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Sustainable Development Concerning with Mankind’s Climate Changes

Dobrescu, Emilian M.; Susanu, Monica; Oprea, Raducan - 2009

Mankind has witnessed many outstanding weather happenings which determined radical climate changes and thus, the draught is expected further to grow. Many experts, academics and scientists all over the continents have strongly called for attention about the importance of saving the water, either...

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Agricultural impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake - six years later

Bachev, Hrabrin; Ito, Fusao - 2017

On March 11, 2011 the strongest ever recorded in Japan earthquake occurred, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, which triggered a powerful tsunami and caused a nuclear accident in one of the world biggest nuclear power stations - Fukushima Daichi. More than six years after the triple...

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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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VOCs’s Cost functions in the Design of Emission Abatement Strategies

Mariam, Yohannes; Barre, Mike - 1996

VOCs and NOx are the primary precursors in the formation of ground-level ozone (SMOG). The rate of formation is a function of concentrations, temperature and sunlight strength. Both pollutants as well as the ozone itself can be transported over very long distances. Therefore, it can affect...

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Use of Aggregate Emission Reduction Cost Functions in Designing Optimal Regional SO2 Abatement Strategies

Mariam, Yohannes; Barre, Mike - 1997

The 1990 Canadian long-range transport of air pollutants and acid deposition report divided North America into 40 sources of emission and 15 sensitive receptor sites. For the purpose of national policy making and international negotiation, the use of these large sources and few receptors may...

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An Approach to Assess Sustainability of Agricultural Farms

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2015

This paper gives an answer to important questions such as: „what is sustainability of farms?“ and „how to assess sustainability of farms?“. First, evolution of the “concept” and the major approaches for assessing sustainability of farms is discussed. More adequate definition of the...

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Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Delhi Metro

M N, Murty; Dhavala, Kishore Kumar; Ghosh, Meenakshi; … - 2006

increased atmospheric pollution and changes in land use patterns. An ecologically sustainable urban transport system could be … metro rail have resulted in a significant reduction of atmospheric pollution in Delhi. The Delhi Metro provides multiple … benefits: reduction in air pollution, time saving to passengers, reduction in accidents, reduction in traffic congestion and …

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Household’s willingness to pay for safe drinking water: A case study of Abbottabad district

Haq, Mirajul; Usman Mustafa, Usman; Ahmad, Iftikhar - 2008

This study is based on survey data and used both the contingent valuation method and averting behaviour approach to capture HH's willingness to pay for services and quality in the drinking water sector. In case of the HH’s WTP for improved water services, the study estimates that there is...

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Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Delhi Metro

M N, Murty; Dhavala, Kishore Kumar; Ghosh, Meenakshi; … - 2006

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The diffusion dynamics of the informal sector and sustainable WEEE supply chain

Chen, Yenming; Wu, Tien-Hua - 2010

environmental performance and the health impacts of pollution; however, this strategy is not clearly effective as the informal …

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