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and their technical services in the tropics was carried out. This review focuses on the buildings’ contributions towards …
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performance and reliability in the tropics. Basically, three aspects of impact were focused, which were cooling and heating load … climate change impacts towards the air conditioner in the tropics since last few decades, but most of the researches were … future air conditioning system design in the tropics by taking consideration of possible climate change. …
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Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …
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A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A …
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Large dependence of the world population on biomass fuels for domestic energy consumption is one of the major … anthropogenic causes of deforestation worldwide. The use of biomass in inefficient ways in rural areas increases fuelwood demand of …
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This paper analyzes the effect of different types of cook-stoves on firewood demand at the household level. Nationally representative household data from Nepal is used for the study. [SANDEE Working Paper No. 51 - 10].
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This paper maps the availability of deforested and degraded land in the state of Pará in the eastern Amazon and discusses the feasibility of using this land for the expansion of palm crops for biodiesel production. The ultimate objective is to highlight land that is suitable for palm oil and...
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This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For...
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Airborne pollutants from fossil fuel burning in electricity generation potentially contribute a number of consequent environmental impacts. In order to indicate the actual costs of energy, a so-called external cost has become of growing concerns internationally. This study aims to evaluate the...
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Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution, increase in black carbon and contributions to regional and global climate change. This study seeks to understand why farmers burn rice residue by analyzing the residue adoption choices of farmers in the...
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