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development for the city and lagoon of Venice. The analysed area also includes the city of Mestre and the industrial zone of Porto … 21 implementation process in Venice. The local Agenda 21 contributed to the selection of appropriate indicators used in …, simplicity, availability of data and relevance of these indicators to Venice. Chosen indicators concern the three main aspects of …
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and mitigating measures. The lagoon of Venice can be considered a very vulnerable system, because of its characteristics … Venice lagoon's vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise, with the conclusion that in spite of an elevated …
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The paper focuses on the economic assessment of damages caused by high water in the city of Venice. In particular, we … high water events on the different business activities located in Venice. On-site damages include both mitigation costs … conclude that the introduction of a public policy protection mechanism that defends the city of Venice from any flooding above …
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The interrelationship between economic growth, efficient use of natural resources, and sustainability has been of great interest to economists, researchers and policy makers. Knowledge of actual causality direction between sustainability, efficiency and growth has important implications for...
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empire. From the available sources and analysis, it seems that the policies of Venice which prioritised the food security of …
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Did the city-states of Genoa and Venice kick a financial revolution all the way back in the Quattrocento, much sooner … Genoa and Venice with the benchmark from the three classic financial revolutions. The upshot is that the two maritime city … importance of Genoa and Venice as financial innovators has been eclipsed by the fact that these two city-states did not survive …
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efforts. This study, focuses on the Venice Lagoon, a region particularly vulnerable to natural hazards like sea-level rise …
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This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that disasters increase migration, others show that...
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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531809