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Eastern Europe, Central Europe, or East Central Europe? Imagined geography of the region
The aim of the article is to analyse several concepts that expressed different perceptions about the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The article proves that the choice of terminology is crucial in the discussion of the political and cultural identity of the region. The starting point is the Enlightenment concept of Eastern Europe, which suggested
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Interrelationships and Causal Linkages Between Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to examine interrelationship and causal linkages between socioeconomic and environmental variables in OECD countries. To aid this study, a LISREL modelling tool was implemented. The findings of the study indicated that gross
Barre, Mike +3 more
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Many studies have shown that childhood circumstances can have long term consequences that persist until old age. To better understand the transmission of early life circumstances, this paper analyses the effects of health and financial situation during ...
Claudia Börnhorst +2 more
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Instead of simply paying for losses, Europe should institutecost-effective adaptation measures to meet the challengesposed by climate change. [PDF]
Climate change is no longer an abstract concept, but one that is costing Europe and the world in both human and economic terms. Writing that climate change could cost the world trillions every year within a few decades, Annika Ahtonen argues for more ...
Ahtonen, Annika
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The Importance Of Human Capital For The Economic Development Of EU Regions [PDF]
According to the research results, the highest levels of human capital are typical of the most affluent regions in Western Europe, while its lowest levels are found in the poorest countries that became EU members only recently and in countries in ...
Dańska-Borsiak, Barbara +1 more
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A grid-based map for the Biogeographical Regions of Europe [PDF]
Marco Cervellini +16 more
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Cold regions affect global, regional and local climate; oftentimes they are relevant for water supply, host valuable ecosystems, and support human livelihood. They are thus eminently important for human society.
Zhongyang Hu +3 more
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What Europe? Fortress, different speeds, coloniser or archipelago [PDF]
The paper starts with the introduction of a simple analytical tool that classifies regions according to their scale and accessibility. Those indicators are closely related to the strategies of European expansion and European integration and at the same ...
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
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Cluster Analysis for the Determination of Innovative and Sustainable Oriented Regions in Europe
In the past decades the preoccupation of decision-makers towards innovation and sustainable development has gained a major importance in the policy of most countries in Europe.
Pelau Corina, Chinie Alexandra-Catalina
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A pan-European analysis of large-scale drivers of severe convective outbreaks [PDF]
Severe convective outbreaks have been an important driver of weather-related damages in Europe in recent years. Regional convection affecting thousands of square kilometres is driven by large-scale conditions that establish convectively favourable ...
M. Feldmann +3 more
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