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Hegedűs, Krisztina - 2012

There have been more and more words about climate change and global warming in the last few decades. But what do we really understand them? Is it logic that the climate change derived by human behaviour or is it an independent process of nature that occurs no matter how we try to stop it? Is the...

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International cooperation against climate change: institutions, policies and their efficiency

Tőrös, Ágnes - 2012

In the 20th century nature of the world economy has started to change significantly, and the former state-centric constellation disappeared. Several development factors that induced the change are still active and nowadays we live in a much different world. The world economy consists of...

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Climate change in game theory

Kutasi, Gábor - 2012

The study provides an overview of the application possibilities of game theory to climate change. The characteristics of games are adapted to the topics of climate and carbon. The importance of uncertainty, probability, marginal value of adaptation, common pool resources, etc. are tailored to...

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Cost-benefit analysis of climate change – A methodological overview of recent studies

Szijártó, Norbert - 2012

Global warming16 has already begun. Climate change has become a self-propelling and self-reinforcing process as a result of the externality associated with greenhouse- gas (GHG) emissions. Although it is an externality related to humankind, according to a number of unique features we should...

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Institutional pressure and real estate balanced scorecard indicators

Rasolofo-Distler, Fana - In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 13 (2022) 4, pp. 826-857

that are representative of institutional pressures in the real estate sector – namely, “ecology” and “digital innovation … measuring global performance integrating ecology and digital innovation. It responds to a preoccupation of recent years in …. The author studied how “ecology” and “digital innovation” are incorporated into the BSC causal chains. To the best of the …

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Preparing for a rainy day

Attzs, Marlene - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 1 (2009) 3, pp. 231-251

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the vital economic role of the travel and tourism industry in the Caribbean. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the literature on climate change impacts in small island developing states. Two key challenges to the development of...

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Tourism ecology: towards the responsible, sustainable tourism future

Dávid, Lóránt - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 3 (2011) 3, pp. 210-216

, the paper will reconcile elements of responsible tourism and ecology within destination management. Whilst within a … ecology naturally helps develop the tourism of rural areas based on local natural, social and cultural resources. Nevertheless … ethically fair in relation to the host community. Originality/value – This viewpoint presents an insight into tourism ecology …

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Global warming and tourism: chronicles of apocalypse?

Korstanje, Maximiliano E.; George, Babu - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 4 (2012) 4, pp. 332-355

of ecology lies in the pervasive attitude of lay people who overtly condemn pollution but do not alter their individual … paradox. As a form of cultural entertainment, ecology and global warming form (jointly to apocalypse theories of bottom days …

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Sustainable tourism and global warming: panacea, excuse, or just an accidental connection?

Korstanje, Maximiliano E.; George, Babu - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 4 (2012) 4, pp. 383-394

Purpose – The debate linking tourism with global warming is very polemical: neither camp engaged in the debate sees the other side. Sustainable tourism is seen by some as a panacea to mitigate the negative impact of tourism on global warming, and by many others as a ploy planted by...

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Probit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria

Dare Kolawole, Oluwatoyin - In: World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 273-285

Purpose – Poverty, inequality and unemployment challenges need to be adequately addressed if sustainable human development is to be achieved. Although these key issues are not mutually exclusive, the purpose of this paper is to identify factors influencing rural employment promotion (REP) in...

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