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Environmental, social, and economic impacts of renewable energy sources
, 2022 The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of social, economic, and environmental impacts of renewable energy. Based on available literature, this chapter identifies the impacts of key renewable energy sources including solar, wind, hydro, and ...
Sultana, Nahid +2 more
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The Economic Impact of Hypertension [PDF]
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2003 High blood pressure is the most common chronic medical problem prompting visits to primary health care providers, yet it is estimated that only 34% of the 50 million American adults with hypertension have their blood pressure controlled to a level of <140/90 mm Hg.
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Water Resources Research, 2023 Water plays a central role in several socioeconomic and environmental nexuses. Faced with various anthropogenic pressures that act as water scarcity drivers and knowing that the unavailability of water can be a limiting factor for economic development ...
Ademir Rocha +3 more
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Land, 2021 Transportation is the second-largest expenditure category for households, accounting for nearly 20 cents of every dollar spent annually across the U.S.
Thomas W. Sanchez
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Productivity costs of cardiovascular disease mortality across disease types and socioeconomic groups
Open Heart, 2019 Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the single largest contributor to global mortality. Premature mortality due to CVD results in a loss of productivity, with associated economic and policy implications that are often overlooked.Methods A human ...
Hannah Elizabeth Carter +2 more
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IMPACTS OF TOURISM ACTIVITIES ON ECONOMY OF KAZAKHSTAN [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2018 Kazakhstan is an economically stable country in Central Asia, which recently began to pay close attention to the development of tourism industry. It is fact that, tourism is not a major component of country’s economy, as evidence, tourism industry GDP in
Ruslan BAIBURIEV +4 more
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Climate change greatly escalates forest disturbance risks to US property values
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 Anthropogenic climate change is projected to drive increases in climate extremes and climate-sensitive ecosystem disturbances such as wildfire with enormous economic impacts.
William R L Anderegg +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background While the direct (medical) costs of arthritis are regularly reported in cost of illness studies, the 'true' cost to indivdiuals and goverment requires the calculation of the indirect costs as well including lost productivity due to ill-health.
Deborah Schofield +6 more
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Explaining Attitudes Towards Immigration: The Role of Economic Factors
Politics and Governance, 2021 In this article, we investigate the determinants of individuals’ opinions concerning the economic impact of immigrants. Unlike most previous studies, we use a large sample of 61 countries (Joint WVS/EVS 2017–2020 dataset) that are either net receivers or
Teresa María García-Muñoz +1 more
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The economic impact of nursing [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2018 Economics includes “the condition of a region or group as regards material prosperity” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2017). The links between material prosperity versus poverty, health status and quality of life are well documented as are the devastating impacts of population disparities on the aforementioned indicators (Association of State and Territorial ...
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