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Urban agenda and urban sustainability strategies : taking stock of policy implementation and policy discussion
Barnebeck, Stephanie; Kalff, Yannick - 2015
Socio-ecological transitions are a main project, current EU policies, national environmental politics, and regional as well as local action address. Manifold approaches exist and the European Union is anxious to coordinate and facilitate the process of a consolidated transition. Therefore, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341240
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A review of the circular economy and its implementation
Heshmati, Almas - 2015
environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles … waste. It explains why it is imperative to move away from a linear economy towards regenerative sustainable industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449209
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A Review of the Circular Economy and its Implementation
Heshmati, Almas - 2016
environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles … waste. It explains why it is imperative to move away from a linear economy towards regenerative sustainable industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001862
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Assessment of Waste Dumping Practices in Mountain Creeks
Mihai, Florin; Ionut, Minea; Grozavu, Adrian - 2018
The paper examines the exposure of mountain creeks towards illegal waste disposal practices related to the lack of … waste collection services in rural areas of Romania prior to EU accession and the low waste collection efficiency following … the closure of rural wild dumps in 2009-2010. The paper estimates the amounts of household waste uncollected and disposed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014110556
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Kurz zum Klima: Im Vorfeld der Weltklimakonferenz in Paris
Bohland, Moritz; Lippelt, Jana; Gómez, Ana Maria Montoya; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 68 (2015) 22, pp. 56-63
Der Beitrag diskutiert, wie groß die Chancen sind, dass im Rahmen der Ende November in Paris stattfindenden Weltklimakonferenz ein neues Klimaschutzabkommen verabschiedet wird.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011693902
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Policies and measures to mitigate the potential environmental impacts of cross-border infrastructure projects in Asia
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2011
While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279831
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On the environmental effectiveness of the EU marine strategy framework directive
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2012
Marine and coastal ecosystems - and thus the benefits they create for humans - are subject to increasing pressures and competing usages. For this reason, the European Union (EU) adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which is to guide future maritime policy in the EU and aims at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286326
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Policies and measures to mitigate the potential environmental impacts of cross-border infrastructure projects in Asia
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2011
While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907813
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Pollution, shadow economy and corruption : theory and evidence
Biswas, Amit K.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Thum, Marcel - 2011
We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation policies; a large informal sector may be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375247
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On the environmental effectiveness of the EU marine strategy framework directive
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2012
Marine and coastal ecosystems – and thus the benefits they create for humans – are subject to increasing pressures and competing usages. For this reason, the European Union (EU) adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which is to guide future maritime policy in the EU and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009507178