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I.C.T. and Environment : Bad Assumptions and Recent Hypotheses

Rodhain, Florence; Fallery, Bernard - HAL - 2011

The aim of this communication is to present new focuses for research in the field of Environment and Information … ICT on the environment: paper, transportation, consumption, waste... The aim of the second part is to discuss the rather … positive role played by ICT with regard to knowledge of the environment: simulation, traceability, information... Research on …

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Agricultural primary commodity export and environmental degradation: what consequences for population's health?

Drabo, Alassane - HAL - 2011

In the economic literature it is generally found that trade openness affects environment through various channels … examining the consequences of agricultural primary commodity export on population's health via physical environment degradation …

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Who benefits from the US withdrawal of the Kyoto Protocol? An application of the MMEA method to measure power

Lahrach, Rahhal; Tensorer, Jérôme Le; Merlin, Vincent - HAL - 2005

Since 1992, the international community is trying to arrive at a multilateral agreement on the reduction of emissions for greenhouse gases. A collective decision mechanism was adopted in 1997: An agreement is ratified if and only if it is approved by a coalition gathering more than 55 countries....

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The Use of Transferable Permits in Transport Policy

Raux, Charles - HAL - 2004

This paper considers potential use of domestic transferable, or tradable, permit systems for the purposes of travel management, especially reducing environmental nuisances. The main arguments for and against the use of permits are analyzed. Secondly two case studies of existing permit systems...

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A spatial analysis of residential land prices in Belgium : accessibility, linguistic border and environmental amenities

Goffette-Nagot, Florence; Reginster, Isabelle; Thomas, … - HAL - 2011

This paper explores the spatial variation of land prices in Belgium. The originality of the methodology is threefold : (1) to work at the spatial extent of an entire country, (2) to compute several accessibility measures to all jobs and several representations of the environmental amenities and,...

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The Relationship between Vehicle Routing & Scheduling and Green Logistics - A Literature Survey

Sbihi, Abdelkader; Eglese, Richard W. - HAL - 2007

The basic Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem (VRSP) is described followed by an outline of solution approaches. Different variations of the basic VRSP are examined that involve the consideration of additional constraints or other changes in the structure of the appropriate model. An...

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LIMITS TO GROWTH AND STOCHASTICS

Bouleau, Nicolas - HAL - 2012

environment is not a result of temperance or mitigation of natural variations but rather that the economy itself - in addition to …

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The endogenous formation of an environmental culture

Schumacher, Ingmar - HAL - 2013

environmental quality through lower levels of consumption, but it improves the environment through maintenance expenditure for … wealth-environment combinations at which, in a restricted model without environmental culture, no maintenance would be …

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Coalition Strategies and Reduction of GHG Emissions

Patel, Vihang - EconWPA - 2005

The Flexible Mechanisms articulated in the Kyoto Protocol provide a robust framework for emission reduction issue in a manner that is not just economically efficient, but is also pro-growth for trade. In the presence of liquid or illiquid markets, to attain higher value from the emission...

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The Water Poverty Index: an International Comparison

Lawrence, Peter; Meigh, Jeremy; Sullivan, Caroline - EconWPA - 2002

obtained for 140 countries covering measures of resources, access, capacity, use and environment. …

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