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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Integrated Assessment"”.
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Imprecise probability analysis for integrated assessment of climate change
… to the quantification of uncertainty in the integrated assessment of climate change. Our work is motivated by the fact that uncertainty about climate change is pervasive, and therefore requires a thorough treatment in the integrated assessment process. Classical probability theory faces some …
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Modeling large-scale singular climate events for integrated assessment
… so konzipiert, dass sie den Anforderungen der "Integrated Assessment"-Modellierung genügen, d.h., sie sind realistisch, recheneffizient, transparent und flexibel. Das THC-Modell ist ein einfaches, interhemisphärisches Boxmodell, das anhand von Daten kalibriert wird, die mit einem gekoppelten …
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Using Integrated Assessment Models to Achieve the Paris Climate Target
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) have become central tools in global assessments of how to achieve the Paris climate target. But how reliable are the insights that can be drawn from IAMs? This thesis identifies and begins to assess three challenges associated with the use of IAM ensembles and …
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Integrated Assessment of Structural Change and Sustainability in the Chicago Region
… the economy and the emission inventories. This integrated econometric-emission modeling system provides the projection of emission pollutants up to 2050 year and helps to understand the combination of sectors that are likely to be major contributors changing Chicago's air quality. Also the model …
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The Cost of CO2 Transport and Storage in Global Integrated Assessment Modeling
… results of decarbonization pathways. Many integrated assessment modeling studies assume a combined cost for CO2 transport and storage that is uniform in all regions of the world, commonly estimated at $10/tCO2. Realistically, the cost of CO2 transport and storage is not fixed at $10/tCO2 …
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Quantifying the health and economic impacts of mercury : an integrated assessment approach
… cardiovascular disease. This thesis develops an integrated assessment framework that more completely represents mercury's emissions-to-impacts path, and then evaluates its policy relevance. The assessment framework integrates chemical transport modelling, exposure and health impacts modelling, …
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Integrated assessment of global agricultural land and water resources in a changing world
… the human society. This dissertation develops an integrated framework for characterizing interactions within the complex CWF system. The aim of this framework is to optimize agricultural land and water resources at the global scale. To achieve that, a Global Optimization Model of Agricultural Land …
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An integrated assessment of air pollutant abatement opportunities in a computable general equilibrium framework
… collectively react to regulatory constraints. Integrated assessment models have often been used as tools to inform policy design by representing the interactions between technology, economics, policy, and the environment within a self-contained framework. Many contemporary integrated assessment …
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Integrated assessment for decision and management support within the Bahía de Cádiz Nature Park (Spain)
Tanto los enfoques del pensamiento sistémico como de la investigación integrada son ampliamente aplicados dentro de la gestión ambiental, como métodos que facilitan la organización y la utilización de información proveniente desde diferentes niveles de gobernanza y desde diferentes fuentes …
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The Estonian forest sector in transition to sustainability? : Capturing sustainability with the help of integrated assessment
… first is to analyse the potential of existing assessment tools and methods to incorporate the different dimensions of sustainability in an assessment. The second is to apply some of these tools in a case study in order to determine how forest sector can better contribute to sustainable …
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An integrated assessment of environmental impact and sustainability of oil refinery development and operations in a developing country: a case study of Kaduna refinery in Nigeria
Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is one of the environmental planning tools undertaken by developing countries to avert environmental degradation and ecological problems. Sustainability assessment is a vital tool for measuring the aspects of environmental, economic, or social systems that is …
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The impact of the integrated assessment on the critical thinking skills of the first-year Extended Curriculum Programme students in the Department of Management Accounting at the Durban University of Technology
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Accounting Degree: Management Accounting, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015.
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Impacts analysis for inverse integrated assessments of climate change
… eines integrierten Modells des Klimawandels ('Integrated Assessment'-Modell). Vorangestellt ist eine Diskussion des gesellschaftspolitischen Kontexts, in dem modellbasiertes 'Integrated Assessment' stattfindet, aus der wichtige Anforderungen an die Spezifikation des Klimawirkungsmoduls …
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An integrated approach to software process assessment
… and maintenance) used by an organization. The assessment methodology integrates the principles of Total Quality Management and the work of the Software Engineering Institute. The integrated assessment methodology results in a well understood, well-documented, quantitatively evaluated software …
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Integrating ecological impacts into evaluations of the effectiveness of environmental regimes: the example of CITES
… ecological effectiveness and to explore how an integrated assessment of both can be undertaken. Putting forward a model for an integrated assessment of institutional and ecological effectiveness, and using a mixed methods approach, this study analyses a compliance mechanism under the Convention …
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Climate Change and Potential Economic Impacts in Ireland: The Case for Adaptation
… complexities associated with creating economic assessments, formulating policy and carrying out appropriate action. Drawing on sustainability science the terms resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity are also discussed, defined and engaged with. Key results, associated with both …
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Connecting the continents. Power system modelling and capacity building for detailed assessments of global power sector decarbonization pathways
… a number of key foundation blocks for robust assessments of global power system decarbonization pathways by means of open methods and datasets that can be used with a broad range of modelling tools. The author constructs and uses a detailed global power system model with high technical, …
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Investment Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation
… Kapiteln beantwortet. Die Analyse basiert auf Integrated Assessment Modellen. Zuerst werden die Auswirkungen von technologischem Spillover in einem Mehrregionenmodell mit technologischem Wandel in Form von interregionalem Spillover analysiert. Modellergebnisse zeigen, daß je größer der Quotient …
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