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Ecological Economics of Water in China: Towards a Sustainable Water Quality Management Regime 中国水生态经济学:迈向可持续的水质管理体制

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-08-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1004632

H. Khan, Yibei Liu

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引用次数: 2

Money or Nothing: The Adverse Environmental Consequences of Uncompensated Land-Use Controls 有钱还是没钱:无偿土地使用管制的不利环境后果

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-08-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1007467

J. Adler

引用次数: 19

Lord Findlater and His Impact on Continental Landscaping 芬德莱特勋爵及其对大陆景观的影响

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-07-23 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1172282

W. Nedobity

引用次数: 0

The Implications of Climate Change Litigation for International Environmental Law-Making 气候变化诉讼对国际环境立法的启示

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-07-15 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1005345

David B. Hunter

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引用次数: 5

Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: A Microeconomic Analysis of Livestock Choice 非洲的气候变化适应:牲畜选择的微观经济分析

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-07-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4277

S. Seo, R. Mendelsohn

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引用次数: 98

Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Goals and Trading Caps 罗托鲁瓦湖营养物交易:目标和交易上限

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-07-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1003321

Suzi Kerr, K. Lock, K. Rutherford

引用次数: 45

Environmental Innovation under Cournot Competition 古诺竞争下的环境创新

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-06-28 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1010636

M. Sanin, S. Zanaj

引用次数: 32

A Pricing Mechanism for CO2 Emissions that Incorporates Future Revisions of Estimates of the Cost of Today's Emissions 包含对当前排放成本估算的未来修订的二氧化碳排放定价机制

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1015812

T. N. Tideman, Florenz Plassmann

引用次数: 1

Nuclear Power, Renewable Resurgence and Energy Retailing: A Political Economic Perspective of the Emerging Trend in Energy Supplies 核能、可再生能源复兴和能源零售:能源供应新趋势的政治经济视角

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.996040

D. Dey

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引用次数: 0

Profiling an Outward Orientated Strategy in Trade, Energy and Environment for Bolivia 玻利维亚对外贸易、能源和环境战略概述

SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business eJournal Pub Date : 2007-05-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.997053

Raymond Saner, Laura Páez

引用次数: 0