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Evaluating environmental sustainability in Africa : the role of environmental taxes, productive capacities, and urbanization dynamics
BenYoussef, Adel; Dahmani, Mounir - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 4, pp. 1-24
This study examines the complex relation among environmental taxes, productive capacities, urbanization, and their collective effects on environmental quality in Africa, drawing on two decades of data from twenty African countries. It situates the study within the broader discourse on...
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Environmental taxation in Europe : what does it depend on?
Castiglione, Concetta; Infante, Davide; Minervini, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-8
The present work adds to the existing literature the analysis of the determinants of environmental taxation in European economies. Using a pooled panel data, we consider various groups of factors influencing environmental taxation referring to production and consumption, environmental...
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Direct water requirement patterns in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica : a structural decomposition analysis
Naspolini, Giovanna Ferrazzo; Libra, Jesse; Cunial, Santiago - 2024
Water is not only vital for human life but also is a critical economic input. Climate change will likely exacerbate … conflicts over the multiple uses of water in Latin America. Adopting a south-south perspective approach, this study compares … direct water requirement patterns over time among Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica, applying an environmental …
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Planning and Construction of Canop-E Networks for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries (E.g.- India)
Hegadekatti, Kartik - 2017
, many places in India are facing water crisis. Therefore an integrated solution to cultivate food for the people by using … water and resources in a sustainable manner is needed. A Canop-E is a large structure that has integrated harnessing of … water, energy and food. I propose an idea to build a network of structures called Canop-E Network which will harness solar …
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Sustainable development issues in scientific publications
Sikacz, Hanna - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1035-1050
The objective of the article is to present the results of bibliometric analysis of the scientific studies concerning the issue of sustainable development (SD). The analysis allowed identifying the main territories in the context of the above issues. For the purposes of the analysis was used...
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Rural Sustainability and Management of Natural Resources in Tian Shan Region, Central Asia (Presentation Slides)
Lemenkova, Polina - 2019
Current presentation introduces an analysis of the land use and current environmental situation of the Tian Shan region. Tian Shan (the ’Celestial Mountains’) is the largest high mountain systems (800,000 km2) in the World. geopolitically, Tian Shan is located in the heart of Central Asia....
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Towards green growth in emerging market economies : evidence from environmental performance reviews
Samson, Rachel; Capozza, Ivana - 2019
This paper provides a cross-country review of progress towards green growth in selected emerging market economies that are members or partners of the OECD. It draws on the country studies conducted within the OECD Environmental Performance Review Programme for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia,...
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Examining a Green Growth Model for Policy Implications
Lee, Jisoon - 2012
Utilizing a simple growth model that includes the energy resource as an essential input, the possibility of a cleaner environment as well as larger income is demonstrated. Growth rates need not be lowered to have a cleaner environment, and the energy output ratio may be reduced. Pollution...
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Measuring Urban Sustainability Through Common Indicators and Peer City Benchmarking : Assessing Sustainability Assets for Performance Improvement and Economic and Environmental Pro...
Byrne, John - 2018
The report summarizes first-year research of a three-year study of pathways to urban sustainability. The research team selected the STAR Communities assessment model as the backbone for its analysis. This framework offers a menu-based system for enabling city managers and leaders to build paths...
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Analysis of the realities, evolution and prospects of urban greening from an international point of view
Barriuso, Fernando; Urbano, Beatriz - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 22 (2020) 53, pp. 137-150
There is an increasing concern about the imbalance between urbanisation and environmental conservation, with over half of the world's population living in urban environments. Therefore, urban greening aims to incorporate nature into the city, recovering native flora in a sustainable way. Urban...
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