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Grundwasser und Nachhaltigkeit - Zur Allokation von Wasser über Märkte

Grobosch, Michael - 2003

Gegenstand der Arbeit ist die Bewirtschaftung von Grundwasser unter dem besonderen Aspekt der Nachhaltigkeit …. Bestehende Ansätze für eine nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft werden aufgegriffen, weiterentwickelt und Schlussfolgerungen für die … Deutschland. Insbesondere wird untersucht, ob Wassermärkte mit einer nachhaltigen Wasserwirtschaft vereinbar sind und welche …

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Goal Programming For Sustainability In Total Water Management

Liner, Barry - 2009

With the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) of Sustainability, total water managementefforts must analyze alternatives to address the potentially conflicting goals of economics(financial), environmental, and social issues. Goal programming is a technique whichuses optimization methods to provide a means...

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Sphere and sustainability: a matter of time

Pinera, Jean-Francois; Bosher, Lee S. - 2011

The Sphere standards have been devised to ensure that people affected by disasters will receive anadequate level of assistance; these standards are used across the world and apply both to natural andcomplex emergencies. The latter tend to be lasting events that often create a displacement of...

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Policy Suggestions for Emissions Trading in the U.S.A.

Wallshein, Nathaniel - 2010

This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...

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EU banks rating assignments: Is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries?

Caporale, GM; Matousek, R; Stewart, C - 2009

We model EU countries? bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst ?new? EU countries typically have lower ratings than...

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