism
Ioncică, Diana; Ioncică, Maria; Petrescu, Eva-Cristina - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016), pp. 898-912
The article explores the complex relationships between the natural environment , tourist transport and sustainable tourism development. In order to research the impact of natural resources on tourism activity, on the one hand, and the influences of tourism on the environment, on the other hand,...
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An inside perspective on carbon disclosure
Blanco, Christian; Caro, Felipe; Corbett, Charles J. - In: Business horizons 60 (2017) 5, pp. 635-646
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011771692
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Decarbonization of the Romanian economy : an ARDL and KRLS approach of ecological footprint
Topor, Dan Ioan; Marin-Pantelescu, Andreea; Socol, Adela; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 61, pp. 664-682
The mechanisms developed at the European level through the Green Deal, to achieve the assumed decarbonization process, are facing major challenges to reach climate neutrality of the EU in a clean and circular economy by 2050. The purpose of this study is to investigate the hypothesis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013407106
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Empirical study on the indicators of sustainable performance : the sustainability balanced scorecard, effect of strategic organizational change
Radu, Maria - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 14 (2012) 32, pp. 450-468
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242395
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The impact of corporate sustainability strategies on the financial performance of Romanian companies in the context of green marketing
Siminică, Marian; Crăciun, Liviu; Dinu, Adina - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015) 40, pp. 994-1010
The current research paper aims at making a comprehensive analysis of the current green marketing initiatives adopted by the top performing Romanian companies, in order to understand the determinant factors that influence their green approach and to evaluate the impact of the sustainability...
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