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Prudent governance of Canada’s groundwater resources is required in the face of numerous challenges. Threats to … groundwater include rapid urbanization, recharge rates of aquifers in a changing climate, agricultural intensification and … increased contamination, among others. However, overall, Canada has yet to experience large-scale over-exploitation of …
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Much of Canada lags international leaders in adopting management systems for assuring safe drinking water. Despite some … clear progress in individual provinces, Canada, and small communities in particular, need a system that better promotes and … Canada, public drinking water poses a negligible health risk. But in the wake of a series of management failures with severe …
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-fifth of the groundwater sampling sites in Germany. Apart from impairing the ecosystem by, for example, causing eutrophication … the fertilizer ordinance in 2017, it remains insufficient to effectively combat nitrate pollution of groundwater. As a …
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The study presents the insights of the tectonic development and geological settings of the Atlantic Ocean supported by cartographic visualization in Generic Mapping Tools (GMT). The aim is to study geologic situation and trends in the tectonic development of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Atlantic...
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This paper investigates the effect of governance on levels of water pollution for all industrial activities as well as by some specific industry category in a sample of OECD economies. Using an institutional ecological economic conceptual framework, the effects of several measures of governance...
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Hydrocarbons belong to the compounds most occurring in surface waters and groundwater. The presence of petroleum …
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Standard economic theory predicts that if property rights to pollute are clearly established, equilibrium outcomes in an efficient emissions permit market will be independent of how the emissions permits are initially distributed. This so-called independence property has important implications...
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Purpose: This study examines the factors that tend to affect citizens intent and behavior towards recycling. There are several key factors that can influence this behavior, such as Individual perception and behavior towards recycling as well as the spatial planning of recycling bins and the...
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The effect of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has attracted the attention of researchers in recent years. However, the indirect effects of environmental policies in the process were not sufficiently considered. This study uses a panel threshold methodology to...
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The purpose of this paper is to carry out a methodological and theoretical reflection on the role of economics in the study of urban environmental issues. Particularly, it approaches the analysis of risk as a category that allow discussing the coherence of traditional economic research tools in...
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