Can using the social determinants of health to develop climate change policy ‘build’ resilient cities? Current climate change policy focused on resilience, while effective, can acquire more depth with a health focus. How though, is the question? The social determinants of health can act as a...

This article aims to analyze some aspects of the interconnection between economic prosperity and environmental conservation as a primary activity in the support of sustainable development. Romania, in order to implement environmental strategy developed the first National Action Plan for...

The paper will be structured as follows: after an introduction, an historical overview of the use of financial caps in maritime law will be provided. Next, the caps in the international conventions on oil pollution damage will be described on the basis of an analysis of their legal history and...

Integrated assessment frameworks which can account comprehensively for the benefits related to water quality improvements have not yet been established. The main challenge is to link economic valuation with hydrological data in an appropriate way. We here explore the so-called 'impact pathway...

This paper seeks to add to the growing body of research on sustainability, by bringing in an interdisciplinary view, with focus on psychology. Key recent research in other fields, such as biology and anthropology is outlined, and the implications on the two main paradigms of sustainability are...

This paper deals with the way in which various legal instruments provide compensation to victims of catastrophes in Europe. The traditional law and economics of insurance literature with respect o government relief and insurance solutions towards financial compensation is used to analyse various...

La publicación de los resultados de la cuarta oleada del Informe PISA ha vuelto a poner de relieve la distancia que sigue existiendo entre nuestro país y nuestros principales competidores. El evidente interés por reducir esa distancia ha dado lugar en los últimos años a la proliferación de...

La publicación de los últimos resultados del Informe PISA 2009 (Programme for International Student Assessment), vuelven a poner de manifiesto que el nivel educativo de los estudiantes españoles se sitúa en una posición muy discreta en relación al resto de participantes. No obstante, si se...

The powerful typhoon Haiyan that swept across the Philippines is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, cut a path of destruction through several central islands, causing scores of people dead. The disaster's full impact is still revealing as the entire country has been caught in a...

La variable “medio ambiente" ha cobrado una creciente importancia en la gestión empresarial. Durante las dos últimas décadas la investigación empírica sobre la relación existente entre la actuación medioambiental de la empresa y su rendimiento económico ha sido uno de los temas...