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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"economic instruments"”.
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Economic instruments for hazardous waste policy : an empirical analysis
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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Economic Instruments for Water Pollution Control Policy making issues: Experiences from Colombia
… several developing countries have established economic-based initiatives to improve environmental quality. In this study the Colombian water pollution charge, which was implemented in 1997, is analyzed. The two key questions that this study attempts to answer are: 1) Does the performance of the …
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Local regulatory and economic instruments to encourage tropical forestry conservation : an analysis of the policy process in Costa Rica and Mexico
… process. Among the public policies and policy instruments analyzed in the case studies, it reviews new forest laws, regulations, and the use of economic instruments, particularly the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme, as part of each country's effort to more effectively maintain …
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Environmental sustainability assessment methods for buildings in South Africa
In the past, economic instruments for environmental purposes were strongly resisted by industry, government and the public. As such, they were used only in exceptional circumstances. More recently, there has been a realisation that economic instruments can be a powerful complement to direct …
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Corporate adoption and implementation of innovative environmental policy measures in China
… packages using various market-based economic instruments, such as taxes and emissions trading. However, with the environmental degradation becoming more and more serious, these traditional approaches have become inadequate. Several innovative measures, including voluntary action, …
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The water framework directive, paradigm shift or unrealized promises? A critical evaluation of its implementation from a boundary, economic and socio-political perspective
… reflecting changes in other realms of our socioeconomic environment. The new approach results from the need to acknowledge the hybrid nature of water, emphasizing the complexity of the ecological, socioeconomic, technological, cultural and institutional processes that are intertwined in …
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Coercive Statecraft in Disguise: China’s Economic Coercion and Its Effectiveness
Can coercive economic statecraft assist a rising power to advance geopolitical aims? This project examines how, over decades, China’s strategic thinking evolves to include the use of coercive economic instruments against foreign states, when it obtains political concessions from target states, and …
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The Relation of Patent Law and Wildlife Conservation Law in the United States
… made using wildlife specimens presents legal, economic, policy, and resource management questions. The relation of patent law to wildlife conservation law is central to answering these questions. Patent law is designed to foster technological advancement, and patents are economic instruments …
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Implementation of European Union environmental policy : the case of the Packaging Waste Directive
… the use of legislative and price-based policy instruments to achieve policy objectives. The overall aim of the study is to examine the extent to which price-based regulation can contribute to the EU's policy objective of sustainable development. The focus for the research is the formulation of …
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The Development of a framework for sustainable housing delivery in Lagos, Nigeria
… economy approach along with flexible, efficient economic instruments are key factors in enabling the construction industry to positively respond to sustainable development in terms of resource efficiencies and environmental protection in a developing economy like Nigeria. 2) The social and …
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Authorities and naturalness beyond neo-pragmatism and deconstructionism. Optimization of economic distribution and well-being as a means of going beyond dialectical failures
… arbitrary allocation of wealth, occupations and economic potentialities. This makes such seemingly “spontaneous” desires a reflection of constrained everyday life economic interests, which are incapable of developing an economic system which really reflects equity and the most open and beneficial …
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An integrated assessment of air pollutant abatement opportunities in a computable general equilibrium framework
… gas emissions is often attained through economic instruments such as taxes, caps, and other regulation, emission controls in both developed and developing countries often achieves reduction through policies that target air pollution and greenhouse gases separately. However, because the …
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International biogas applications
… In the first part of this thesis, the biogas and economic potential from wastes and energy crops in a Mexican context are analysed. In Mexico AD from food waste has the potential of producing 42 PJ and to reduce 17.9 MtCO2e on a yearly basis. An urban centralised plant for the co-digestion of food …
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Critical analysis of the Integrated Water Resources Management legal framework in India
Water security is critical not only for achieving economic growth, social development, and maintaining the ecosystem but also for ensuring political stability in any country. Since declining water security will ultimately constrain economic growth, slow poverty alleviation, and leave many exposed …
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More Value From the Same Fish: Catch Shares, Fishing Behavior, and Revenues
… in using property rights-based management and economic instruments as a means to extract the same resources at a lower cost, while also meeting certain sustainability goals (e.g., biological targets in fisheries). However, these policies remain quite controversial and are even opposed by some …