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The Contraction of European Economic Distances through Sustainable Tourism in the Pre-Pandemic Period
Haller, Alina - 2021
The current importance of tourism leads us to analyze the extent to which the receipts frominternational tourism, and tourism in general, influence the capacity of European countriesto reduce the development gaps of this sector in the European context and the extentto which the economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312678
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Sustainability in European Constitutional Law
Jakab, András - 2015
Sustainability, as compared to the rule of law, human rights, sovereignty or democracy, is a relatively new … helps to reconstruct a number of current constitutional debates under one conceptual umbrella. Sustainability comprises … I am first going to sketch the nature and the types of the sustainability challenges that contemporary societies face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136468
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The external cost of European crude oil imports
Bigano, Andrea; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Sferra, Fabio; … - 2009
This paper is the first to assess operational and probabilistic externalities of oil extraction and transportation to Europe on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of realistic future oil demand-supply scenarios, of the relative relevance of import routes, of the local specificities in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809694
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Uncovering Norway’s regional disparities with respect to natural riches
Acar, Sevil; Karahasan, Burhan Can - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 2 (2015) 1, pp. 1-31
This study aims at unveiling regional development differences in Norway with respect to various natural resource-based activities that take place in the NUTS 3 regions. Norway's natural riches range from agricultural and forest resources to fisheries, mines, petroleum and gas. Considering the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304191
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A systemic approach to the development of a policy mix for material resource efficiency
Ekvall, Tomas; Hirschnitz-Garbers, Martin; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2016
instruments into coherent and dynamic policy mixes as a promising step towards system reconfigurations for sustainability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457600
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Model simulations of resource use scenarios for Europe
Kratena, Kurt; Sommer, Mark - 2014
This paper describes the introduction of biophysical constraints into a disaggregated dynamic New Keynesian (DYNK) model using the example of different resource use scenarios for Europe, derived from global UNEP scenarios. The DYNK model covers 59 industries and five income groups of households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424997
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Telecommunications and Climate Change : African and European Experiences and Requirements
Sutherland, Ewan - 2013
Climate change is recognized by both the African and European Unions as a significant challenge in terms of mitigation and adaptation, requiring technological advances and transfers. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are believed to contribute around 2.5% of global emissions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092635
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The External Cost of European Crude Oil Imports
Bigano, Andrea - 2009
This paper is the first to assess operational and probabilistic externalities of oil extraction and transportation to Europe on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of realistic future oil demand-supply scenarios, of the relative relevance of import routes, of the local specificities in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160215
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Assessing the Risk of Oil Spills in the Mediterranean : The Case of the Route from the Black Sea to Italy
Bigano, Andrea - 2006
Recent major spills on European coasts have highlighted the primary policy relevance for the EU of oil spills. This paper assesses the risks related to carrying oil to the EU along the route from the Russian Black Sea coast to Sicily, Italy (one of the most congested and strategically relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012734243
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Decomposition Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the European Union
Drastichová, Magdaléna - 2017
Climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development (SD). Using the Log-Mean Divisia Index Method (LMDI) a decomposition of the data on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) in 2000-2013 is carried out. To detect if decoupling of the environmental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952172