FILTER
Displaying 1951 - 1960 of 2365 publications
The study assesses the role played by high-end ecotourism at study sites in Malawi, Botswana and Namibia. Analysis of dependency ratios, household income and social welfare impacts in the study…
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaOne of the policy goals motivating programs to increase renewable energy investment is that renewable electric generation will help reduce emissions of CO2 as well as emissions of conventional…
| Peer Reviewed | ChinaIn previous research, a deliberative process for integrating stakeholder perspectives in the ranking of risks was introduced and empirically tested with lay groups composed predominantly of Americans…
| Peer Reviewed | ChinaGlobal climate change stands out from most environmental problems because it will span generations and force us to think in new ways about intergenerational fairness. It involves the delicate problem…
| Peer Reviewed | SwedenMuch of the improvement in living standards in developed and developing countries alike is attributable to the exploitation of nonrenewable and renewable resources. The problem is to know when the…
| Peer Reviewed | SwedenMicrocredit schemes have become a popular means of improving smallholders’ access to credit and making long term investment possible. However, it remains to be explored whether the current microcredit…
| Peer Reviewed | SwedenSocial-ecological systems exhibit patterns across multiple levels along spatial, temporal, and functional scales. The outcomes that are produced in these systems result from complex, non-additive…
| Peer Reviewed |This paper presents an empirical study of schooling attendance and collection of environmental resources using cross-sectional data from Kiambu District of Kenya. Because the decision to collect…
| Peer Reviewed | KenyaThis study identifies the determinants of households’ willingness to pay for an improvement in solid waste-collection services based on 381 households in Kampala. Employing the double-bounded…
| Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaIncomplete Property Rights, Exposure to Markets and the Provision of Environmental Services in China
This paper uses data from a 2003 rural survey to examine the determinants of household provision of environmental services under China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP), the largest payment for…
| Peer Reviewed | China