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A sound empirical and quantitative analysis on the relationship between different patterns of urban expansion and the environmental or social costs of mobility is rare, and the few studies available provide at best a qualitative discussion of these issues. Some recent tentative studies on the...
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alien animal or plant species. To outline an appropriate policy response, we first use renewal theory to construct a …
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linkages betweeneconomic and ecological systems with a view to a solid exploration ofvaluation issues in biodiversity. Against … and economics. Issues discussed hereare ecosystem management principles, biodiversity indices and modernconcepts such as … ofconservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. For this purpose,the interrelation between biodiversity, resources …
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Using IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2016v2) data, I calculate an expected extinction rate for the coming century that is 759 to 7,582 times the natural background rate. Extinction rates exceed the planetary boundary formulated by Rockström et al. (2009) nearly everywhere (521 out of 538...
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A consistent mapping of all complex ramifications (including direct and indirect effects) of variousgreenhouse policies in an open institutional economy requires the use of a general equilibriumframework. From the existing set of available equilibrium models we have selected the...
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Biodiversity prospecting refers to the exploration of the commercial value of genetic and biochemical resources. In …
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