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Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth
Costantini, Valeria; Monni, Salvatore - 2006
causal relationships between economic growth, human development and sustainability combining the RCH and EKC models and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312341
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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/10010312409
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Nautical Tourism, Carrying Capacity and Environmental Externality in the Lagoon of Marano and Grado
Silvestri, Francesco; Ghinoi, Stefano; Barone, Vincenzo - 2013
Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328678
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Urban Watershed Services For Improved Ecosystem Management and Risk Reduction, Assessment Methods and Policy Instruments: State of the Art
Depietri, Yaella; Guadagno, Lorenzo; Breil, Margaretha - 2013
Under scenarios of increasing unplanned urban expansion, environmental degradation and hazard exposure, the vulnerability of urban populations, especially of their poorer segments, needs to be tackled through integrated economic, social and environmental solutions. Basing our analysis on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328688
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Biodiversity valuation in developing countries: a focus on small island developing states (SIDS)
Teelucksingh, Sonja S.; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2010
application of valuation techniques and (4) impact the implementation, success and sustainability of policy and management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272377
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Modeling Spatial Sustainability: Spatial Welfare Economics versus Ecological Footprint
Grazi, Fabio; van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M.; Rietveld, Piet - 2006
A spatial welfare framework for the analysis of the spatial dimensions of sustainability is developed. It incorporates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312366
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REDD and international organizations
Giannini, Valentina - 2010
Climate change mitigation can be achieved, according to many, by means of Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Tropics (REDD). Within the climate change policy debate we thus find discussions on how to reduce GHG emissions by designing appropriate REDD programmes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286073
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Constructing the FEEM sustainability index: A Choquet-integral application
Cruciani, Caterina; Giove, Silvio; Pinar, Mehmet; … - 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/10010294316
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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/10010294336
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A participatory approach to assess the effectiveness of responses to cope with flood risk
Ceccato, Lucia; Giannini, Valentina; Giupponi, Carlo - 2010
This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia. The paper describes the methodology implemented through local workshops,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272443