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This book provides novel and in-depth perspectives on evaluating environment and sustainability issues in developing countries. Evaluating Environment in International Development focuses on the approaches and experiences of leading international organizations, not-for-profits, and multilateral...
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This paper investigates the economic implications of a comprehensive approach to sustainable greenhouse policies that strives to stabilise the atmospheric concentration of the five major greenhouse gases at an ecologically determined threshold level. In a theoretical optimisation model...
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In this paper, we investigate the relationship between market dynamics, dynamic resource management and environmental policy. In contrast to static market entry games, this paper draws attention to the effects of market dynamics on resource dynamics et vice versa, because (1) we show that...
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The eco-towns agenda is intended to address social and environmental concerns through facilitating exemplar new sustainable settlements. Sustainable development, which traditionally combines environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainability, has recently been adopted as a cogent...
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This paper explores the trade-off between economic growth and environmental quality along two paradigms of endogenous growth theory: variety expansion (HIP) and quality improvements (VIP). We compare the policies that match the decentralised economies' paths with the optimal "strong sustainable"...
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from implementation speed, type of instruments, and level of analysis (i.e. company, sector, national economy, EU economy …
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about and politics towards palm oil with special focus on the EU. Palm oil is a low-energy and low-fertilizer crop that … much higher than in most monocultures in the EU. Palm oil is an important driver of economic development and growth in … tropical countries and contributes to the reduction of poverty and hunger in the developing world. The EU Renewable Energy …
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-Einheit). Beispielhaft wird die Materialintensität verschiedener Systeme der Energieversorgung und des Wasser- und Abwasser … for water and waste water management is compared.Based on a comprehensive systems perspective Integrated Resource …
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Contrary to current notions about water abundance in Lebanon, the country is facing serious problems of unavailability …, i.e. management, ill-finance, non-integration and lack of relevant awareness on water use, the new dimension of climate … change is unfortunately adding to the water problems in the country.Databases in Lebanon are not quite consistent and …
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