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Landslides are a severe problem during the rainy season in many mountainous regions in Asia where forests have been cut down so that mountain slopes are destabilized. In this study we analyze the extent and causes of landslides in a mountainous area in Northern Vietnam as viewed from the...
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Increasing block tariffs seek a cross-subsidy mechanism between the water network users, based on the common assumption of weak water price elasticity. In Manaus, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas where most of the 1.6 million dwellers are supplied through the municipal water...
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La question de la rareté de l'eau potable et de son inégale répartition se pose avec de plus en plus d'acuité. Plusieurs régions de notre planète sont exposées au risque de rupture d'eau potable. La gestion du risque de rupture peut être appréhendée et gerée comme un risque financier....
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This study explores the deinstitutionalisation of asbestos in France from 1970 to 1997. While many institutional studies emphasize the role of external jolts or crisis to explain change and disruption, we focus the analysis on the succession of actions achieved by different individuals and...
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Relying on the case of asbestos in France, we study a deinstitutionalization process as a result of successive and cumulative struggles. There are competing interests in specific institutional arrangements. Actors who want to disrupt institutions have to face with other actors who benefit from...
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Ces dernières années, un faisceau d'évolutions diverses convergent sur la thématique de la santé au travail. Ces questions, dont l'ampleur a été soulignée par diverses enquêtes ou plus dramatiquement par les médias dans l'actualité récente, sont ainsi devenues l'objet d'interventions...
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L’amiante est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’ennemi public numéro 1. Ce scandale de santé publique a eu de nombreuses répercussions et implications. Pourtant, même si aujourd’hui on peut noter un réel consensus sur la pratique de l’amiante et ses dangers, son interdiction est la...
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