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The carbon "carprint" of suburbanization : new evidence from French cities

Blaudin de Thé, Camille; Carantino, Benjamin; … - 2020

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Parking taxes as a second best congestion pricing mechanism

Miller, Sebastián; Wilson, Riley - 2015

, as road pricing often has high infrastructural costs and faces public opposition. This paper explores the role of parking … taxation in reducing congestion by considering a natural experiment created by the progressive January 1, 2012 Chicago parking … parking tax increase led to a 4-6 percent reduction in total vehicle trips in high-income areas, with the largest response …

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An emerging story of Rajasthan

Goldar, Amrita; Tarun; Kotal, Malay; Verma, Ritika - 2024

As global e-waste streams rise, recycling efforts remain insufficient, as does the willingness to promote recycling. This insufficiency is primarily due to the perception of "waste" as "disposable", which has hindered its consideration as a business opportunity. Over time, this perception has...

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Effects of protected areas on forest cover change and local communities : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon

Miranda, Juan José; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014

Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...

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Spatial policies and land use patterns : optimal and market allocations

Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2014

We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy, production externalities, and commuting costs, determines...

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The conservation versus production trade-off : does livestock intensification increase deforestation? : the case of the Brazilian Amazon

Vale, Petterson Molina - 2015

More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow frontier, speculative behaviour and boom-bust all share the prediction that livestock production will remain largely extensive. Yet between 1996 and 2006 productivity of cattle...

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Local solutions : financing climate action through land value capture

Welch, Patrick J.; Silva, Enrique; Smolka, Martim Oscar; … - 2024

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The role of landscape amenities in regional development : a survey of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies

Waltert, Fabian; Schläpfer, Felix - 2007

Quality of life factors continue to gain importance in residential location decisions as well as location decisions of firms. One such factor is an attractive local landscape. The aim of this paper is to provide a survey of the empirical literature on the role of landscape amenities in local...

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What drives land-use change in the United States? : a national analysis of landowner decisions

Stavins, Robert N.; Lubowski, Ruben N.; Plantinga, Andrew - 2008

Land-use changes involve important economic and environmental effects with implications for international trade, global climate change, wildlife, and other policy issues. We use an econometric model to identify factors driving land-use change in the United States between 1982 and 1997. We...

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A global land use and biomass approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel use and to preserve biodiversity

Riedacker, Arthur (contributor) - 2007

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