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Are we measuring natural resource wealth correctly?: A reconceptualization of natural resource value in the era of climate changeUnderlying the management of revenues from natural resource extraction is a set of assumptions about how abundant and how valuable these resources are...
Natural resources Valuation environmental impactJournal Article
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Road Infrastructure in GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
Climate change Environment Global warmingWorking Paper
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Road Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: Evidence from GhanaClimate change scenarios for many Sub-Saharan African countries including Ghana indicate that temperatures will increase while rainfall will either increase or decrease. The potential impact of climate change on economic systems is well-known...
Environment Global warming Infrastructure (Economics)Book Chapter
A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life in Latin AmericaFrom the book: Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Public goods Urban economics ValuationWorking Paper
A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban LifeA growing number of cities around the world have established systems of monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective and subjective information and attempt to cover a wide variety of topics...
Public goods Urban economics ValuationBook Chapter
Sustainability and Well-being IndicatorsFrom the book: Human Well-being
Environment and economic development Poverty measurement Public welfareWorking Paper
Sustainability and Well-being IndicatorsThis paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of sustainability with that of well-being...
Environment and economic development Poverty measurement Public welfareWorking Paper
The Pattern and Valuation Effects of Corporate Diversification: A Comparison of the United States, Japan, and Other East Asian EconomiesWe document that firms in eight East Asian countries and Japan diversify into more segments and engage into more related businesses―as measured by the degree of vertical relatedness and complementarity―than firms in the USA...
Corporations Regression analysis ValuationBook Chapter
The Management of Coastal Wetlands: Economic Analysis of Combined Ecologic-Economic SystemsFrom the book: The Environment and Emerging Development Issues
Ecology Economic development Environmental economicsBook Chapter
Valuation of Tropical ForestsFrom the book: The Environment and Emerging Development Issues
Conservation of natural resources Forests and forestry Sustainable development