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Blue Skies, Blue Seas : Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa
| Blue Skies, Blue Seas : Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa |
| Autore | Heger Martin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.457 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VasholdLukas
PalaciosAnabella AlahmadiMala AcerbiMarcelo |
| Collana | MENA Development Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Coast changes
Pollution - Economic aspects |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1813-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Overview -- "Blue" Capital and Three Core Issues -- Road Map to the Report -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Human Advancement and Sustainable Natural Capital Use in the Middle East and North Africa -- Overview -- Improvement in Incomes, Produced Capital, and Human Capital -- Natural Capital Deteriorates as Environmental Degradation Accelerates -- A Lag in Decoupling Growth from Air Pollution and GHGs -- Switching to a Green Growth Path -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Blue Skies for Healthy and Prosperous Cities -- Overview -- How Polluted Are the Cities' Skies? -- The Health and Economic Impacts of Dirty Skies -- Policy Review: How to Get Clear Blue Skies -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Blue Seas: Freeing the Seas from Plastics -- Overview -- The State of Plastic Pollution in the Seas -- The Environmental, Public Health, and Economic Impacts of Plastic-Polluted Seas -- Policy Review: How to Get Clear, Blue, Plastic-Free Seas -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Blue Seas: Fighting Coastal Erosion -- Overview -- How Eroded Is the Coast? -- The Economic Impacts of Eroded Coasts -- Policy Review: How to Combat Coastal Erosion -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Box 2.1 Green Recovery Goals Guide COVID-19 Responses by Multilateral Organizations -- Box 2.2 Job Creation from Green Growth Strategies -- Box 2.3 Carbon Wealth in the Middle East and North Africa and Its Potential Pitfalls -- Box 3.1 Different Sources and Health Effects of Different PM Diameters -- Box 3.2 Air Quality Monitoring in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates -- Box 3.3 Reforming Fuel Subsidies: Lessons from International Experience -- Box 3.4 Slashing Fuel Subsidies during Periods of Low Global Oil Prices Reduces Public Discontent.
Box 3.5 Environmental Fiscal Reform: International Experiences -- Box 3.6 Vehicle Technology and Related Regulations in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.7 Fuel Quality Standards in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.8 Public Transportation in Middle East and North Africa's Cities -- Box 3.9 Place-Based Policies and Their Effects on Air Pollution -- Box 3.10 Successful Pollution Abatement Projects in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.11 California's Emissions Trading System -- Box 3.12 Saudi Arabia's Efforts to Increase Energy Efficiency -- Box 3.13 Regional Examples of Investment in Renewable Energy Sources -- Box 3.14 Reducing the "Black Cloud" Phenomenon in Greater Cairo -- Box 3.15 Reusing Crop Residues as Fertilizer with the Happy Seeder -- Box 3.16 Public Awareness Programs on Air Pollution in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.17 Green Space in Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt -- Box 4.1 Marine-Plastic Pollution within the International Policy Agenda -- Box 4.2 Identifying the Hot Spots of Marine-Plastic Debris along Morocco's Coasts -- Box 4.3 Green Bond Financing for SWM Systems -- Box 4.4 A Snapshot of the Petrochemical Industry in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 4.5 Eliminating SUPs in the United Arab Emirates -- Box 4.6 Morocco: Implementing an Ecotax on Plastic Production -- Box 4.7 Tunisia: The ECOLEF Program to Increase Recycling -- Box 4.8 Emerging Alternatives to SUPs in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 4.9 The EU Plan to Reduce SUP -- Box 4.10 Plastics Circularity and Market Potential: Examples from Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand -- Box 4.11 Integration