Similar Search Results

Looking for Environmental Excellence in Tourist Destinations

Amposta, Josep Boyra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper analyzes several factors of environmental change that affect a tourist destination along its cycle of evolution identifying for this purpose some of the existing interdependent bonds within the conceptualization of a tourism/environment system. A tourist municipality case study...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646806

Public marketing in supporting the tourist destinations

Grigorescu, Adriana; Balalia, Alina Elena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

National policies and public marketing of destinations should cover measures on broadening the supply of travel agencies, on intensifying promotion actions for the offered touristic product. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to choose modern means of promotion so that tourists remain...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646820

Sectoral Hetorgeneity, Resoure Depletion, and Directed Technical Change: theory and policy

Pittel, Karen; Bretschger, Lucas - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2010

We analyze an economy in which sectors are heterogeneous with respect to the intensity of natural resource use. Long-term dynamics are driven by resource prices, sectoral composition, and directed technical change. We study the balanced growth path and determine stability conditions. Technical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670352

Challenges and Opportunities for Resource Rich Economies

Ploeg, Frederick van der - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2008

The political economy of resource rich countries is surveyed. The empirical evidence suggests that countries with a large share of primary exports in GNP have bad growth records and high inequality, especially if the quality of institutions and the rule of law are bad. The economic argument that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670362

Economic Crisis and SMEs Sustainability Policies: Application of Emotional Well-Being Function for Analy

Brilius, Povilas - In: Journal of Advanced Research in Management I (2010) 1, pp. 18-29

sustainability on a macro level. The role of SMEs in this context is becoming more and more important for achieving sustainability … will change. Will SMEs remain committed to sustainability? This paper contributes to examining the economic crisis impact … on SMEs policies regarding sustainability values by proposing an analytical model for such analysis. Authors build an …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670466

On Harnessing Natural Resources for Sustainable Development

Mishra, Sudhanshu K. - In: Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism I (2010) 1, pp. 12-21

There is now abundant scientific evidence that humanity is living unsustainably. The environment is gradually becoming more overstressed. People now are transforming ecosystems throughout the world at a faster and more extensive pace than any other time in human history. We are culturally given...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670481

Norway - Sustainable Development: Climate Change and Fisheries Policies

O'Brien, Paul - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

and should follow through more strongly the logic of its pioneering use of economic incentives to further sustainability …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672221

An analysis of the relationship between the additionality of CDM projects and their contribution to sustainable development

Alexeew, Johannes; Bergset, Linda; Meyer, Kristin; … - In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law … 10 (2010) 3, pp. 233-248

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673866

International environmental policy and poverty alleviation

Rive, Nathan; Rübbelke, Dirk - In: Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv) 146 (2010) 3, pp. 515-543

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674115

Sustainable housing for low-income communities: lessons for South Africa in local and other developing world cases

Ross, Nicole; Bowen, Paul Anthony; Lincoln, David - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 5, pp. 433-449

measures; and political factors. The 'minimization of materials' was the most widely adopted sustainability criterion, whilst … comprehensive sustainability approach. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674611