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Environmental problems and policies in Kazakhstan : air pollution, waste and water
Nugumanova, Lyazzat; Frey, Miriam; Yemelina, Natalya; … - 2017
problems and waste generation in Kazakhstan. The overview of the environmental and institutional framework in these fields … management of air, waste and water. However, more coordinated cross-sectoral actions, both on the regional and the national level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657728
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Energy Security and the Revival of Geopolitics
Molchanov, Mikhail - 2016
The issue of energy security is being reviewed from a standpoint of geopolitics. The contention is that geopolitics is inescapably related to the question of energy security for a simple reason: the contradiction between the universal character of energy demand and the nation-state’s exclusive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014129152
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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371915
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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 1
Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014
This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371916
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective : Part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051272
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective : Part 1
Ogilvie, Sheilagh - 2014
This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051273
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Strategies to Balance Energy Security, Business, Trade and Sustainable Development
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2021
counteract the negative effects of energy consumption on the environment. The need to include a sustainability component to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232685
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Socio-economic Risks of Groundwater Vulnerability, Contamination & Earthquakes : Revisiting The Izmit (1999) and Kahramanmaras (2023) Earthquakes in Turkiye
Bayraktar, Dr. Murat - 2023
purposeful or unintentional release of chemicals or wastes into the environment has the possibility of polluting groundwater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358165
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Cardiovascular disease mortality and non-particulate air pollution : evidence from the 20th century
Forshaw, Rachel; Kharadi, Natalya; McLaughlin, Eoin - 2023
Air pollution is a global public health threat, responsible for more deaths annually than conventional lifestyle risk factors. While the link between particulate pollution and cardiovascular disease is well-established, evidence for gaseous pollutants remains limited. This study estimates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469971
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Solid waste management in India : an assessment of resource recovery and environmental impact
Ahluwalia, Isher Judge; Patel, Utkarsh - 2018
This study analyses the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management in Indian cities. It … presents an assessment of the rapidly rising volume of municipal solid waste, its changing composition, the continuing practice … of mixing biodegradable (wet) waste with dry waste at the source of generation, and the growing volume of plastic in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817123