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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"socioeconomic impacts"”.
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The socioeconomic impacts of the Superfund program
The student, Alexander Stevens, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-07-08 at 10:48.
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Socioeconomic Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure at Different Spatial Scales
… research on the evaluation of wider economic impacts (such as travel time reliability, market access, and connectivity impacts) of transportation projects, limited studies have been devoted to the evaluation of transportation project externalities disproportionately experienced by lower-income …
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Socioeconomic Impacts of Infrastructure Investment in Eswatini: The Case of LUSIP
<p>The 2016 Eswatini Vulnerability Assessment Report indicated that over half of the Eswatini population required livelihood support due to the severe El Niño drought. Since agriculture is the backbone of Eswatini’s economy, investments in climate change mitigation are needed in order to help …
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Assessment of the Socioeconomic Impacts of Water Hyacinth in the Ada Communities on the Lower Volta River of Ghana
… 75.2% of the variance in ecosystem service impacts. Communities mainly rely on physical control measures, with minimal adoption of chemical or utilization-based approaches. The study recommends innovative management strategies, including biological control and water hyacinth utilization, to …
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Rail Rebound: The Impact of Freight Rails on Regional Development in the United States, 1970-2010
… redistribution of the population. However, the impacts of railroads, especially freight rails, on population change and socioeconomic development are not well understood. This study fills the gap in the literature by examining the demographic and socioeconomic impacts of freight rails using …
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An airport environmental information system for Virginia
… water quality, air quality, wetlands, cultural impacts, socioeconomic impacts, threatened and endangered species, ecological impacts, and other areas. Three computer software systems -- the Conversational Monitoring System (CMS), NOISEMAP, and SURFACE II were utilized to store, process, and …
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Impactos Socioeconômicos da Legalização do Plantio Cultivo da Maconha no Brasil
… legal system. This research aims to verify the socioeconomic impacts of the legalization of cannabis cultivation in Brazil, highlighting possible benefits and harms that an eventual regulation could bring. The method used for bibliographic production was exploratory, descriptive and qualitative, …
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A strategic vision of AVCS maglev and its socioeconomic implications
… assessing economic viability, and determining socioeconomic impacts of the system. Also, the National Development Model (NDM) is developed and analyzed to obtain a deeper understanding of the rational policy formation about the U.S. SOCioeconomic development of the next century, based on the …
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Development of benchmarks and weighting systems for building environmental assessment methods : opportunities of a participatory approach
… environmental assessment methods largely ignore socioeconomic impacts of building developments, the implementation of a participatory approach in the development of benchmarks and weighting systems could greatly contribute to a more meaningful incorporation of social and economic aspects into the …
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Fuel Shortages During Hurricanes: Epidemiological Modeling and Optimal Control
… powerful agents of destruction with significant socioeconomic impacts. A persistent problem due to the large-scale evacuations during hurricanes in the southeastern United States is the fuel shortages during the evacuation. Fuel shortages often lead to stranded vehicles and exacerbate the …
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Impactos econômicos dos acidentes fatais de trânsito no Estado da Paraíba no ano de 2012: efeitos sobre a produtividade
The present work aimed to study the socioeconomic impacts of traffic accidents in Paraíba, with the main focus the evaluation of economic losses, represented by indirect costs and more specifically directed to lost productivity, observed from the cases of deaths found in the base data from the …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de fosfato diamónico para el mercado de la selva
… would be generated to the shareholders and the socioeconomic impacts in the area of influence of the Project.
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Assessing the vulnerability of South Africa's national protected areas to climate change
… includes identifying and quantifying potential impacts of climate change on each focal protected area, carried out by developing and/or using projections for species, ecosystems, infrastructure, tourism and neighbouring communities. Potential impacts were combined with measures of each park’s …
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Big Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning for Assessing 21st Century Flooding and Socioeconomic Exposures
… seen escalating costs associated with the direct socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological events and climate extremes such as flooding, rising sea levels due to climate change, solid earth changes, and other anthropogenic activities. With the increasing population in the era of changing …
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An Evaluation of the risks to food safety and shellfish farming in Great Britain,posed by marine biotoxins from, current and future emerging, marine microalgal species
… human and ecosystem health as well as having socioeconomic impacts for coastal communities. The changing world climate has an impact on marine organisms including the harmful algal species. These changes will have impacts on species already present in a nations waters whilst also influencing …
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The role of the forestry sector in regional economic development: A case study of Minas Gerais, Brazil
… developing countries, the investigation of the socioeconomic impacts of this sector at local and regional levels is paramount. Brazil is one of the most important producers of wood products from forest plantations, which are of increasing economic importance for the national economy. This …
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Sustainable development dilemmas: Using mixed methods to understand the conflicting opinions on large dams.
… water storage, outweigh their profound negative impacts on people and nature. Opponents argue the reverse, and question whether dams are appropriate and effective. The energy transition and sustainable development imperatives add new narratives to the debate, warranting fresh investigation of the …
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The Economics of the Clean Energy Transition – An Empirical Analysis of Novel Policies for the Development and Deployment of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies
… energy? We provide evidence on the design and socioeconomic impacts of an internationally supported renewable energy deployment scheme in Uganda (Chapter 7) to demonstrate that de-risking policies to crowd in private sector investment are a promising alternative to current schemes.
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An assessment of the socio-economic impacts of communities’ relocations: A case of the Nkurenkuru peri-urban area, Kavango west region, Namibia
… relocations. This phenomenon, trigger profound socioeconomic impacts that disrupt communities' access to essential resources, education, healthcare, housing, and employment opportunities. Amid this backdrop, the study critically investigates the socioeconomic effects of relocation, particularly …
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Finite element model updating of concrete arch dams affected by alkali-silica reaction using ambient vibration monitoring and dam surveillance data
… safety in operation is critical owing to the socioeconomic impacts associated with their collapse. Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) is a deleterious chemical reaction that affects the performance and safety of numerous concrete dam structures around the world. To ensure dam safety, a …
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