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Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes:
Newton, Peter; Agrawal, Arun; Wollenberg, Lini - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
social outcomes. Interventions by community, market, and state actors can enhance the sustainability of supply chains by …
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Identifying Legal, Ecological and Governance Obstacles, and Opportunities for Adapting to Climate Change
Cosens, Barbara; Gunderson, Lance; Allen, Craig; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2338-2356
sustainability, as conflict and gridlock characterize the social arena and ecosystem services continue to erode. Changing climate may … move these social-ecological systems toward greater sustainability. …
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Pago y sostenibilidad de la deuda pública: ejercicios de simulación para algunas economías latino americanas
Hassan, Andrés Ramírez - In: REVISTA ECOS DE ECONOMÍA (2006)
simulations about the public debt sustainability problem and the needed fiscal sacrifices to judge the actual level of sustainable …
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Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder: A Logistic Regression Analysis of Sustainability and Locality as Competitive Vehicles for Human Settlements
Gülümser, A.A.; Baycan-Levent, T.; Nijkamp, P. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2009
The sustainability of settlements is determined not only by local ecological quality or availability of green spaces …
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Analysis of the Ways in which Community Participation Influence Sustainability of Government Funded Water Projects in Semi Arid Areas: A Case Study of Nzambani Area in Kitui County...
Kiprotich, Dennis; Njoroge, Lawrence - In: International Journal of Academic Research in Business … 4 (2014) 5, pp. 302-312
The purpose of this study was to analyze the ways in which community participation do influence sustainability of … revealed out that participation influence sustainability in the following discussed ways. First is that it promotes community … sustainability is also possible through the above ways. The study recommended that there is need for governments and other actors …
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Spanish Local and Regional Public Transport
URBANO, Pablo Martín; RÙA, Aurora RUIZ; GUTIÉRREZ, … - Centre International de Recherches et d'Information sur … - 2010
This paper carries out a systematic analysis of the components of the Spanish urban and metropolitan public transportation system, taking into account different representative urban areas. It aims at providing an overall image and, with this purpose, it sets the roles played by the various...
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Meeting the global demand for biofuels in 2021 through sustainable land use change policy
Goldemberg, José; Mello, Francisco F.C.; Cerri, Carlos E.P. - In: Energy Policy 69 (2014) C, pp. 14-18
The 2013 renewable energy policy mandates adopted in twenty-seven countries will increase the need for liquid biofuels. To achieve this, ethanol produced from corn and sugarcane will need to increase from 80 to approximately 200billionl in 2021. This could be achieved by increasing the...
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Transport Sector Driving Economic Activity in Sri Lanka: Opportunities and Challenges
Gunaruwan, T. Lalithasiri; Jayasekera, D. Harshanee W. - In: South Asia Economic Journal 13 (2012) 2, pp. 291-311
An expectation to double the per capita income in five years through a sustained GDP growth rate of 9 per cent could only hold ground under very favourable economic conditions. On the one hand, this projected acceleration of economic activity, if practically realized, would demand a substantial...
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A perspective on trends in Australian Government spending
Laurie, Kirsty; McDonald, Jason - In: Economic Roundup (2008) 1, pp. 27-49
size of government, particularly over the past four years. It also discusses the distribution and sustainability of …
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Might the United States continue to run large current account deficits?
Gruen, David; Harris, Jason - In: Economic Roundup (2004) 2, pp. 45-54
It is often argued that the United States cannot continue for long to run current account deficits of their current size of 5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This article questions this conventional wisdom by examining the implications were the United States to continue to run current...
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