of Recyclers into Local Waste Management Systems: Examples from Latin America -- Box 5.1 Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa and the Impact of COVID-19 -- Box 5.2 Sediment Budgets and Numerical Modeling in West Africa. Box 5.3 Iraq's Al-Faw Grand Port: Computational Modeling to Eliminate Coastal Erosion -- Box 5.4 Rosetta Promontory: Computational Modeling of Solutions to Fight Coastal Erosion -- Box 5.5 Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Morocco -- Box 5.6 Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast and Nile Delta Regions, the Arab Republic of Egypt -- Box 5.7 India's ICZM Project: A Comprehensive Approach for Combating Coastal Erosion -- Box 5.8 General Overview of Hard-Defense Options -- Box 5.9 Effects of Different Defense Structures in Soliman Beach, Tunisia -- Box 5.10 Building with Nature: Approaches for Beach Replenishment from the Netherlands -- Figure -- Figure ES.1 Urban Air Pollution, Marine-Plastic Pollution, and Net Coastal Erosion, by Region -- Figure 2.1 Capital Accounting Framework -- Figure 2.2 Gross National Income Per Capita, by Subregion, Middle East and North Africa, 1990-2018 -- Figure 2.3 Trends in Access and Use of Basic Sanitation and Drinking Water Services in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion, 2000-17 -- Figure 2.4 Trends in Rural Access to Electricity and Total Population's Internet Use in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion -- Figure 2.5 Selected Human Capital Indicators in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion -- Figure 2.6 Recent Trends in Selected Gas Emissions in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion -- Figure 2.7 Volume of Plastic Debris Entering the Seas from the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2010 and 2025 -- Figure 2.8 Average Annual Net Coastal Accretion and Erosion, Global Regions and Middle East and North Africa Subregions, 1984-2016 -- Figure 2.9 Natural Habitat Index Trends in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion. Figure 2.10 Sustainability of Water Withdrawals, by Source, as a Share of Total Withdrawals in Middle East and North Africa Economies, 2010s -- Figure 2.11 Mean Sea Level Rise of the Mediterranean Sea, 1993-2020 -- Figure 2.12 Trends in Growth of GNI Per Capita in Relation to CO2 Emissions Per Capita in Middle East and North Africa Subregions and Other Global Regions, 1990-2018 -- Figure 2.13 Growth of GNI Per Capita in Relation to CO2 Emissions Per Capita in Middle East and North Africa Economies, since 1990 -- Figure 2.14 Progress in Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from NOX and SO2 Emissions Per Capita, by Global Region, since 1990 -- Figure 2.15 Extent of Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from NOX and SO2 Emissions Per Capita, Middle East and North Africa Economies, since 1990 -- Figure 2.16 Comparison of Global Regions in Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from Black Carbon Emissions Per Capita since 1990 -- Figure 2.17 Comparison of Global Regions in Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from PM2.5 Exposure since 1990 -- Figure 3.1 Ambient Air Pollution in Urban Areas, by World Region, 2016 -- Figure 3.2 Ambient Air Pollution in Capital Cities of Selected Middle East and North Africa Countries, 2018 -- Figure 3.3 Ambient Air Pollution in Non-Capital Major Cities of Selected Middle East and North Africa Countries, 2018 -- Figure 3.4 Global Comparison of Ambient Air Pollution in Capital or Other Major Cities in Relation to Countries' Income Levels -- Figure B3.1.1 Size Comparisons for PM10 and PM2.5 Particles -- Figure 3.5 Share of Total Mortality Risk from Most Prevalent Causes in the Middle East and North Africa, 2019 -- Figure 3.6 Trends in Risk Exposure, by Cause, in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990-2019 -- Figure 3.7 AAP-Induced Causes of Death in the Middle East and North Africa, 2019. Figure 3.8 Death Rates Attributable to AAP in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2019 -- Figure 3.9 Total AAP-Related Deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion and Economy, 2019 -- Figure 3.10 Trends in Morbidity Due to AAP