Currently, the region named Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) represents the agricultural frontier of Brazil, and it concentrates the deforestation processes, so-called arc of deforestation. This region covers the total area of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins, and...

Housing prices can decrease because of proximity to hazardous industrial plants. This effect depends on households' perception of risk and can so be modified by events that change risk perception, such as technological risk prevention plans in France. The impact of these plans is difficult to...

Reich illustrierte Studie über die Umweltveränderungen im Süden Australiens. Die Autoren nehmen das 150jährige Jubiläum der ehemaligen Kolonie Südaustralien zum Anlaß, die Veränderungen dieser Region in bezug auf Ökologie, natürliche Ressourcen, Geographie, Biologie und Landwirtschaft...