Planners in Buenos Aires piloted a novel remedy for the city’s chronic traffic congestion and vehicular pollution: to cut downtown traffic in half, they banned vehicles from entering the city center every other day, depending on whether the last digit of a license plate was odd or even.
Camille Belmin, PhD Candidate at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Camille Belmin is a PhD candidate in the Future Lab Social Metabolism and Impacts at PIK and at Humboldt…
It is well known that natural disasters have a significant effect on material well-being. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of natural disasters on the individual life satisfaction. For this purpose, we use data from the 2010 LAPOP survey for Chile, which contains a series of questions regarding the earthquake of the same year that affected the country. After estimating an ordered Probit model, results show a negative effect on the subjective-wellbeing of the affected population, particularly those who report damage to their home or/and an injury.
What’s the secret behind writing an award-winning thesis? What are the criteria? What does it take? The chair of EfD’s Research Committee, Vic Adamowicz, knows the answers. He will announce this year…
Notice is hereby given of an AFAERE Annual General Meeting to be held via Zoom on Monday 30 November 2020 at 14h00GMT. The agenda and link for the AGM will be shared later. Current and prospective…
This policy note provides a snapshot of water and sanitation measures implemented by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 14 countries in the Global South: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Panama, South Africa, Uganda and Vietnam. We find that many countries have taken action to stop utility disconnections due to non-payment.
Title of Webinar: Modelling alternative payment modes in choice experiments Presenter: Dr Godwin Kofi Vondolia, Researcher, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway…
Jan Steckel leads the Climate and Development group at the prestigious MCC in Berlin. He emphasizes that mitigating climate change can entail development trade-offs that need to be understood, and…