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Wildlife Conservation and Management in Kenya: Towards a Co-management Approach
Mburu, John - 2004
theoretical advancements on co-management and drawing on empirical studies conducted in Kenya, the paper examines how successful … Kenya. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324921
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Indicators of sustainable development for the city and the lagoon of Venice
Ramieri, Emiliano; Cogo, Valentina - 1998
In the past few years sustainability and sustainable development have become important concepts widespread over the world. There is no agreement on a common definition of sustainability, but there is a general need to measure and assess sustainability in different geographical and spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608425
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Citation success over time: Theory or empirics?
Johnston, David W.; Piatti, Marco; Torgler, Benno - 2012
This study investigates the citation patterns of theoretical and empirical papers over a period of almost 30 years, while also exploring the determinants of citation success. The results indicate that empirical papers attract more citation success than theoretical studies. However, the pattern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294341
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Drought and civil war in Sub-Saharan Africa
Couttenier, Mathieu; Soubeyran, Raphaël - 2010
In this paper, we show that drought has a positive effect on the incidence of civil war over the 1945-2005 period in … Sub-Saharan Africa. We use the Palmer Drought Severity Index which is a richer measurement of drought than the measures … than 42% from a 'normal' climate to an 'extremely drought' climate. Surprisingly, only 2.5% of this effect is channeled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276789
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Impacts of climate change on tourism in the Mediterranean: Adaptive responses
Perry, Allen - 2000
Key sensitivities to Mediterranean tourism include drought and heatwaves, both of which are likely to increase with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608599
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Towards a new Eastern Mediterranean Energy Corridor? Natural gas developments between market opportunities and geopolitical risks
Tagliapietra, Simone - 2013
The Eastern Mediterranean region is rapidly changing. The turbolent political transition in Egypt after the Arab Spring … equilibrium. At the same time natural gas findings are flourishing in the offshore of Egypt, Israel, and Cyprus, reshaping the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294293
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The Social Contract in the MENA Region and the Energy Sector Reforms
Brzuszkiewicz, Sara - 2017
Egypt, which imports energy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662414
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Profiling Tourists for Balanced Utilization of Tourism-Based Resources in Kenya
Odunga, Pius; Folmer, Henk - 2004
Kenya is predominantly a nature-based tourism destination with wildlife (concentrated in the southern part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324904
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Cultural Rights and Civic Virtue
Ford, Richard Thompson - 2003
This paper addresses the potential tension between two broadly stated policy objectives: the preservation of distinctive cultural traditions, often through the mechanism of formal legal rights, and the fostering of civic virtue, a sense of local community and the advancement of common civic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325120
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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: Evidence from the auto industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - 2012
Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between dirty (internal combustion engine) and clean (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show that firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294270