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Economic Analysis of Selected Environmental Issues in China
Zhou, Yuan - 2005
This thesis investigates several selected environmental issues in China from an economic perspective. It consists of … of air pollution. Chapter 2 analyses the potential application of desalination in China from an economic perspective …. Concerned with water shortage in China, the study aims to assess the potential of desalination as a viable alternate water …
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Evaluation of community participation for the development of culture-based fisheries in village reservoirs of Sri Lanka
Mohottala Gedara, Kularatne; Amarasinghe, Upasli S.; … - 2009
In this paper an attempt is made to identify the socioeconomic characteristics of a community that influences the development and management of culture-based fisheries in village reservoirs of Sri Lanka. Socioeconomic data were collected from 46 agricultural farming communities associated with...
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THE DYNAMIC FORMATION OF WILLINGNESS TO PAY: AN EMPIRICAL SPECIFICATION AND TEST
Corrigan, Jay R.; Kling, Catherine L.; Zhao, Jinhua - 2003
In a static setting, willingness to pay for an environmental improvement is equal to compensating variation. However, in a dynamic setting characterized by uncertainty, irreversibility, and the potential for learning, willingness to pay may also contain an option value. In this paper, we...
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Technological innovation in China's high-tech sector: Insights from a 2008 survey of the integrated circuit design industry in shanghai
Lin, GCS; Wang, C - 2009
and thus a critical element of the digital revolution) in Shanghai, one of the most advanced metropolitan regions in China …An intensive investigation of China's high-tech sector led by a noted Hong Kong- based geographer examines the patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471432
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Are Urban Consumers in China Ready to Accept Biotech Foods?
Lin, William W.; Somwaru, Agapi; Tuan, Francis; Huang, Jikun - 2006
China. This study also employs a dichotomous choice model to estimate consumers- mean willingness to pay (WTP) for biotech …
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The BlueSky smoke modeling framework.
Larkin, Narasimhan K.; O'Neill, Susan M.; Solomon, Robert; … - 2009
Smoke from fire is a local, regional and often international issue that is growing in complexity as competition for airshed resources increases. BlueSky is a smoke modeling framework designed to help address this problem by enabling simulations of the cumulative smoke impacts from fires...
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Revision of FED-STD-209D and MIL-STD-1246B and development of IES (Institute of Environmental Sciences) contamination control recommended practices in the United States of America
Mielke, R.L. - 2008
In the United States of America, numerous organizations are writing standards and recommend practices for contamination control and cleanroom applications. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES), and various US Government agencies are...
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Roadmap for Development of Natural Gas Vehicle Fueling Infrastructructure and Analysis of Vehicular Natural Gas Consumption by Niche Sector
Stephen C. Yborra - 2008
Vehicular natural gas consumption is on the rise, totaling nearly 200 million GGEs in 2005, despite declines in total NGV inventory in recent years. This may be attributed to greater deployment of higher fuel use medium- and heavy-duty NGVs as compared to the low fuel use of the natural...
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Three Blind Men and the Elephant
Long, J S - 2008
. Conflicts in Nigeria over oil wealth and corruption affected our oil supply. Countries such as China are at best unwilling to …, China adds 10,000 cars per month, and there is an uncanny correlation between the price of oil and the amount of oil … imported by China. The security contingent also worries about reliability of supply as affected by pipeline leaks in Alaska or …
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