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A Balanced Energy Plan for the Interior West [PDF]
, 2004 Describes a Balanced Energy Plan for the Interior West region of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
Bruce Driver +4 more
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Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non‐whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of the major political parties, which had long supported the White Australia Policy. This article is a rare empirical demonstration of the Five‐Thread
Julius C. S. Mok
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Weather variability and shocks pose significant challenges for tropical developing countries, making it crucial to understand their effects on consumption to address the existing deficiencies among the most vulnerable groups. This study examines the impact of weather variability and shocks on household consumption in Panama, utilizing repeated
Ambar Lineth Chavez Espinosa +1 more
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Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Volume 33, Issue 2, August 2026.ABSTRACT The Flexible and Interactive Tradeoff Elicitation (FITradeoff) method is a Multi‐Attribute Decision‐Making (MADM) approach designed to capture the preferences of a Decision Maker (DM) while minimising cognitive effort. To reduce the frequency of interactions and optimise the preference elicitation process, this paper introduces an innovative ...
Qian Zhao +3 more
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International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 2499-2534, July 2026.Abstract This paper presents a two‐stage model for planning a renewable energy portfolio by balancing economic, social and environmental sustainability goals. The first stage addresses a multi‐objective problem where conflictive impacts generated by the energy portfolios should be optimised according to the corresponding economic, social or ...
Amelia Bilbao‐Terol +2 more
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Hydroelectric Power Plants and Their Sustainability
Hydropower is the oldest source of renewable mechanical power and largest source of renewable electricity globally accounting for close to 17% of global electricity generation although its share of contribution has been diminishing gradually. Hydropower generation is a mature, reliable, predictable, and socially and economically competitive with high ...
Moses Jeremiah Barasa Kabeyi +1 more
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International Review of Hydrobiology, Volume 111, Issue 1, June 2026.ABSTRACT Lentic ecosystems are vulnerable to contamination by trace elements, which can accumulate and pose risks to aquatic life and human health. In a large, developing country such as Brazil, marked by vast geographic, environmental, and socioeconomic diversity, it is crucial to understand how these factors shape research on this group of ...
Maria C. F. Neuenschwander +4 more
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The Quality of Clarity: Lessons from the Sixty‐Year Struggle to Maintain the Purity of Lake Taupō
Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2026.Sixty years of effort to protect the exceptionally clear water of Lake Taupō, the largest lake in Aotearoa New Zealand, show how environmental memory can help manage a cultural and natural resource. I describe how water clarity and quality in this lake have been protected, through managing soil erosion and phosphorus flows during the 1960s–1980s, and ...
Jonathan West
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Case Study: \u3cem\u3eWebster v. Susquehanna Pole Line Company of Harford County\u3c/em\u3e (1910) [PDF]
, 2015 At the turn of the 20th century, the State of Maryland witnessed an increase in the demand for hydroelectricity. Several public utility companies raced to construct a hydroelectric facility on the Susquehanna River, by which they could distribute ...
Leonhardt, Alyssa E.
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 2, June 2026.Monitoring population trends are essential for the conservation of threatened species, and establishing best‐practice methods improves the efficiency, accuracy and long‐term value of data collected. For the nationally endangered Prodontria lewisii (Cromwell chafer beetle), monitoring has typically included soil core sampling for larvae, and pitfall ...
Carwen Williams +3 more
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