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The Economics of Natural Resource Scarcity and Implications for Development Policy and International Cooperation
Feige, Edgar L. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989219
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The impact of population, affluence, technology, and urbanization on CO2 emissions across income groups
Sorge, Lars; Neumann, Anne - 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions within the STIRPAT framework over the period 1971 to … results robustly show an inverted N-shaped relationship between urbanization and CO2 emissions in the long-term associated … urbanization tend to reduce CO2 emissions in the long-term. The estimated turning point for the urbanization ratio after which CO2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035388
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Spatial disparities in developing countries : cities, regions, and international trade
Venables, Anthony - In: Journal of economic geography 5 (2005) 1, pp. 3-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002575610
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Rural-urban dimensions of inequality change
Eastwood, Robert; Lipton, Michael - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001591945
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Spatial Disparities in developing countries : cities, regions and international trade
Venables, Anthony (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001928710
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Chapter 22. The Geography of Development Within Countries
Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J. Vernon - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1457-1517). 2015
This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025293
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Sustainable Development
Dernbach, John C. - 2015
Sustainable development is a framework for furthering development (particularly economic and social development) and environmental protection or restoration at the same time. It is a response to the problems of furthering development without sufficient attention to the environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158550
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The migration response to increasing temperatures
Cattaneo, Cristina; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
Climate change, especially the warming trend experienced by several countries, could affect agricultural productivity. As a consequence, rural incomes will change, and with them the incentives for people to remain in rural areas. Using data from 116 countries between 1960 and 2000, we analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376953
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Environmental project evaluation in developing countries: Valuing the environment as input
Barbier, Edward B. - 1998
An important evaluation problem in developing countries is assessing the value and optimal use of environmental resources as inputs into production. This is a key methodology required for many general evaluation approaches, e.g. ensuring the most efficient use of a resource requires...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608454
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Debt, poverty and resource management in a rural smallholder economy
Barbier, Edward B.; López, Ramón - 1998
This paper explores the link between poverty and resource allocation, including the management of natural resources, by chronically indebted rural smallholders in developing countries. The paper proposes a formal intertemporal model of a credit constrained farm household that can invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608455