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Understanding uncertainty and reducing vulnerability: lessons from resilience thinking

Berkes, Fikret - In: Natural Hazards 41 (2007) 2, pp. 283-295

Vulnerability is registered not by exposure to hazards alone; it also resides in the resilience of the system … experiencing the hazard. Resilience (the capacity of a system to absorb recurrent disturbances, such as natural disasters, so as to … policy options for dealing with uncertainty and future change. Building resilience into human–environment systems is an …

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EMERGENT FEATURES IN A GENERAL FOOD WEB SIMULATION: LOTKA–VOLTERRA, GAUSE'S LAW, AND THE PARADOX OF ENRICHMENT

CARMICHAEL, TED; HADZIKADIC, MIRSAD - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 16 (2013) 08, pp. 1350014-1

Computer simulations of complex food-webs are important tools for deepening our understanding of these systems. Yet most computer models assume, rather than generate, key system-level patterns, or use mathematical modeling approaches that make it difficult to fully account for nonlinear...

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Incremental Change, Transition or Transformation? Optimising Change Pathways for Climate Adaptation in Spatial Planning

Roggema, Rob; Vermeend, Tim; Dobbelsteen, Andy van den - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 10, pp. 2525-2549

In order to incorporate climate adaptation in spatial planning change is required, because climate change impacts the way we live. This implies that spatial planning, as the arranger of the spatial organisation and layout needs to be able to support this change. Current spatial planning is not...

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RESILIENCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RURAL AREAS: THEORY AND PROSPECTS

Schouten, Marleen A.H.; Heide, Martijn M. van der; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

serious problems to rural management and largely affect future perspectives of rural areas. Rural resilience refers to the … maintained, while coping with its inherent ecological, economic and social vulnerability. Rural resilience describes how rural …, by exploring in detail what the importance is of resilience theory within rural areas. An answer is tried to be given to …

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ОЦЕНКА ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ИННОВАЦИЙ МИРОВЫХ НЕФТЕГАЗОВЫХ КОРПОРАЦИЙ

Андреевна, Казанцева Наталья - In: Экономикс Economics (2013) 3

В последнее время большое внимание уделяется инновационному развитию газовой отрасли не только в России, но и за рубежом. Это, в первую очередь, связано с...

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Growth prospects of oil and gas abundant economies: the Nigerian experience (1970-2000)

Ibrahim, Musa Jega - In: Journal of Economic Studies 35 (2008) May, pp. 170-190

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the factors behind the slow growth of economies with abundant oil and gas resources, despite the opportunities these resources potentially represent. Design/methodology/approach – The building blocks of standard economic growth models and the implication...

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Inter-Sectoral Linkages and Local Content in Extractive Industries and Beyond; The Case of Sao tome and Principe

Segura, Alonso; Zarate, Walter; Pastor, Gonzalo C.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper attempts to offer specific inputs to the debate on local content promotion in the oil industry, using the specific case of São Tomé and Príncipe as point of reference. Our approach emphasizes inter-sectoral linkages and institutional pre-conditions for local content promotion....

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Nigeria; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital...

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Risk factors and value at risk in publicly traded companies of the nonrenewable energy sector

Bianconi, Marcelo; Yoshino, Joe A. - In: Energy Economics 45 (2014) C, pp. 19-32

We analyze a sample of 64 oil and gas companies of the nonrenewable energy sector from 24 countries using daily observations on return on stock from July 15, 2003 to August 14, 2012.

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Vertical Integration and Valuation of International Oil Companies

Misund, Bard; Osmundsen, Petter; Sikveland, Marius - Handelshøgskolen, Universitetet i Stavanger - 2014

This paper studies financial statement information from the 50 largest international oil and gas companies during 1992 to 2011 and evaluates their relation to market values. In particular, we examine how this relationship is affected by accounting method choice (successful efforts versus full...

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