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Note on the pumped storage potential of the Onslow-Manorburn depression, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2005
The Onslow-Manorburn depression in the South Island of New Zealand has possibility for development as the upper reservoir of the world's largest pumped storage scheme, as measured by an energy storage capacity of 10,200 GWh of realisable potential energy.
Bardsley, W. Earl
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The Moderating Role of Strategic Investment in R&D and Advertising in Firms' ESG–Performance Relationship

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the association between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and firm performance, taking into account the role of firms' strategic investments in research and development (R&D) and advertising. Drawing on resource‐based view and signalling theory perspectives and employing the generalised method of moments ...
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Saeed Akbar, Sardar Ahmad   +2 more
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Providing an Early Warning Protocol for Earth Dam Failures (Case Study: Shiadeh Earth Dam) [PDF]

Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering
Early Warning (EW) is commonly understood as the forecasting of a potentially catastrophic event. The effective use of data for EW plays a vital role in failure management, encompassing tasks like vulnerability mapping, forecasting, warning systems ...
Seyed Razi Anisheh, Mohammad Sharifipour, Arash Azari   +2 more
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Numerical simulation of debris flows triggered from the Strug rock fall source area, W Slovenia [PDF]

, 2006
The Strug landslide was triggered in December 2001 as a rockslide, followed by a rock fall. In 2002, about 20 debris flows were registered in the Kosec village; they were initiated in the Strug rock fall source area.
Fazarinc, Rok, Hojnik, Tomaž, Krzyk, Mario, Majes, Bojan, Mikoš, Matjaž, Rajar, Rudolf, Četina, Matjaž, Žagar, Dušan   +7 more
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Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
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Does Institutional Ownership Structure Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? An In‐Depth Study of Corporations Social Responsibility of European‐Listed Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino, Elisa Ballesio, Aradhana Galgotia, Laura Broccardo   +3 more
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Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni, Manolita Correia Lima   +1 more
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Spatiotemporal clustering of dam settlement monitoring using instrumentation data (case study: Eyvashan Earth Dam)

Results in Engineering
The integrity of monitoring data is important for studying the amount and location of deformation in earth dams. In this research, the meeting of the Eyvashan Earth Dam was analyzed using the results of precision instruments over a period of eight years ...
Behrang Beiranvand, Taher Rajaee, Mehdi Komasi   +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Mining: An Integrated Institutional and Agency Theory Perspective

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mining is one of the foundations of economic development but has historically been associated with severe socioenvironmental impacts, such as ecosystem degradation, displacement of traditional communities, and large‐scale disasters. In this context, corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays a central role as a mechanism for legitimizing ...
Felipe Moura Oliveira, Elaine Aparecida da Silva   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stability Analysis of Earth-rockfill Dam Slope under the Condition of Reservoir Water Level Fluctuation and Continuous Rainfall

Renmin Zhujiang, 2020
In order to study the influence of reservoir water level fluctuation and continuousrainfall on the seepage and stability of small and medium earth-rockfill dams, based on theunsaturated seepage theory, this paper carries out the finite element simulation
FENG Zhihu, LIANG Yukai, HUANG Peiteng, ZHUANG Jie, JIA Yanxiang   +4 more
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