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Ahluwalia, Isher Judge; Patel, Utkarsh - 2018

This study analyses the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management in Indian cities. It … presents an assessment of the rapidly rising volume of municipal solid waste, its changing composition, the continuing practice … of mixing biodegradable (wet) waste with dry waste at the source of generation, and the growing volume of plastic in the …

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The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development

Auer, Raphael - 2009

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The "Out of Africa" hypothesis, human genetic diversity, and comparative economic development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2010

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Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2008

This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...

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The resource curse and its potential reversal

Boschini, Anne; Pettersson, Jan; Roine, Jesper - 2012

Several recent papers suggest that the negative association between natural resource intensity and economic growth can be reversed if institutional quality is high enough. We try to understand this result in more detail by decomposing the resource measure, using alternative measures of both...

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Environmental justice gap in Italy: The role of industrial agglomerations and regional pollution dispersion capacity

Drigo, Alessandra - 2024

This study is the first to examine the relationship between PM2.5 concentration and per capita income at the municipality level for Italy. The novelty of this work is also to explore the role of agglomerations and morphological factors in influencing the incomepollution correlation in the year...

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Urban Sprawl and Air Quality in European Cities: an Empirical Assessment

Cappelli, Federica; Guastella, Gianni; Pareglio, Stefano - 2021

In this paper we estimate the relationship between urban sprawl and a measure of air quality, namely the number of days in which the PM10 concentration exceeds safeguard limits in European Union cities. Building on a multidimensional representation of sprawl, the paper employs several indicators...

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Is environmental justice good for white folks?

Ash, Michael; Boyce, James K.; Chang, Grace; Scharber, Helen - 2010

This paper examines spatial variations in exposure to toxic air pollution from industrial facilities in urban areas of the United States, using geographic microdata from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. We find that average exposure in...

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Breathing inequality? Income, ethnicity and PM2.5 exposure in Bologna, Italy

Drigo, Alessandra - 2024

This study addresses the presence of an environmental justice issue along the dimensions of income and ethnicity in the urban context of Bologna, Italy. Among other Italian cities, Bologna has historically had a left-leaning political tendency and has made considerable substantial efforts to...

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An empirical analysis of environmental and climate inequalities across Italian census tracts

Drigo, Alessandra - 2025

This study offers the first analysis of environmental and climate inequalities at the census tract level in Italy, providing valuable insights into spatial patterns of environmental and social vulnerability. The results highlight significant environmental inequality related to exposure to air...

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