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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
wiley   +1 more source

Post-Uruguay Round price linkages between developed and developing countries [PDF]

open access: yes
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture attempted to lower distortions in the global agricultural markets. However, the significant fall in commodity prices in late 1990s may have reduced the incentives for both developed and developing countries to ...
Gopinath, Munisamy   +2 more
core  

Submarine slope failure offshore Uruguay - first results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
New geophysical acquired during cruise M78 with RV “Meteor” in 2009 reveal a large-scale slope failure complex. Positioned between 1800 and 3300 m water depth, the slope failure affected an area of at least 1200 km2.
Anasetti, Andrea   +6 more
core  

Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Higher education and GATS : regulatory consequences and stakeholders' responses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The dream of all proponents of world trade without barriers came much closer to its fulfillment when the World Trade Organization (WTO) was finally brought into existence in Marrakech, Morocco, as a result of the `Uruguay Round¿1 of multilateral trade ...
Vlk, Ales
core   +1 more source

Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metadatos de datos abiertos : estudio de caso en Uruguay

open access: yesBiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, 2015
Objetivo: analizar los metadatos de datos abiertos en boga desde la perspectiva de su adecuación a los objetivos de recuperación y uso. -- Metodología: se plantea la extensión de Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) a una nueva clase que modele el nivel del ...
Temesio, Sylvana
doaj   +1 more source

Operationalizing an ecosystem approach to small-scale fisheries in developing countries: The case of Uruguay

open access: yesMarine Policy, 2018
Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) constitute a critical socioeconomic sector by providing a source of income and animal protein for fishing communities worldwide. In Uruguay this sector has traditionally been neglected. More recently, the Uruguayan government
I. Gianelli   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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