in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion, 1990-2019 -- Figure 3.12 Estimated Effect of Increased AAP Exposure during Pregnancy on Probability of Stunting or Wasting of Children Born 2002-14, Selected Middle East and North Africa Countries -- Figure 3.13 Global Morbidity and Mortality Rates Related to Air Pollution, by Region, 2019 -- Figure 3.14 Decomposition of National Sources of PM2.5 Concentrations in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion, 2018 -- Figure 3.15 Decomposition of PM2.5 Sources in Greater Cairo, Summer and Fall 2010 -- Figure 3.16 Decomposition of Air Pollutant Sources, by Sector, in the EEA-33 Countries, 2017 -- Figure 3.17 Average Diesel and Gasoline Pump Prices Per Liter, by Global Region, 2016 and 2018 -- Figure 3.18 Average Diesel Pump Prices Per Liter in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2016 and 2018 -- Figure 3.19 Average Gasoline Pump Prices Per Liter in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2016 and 2018 -- Figure B3.7.1 Diesel Sulfur Limits in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2020 -- Figure 3.20 Shares of Total Population Living in Urban Areas and Country's Largest City, by Global Region, 2018 -- Figure 3.21 Share of All Motorized Trips Using Personal Cars, by Global Region -- Figure B3.8.1 Trips by Public Transportation as a Share of Total Motorized Trips in Selected Cities Worldwide and in the Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 3.22 Energy Use Per Unit of Output and Growth Rate, by World Region -- Figure 3.23 Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Losses, by World Region, 2014. Figure 3.24 Municipal Waste Burned Per Capita in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2010. |
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Blue Skies, Blue Seas : Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa
| Blue Skies, Blue Seas : Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa |
| Autore | Heger Martin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.457 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VasholdLukas
PalaciosAnabella AlahmadiMala AcerbiMarcelo |
| Collana | MENA Development Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Coast changes
Pollution - Economic aspects |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1813-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Overview -- "Blue" Capital and Three Core Issues -- Road Map to the Report -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Human Advancement and Sustainable Natural Capital Use in the Middle East and North Africa -- Overview -- Improvement in Incomes, Produced Capital, and Human Capital -- Natural Capital Deteriorates as Environmental Degradation Accelerates -- A Lag in Decoupling Growth from Air Pollution and GHGs -- Switching to a Green Growth Path -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Blue Skies for Healthy and Prosperous Cities -- Overview -- How Polluted Are the Cities' Skies? -- The Health and Economic Impacts of Dirty Skies -- Policy Review: How to Get Clear Blue Skies -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Blue Seas: Freeing the Seas from Plastics -- Overview -- The State of Plastic Pollution in the Seas -- The Environmental, Public Health, and Economic Impacts of Plastic-Polluted Seas -- Policy Review: How to Get Clear, Blue, Plastic-Free Seas -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Blue Seas: Fighting Coastal Erosion -- Overview -- How Eroded Is the Coast? -- The Economic Impacts of Eroded Coasts -- Policy Review: How to Combat Coastal Erosion -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Box 2.1 Green Recovery Goals Guide COVID-19 Responses by Multilateral Organizations -- Box 2.2 Job Creation from Green Growth Strategies -- Box 2.3 Carbon Wealth in the Middle East and North Africa and Its Potential Pitfalls -- Box 3.1 Different Sources and Health Effects of Different PM Diameters -- Box 3.2 Air Quality Monitoring in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates -- Box 3.3 Reforming Fuel Subsidies: Lessons from International Experience -- Box 3.4 Slashing Fuel Subsidies during Periods of Low Global Oil Prices Reduces Public Discontent.
