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Role of dams as critical infrastructures to protect citizens from flooding and climate change

open access: yes, 2012
As society continues to increase its demands for higher levels of safety, security and reliability for all critical infrastructures, the design, construction, and operation of dams should be integrated as part of a comprehensive risk ...
Escuder Bueno, Ignacio   +1 more
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Water flow through tailings dams [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Water levels in tailings dams are generally lower than those of standard earth dams. Previously, other authors have shown that embankment geometry and variation in permeability can be responsible for a concave upwards steady state seepage line.
Welch, Jonathan Paul
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The Impacts of Chief Sustainability Officers' Structural Power on Corporate Social Responsibility Performance

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extant literature assumes that powerful executives can wield their influence with minimal opposition from lower‐power actors. We reconsider this assumption by incorporating the coalitional view in which lower‐power actors can mobilize coalitions to resist.
Nhan Huong Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H

open access: yes, 2017
Final report appendices E-H of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) containing the information gathered through the commission's survey of federal offices, public meeting materials and presentations, public input-hearing testimony and ...
United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
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Governance Drivers of Fossil Fuel Divestment: Evidence From Global Banks

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses increasing transition risks for the banking sector, as financial institutions remain exposed to fossil fuel activities despite growing sustainability commitments. This study examines whether corporate governance influences banks' decisions to adopt fossil fuel divestment policies.
Rosella Carè   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Report of the Commission on industrial education.

open access: yes, 1907
Paul H. Hanus, chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Industrial Education."Submitted in accordance with resolve approved June 21, 1906."Mode of access ...
Massachusetts. Commission on Industrial Education.   +1 more
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Unveiling the Nexus Between Board Gender Diversity, CSR and Financial Performance: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the nexus between board gender diversity (BGD), corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, and financial outcomes in the context of an emerging country, Türkiye. The sample consists of Turkish non‐financial firms listed on Borsa Istanbul for the period 2008–2023.
Merve Kilic Karamahmutoglu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staudämme, Transaktionskosten und Regulation.: Zur Bedeutung und den Perspektiven des Berichts der World Commission on Dams

open access: yes, 2003
In den Halleschen Diskussionsbeiträgen zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie werden wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Institut für Geographie der Universität Halle-Wittenberg veröffentlicht.
Thomi, Walter, Baur, Jörg
openaire   +2 more sources

Cook's corner

open access: yes, 2001
Title from Web site (http://www.state.oh.us/mih/cooks.htm) as viewed on Aug. 12, 2002.; "Last updated: March 20, 2001."; Harvested from the web on 8/12/02Rice with pigeon peas -- Plantain ginger bread -- Mushroom and spinach lasagna -- Katie kake ...
Ohio Commission on Minority Health.
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ESG Performance and Corporate Bankruptcy Risk: A Pan‐European Analysis

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance affects bankruptcy risk, using data from publicly listed firms across 17 European countries over a 21‐year period. We find that higher ESG scores are significantly associated with lower bankruptcy risk, as proxied by Z‐score.
Athanasios P. Fassas
wiley   +1 more source

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