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European funds and green public procurement 欧洲基金和绿色公共采购

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108400

Ruben Nicolas , Vítězslav Titl , Fredo Schotanus

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Does scarcity induce hostility? An experimental investigation of common-pool resources 稀缺会诱发敌意吗？对共有资源的实验研究

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108388

Stephan Geschwind, Johann Graf Lambsdorff

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Integrated modelling of fertilizer and climate change scenario impacts on agricultural production and nitrogen losses in Austria 肥料和气候变化情景对奥地利农业生产和氮损失影响的综合建模

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108398

Elisabeth Jost , Martin Schönhart , Hermine Mitter , Ottavia Zoboli , Erwin Schmid

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Are natural disasters stumbling blocks to carbon inequality mitigation? A global perspective 自然灾害是缓解碳不平等的绊脚石吗？全球视角

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108392

Kangyin Dong , Congyu Zhao , Rabindra Nepal , Kerstin K. Zander

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Towards systems-oriented behavioral ecological economics 实现以系统为导向的行为生态经济学

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108402

Stefan Drews

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Integrating recreational ecosystem service valuations into Israel's Water economy 将娱乐性生态系统服务估值纳入以色列的水经济

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108391

Aliza Fleischer, Yadin Gindin, Yacov Tsur

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Shared responsibility for carbon emission reduction in worldwide “steel- electric vehicle” trade within a sustainable industrial chain perspective 从可持续产业链角度看全球 "钢铁-电动汽车 "贸易中的碳减排共同责任

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108393

Yanxin Liu , Huajiao Li , Huijun Ren , Hongdian Jiang , Bo Ren , Ning Ma , Zhensong Chen , Weiqiong Zhong , Sergio Ulgiati

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If there is waste, there is a system: Understanding Victoria's circular economy transition from a systems thinking perspective 有废物，就有系统：从系统思维的角度理解维多利亚州的循环经济转型

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108395

Akvan Gajanayake, Usha Iyer-Raniga

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Back to the future: An experiment on ecological restoration 回到未来：生态恢复实验

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108386

Virginia Cecchini Manara , Eleonora Ciscato , Pietro Guarnieri , Lorenzo Spadoni

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Raising awareness of climate change: Nature, activists, politicians? 提高对气候变化的认识：自然、活动家、政治家？

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108374

Daryna Grechyna

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