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Environmental, social, and economic impacts of renewable energy sources

open access: yes, 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 importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background The variables correlated with problem gambling are routinely assessed and fairly well established. However, problem gamblers were all ‘at-risk’ and ‘recreational’ gamblers at some point. Thus, it is instructive from a prevention perspective to
Alissa Mazar   +4 more
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The Economic Impact of Hypertension [PDF]

open access: yesThe 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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Unequal carbon tax impacts on 38 million German households: assessing spatial and socio-economic hotspots

open access: yesEnvironmental Research: Climate, 2023
Carbon pricing is a core climate policy in many countries. However, the distribution of impacts is highly unequal across income brackets, but also across household types and regions.
Johannes Többen   +6 more
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Water Charge and Conservation of Natural Areas: An Ex‐Ante Assessment of a Policy Proposal for the Mantiqueira Region, Brazil

open access: yesWater 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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Exploring the Relationship between Combined Household Housing and Transportation Costs and Regional Economic Activity in Virginia

open access: yesLand, 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 access: yesOpen 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]

open access: yesGeo 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

open access: yesEnvironmental 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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The economic impact of nursing [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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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