Foreword |
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Preface |
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Part I Framework and fundamentals |
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3 | (28) |
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4 | (5) |
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Rationale and motivations |
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9 | (11) |
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Brief history and summary of sustainomics |
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20 | (5) |
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Millennium development prospects and worldwide status |
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25 | (6) |
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31 | (41) |
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Basic concepts and principles |
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31 | (9) |
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Key elements of the sustainable development triangle |
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40 | (6) |
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Integration of economic, social and environmental elements |
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46 | (9) |
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Tools and methods for integrated analysis and assessment |
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55 | (9) |
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Restructuring development and growth for greater sustainability |
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64 | (8) |
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Economics of the environment |
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72 | (39) |
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Human activities and the environment |
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72 | (1) |
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Conventional project evaluation |
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73 | (4) |
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Measuring costs and benefits |
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77 | (5) |
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Basic concepts for valuing environmental costs and benefits |
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82 | (7) |
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89 | (2) |
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Discount rate, risk and uncertainty |
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91 | (5) |
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Economy-wide policies and the environment |
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96 | (10) |
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Appendix: Estimating and using shadow prices |
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106 | (5) |
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Ecological and social aspects |
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111 | (26) |
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Conceptual framework linking ecological and socioeconomic systems |
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111 | (7) |
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Property rights, governance and ecological-social linkages |
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118 | (10) |
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Environmental and social assessment |
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128 | (9) |
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Part II Global and transnational applications |
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Global analytical applications |
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137 | (43) |
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Climate change and sustainable development |
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137 | (3) |
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Applying the sustainomics framework to climate change |
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140 | (10) |
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Climate-change adaptation and mitigation |
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150 | (4) |
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Global-level interactions between climate change and sustainable development |
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154 | (5) |
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Greenhouse-gas-mitigation prospects in Sri Lanka |
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159 | (14) |
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Real-options framework for carbon trading under uncertainty |
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173 | (7) |
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International process applications: multilevel, multistakeholder, transdisciplinary dialogues |
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180 | (31) |
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Global transdiciplinary scientific dialogue on climate change and sustainable development |
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180 | (4) |
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Multilevel integration of millennium ecosystem assessment results and millennium development goals |
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184 | (5) |
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Using the AIM to analyse MA-MDG links at the national and global levels |
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189 | (4) |
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Dams and development: multilevel, multistakeholder dialogue |
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193 | (5) |
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Evaluation of the Dams and Development Project (2001-2004) |
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198 | (2) |
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Dams and Development Project evaluation, conclusions and results |
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200 | (11) |
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Part III National and macroeconomic applications |
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National economy-wide applications |
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211 | (32) |
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Historical evolution of ideas |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (6) |
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Case study of Brazil--- making long-term development more sustainable |
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225 | (18) |
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Mathematical macromodel applications |
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243 | (26) |
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Optimal growth models and sustainable development |
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243 | (1) |
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Economic and non-economic costs and benefits of growth |
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244 | (2) |
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An optimization model: Ecol-Opt-Growth-1 |
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246 | (7) |
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Ecol-Opt-Growth-1 model conclusions |
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253 | (1) |
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Macroeconomic policies, second-best theory and environmental harm |
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254 | (2) |
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Developing country case studies |
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256 | (4) |
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Appendix A: The Ecol-Opt-Growth-1 model |
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260 | (5) |
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Appendix B: Second-best nature of macroeconomic policies when environmental externalities are present |
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265 | (4) |
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Computable general equilibrium modelling applications |
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269 | (44) |
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Economy-wide cross-effects of social and environmental policies in Chile |
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269 | (3) |
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Review of economic, social and environmental issues and policies |
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272 | (8) |
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Interactions between social, environmental and economic policies |
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280 | (8) |
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Chile case study conclusions |
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288 | (1) |
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Economy-wide policies and deforestation in Costa Rica |
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289 | (3) |
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292 | (7) |
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Main findings of the Costa Rica study |
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299 | (4) |
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Appendix A: ECOGEM-Chile CGE model summary |
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303 | (3) |
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Appendix B: Costa Rica CGE model summary |
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306 | (7) |
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Part IV Sub-national sectoral and system applications |
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Energy-sector applications |
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313 | (42) |
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Energy and sustainable development |
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313 | (8) |
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Framework for sustainable energy development |
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321 | (12) |
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Applying SED to power planning in Sri Lanka |
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333 | (5) |
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338 | (5) |
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Assessing the sustainability of energy policies in South Africa |
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343 | (7) |
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Making electricity development more sustainable in the UK |
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350 | (5) |
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Transport-sector applications |
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355 | (36) |
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Generic priorities for sustainable transport |
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355 | (2) |
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Health-damage costs of air pollution in Sri Lanka |
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357 | (7) |
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Traffic congestion - economic and environmental sustainability |
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364 | (13) |
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Other options for reducing traffic congestion |
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377 | (8) |
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Sustainable transport policy in Sri Lanka |
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385 | (6) |
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Water-resource applications |
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391 | (33) |
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Hydrological cycle and human actions |
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391 | (4) |
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395 | (7) |
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Sustainable water-resources management and policy (SWAMP) |
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402 | (4) |
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Management of groundwater depletion and saline intrusion in the Philippines |
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406 | (7) |
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Policy implementation issues |
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413 | (3) |
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Simple water filtration method for cholera prevention in Bangladesh |
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416 | (4) |
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Appendix: Economic costs of producing water |
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420 | (4) |
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Ecological and agricultural system applications |
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424 | (36) |
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Sustainable management of tropical forests |
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424 | (10) |
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Valuing forest ecosystems in Madagascar |
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434 | (7) |
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Agriculture and climate change |
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441 | (3) |
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Climate impacts on agriculture in Sri Lanka |
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444 | (12) |
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Appendix: Models used for tropical forest valuation |
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456 | (4) |
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Resource-pricing-policy applications |
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460 | (43) |
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Sustainable pricing policy (SPP) |
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460 | (7) |
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Extensions of the basic model |
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467 | (8) |
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Calculating economically efficient prices based on strict LRMC |
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475 | (5) |
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Adjusting efficient prices to meet other objectives |
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480 | (6) |
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Sustainable pricing of water resources |
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486 | (4) |
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Appendix A: Optimal energy pricing |
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490 | (6) |
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Appendix B: Demand analysis and forecasting |
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496 | (7) |
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Part V Project and local applications |
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503 | (41) |
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Small hydro-projects and sustainable energy development in Sri Lanka |
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503 | (5) |
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Main findings of small hydro study |
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508 | (4) |
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New and renewable energy projects: case study of solar photovoltaics |
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512 | (7) |
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Sustainable rural electrification based on renewable energy |
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519 | (16) |
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Evaluating a typical water supply project in a poor African village |
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535 | (9) |
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Local applications --- hazards, disasters and urban growth |
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544 | (44) |
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Sustainable hazard reduction and disaster management (SHARM) |
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544 | (10) |
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The 2004 Asian Tsunami --- a preliminary assessment |
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554 | (15) |
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Sustainability of long-term growth in Asian cities |
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569 | (9) |
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Urban vulnerability, natural hazards and environmental degradation |
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578 | (5) |
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Making urban development more sustainable in North America and Europe |
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583 | (5) |
References |
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588 | (43) |
Index |
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