Box 3.5 Environmental Fiscal Reform: International Experiences -- Box 3.6 Vehicle Technology and Related Regulations in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.7 Fuel Quality Standards in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.8 Public Transportation in Middle East and North Africa's Cities -- Box 3.9 Place-Based Policies and Their Effects on Air Pollution -- Box 3.10 Successful Pollution Abatement Projects in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.11 California's Emissions Trading System -- Box 3.12 Saudi Arabia's Efforts to Increase Energy Efficiency -- Box 3.13 Regional Examples of Investment in Renewable Energy Sources -- Box 3.14 Reducing the "Black Cloud" Phenomenon in Greater Cairo -- Box 3.15 Reusing Crop Residues as Fertilizer with the Happy Seeder -- Box 3.16 Public Awareness Programs on Air Pollution in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 3.17 Green Space in Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt -- Box 4.1 Marine-Plastic Pollution within the International Policy Agenda -- Box 4.2 Identifying the Hot Spots of Marine-Plastic Debris along Morocco's Coasts -- Box 4.3 Green Bond Financing for SWM Systems -- Box 4.4 A Snapshot of the Petrochemical Industry in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 4.5 Eliminating SUPs in the United Arab Emirates -- Box 4.6 Morocco: Implementing an Ecotax on Plastic Production -- Box 4.7 Tunisia: The ECOLEF Program to Increase Recycling -- Box 4.8 Emerging Alternatives to SUPs in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 4.9 The EU Plan to Reduce SUP -- Box 4.10 Plastics Circularity and Market Potential: Examples from Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand -- Box 4.11 Integration of Recyclers into Local Waste Management Systems: Examples from Latin America -- Box 5.1 Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa and the Impact of COVID-19 -- Box 5.2 Sediment Budgets and Numerical Modeling in West Africa. Box 5.3 Iraq's Al-Faw Grand Port: Computational Modeling to Eliminate Coastal Erosion -- Box 5.4 Rosetta Promontory: Computational Modeling of Solutions to Fight Coastal Erosion -- Box 5.5 Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Morocco -- Box 5.6 Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast and Nile Delta Regions, the Arab Republic of Egypt -- Box 5.7 India's ICZM Project: A Comprehensive Approach for Combating Coastal Erosion -- Box 5.8 General Overview of Hard-Defense Options -- Box 5.9 Effects of Different Defense Structures in Soliman Beach, Tunisia -- Box 5.10 Building with Nature: Approaches for Beach Replenishment from the Netherlands -- Figure -- Figure ES.1 Urban Air Pollution, Marine-Plastic Pollution, and Net Coastal Erosion, by Region -- Figure 2.1 Capital Accounting Framework -- Figure 2.2 Gross National Income Per Capita, by Subregion, Middle East and North Africa, 1990-2018 -- Figure 2.3 Trends in Access and Use of Basic Sanitation and Drinking Water Services in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion, 2000-17 -- Figure 2.4 Trends in Rural Access to Electricity and Total Population's Internet Use in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion -- Figure 2.5 Selected Human Capital Indicators in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion -- Figure 2.6 Recent Trends in Selected Gas Emissions in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion -- Figure 2.7 Volume of Plastic Debris Entering the Seas from the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2010 and 2025 -- Figure 2.8 Average Annual Net Coastal Accretion and Erosion, Global Regions and Middle East and North Africa Subregions, 1984-2016 -- Figure 2.9 Natural Habitat Index Trends in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion. Figure 2.10 Sustainability of Water Withdrawals, by Source, as a Share of Total Withdrawals in Middle East and North Africa Economies, 2010s -- Figure 2.11 Mean Sea Level Rise of the Mediterranean Sea, 1993-2020 -- Figure 2.12 Trends in Growth of GNI Per Capita in Relation to CO2 Emissions Per Capita in Middle East and North Africa Subregions and Other Global Regions, 1990-2018 -- Figure 2.13 Growth of GNI Per Capita in Relation to CO2 Emissions Per Capita in Middle East and North Africa Economies, since 1990 -- Figure 2.14 Progress in Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from NOX and SO2 Emissions Per Capita, by Global Region, since 1990 -- Figure 2.15 Extent of Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from NOX and SO2 Emissions Per Capita, Middle East and North Africa Economies, since 1990 -- Figure 2.16 Comparison of Global Regions in Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from Black Carbon Emissions Per Capita since 1990 -- Figure 2.17 Comparison of Global Regions in Decoupling Growth of GNI Per Capita from PM2.5 Exposure since 1990 -- Figure 3.1 Ambient Air Pollution in Urban Areas, by World Region, 2016 -- Figure 3.2 Ambient Air Pollution in Capital Cities of Selected Middle East and North Africa Countries, 2018 -- Figure 3.3 Ambient Air Pollution in Non-Capital Major Cities of Selected Middle East and North Africa Countries, 2018 -- Figure 3.4 Global Comparison of Ambient Air Pollution in Capital or Other Major Cities in Relation to Countries' Income Levels -- Figure B3.1.1 Size Comparisons for PM10 and PM2.5 Particles -- Figure 3.5 Share of Total Mortality Risk from Most Prevalent Causes in the Middle East and North Africa, 2019 -- Figure 3.6 Trends in Risk Exposure, by Cause, in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990-2019 -- Figure 3.7 AAP-Induced Causes of Death in the Middle East and North Africa, 2019. Figure 3.8 Death Rates Attributable to AAP in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2019 -- Figure 3.9 Total AAP-Related Deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion and Economy, 