This report examines the effect of an energy-conservation policy that imposes excise taxes on car... more This report examines the effect of an energy-conservation policy that imposes excise taxes on cars having low fuel efficiency, coupled with a rebate on cars having high fuel efficiency. Two oil price cases are considered. The Jack Faucett Automobile Sector Forecasting Model is used to measure direct effects. The Brookhaven National Laboratory-University of Illinois Input-Output/Linear Programming model is used for economy-wide effects and impact on employment.
A preliminary description is presented of the Dominican Republic's energy resources, its ... more A preliminary description is presented of the Dominican Republic's energy resources, its recent energy supply-demand pattern, and some energy demand projections for the years 1990 and 2000.
... Substantial deterioration of hydrographic networks is occurring throughout the world, increas... more ... Substantial deterioration of hydrographic networks is occurring throughout the world, increasing the difficulty of making an accurate assessment of global freshwater resources. ... 7.1.1 Fresh Water in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Context. ...
There are serious institutional challenges associated with low-cost sanitation in deprived urban ... more There are serious institutional challenges associated with low-cost sanitation in deprived urban communities. These include a collective action challenge, a coproduction challenge, a challenge of affordability versus acceptability, and a challenge related to housing tenure. This paper examines these challenges, revealing both the importance of community-driven sanitation improvement and its difficulties. The nature of the challenges, and the means by which two successful community-driven initiatives have overcome them, suggest that while recognizing the human right to sanitation is important this should not be taken to imply that typical rights-based approaches are the appropriate means of realizing this right.
This volume reports on the characteristics and biological effects of urbanisation in Third World ... more This volume reports on the characteristics and biological effects of urbanisation in Third World cities. Several chapters describe the ecology of such cities and other urbanising places, to show exactly which physical and social features of cities may influence human health and ...
... likely to outweigh any differences between individual and social costs of pesticide use. ... ... more ... likely to outweigh any differences between individual and social costs of pesticide use. ... This should not be taken to imply that the environmental problems of the poor ... Affordable improvements are often forgone because the underlying physical processes are poorly understood or ...
... of ill-health and poverty (Pryer, 1993, 2003). The economics of this type of relationship has... more ... of ill-health and poverty (Pryer, 1993, 2003). The economics of this type of relationship has been explored in depth by Partha Dasgupta (1993) in his book on the economics of destitution. However, this is unlikely to have a major ...
This paper examines the climate-related risks that will face the inhabitants of developing-countr... more This paper examines the climate-related risks that will face the inhabitants of developing-country cities and towns in the decades to come. It draws upon a newly-assembled, comprehensive database with information on city population size and growth for several thousand cities in the developing world (United Nations 2008). For the first time, these city population data are situated spatially, by exploiting detailed geographic information on settlements collected in the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (SEDAC 2008; Balk 2009 forthcoming). Having located cities and towns in spatial terms, we are able to assess their exposure to climate-related risks in two important ecozones-the low-elevation coastal zone and drylands-where storm surges and flooding, as well as water stress and episodes of extreme heat, are expected to threaten human health. Using new methods, we have constructed urban population growth estimates and forecasts that incorporate demographic and ecological parameters. For a number of countries, we explore an important dimension of vulnerability, showing through small-area poverty maps the extent to which the urban poor are exposed to risk. Much of the investment needed to prepare cities to meet such risks will be made by national and local-level decision-makers, who will need more detail than these global
This report examines the effect of an energy-conservation policy that imposes excise taxes on car... more This report examines the effect of an energy-conservation policy that imposes excise taxes on cars having low fuel efficiency, coupled with a rebate on cars having high fuel efficiency. Two oil price cases are considered. The Jack Faucett Automobile Sector Forecasting Model is used to measure direct effects. The Brookhaven National Laboratory-University of Illinois Input-Output/Linear Programming model is used for economy-wide effects and impact on employment.
A preliminary description is presented of the Dominican Republic's energy resources, its ... more A preliminary description is presented of the Dominican Republic's energy resources, its recent energy supply-demand pattern, and some energy demand projections for the years 1990 and 2000.
... Substantial deterioration of hydrographic networks is occurring throughout the world, increas... more ... Substantial deterioration of hydrographic networks is occurring throughout the world, increasing the difficulty of making an accurate assessment of global freshwater resources. ... 7.1.1 Fresh Water in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Context. ...
There are serious institutional challenges associated with low-cost sanitation in deprived urban ... more There are serious institutional challenges associated with low-cost sanitation in deprived urban communities. These include a collective action challenge, a coproduction challenge, a challenge of affordability versus acceptability, and a challenge related to housing tenure. This paper examines these challenges, revealing both the importance of community-driven sanitation improvement and its difficulties. The nature of the challenges, and the means by which two successful community-driven initiatives have overcome them, suggest that while recognizing the human right to sanitation is important this should not be taken to imply that typical rights-based approaches are the appropriate means of realizing this right.
This volume reports on the characteristics and biological effects of urbanisation in Third World ... more This volume reports on the characteristics and biological effects of urbanisation in Third World cities. Several chapters describe the ecology of such cities and other urbanising places, to show exactly which physical and social features of cities may influence human health and ...
... likely to outweigh any differences between individual and social costs of pesticide use. ... ... more ... likely to outweigh any differences between individual and social costs of pesticide use. ... This should not be taken to imply that the environmental problems of the poor ... Affordable improvements are often forgone because the underlying physical processes are poorly understood or ...
... of ill-health and poverty (Pryer, 1993, 2003). The economics of this type of relationship has... more ... of ill-health and poverty (Pryer, 1993, 2003). The economics of this type of relationship has been explored in depth by Partha Dasgupta (1993) in his book on the economics of destitution. However, this is unlikely to have a major ...
This paper examines the climate-related risks that will face the inhabitants of developing-countr... more This paper examines the climate-related risks that will face the inhabitants of developing-country cities and towns in the decades to come. It draws upon a newly-assembled, comprehensive database with information on city population size and growth for several thousand cities in the developing world (United Nations 2008). For the first time, these city population data are situated spatially, by exploiting detailed geographic information on settlements collected in the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (SEDAC 2008; Balk 2009 forthcoming). Having located cities and towns in spatial terms, we are able to assess their exposure to climate-related risks in two important ecozones-the low-elevation coastal zone and drylands-where storm surges and flooding, as well as water stress and episodes of extreme heat, are expected to threaten human health. Using new methods, we have constructed urban population growth estimates and forecasts that incorporate demographic and ecological parameters. For a number of countries, we explore an important dimension of vulnerability, showing through small-area poverty maps the extent to which the urban poor are exposed to risk. Much of the investment needed to prepare cities to meet such risks will be made by national and local-level decision-makers, who will need more detail than these global
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