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The determinants of individuals' attitudes towards preventing environmental damage

, 2007
This paper investigates empirically the determinants of individuals' attitudes towards preventing environmental damage in Spain using data from the World Values Survey and European Values Survey for the periods 1990, 1995 and 1999/2000.
Garcia-Valinas, MA, García Valiñas, María de los Ángeles, Maria A. Garcia-Valiñas, Torgler, B, Garcia-Valinas, Maria, Benno Torgler, Torgler, Benno   +6 more
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Compensating for environmental damages [PDF]

Ecological Economics, 2014
This paper examines a situation in which a decision-maker determines the appropriate compensation that should be awarded for a given amount of ecological damage. The compensation can take the form of either or both monetary and environmental units to meet three goals: i) minimisation of the cost associated with the compensation, ii) no aggregate ...
Gastineau, Pascal, Taugourdeau, Emmanuelle   +1 more
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution Stress Impairs Soil Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community

Microorganisms
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely prevalent harmful organic pollutants. Enzymatic activities (such as those of dehydrogenases, catalase, protease and urease), as well as the microbial community structure and assembly (through 16S and ITS
Yuancheng Wang, Donglei Wu, Junxiang Liu, Haolong Xu   +3 more
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Efficient degradation of methylene blue at near neutral pH based on heterogeneous Fenton-like system catalyzed by Fe2O3/MnO2

Results in Chemistry
The contamination of aquatic environments by organic dye contaminants in industrial wastewater has attracted widespread global attention. The heterogeneous Fenton-like process presents an attractive method for degrading dye pollutants, especially when ...
Tie Geng, Jiaguo Yan, Bin Li, Haiyuan Yan, Lei Guo, Qiang Sun, Zengfu Guan, Chunning Zhao, Jinchao Xu, Weichao Wang   +9 more
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IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE 2018 TSUNAMI ON SULAWESI ISLAND USING SATELLITE IMAGERY [PDF]

Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2021
On September 28, 2018, a strong earthquake and tsunami occurred on the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia), which turned out to be the most destructive this year (more than 2,000 people died). The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.5. Its epicenter was located
Andrey Zaytsev, Pavel Pronin, Adel Giniyatullin, Efim Pelinovsky, Marina Zaytseva   +4 more
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Some Recent Alternative Publications

Information for Social Change, 1995
A journalist on a prominent evening newspaper recently admitted to Information for Social Change that the budget for investigative journalism and research had been cut so severely that he was now relying on NGOs, pressure groups and alternative ...
John Pateman
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Heterogeneity, nonlinearity, and multifactor interactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in steelworks soils

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
Industrial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution threatens soil ecosystems worldwide, posing persistent risks due to their toxicity and intricate transport dynamics.
Yixuan Hou, Xiaoyong Liao, You Li, Hongying Cao   +3 more
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Managing landscapes for multiple objectives : alternative forage can reduce the conflict between deer and forestry [PDF]

, 2014
The study was financed by The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry through Stiftelsen Carl-Fredrik von Horns fond.Deer (Cervidae) cause considerable damage to forest plantations, crops, and ...
Minderman, Jeroen,, Zidar, Josefina, Zidar, Josefina,, Jarnemo, Anders, Bunnefeld, Nils,, Mansson, Johan,, Minderman, Jeroen, Jarnemo, Anders,, Bunnefeld, Nils, Minderman, J, Mansson, Johan   +10 more
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An integrated approach for determining the spatial distribution, source apportionment and human health risks of PAHs in soils of rapidly-urbanized areas

Soil & Environmental Health
The rise of large urban agglomerations has exacerbated pollutant emissions, resulting in regional soil contamination with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which jeopardizes the development of urban agglomerations and affects human health.
Lingzhi Luo, Xiaoyong Liao, Huan Tao, You Li, Liang Wang, Hongying Cao, Yonghua Li, Weiwei Shi, Tianyi Wang   +8 more
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Environmental and wider economic implications of modifications to environmental tax reform

, 2002
The most common definition of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. However, the PETRAS project has shown that there are a number of social and political impediments to ...
Clinch, J. Peter, Dunne, Louise
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