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The new developmental state and the challenges of the socio-ecological transformation: Lessons from Argentina and Brazil
Alfano, Lucia - 2022
The climate crisis is inevitably looming over the horizon. Some countries are much more vulnerable than others to its harshest consequences due to their existing issues of poverty and underdevelopment. At the same time, developmental policies pursue economic growth at the cost of environmental...
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Umwelttechnikindustrie - Zukunftsmarkt China
Lichtenecker, Ruperta - 2006
China, das Reich der Mitte, ist mit schwerwiegenden Umweltproblemen konfrontiert die hohe Kosten verursachen. Mit der zunehmenden Anwendung der Umwelttechnik kann der Herausforderung diese Problemfelder zu beheben sinnvoll begegnet werden. Die Indikatoren Wirtschaftswachstum, notwendiger Schutz...
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Environmental and Energy Implications of Meat Consumption Pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa
Falchetta, Giacomo; Golinucci, Nicolò; Noussan, Michel; … - 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) diets are largely based on cereal or root staple crops. Together with socio-cultural change, economic and demographic growth could boost the demand for meat, with significant environmental repercussions. We model meat consumption pathways to 2050 for SSA based on...
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Measuring Sustainability with Macroeconomic Data for India
Dasgupta, Purnamita; Gupta, Shikha - 2008
investment have been made using theoretically consistent models and data relevant to the Indian context. Subsequently, the paper … investigates the extent to which the investment that has taken place over a thirty year period (from 1976-77 to 2004-05) has been … aligned with the consumption path. Investment estimates are found to be a reliable indicator of sustainability of the future …
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Rethinking Venice from an Ecosystem Services Perspective
da Mosto, Jane; Bertolini, Camilla; Markandya, Anil; … - 2020
Safeguarding the future of Venice is a globally recognised challenge of urban sustainability. We propose a sustainable management model, alternative to the current strategy, that primarily focuses on the built heritage and which interprets the city together with its encircling lagoon as a matrix...
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Inclusive growth in India - learning from best practices of selected countries
Aggarwal, Suresh Chand; Satija, Divya; Khan, Shuheb - 2019
Globally, there is a clamour for creating a more inclusive world and India is also a frontrunner. Government of India is fully committed to its resolve towards achieving inclusive growth. To achieve this goal, efforts are being made to harmonise the national development priorities with...
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International trade and pollution in shared resources: A study of international rivers
Sigman, Hilary - 2002
This paper examines whether trade relationships facilitate resolution of international environmental spillovers. Trade might promote cooperation by providing opportunities for implicit side payments, allowing linkage between nvironmental and trade concessions, providing direct leverage over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318353
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Overcoming the jobs-versus-environment dilemma: A feminist analysis of the foundational economy
Kuhls, Sonia - 2024
deconstruct the jobs-versus-environment dilemma, revealing that dignified employment and climate mitigation are jointly imperiled … meaningful employment. Despite these merits, the paper underscores the need for the foundational economy to address feminist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014492622
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The Contribution of the European Cohesion Policy to the 2030 Agenda: an Application to the Autonomous Region of Sardinia
Cavalli, Laura; Sanna, Sandro; Alibegovic, Mia; Arras, … - 2020
The 2030 Agenda has been adopted on a global level, but its implementation must also take place at the local level (Cavalli, 2018). The integration between the different levels of government - supranational, national and local - is essential; they must necessarily cooperate and coordinate their...
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Sustainability assessment of the public interventions supported by the ReSTART project in the CITI4GREEN framework
Cavalli, Laura; Alibegovic, Mia; Vaccari, Davide; … - 2022
As part of the CITI4GREEN project, this contribution analyzes the public interventions contained in Re-START “Territorial Resilience of the Central Apennines Earthquake Reconstruction” assessing their impacts on the sustainability guidelines posed by the United Nations through the...
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