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PV (photovoltaics) performance evaluation and simulation-based energy yield prediction for tropical buildings
Saber, Esmail M.; Lee, Siew Eang; Manthapuri, Sumanth; … - In: Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 588-595
Air pollution and climate change increased the importance of renewable energy resources like solar energy in the last decades. Rack-mounted PhotoVoltaics (PV) and Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV) are the most common photovoltaic systems which convert incident solar radiation on façade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011054251
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Deforestation in the Philippines: a different perspective
Stenberg, Luz Centeno; Siriwardana, Mahinda - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 5 (2002) 4, pp. 415-432
This paper provides a different perspective on examining deforestation in the Philippines. The traditional view is that … population growth and poverty are the main causes of deforestation. Given the fact that deforestation is a complex process, these … factors might have contributed to the problem with deforestation in the late 1980s. However, the massive forest exploitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563706
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Information and the subsistence farmer's decision to deforest in Latin America
Casey, James F.; Caviglia-Harris, Jill L.; Kahn, James R.; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 5 (2002) 4, pp. 392-414
, inadequately defined property rights clearly play a central role as a potential source of excessive deforestation. While property … rights are important, the implementation and enforcement of property rights will not in itself resolve the deforestation … the long-time residents reside experience less deforestation, independent of property rights. We conclude with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563814
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Carbon annuities and their potential to preserve tropical forests and slow global warming: an application for small-scale farmers
Caviglia-Harris, Jill L.; Kahn, James R. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 3, pp. 328-344
Carbon annuities have been suggested as a means for rewarding landowners for preserving forests and sequestering carbon. Although this is an intuitively appealing approach, the benefits of the sequestration activities have not been compared with the opportunity cost of preserving the forest....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563881
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Deforestation in the Philippines: a different perspective
Stenberg, Luz Centeno; Siriwardana, Mahinda - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 5 (2002) 4, pp. 415-432
This paper provides a different perspective on examining deforestation in the Philippines. The traditional view is that … population growth and poverty are the main causes of deforestation. Given the fact that deforestation is a complex process, these … factors might have contributed to the problem with deforestation in the late 1980s. However, the massive forest exploitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553139
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Information and the subsistence farmer's decision to deforest in Latin America
Casey, James F.; Caviglia-Harris, Jill L.; Kahn, James R.; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 5 (2002) 4, pp. 392-414
, inadequately defined property rights clearly play a central role as a potential source of excessive deforestation. While property … rights are important, the implementation and enforcement of property rights will not in itself resolve the deforestation … the long-time residents reside experience less deforestation, independent of property rights. We conclude with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553152
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Carbon annuities and their potential to preserve tropical forests and slow global warming: an application for small-scale farmers
Caviglia-Harris, Jill L.; Kahn, James R. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 3, pp. 328-344
Carbon annuities have been suggested as a means for rewarding landowners for preserving forests and sequestering carbon. Although this is an intuitively appealing approach, the benefits of the sequestration activities have not been compared with the opportunity cost of preserving the forest....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553161
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An inexact optimization modeling approach for supporting energy systems planning and air pollution mitigation in Beijing city
Dong, C.; Huang, G.H.; Cai, Y.P.; Liu, Y. - In: Energy 37 (2012) 1, pp. 673-688
In this study, an inexact optimization modeling approach (IBEM: inexact Beijing energy model) was developed for supporting energy systems planning and air pollution mitigation under uncertainty. This model was based on the integration of multiple inexact optimization techniques, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010807262
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Urban transport policies and greenhouse gas emissions in Brussels
Safonov, Paul; Frenay, Patrick; Favrel, Vincent; Hecq, … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 3, pp. 283-310
This paper analyses the greenhouse gas emissions from private transport in the Brussels-Capital region. A system of models integrating urban development, mobility and air pollution is proposed. We consider the 2005 perspective, comparing "business-as-usual", "polycentric" and "peripheral"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754323
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Urban transport policies and greenhouse gas emissions in Brussels
Safonov, Paul; Frenay, Patrick; Favrel, Vincent; Hecq, … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (2003) 3, pp. 283-310
This paper analyses the greenhouse gas emissions from private transport in the Brussels-Capital region. A system of models integrating urban development, mobility and air pollution is proposed. We consider the 2005 perspective, comparing "business-as-usual", "polycentric" and "peripheral"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563730