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Strategic route map of sulphur dioxide reduction in China
Yuan, Xueliang; Mi, Mi; Mu, Ruimin; Zuo, Jian - In: Energy Policy 60 (2013) C, pp. 844-851
China's economy has risen to the second place since 2010, accompanied by the largest energy consumption in the world. As one of the major air pollutants from the fossil fuel, excessive SO2 emissions have severe negative impacts on eco-environments. In order to achieve the balance between...
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The economic benefits and environmental costs of airport operations: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Lu, Cherie - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 17 (2011) 6, pp. 360-363
This paper compares the economic gains from airports with some of the environmental costs of their operations. The economic effects are divided into direct, indirect, and induced impacts, and the direct impact into employment and income generated by the operation of an airport; while the...
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Management of the environmental impact of tourism and air transport on small island developing states
Abeyratne, Ruwantissa I.R. - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 5 (1999) 1, pp. 31-37
At the crossroads of sustainable development of small island developing states (SIDS) is tourism, the staple income earner of many SIDS and an industry which would not survive without air transport. Typically, therefore, it would be tempting to conclude that SIDS would benefit from an open skies...
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Discounting and ideas of intergenerational equity and sustainability
Rybicki, Wojciech - In: Operations Research and Decisions 22 (2012), pp. 63-84
discounting and intergenerational justice and sustainability have been pointed out. Systems of axioms for “ethical†and ⠅
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Sustainable development and climate change: Beyond mitigation and adaptation
Harry, S; Morad, M - In: Local Economy 28 (2013) 4, pp. 358-368
This Viewpoint article reviews the two approaches to climate change, namely mitigation and adaptation, and examines the complex interrelationships between them, and between climate change and sustainable development. Adaptation is about reducing the effects of climate change on both human and...
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Índice global del hambre 2012: El desafío del hambre: Garantizar la seguridad alimentaria sostenible en situaciones de penuria de tierras, agua y energía
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
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Mainstreaming biodiversity accounting: potential implications for a developing economy
Siddiqui, Javed - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 26 (2013) June, pp. 779-805
accounting for biodiversity. Design/methodology/approach – Archival data are used to produce a natural inventory report for the … prior research on biodiversity accounting by exploring the applicability of Jones' natural inventory model in the context of … agencies and foreign governments. Biodiversity accounting may provide a legitimate basis for the government in allaying …
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Bringing tropical forest biodiversity conservation into financial accounting calculation
Cuckston, Thomas - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 26 (2013) June, pp. 688-714
a result of having its conservation brought into financial accounting calculations by constructing a greenhouse gas … existing accounting and organisation studies literature regarding the construction of markets. Findings – Whilst the case … examined does successfully bring tropical forest biodiversity conservation into the financial accounting calculations of the …
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Biodiversity offsetting: problematisation of an emerging governance regime
Tregidga, Helen - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 26 (2013) June, pp. 806-832
Purpose – The paper aims to analyse accounting rationalities and practices which lie behind biodiversity offsetting …. The way in which accounting functions as a technology of government through the practice of biodiversity offsetting is to … contestation in the case, and signal concerns regarding the wider impact of the use of particular accounting rationalities and …
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CONCEPTS AND METODOLOGIES REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF ROMANIAN FOREIGN TRADE (II)
Adrian, Negrea - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 1, pp. 149-158
The aim of this paper is to emphasize the possible engines that can boost Romanian foreign trade from a chronic deficit to a more balanced one. In the beginning, we present the main theories and models that tackle the subject. In this matter, the paper starts with the analysis of neo-factors,...
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