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Deterioro medioambiental y estilos de desarrollo: el caso del nordeste y sudeste de Brasil
Gramkow, Camila - In: REVISTA DE ECONOMÍA DEL CARIBE (2012)
Este documento busca contribuir al debate sobre la relación existente entre el deterioro medio ambiental y el desarrollo económico en los países de América Latina. Se argumenta que dependiendo del estilo de desarrollo económico que un país presente, un patrón de deterioro medioambiental...
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Incentivos económicos para la conservación de áreas naturales: Una revisión de la literatura
Vargas, Andrés Mauricio; Reyes, Mauro Alejandro - In: Lecturas de Economia (2011)
Resumen: La creciente evidencia del deterioro acelerado de los ecosistemas y la pérdida de biodiversidad han estimulado el diseño y la aplicación de estrategias de conservación basadas en los incentivos económicos. Dos argumentos justifican esta aproximación: i) la inalienabilidad de la...
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Dificultades de la gobernanza del desarrollo económico en el entorno regional de Medellín
Mesa, Polanco López de; Andrés, Jorge - In: Lecturas de Economia (2011)
Resumen: La perennidad del páramo del entorno regional de Medellín es un problema de gobernanza del desarrollo económico. El objetivo de este artículo es identificar las dificultades de esta gobernanza. Las primeras conciernen a la relación entre desarrollo económico y protección...
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Involvement in environmental causes, does the joint effect between subjective income and the performance of the country matter?
Melgar, Natalia; Rossi, Máximo - In: REVISTA DE ECONOMÍA DEL ROSARIO (2012)
Abstract:Previous research has shown that richer people are more likely to engage in an environmentalcause. We extend it by considering the joint effect between subjective income and a set of macroeconomicvariables. For doing so, we employ the fifth wave of the World Values Survey (WVS).This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763856
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The application of sustainability criteria at the built environment. Starting or finishing point?
Dragulanescu, Irina V.; Pascale, Angelina De - In: The Annals of Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University. … 3 (2011) 1, pp. 42-48
environmental quality and performance. In this context, quality represents a key factor for the efficiency and competitiveness of … development of a sustainable approach to capital projects. Such an approach goes beyond the traditional focus on cost, time, and … quality performance to include the goals of minimal natural resource use, depletion and degradation, waste generation and …
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Lufthansa : a century of international growth
Schmid, Stefan; Xia, Zhengtian - 2024
Over the last century, the passenger airline industry has undergone a series of transformations, with Lufthansa being a key player not only in Europe, but also worldwide. This case study traces Lufthansa's development, from its origins up until its current status, and outlines its expansion by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014634473
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Total factor productivity, deforestation, and voluntary sustainability standards : evidence from Rwandese coffee farmers
Paz, Bruno; Dalheimer, Bernhard; Wollni, Meike - 2024
Increasing food demand will most likely be met with agricultural intensification and land clearing, exacerbating environmental consequences associated with food supply. The mechanisms and trade-offs between agriculture and the environment are heterogeneous and not well understood, yet key to...
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Distributional impacts of climate policy and effective compensation: Evidence from 88 countries
Missbach, Leonard; Steckel, Jan Christoph - 2024
We analyze the distributional impacts of climate policy by examining heterogeneity in households' carbon intensity of consumption. We construct a novel dataset that includes information on the carbon intensity of 1.5 million individual households from 88 countries. We first show that horizontal...
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Population growth and the tragedy of the commons : can trade prevent natural resource and welfare collapse?
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2024
Many developing countries depend crucially on open-access renewable natural resources (NR). Trade is generally viewed as hurting the long-term health of NR in commodity-exporting countries. I examine whether trade might be beneficial in the case of population growth. Dynamic general equilibrium...
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Lufthansa: A century of international growth
Schmid, Stefan; Xia, Zhengtian - 2024
Over the last century, the passenger airline industry has undergone a series of transformations, with Lufthansa being a key player not only in Europe, but also worldwide. This case study traces Lufthansa's development, from its origins up until its current status, and outlines its expansion by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046545