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Religious atmosphere, seismic impact, and corporate charitable donations in China
Huang, Ruixian; Shi, Yujing; Li, Danyang; Wang, Shuoxiang; … - In: Energy economics 131 (2024), pp. 1-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045223
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Thermal Anomalies Around the Time of Nepal Earthquakes M 7.8 April 25, 2015 And M 7.3 May 12, 2015
Hazra, Pranab; Sundar De, Syam; Paul, Suman; Guha, Gautam; … - In: International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 58-73
Nepal. During their occurrences, abrupt increase in greenhouse gases (like CO2, CH4, H2 etc.) and enhancement of radon … due to condensation of ionized aerosols, produced by energetic alpha particles from radon just before the earthquake. This … tectonically induced radon anomaly before the earthquake. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012044998
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Nanodosimetry and nanodosimetric-based models of radiation action for radon alpha particles. Final performance technical report
Zaider, M. - 2009
populations exposed to radon alpha particles. Topics of concern include the following: compound dual radiation action (general … approximations; nanodosimetry of radon alpha particles; application of the HSEF to assessing radiation risks in the practice of … radiation protection; carcinogenic risk coefficients at environmental levels of radon exposures: a microdosimetric approach; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437069
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Behaviourally-informed household communications increase uptake of radon tests in a randomised controlled trial
Timmons, Shane; Lunn, Pete - 2023
Exposure to radon gas is a leading cause of lung cancer. Testing homes for the gas is straightforward, yet most people … to encourage test uptake. Households (N = 3,500) in areas at high risk of radon exposure were randomly assigned to …-designed enveloped with a radon risk map of the household's county. The behaviourally-informed letter led to a large increase in test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540357
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The Price of Indoor Air Pollution: Evidence from Radon Maps and the Housing Market
Pinchbeck, Edward W.; Roth, Sefi; Szumilo, Nikodem; … - 2020
This paper uses the housing market to examine the costs of indoor air pollution. We focus on radon, an indoor air … exogenous variation in published radon risk levels. Using a repeat-sales approach, we find a significant negative relationship … between changes in published radon risk levels and residential property prices of affected properties. Interestingly, we do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322454
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Using information provision and interactive risk maps to motivate testing for radon
Timmons, Shane; Lunn, Pete - 2022
Radon exposure in homes is a leading cause of lung cancer, but the rate at which householders test for it is low. In a … design interventions to increase perceived risk from radon and motivate testing. Results show that providing information … about radon increased belief that exposure would lead to negative consequences. Interactive maps that depict the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427652
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Optimal Tourism Development
Campos-Soria, Juan A. (contributor) - 2020
The early days of tourism development had a näive vision of tourism's impacts on society in terms of economic, social, and environmental benefits. Time has passed, and we have learnt lessons regarding the success and failure of tourism development. Mass tourism development has pros and cons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014323777
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Residential energy efficiency retrofits: Potential unintended consequences
Collins, Matthew; Dempsey, Seraphim - 2017
Improving the energy efficiency of the residential building stock has increasingly been promoted by policy makers as a means of reducing energy demand in the residential sector. We review the literature on some non-energy impacts of energy efficiency retrofitting measures aimed at increasing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787783
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Using information provision and interactive risk maps to motivate testing for radon
Timmons, Shane; Lunn, Pete - 2022
Radon exposure in homes is a leading cause of lung cancer, but the rate at which householders test for it is low. In a … design interventions to increase perceived risk from radon and motivate testing. Results show that providing information … about radon increased belief that exposure would lead to negative consequences. Interactive maps that depict the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040633
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The price of indoor air pollution : evidence from risk maps and the housing market
Pinchbeck, Edward; Roth, Sefi; Szumilo, Nikodem; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013192751