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  1. Pollution sources affecting the oxidative potential of fine aerosols in a Portuguese urban-industrial area - an exploratory study

    This study targets to determine the oxidative potential (OP) of fine aerosols in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal)...

    Nuno Canha, Sara Gonçalves, ... Daniele Contini in Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health
    Article Open access 05 April 2024

  2. Associations between air pollution exposure and birth defects: a time series analysis

    Air pollution is a serious environmental problem in China. Birth defects are particularly vulnerable to outdoor air pollution. Our study was to...

    Shu Sun, Qi Zhang, ... Jiyu Cao in Environmental Geochemistry and Health
    Article 17 April 2021

  3. Diversified responses to contemporary pressures on slo** agricultural land: Thai farmer’s perception of mountainous landscapes in northern Vietnam

    Mountains cover approximately three quarters of the Vietnam, mainly in the north, west, and central parts of the country. Among the 38 ethnic...

    An Thinh Nguyen, Luc Hens in Environment, Development and Sustainability
    Article 17 June 2020

  4. Ideal and reality of multi-stakeholder collaboration on sustainability problems: a case study on a large-scale industrial contamination in Phoenix, Arizona

    Multi-stakeholder collaboration among industry, government, the public, and researchers is widely acknowledged as a critical success factor for...

    Rider W. Foley, Arnim Wiek, ... Richard Rushforth in Sustainability Science
    Article 20 September 2016

  5. Designing Environmental Instruments to Finance Agricultural Intensification Through the Clean Development Mechanism: Direct Cost Subsidy Versus Tax Cut Under Asymmetric Information

    Various agreements addressing climate change plead for the adoption of innovative green technologies to reduce production of greenhouse gases...
    Albert N. Honlonkou, Rashid M. Hassan in Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa
    Chapter 2015

  6. Taxation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

    In theory, carbon taxes are considered a sound instrument to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Despite its relatively scarce and recent implementation,...
    Andrea Baranzini, Stefano Carattini in Global Environmental Change
    Reference work entry 2014

  7. PM2.5 in the central part of Upper Silesia, Poland: concentrations, elemental composition, and mobility of components

    The paper discusses ambient concentrations of PM 2.5 (ambient fine particles) and of 29 PM 2.5 -related elements in Zabrze and Katowice, Poland, in...

    W. Rogula-Kozłowska, B. Błaszczak, ... B. Mathews in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
    Article 14 March 2012

  8. A Primer on Weather Derivatives

    We give a short introduction to weather derivatives. We discuss what they are made for. We describe the markets on which they are exchanged, and how...
    Pauline Barrieu, Olivier Scaillet in Uncertainty and Environmental Decision Making
    Chapter 2009

  9. Nuclear Power and the Public

    This study is an attempt to understand attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors with respect to nuclear power and several other technological risk...
    Paul Slovic, James Flynn, ... Claire Mays in Cross-Cultural Risk Perception
    Chapter 2000
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