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produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China's energy mix, as Beijing … strives to decrease reliance on imported oil and coal, while attempting to meet growing energy demand and maintain a certain … level of resource autonomy. The development of the unconventional natural gas extractive industry will also endow China with …
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Climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development (SD). Using the Log-Mean Divisia Index Method (LMDI … development in the EU took place and to detect the factors of this development. The intensity effect was mainly responsible for …
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compensation standard for controlling nitrogen non-point pollution was 620.0 yuan/hm2 at the current economic development level …
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In this paper we consider the impact of Human Development Index and Environmental Health on sustainable development in …), and (5) Health expenditure per capita (current USD) influence on sustainable development and environmental health in the … World. The Environmental Health and Human Development Indicator allow countries to compare their social and environmental …
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This paper addresses the trade-off between unfavourable air pollution levels and favourable weather conditions for selecting a date for the staging of an outdoor event. For an event date that has been fixed, it presents a personal preference-based data-driven decision framework for individual...
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Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is … theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been associated with heightened exposure to environmental pollutants …, the economies of scale and density inherent to urban environments offer unique opportunities for mitigating or adapting to …
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We examine the conceptual and empirical basis of the environmental Kuznets curve. From both perspectives, the relationship lacks firm foundations. In particular, the empirical relationship is shown to be highly sensitive to the choice of pollutant, sample of countries and time period. This...
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