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Perceived Diversity of Complex Environmental Systems : Multidimensional Measurement and Synthetic Indicators
Gasparino, Ugo - 2006
The general attitude towards the sustainable management of environmental resources is evolving towards the implementation of participatory (as opposed to the classical command and control) and, especially at local scale, bottom up (as opposed to the classical top down) approaches. This progress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733828
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The Effect of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events on Tourism
Bigano, Andrea; Goria, Alessandra; Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2009
Tourism is an industry of primary importance for the world economy. For some countries, tourism is the first source of income and foreign currency, and many local economies heavily depend on tourism. Tourists are sensitive to climate and to climate change, which will affect the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066630
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Sustainability and Optimality in Economic Development : Theoretical Insights and Policy Prospects
Farzin, Y. Hossein - 2007
This paper takes sustainability to be a matter of intergenerational welfare equality and examines whether an optimal … practical, especially in the context of developing countries. The maximin criterion of sustainability may be more appealing to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014225087
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Constructing the FEEM Sustainability Index : A Choquet-Integral Application
Cruciani, Caterina - 2013
This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability … index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components … the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085268
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Constructing the Feem Sustainability Index : A Choquet-Integral Application
Cruciani, Caterina; Giove, Silvio; Pinar, Mehmet; … - 2012
This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability … index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components … the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167107
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Nonlinearities and the Determinants of Inequality : New Panel Evidence
Gravina, Antonio Francesco; Lanzafame, Matteo - 2021
Relying on data for a panel of 90 economies over 1970-2015 and System-GMM estimates, we extend the standard Kuznets-curve empirical framework to investigate how financial development, globalisation and technology affect income inequality. Our findings reveal the presence of significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013251140
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Language Diversity in Urban Landscapes : An Econometric Study
Onofri, Laura; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Cenoz, Jasone; … - 2014
This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218193
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The Impact of Protest Responses in Choice Experiments
Barrio, Melina - 2010
Not much attention has been given to protest responses in choice experiments (CE). Using follow-up statements, we are able to identify protest responses and compute welfare estimates with and without the inclusion of such protest responses. We conclude that protest responses are fairly common in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135980
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Safe vs. Fair : A Formidable Trade-Off in Tackling Climate Change
Tavoni, Massimo - 2011
Global warming requires a response characterized by forward-looking management of atmospheric carbon and respect for ethical principles. Both safety and fairness must be pursued, and there are severe trade-offs as these are intertwined by the limited headroom for additional atmospheric CO2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121022
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An Exploration of the Link between Development, Economic Growth, and Natural Risk
Hallegatte, S. - 2013
This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters in a normative analytical framework, with an illustration on hurricane flood risks in New Orleans. It concludes that, where capital accumulates through increased density of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083303