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The Early History of Environmental Economics [PDF]
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2014 AbstractThis article traces the history of economists’ treatment of environmental problems prior to the establishment of environmental economics as a separate field in the 1960s.
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Revista de Historia, 2015 The article exposes the methodology and results of the investigation and extension that have been realized in the subprogram for the integral management of Morote hydrographic basin, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Carlos Cruz Chaves
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Toxicidade e produção de maçãs no sul do Brasil Toxicity and apple production in southern Brazil
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2010 Explora as conexões entre uma polêmica apreensão de maçãs contaminadas no sul do Brasil, em 1989, e as reações da indústria da maçã às notícias da imprensa sobre o uso do agrotóxico nas plantações brasileiras. A problemática está inserida em análise mais
Jó Klanovicz
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AnglesThis article critically examines contemporary art installations by two British artists responding to two major memory sites of British imperial and national history: 1) Trafalgar Square, one of the biggest squares in central London, a former imperial ...
Laura Ouillon
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Rios nossos que estão no sertão! São Francisco e Parnaíba
Confins, 2015 The northeast region of Brazil has a modest hydrography. The majority of the rivers in this region are classified as temporary except the Maranhão rivers, which are mostly perennial.
Gercinair Silvério Gandara
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Chemicals and Environmental History
Ambix, 2014 A recent report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) showed that toxic chemical substances are responsible for 4.9 million deaths every year, i.e. 8.9 per cent of annual deaths. This report also highlights the fact that these figures are largely underestimated, given the significant knowledge gaps.
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Fajar Historia: Jurnal Ilmu Sejarah dan PendidikanThis article highlights the role of Karel Frederik Holle, a Dutch figure who worked in the Sundanese Land in the 19th century. Holle played a role in the development of agricultural techniques. Through historical methods, by conducting in-depth readings
Farrel Eka Prasetya, Ronal Ridhoi
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita +5 more
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Mining Rivers: Copper Waste, Workers, and Disputes over Water Rights in Chile’s Río Salado
Latin American Research ReviewThis article is an environmental history of Anaconda Copper Company’s disposal of hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic waste from its Potrerillos and El Salvador mines into Chile’s Río Salado and Bahía de Chañaral.
Thomas Klubock
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“Herbarium Polonorum” (“Heimatphotographie”)
Studia Litteraria et Historica, 2020 The main theme of the text is the wartime and postwar history of the area of the German Nazi extermination camp Treblinka II, seen from the perspective of the production of landscape – with a special focus on the identity aspect, i.e.
Elżbieta Janicka
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