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Greenhouse Gas Emissions of China
Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Every nation of the world confirms that human-related greenhouse gas emissions are the major driver of the present … global climate change. About 20% populations of the world live in China and the emissions of greenhouse gases of it are very … urbanization. China is now the second largest economy in the world, behind the USA but at present it is facing severe environmental …
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Climate change: a primer
Khanna, Dr. Perminder; Aneja, Reenu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1988) by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Meteorological …
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Earthquake Risk and Earthquake Catastrophe Insurance for the People's Republic of China
Wang, Zifa; Lin, Tun; Walker, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The year 2008 witnessed the renewed interests in earthquake risk management and insurance in the People's Republic of China (PRC), after the Wenchuan earthquake hit the country in May. Located along the southeastern edge of the Euro-Asian Plate, the PRC has a relatively high seismicity, which is...
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Is flood insurance feasible? experiences from the People's Republic of China
Walker, George; Lin, Tun; Kobayashi, Yoshiaki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
insurance is concerned are little different from the experience with flood insurance in the developed world. In this time when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562624
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Use of Aggregate Emission Reduction Cost Functions in Designing Optimal Regional SO2 Abatement Strategies
Mariam, Yohannes; Barre, Mike - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
The 1990 Canadian long-range transport of air pollutants and acid deposition report divided North America into 40 sources of emission and 15 sensitive receptor sites. For the purpose of national policy making and international negotiation, the use of these large sources and few receptors may...
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Optimal Acid Rain Abatement Strategies for Eastern Canada
Mariam, Yohannes; Smith, W.B.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
In the past environmental management practices have been based on disparate analysis of the impacts of pollutants on selected components of ecosystems. However, holistic analysis of emission reduction strategies is necessary to justify that actions taken to protect the environment would not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837527
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Causal Relationship Between Indicators of Human Health, the Environment and Socioeconomic Variables for the OECD Countries
Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
There has been a lot of debate regarding the impact of emissions of pollutants on human health and the environment. Epidemiological studies tend to show the impact of increased ambient concentrations of pollutants on increased hospital admissions, mortality, morbidity, respiratory problems, etc....
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Trends in Resource Extraction and Implications for Sustainability in Canada
Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
There is a disagreement on the concept, definition and application of the paradigm of sustainable development. The definition that has been accepted by many involves several components, and it is difficult to measure or quantify indicators. Depending on the structure of the economy, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621515
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The Impact Of Climate Change On Agriculture
K, Sudarkodi; K, Sathyabama - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
. Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919754
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Empirical relationship between charcoal production and the social cost of carbon emissions.
Ackah, Ishmael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
There have been increased attention on how man’s activities affect the environment negatively especially in developed countries. However, there are countless number of activities such as charcoal production and electricity generation from oil in developing countries that have potential carbon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170129