Sea-level rise will increase the area covered by hurricane storm surges in coastal zones. This research assesses how patterns of vulnerability to storm-surge flooding could change in Hampton Roads, Virginia as a result of sea-level rise. Physical exposure to storm-surge flooding is mapped for...

“Anti-commons” is seen as a property regime in which multiple owners hold ef-fective rights of exclusion in a scarce resource. The coexistence of multiple exclusion rights creates conditions for suboptimal use of the common resource. The anti-commons construction offers an analytical tool...

Estuaries are the 'door mat' of human activity on land. They are also highly valued by the community. The New South Wales (NSW) oyster industry is Australia's oldest farming enterprise, dating back to the pre-European settlement era and as a consequence has social and cultural significance....

This paper assesses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Vietnam, known as the Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS). It is an action program to achieve economic growth and poverty reduction objectives. This paper reviews the objectives and tasks of socio-economic...

Bhutan has evolved from a closed economy to a trading nation that exhibits a high degree of dependence on trade. Exports have grown rapidly but overall the country’s trade deficit continues to widen owing to an even faster growth in the value of imports. The manufacturing and industry...

This paper focuses on Togo’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. The Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper adopted by the government in March 2008 has allowed Togo once again to benefit from international financial cooperation. With a view to improving political and economic governance, the...

This report summarizes the First Annual Progress Report on the Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (PRGS) program. It assesses the status of the strategy implementation and monitoring mechanism, and emphasizes the need to face enormous development challenges and curb poverty and unemployment....

The ecosystem services criteria for strategic decision-making combine conceptualisation and concretisation of ecologically sustainable development. A concrete basis for the measurement, valuation, and assessment of ecological sustainability was created through the development of two-level...

Cross-border cooperation exists in Europe since 1960, but it really started developing during the 1980 with the elaboration of the European outline convention of May 21st 1980 on transfrontier co-operation between territorial communities or authorities (Madrid convention), which was ratified by...

The economic development and land use policies pursued in Southern California throughout most of the twentieth century encouraged rapid population growth and urbanization of land. The five counties of Southern California – Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura...