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Atmospheric Oscillations do not Explain the Temperature-Industrialization Correlation 大气振荡不能解释温度与工业化的相关性

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-07-21 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1166424

R. McKitrick

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引用次数: 15

The Cost Benefit Analysis on the Swan River Flood Management and Integrated Land Development Project - Phase I & Phase II: Stage I 天鹅河防洪及土地综合开发项目一期及二期的成本效益分析

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-06-27 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1152238

S. Rajendran

引用次数: 0

A Brief History of Brazilian Biofuels Legislation 巴西生物燃料立法简史

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-06-25 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1079994

Juscelino F. Colares

引用次数: 23

Coal-Fired Power Plants, Greenhouse Gases, and State Statutory Substantial Endangerment Provisions: Climate Change Comes to Kansas 燃煤电厂、温室气体和国家法定实质性危害条款:气候变化来到堪萨斯州

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-06-23 DOI: 10.17161/1808.20001

Robert L. Glicksman

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引用次数: 1

Evolutionary Clustering in Indonesian Ethnic Textile Motifs 印尼民族纺织图案的进化聚类

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-06-11 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1143142

Hokky Situngkir

引用次数: 4

Household Incidence of Pollution Control Policies: A Robust Welfare Analysis Using General Equilibrium Effects 家庭污染发生率控制政策:使用一般均衡效应的稳健福利分析

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1148265

A. Araar, Yazid Dissou, J. Duclos

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引用次数: 30

Impact of IP Regime on Diminishing Agro-Biodiversity: Finding Solutions to Conserve Genetic Variations 知识产权制度对农业生物多样性减少的影响:寻找保护遗传变异的解决方案

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-04-21 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1123506

Vin Gupta

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引用次数: 0

How Vulnerable are Bangladesh's Indigenous People to Climate Change? 孟加拉国土著居民对气候变化有多脆弱?

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1126441

B. Gunter, Atiq A. Rahman, A. F. M. Ataur Rahman

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引用次数: 12

Achieving Early and Substantial Greenhouse Gas Reductions Under a Post-Kyoto Agreement 在《京都议定书》后尽早实现实质性的温室气体减排

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-03-23 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1112818

J. Dernbach

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引用次数: 5

Information Technology and Systems in China's Circular Economy: Implications for Sustainability 中国循环经济中的信息技术与系统:对可持续性的影响

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2008-02-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1122865

Joseph Sarkis, Hanmin Zhu

引用次数: 58