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Technology and the environment in the history of the economic thought

Belloc, Marianna; D'Alessandro, Simone; Maio, Michele Di; … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8 (2008) 4, pp. 311-334

according to the various paradigms analysed. Is technological progress always in contrast with environmental sustainability or …

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Decision analysis for climate change: development, equity and sustainability concerns

Toth, Ferenc L. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 1 (2001) 2, pp. 223-240

development, equity and sustainability. The treatment of equity issues in climate change decision analysis and decision making is …

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Darwinian selection and cultural incentives for resource use: Tikopia as a case study of sustainability

Gowdy, John M. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 4, pp. 348-361

Operating within the framework of conventional welfare economics, the sustainability debate has become mired in sterile …

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Issues in sustainable transportation

Litman, Todd; Burwell, David - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 4, pp. 331-347

There is growing interest in sustainability, sustainable development, and sustainable transportation. This paper … include the range of definitions of sustainability, the range of issues considered under sustainability, the range of … perspectives, criticism of sustainability analysis, evaluating sustainability, transportation impacts on sustainability, goals vs …

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Local eco-systems and some sustainable development problems of Georgia

Laitadze, Guram; Gongliashvili, Vera; Gotsiridze, Alex - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 4, pp. 391-400

One general understanding of sustainable development concept is this being a socio-economic model of society life, satisfaction of life's necessities for the current generation should be reached without deprivation of such opportunity for next generations. Thus, rational usage of natural...

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Material flow accounting of Spain

SÃlvia Canellas; Gonzalez, Ana Citlalic; Puig, Ignasi; … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 4, pp. 229-241

's consumption, and can be taken as an indirect and approximate indicator of sustainability. Material flow accounting can be used to …

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Major paradigm shifts in NRM in Australia

Robins, Lisa - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7 (2007) 4, pp. 300-311

This paper examines the influence of global discourses on policies and programmes for Natural Resource Management (NRM) in Australia, and the emergence of 56 formalised regional NRM bodies and their community-based Boards of management with responsibilities for NRM planning and implementation....

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Economic growth and the environment in China: an empirical analysis of productivity

Managi, Shunsuke; Kaneko, Shinji - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 1, pp. 89-133

China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a result of this extremely rapid economic growth, the scale and seriousness of its environmental problems are clearly evident. Consequently, a number of environmental problems,...

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From Hubbert to Kuznets: on the sustainability of the current energy system

Borghesi, Simone - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8 (2008) 4, pp. 425-444

capacity of the economic systems to comply with two related conditions of sustainability, in terms of pollution and scarcity of …

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The AICCAN, the geGDP, and the Monetisation Frontier: a typology of 'environmentally adjusted' national sustainability indicators

O'Connor, Martin; Steurer, Anton - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 1, pp. 61-99

This paper discusses the policy uses, and limits, of three key concepts for defining 'environmentally adjusted' macro-economic indicators for a national economy. The first is change in the system boundary, an enlargement of the scope of national economic accounting to include natural assets;...

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