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Rural Tourism and Ecotourism – the Main Priorities in Sustainable Development Orientations of Rural Local Communities in Romania
Dorobantu, Maria Roxana; Nistoreanu, Puiu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
At this moment, both in our country and in the European Union, rural tourism and ecotourism are among the most dynamic … challenges. Sustainable development of Romanian local communities through ecotourism and rural tourism represents a requirement … tourism and ecotourism, between the need for sustainable development and the need to preserve the local traditions, and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260436
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The conditions for functional mechanisms of compensation and reward for environmental services
Swallow, Brent; Leimona, Beria; Yatich, Thomas; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Mechanisms of compensation and reward for environmental services (CRES) are becoming increasingly contemplated as means for managing human–environment interactions. Most of the functional mechanisms in the tropics have been developed within the last 15 years; many developing countries still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694161
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Forest-based Tourism in Bangladesh: Status, Problems and Prospects
Alam, Mahbubul; Furukawa, Yasushi; Akter, Salma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
forest ecosystems. The article attempts at exploring various dimensions of ecotourism industry and critically analyzes the … relationship among the stakeholders, overall strength-weakness of ecotourism sector and impediments hindering its development … forest degradation hindering expansion of ecotourism industry. For sustainable development of forest-based tourism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646793
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Impactos ambientais e regionais de cenários de crescimento da economia brasileira — 2002-2012
Guilhoto, Joaquim J. M.; Lopes, Ricardo Luis; Motta, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This study simulates environmental effects with the inter-regional general equilibrium model Mibra assuming economic growth rates in a pessimist scenario of 2.3% a.a. and an optimist scenario of 4.4% a.a., both for the period 2002-2012. Using pollution intensity coefficients associated to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259487
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Competitiveness of agro-food and environmental economy
Popescu, Gabriel; Istudor, Nicolae; Boboc, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The main goal of the 'Competitiveness of agro-food and environmental economy’ (CAFEE`12), was to debate new ideas contained in scientifically research in the field of rural development, agro-food economy, agro-food system, ecological performance etc. carried out by academicians, scientists and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260056
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Un modelo de consumo con externalidad para estudiar los costos y las medidas de política asociados a la huella ecológica
Rodríguez, Carlos A.; Luciano, Indira - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this article, an approach to the ecological footprint becomes from a microeconomic perspective, speci¯cally from the consumer traditional theory. It is revealed how the consumption of goods and services redound in the consumption of natural resources and provoke a decrease in the wellbeing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260167
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The effect of Beijing’s driving restrictions on pollution and economic activity
Viard, Brian; Fu, Shihe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We evaluate the environmental and economic effects of Beijing’s driving restrictions. Based on daily data from multiple monitoring stations, air pollution falls 19% during every-other-day and 8% during one-day-per-week restrictions. Based on hourly viewership data, the number of television...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283806
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The evolution of environmental thinking in economics
Halkos, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper discusses the development of environmental economics from the Industrial Revolution in Europe to today. Specifically, it comments on the general similarities and differences between the representatives of the schools of economic thought concerning the environment. Among others, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404620
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Ranking agricultural, environmental and natural resource economics journals: A note
Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper by applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) ranks for the first time Economics journals in the field of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Resource. Specifically, by using one composite input and one composite output the paper ranks 32 journals. In addition for the first time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647436
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Séparabilité des audits et du contrôle de gestion en vue de contrôler l'identité organisationnelle
Bonache, Adrien; Bessour, M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Objective. The aim of this article is to show that the audits aren't perfect substitute but additional of management control. Study design. We make out from a literature review and well-known cases some propositions and we search to give credit to our principal proposition with one exploratory...
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