Fossil-fuel-related carbon dioxide emissions have risen dramatically since 1800. We identify the long-run drivers of CO2 emissions for a sample of twelve developed economies using an extended Kaya decomposition. By considering biomass and carbon-free energy sources along with fossil fuels we are...

The scarcity of water resources in both arid and temperate countries alike is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation problems facing water users and policy-makers. In arid countries this problem is faced each day in the myriad of conflicts that surround its use.Water scarcity is a...

We present a proof-of-concept analysis of the measurement of the health damage of ozone (O3) produced from nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) emitted by individual large point sources in the eastern United States. We use a regional atmospheric model of the eastern United States, the Comprehensive...

In recent years, water scarcity and irrational utilization have become the pivotal issues for the sustainable development of river basins in China. This paper attempts to propose a new perspective for the optimization of water resources allocation in a typical river basin. In order to conduct an...

Synthetic measurement of regional sustainable development has been one of the key issues in the research field of sustainability. In this paper, Qingyang City located in the Loess Plateau ecologically fragile area of Northwest China is used for a case study, and the present study aims to...

The continuous expansion and change in Asia is attracting increasing attention from the rest of the world. Thus, the papers from the Sustainable Asia Conference 2014 (SAC 2014) could provide a platform to examine outperforming governance factors and mechanisms in this dynamically growing region....

L’obiettivo del lavoro è sfruttare la teoria delle Environmental Kuznets Curves per testare la dinamica relativa all'intensità di emissioni di anidride carbonica (intesa come rapporto tra emissioni e valore aggiunto) ed alla produttività del lavoro (calcolata come valore aggiunto su ore...

Soz konusu arastirma, orgutleri gelistirmenin ya da baska bir ifadeyle gelismis orgutler kurmanin bir yontemi olarak lanse edilen orgut degistirme kavramlarindan yola cikarak, kalkinma ajanslarini incelemeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu kapsamda orgut gelistirmenin nitelikleri ortaya konulmaya calisilmis...

En este artículo se utiliza un modelo de valor actual neto para obtener en forma conjunta la disposición a pagar (DAP) y la tasa de descuento intertemporal por un programa de conservación ambiental de la biodiversidad cuyos períodos de pago se extienden en el tiempo. Se realizan encuestas de...

A major environmental tragedy of modern times is the widespread arsenic contamination of shallow drinking water wells in rural Bangladesh which went unrecognized for years. Large numbers of people are now starting to show a range of symptoms long associated with chronic arsenic exposure. Rural...