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Approaches to the solution of urbanization problems

Menck, Karl Wolfgang - In: Intereconomics 11 (1976) 9, pp. 252-254

Settlements (Habitat) held by the UN in Vancouver from May 31 to June 11, 1976, had evoked in many countries. This conference in …

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Valuing mangrove-fishery linkages: A case study of Campeche, Mexico

Barbier, Edward B.; Strand, Ivar E. - 1997

This paper explores the value of mangrove systems as a breeding and nursery habitat for off-shore fisheries, focusing … mangrove habitat are likely to be dissipated. …

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Trade for nature

Schulz, Carl-Erik; Barbier, Edward B. - 1997

while simultaneously converting habitat land for use in other economic activities. The second country does not have any … imports for consumption activities that lead to the conversion of habitat. We use this model to explore how national trade …

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Reflections on the SARS-Covid-2 pandemic after one year: Predictable, preventable but inevitable: an ecologist's perspective

Harvey, Jeffrey - In: The Central European Review of Economics and Management … 5 (2021) 1, pp. 7-22

Aim: The major aim of the current essay is to argue that neoliberal capitalism, by virtue of its core tenets, has significantly increased the risk of disease outbreaks like SARS-Covid-2. Conclusion/Finding: The dominant socio-political-economic system across the industrialized world is...

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Multi-objective spatial optimization to balance trade-offs between farmland bird diversity and potential agricultural net returns

Wesemeyer, Maximilian; Kamp, Johannes; Schmitz, Tillman; … - In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 345 (2023), pp. 1-10

Global farmland biodiversity has declined rapidly in recent decades due to the homogenization of agricultural landscapes, including an increase in field sizes and decrease in woody features, such as hedgerows. Restructuring landscapes by (re)introducing woody features and decreasing field sizes...

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Germany's Energiewende: Synergies, trade-offs and political drivers

Faus Onbargi, Alexia; Dombrowsky, Ines - 2023

Farmers have started to adopt information and communication technology (ICT), which has considerable potential to impact farm performance. This study uses data from a 2018 survey of 763 vegetable smallholder farms in China to estimate the impact of ICT on technical efficiency (TE). We adopt...

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The Trade-off Between Poverty Reduction and Carbon Emissions, and the Role of Economic Growth and Inequality: An Empirical Cross-Country Analysis Using a Novel Indicator

Malerba, Daniele - In: Social Indicators Research 150 (2020) 2, pp. 587-615

Is it possible for countries to eradicate poverty while also meeting environmental goals? Despite the passage of international agreements calling for these issues to be addressed simultaneously, little is known about the direct relationship between them. This study addresses this gap by...

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Präferenzen zu unterschiedlichen Reformoptionen des Wahlsystems für Bundestagswahlen

Bytzek, Evelyn - In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 61 (2020) 3, pp. 433-447

In diesem Beitrag werden Präferenzen der BürgerInnen zu unterschiedlichen Reformoptionen des Wahlsystems für Bundestagswahlen untersucht. Präferenzen für eine Wahlsystemreform sind schwierig zu messen, da die Zielkonflikte zwischen unterschiedlichen Anforderungen an Wahlsysteme vielen...

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Trade-offs in stakeholder theory: An ordonomic perspective

Pies, Ingo; Valentinov, Vladislav - In: Social Responsibility Journal 20 (2024) 5, pp. 975-997

Purpose: Stakeholder theory understands business in terms of relationships among stakeholders whose interests are mainly joint but may be occasionally conflicting. In the latter case, managers may need to make trade-offs between these interests. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature...

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Pluralism in economics: Its critiques and their lessons

Gräbner, Claudius; Strunk, Birte - 2020

This paper provides a taxonomy and evaluation of five common arguments against pluralism in economics: (1) the claim that economics is already pluralist, (2) the argument that if there was the need for greater plurality, it would emerge on its own, (3) assertion that pluralism means "anything...

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