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Building a New World: An Ecosystemic Approach for Global Change & Development Design

Pilon, André Francisco - 2013

Problems of difficult settlement or solution in the world cannot be solved by segmented academic formats, market-place interests or mass-media headlines; instead of dealing with taken for granted issues (the apparent “bubbles” in the surface), public policies, research and teaching...

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Environmental Management in Agriculture – Case of Bulgaria

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2014

This paper presents a holistic framework for analysing, assessment and improvement of environmental management in agriculture, and assesses the forms, factors and efficiency of agro-eco-management in Bulgaria during post-communist transition and EU integration. It incorporates an...

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A Note on Environment-dependent Time Preferences

Chu, Hsun; Lai, Ching-Chong; Liao, Chih-Hsing - 2012

In this paper we investigate the growth effect of environmental taxes when the time preference is endogenously determined by the environmental quality. We find that if people become more patient due to a cleaner environment, raising the environmental tax may reduce pollution and stimulate...

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The process of closing down rural landfills Case study : Neamț county

Apostol, Liviu; Mihai, Florin-Constantin - 2011

Landfilling is the main method for municipal waste disposal in Romania. Access to sanitation services are limited on … rural territory and that leads to uncontrolled waste disposal with negative implications on the geosystem. Implementation of … EU acquis on waste disposal from rural areas requires local authorities to close the landfills by July 16, 2009 …

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Regional Disparities in Urban Population Access to Sanitation Services. Case Study: Romania

Mihai, Florin-Constantin; Lamasanu, Andreea; Apostol, Liviu - 2012

traditional system based only on landfilling towards an integrated waste management system which develops the recycling and … counties regarding the urban population access to waste collection services and to examine the environmental issues … waste management from Romania. Development of waste management facilities are in the process of transition from a …

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Landfills – territorial issues of cities from North-East Region, Romania

Mihai, Florin-Constantin; Ichim, Pavel - 2013

Landfilling prevails in waste management options in Romania like others new EU members, being contrary to the concept … of waste hierarchy promoted in recent years by EC. Waste disposal is done usually in non-compliant landfills and … Government established a program to close these sites. This paper aims to analyse the transition from traditional waste …

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Landfills as anthropogenic landforms in urban environment from Neamţ county.

Mihai, Florin-Constantin; Apostol, Liviu; Ursu, Adrian; … - 2013

Landfills are the most common and easiest methods to dispose the municipal waste in Romania and still prevails in … current waste management options. This type of critical infrastructure was designed to dispose urban waste generated over …

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Building new frontiers: An ecosystemic approach to development, culture, education, environment and quality of life

Pilon, André Francisco - 2008

Quality of life, natural and man-made environments, physical, social and mental well-being are currently undermined by all sorts of hazards and injuries; political, economical, social and cultural disarray normalise atrocious behaviours and violence throughout the world. Considering the multiple...

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Development of waste collection services on rural territory from Neamț County

Mihai, Florin-Constantin; Apostol, Liviu - 2012

dumpsites having as deadline July 16, 2009. Following this period local authorities are forced to collect and dispose the waste … access to waste collection services, waste generated and uncollected are uncontrolled disposed polluting the local … environment. Development of sanitation services is a basic condition for an efficient implementation of integrated waste …

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Improper Household Waste Disposal in Rural Territory. Case Study: Neamţ County, Romania

Mihai, Florin-Constantin - 2012

Open dumping of waste generated and uncollected is the most common option in waste management schemes from rural areas …. Lack of sanitation services or rudimentary waste management systems favored this practice. This paper proposes a method to … estimate the amounts of household waste uncontrolled disposed at local administrative unit level (commune) for 2003 and 2010 …

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