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Decision Making Support in Wastewater Management - Comparative analysis of techniques and tools used in centralized and decentralized system layouts, UDK 628.2
Musiyarira, Harmony; Reynders, Cornelius Chris; … - In: Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People 1 (2012) 1, pp. 71-90
some of the elements in an array of other factors that affect sustainability of wastewater systems. Literature studies … sustainability of wastewater systems. The overall objective was to develop a methodology for wastewater systems selection and to …. From the sustainability assessments carried out using Multi criteria decision analysis, one result showed that varying …
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Toward a Sustainable Food System
Matson, James; VandenBrook, Jim - 2021
Agriculture uses more land and water than any other human activity, and our consumption demands continue to grow even as our resource base shrinks. A highly industrialized U.S. food system produces lots of food at seemingly low per unit cost. But our current system is taking a heavy toll on...
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Antártica, meio ambiente e mudanças climáticas: A participação da ciência brasileira no continente gelado
de Oliveira Andrade, Israel; Câmara, Paulo Eduardo … - 2024
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Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill : An Application of Habitat Equivalency Analysis
Kim, Tae-Goun - 2018
Sixteen oil spills occurred in Korea between 1995 and 2010, including the Hebei Spirit oil spill (HSOS) in 2007, the largest (77,857 barrels) in Korean history. Yet compensation for environmental damages has never been claimed under the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund for any of...
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Arsenic Contamination in Water: A Conceptual Framework of Policy Options
I, Zareena Begum - Madras School of Economics - 2012
Arsenic contamination in water supplies continues to increase in many countries, especially in developing nations, thereby creating both environmental and health hazard. Its sources and effects are multiple and diffused in nature and it requires detailed assessment and policy. This paper...
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Еко-управление в българското селското стопанство
Bachev, Hrabrin; Yovchevska, Plamena; Mitova, Dilyana; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study is a part of the research project on “Eco-management in agriculture” funded by the Agricultural Academy with period of implementation 2013-2014. This report summarizes the results of the first year and includes: - state of the studies in the area; - theoretical and methodological...
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Public Provision and Protection of Natural Resources: Groundwater Irrigation in Rural India
Sekhri, Sheetal - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 4, pp. 29-55
This paper evaluates the effects of a public groundwater provision program on water tables in Northern India. I theorize that public provision leads to sustainable use of groundwater when the fixed costs for private well provision are high. I use village-level longitudinal data on aquifers and...
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Water Quality Index Aggregation and Cost Benefit Analysis
Walsh, Patrick J.; Wheeler, William - National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE), … - 2012
The water quality index (WQI) has emerged as a central way to convey water quality information to policy makers and the general public and is regularly used in US EPA regulatory impact analysis. It is a compound indicator that aggregates information from several water quality parameters. Several...
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Food Court
Czarnezki, Jason J. - 2018
This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution, which ultimately contributes to both economic and social costs. The article addresses environmental energy costs in the food supply
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A Dozen Landmark Nuisance Cases and Their Environmental Significance
Blumm, Michael C. - 2020
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