2019 -- Figure 3.10 Trends in Morbidity Due to AAP in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion, 1990-2019 -- Figure 3.12 Estimated Effect of Increased AAP Exposure during Pregnancy on Probability of Stunting or Wasting of Children Born 2002-14, Selected Middle East and North Africa Countries -- Figure 3.13 Global Morbidity and Mortality Rates Related to Air Pollution, by Region, 2019 -- Figure 3.14 Decomposition of National Sources of PM2.5 Concentrations in the Middle East and North Africa, by Subregion, 2018 -- Figure 3.15 Decomposition of PM2.5 Sources in Greater Cairo, Summer and Fall 2010 -- Figure 3.16 Decomposition of Air Pollutant Sources, by Sector, in the EEA-33 Countries, 2017 -- Figure 3.17 Average Diesel and Gasoline Pump Prices Per Liter, by Global Region, 2016 and 2018 -- Figure 3.18 Average Diesel Pump Prices Per Liter in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2016 and 2018 -- Figure 3.19 Average Gasoline Pump Prices Per Liter in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2016 and 2018 -- Figure B3.7.1 Diesel Sulfur Limits in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2020 -- Figure 3.20 Shares of Total Population Living in Urban Areas and Country's Largest City, by Global Region, 2018 -- Figure 3.21 Share of All Motorized Trips Using Personal Cars, by Global Region -- Figure B3.8.1 Trips by Public Transportation as a Share of Total Motorized Trips in Selected Cities Worldwide and in the Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 3.22 Energy Use Per Unit of Output and Growth Rate, by World Region -- Figure 3.23 Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Losses, by World Region, 2014. Figure 3.24 Municipal Waste Burned Per Capita in the Middle East and North Africa, by Economy, 2010. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813639403321 |
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| , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change measures and trade considerations [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Fried, editor
| Climate change measures and trade considerations [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Fried, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/746 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FriedGeorge R |
| Collana | Climate change, and its causes, effects and prediction |
| Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Economic aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects Commercial policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61324-465-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461323103321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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Climate change measures and trade considerations [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Fried, editor
| Climate change measures and trade considerations [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Fried, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/746 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FriedGeorge R |
| Collana | Climate change, and its causes, effects and prediction |
| Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Economic aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects Commercial policy |
| ISBN | 1-61324-465-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789701303321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change measures and trade considerations [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Fried, editor
| Climate change measures and trade considerations [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Fried, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/746 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FriedGeorge R |
| Collana | Climate change, and its causes, effects and prediction |
| Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Economic aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects Commercial policy |
| ISBN | 1-61324-465-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809146603321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate finance : theory and practice / / Anil Markandya, Ibon Galarraga, Dirk Rübbelke
| Climate finance : theory and practice / / Anil Markandya, Ibon Galarraga, Dirk Rübbelke |
| Autore | Markandya Anil |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/746 |
| Collana | World Scientific Series On The Economics Of Climate Change |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects
Pollution - Economic aspects Environmental policy - Economic aspects Environmental protection - Finance |
| ISBN | 981-4641-81-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164131703321 |
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Markandya Anil
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| New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Detox development : repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies
| Detox development : repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies |
| Autore | Damania Richard |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D. C. : , : World Bank Publications, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BalsecaEsteban
de FontaubertCharlotte GillJoshua RentschlerJun RussJason ZaveriEsha |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Pollution - Economic aspects |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1917-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Main Messages -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Global Natural Resource Subsidies -- Overview -- What are subsidies and why do they matter? -- The magnitude of subsidies in natural resource sectors -- The remainder of this report -- Notes -- References -- Part I Air -- Chapter 2 Toxic Air: Overview -- Introduction -- Poverty and exposure to air pollution -- Fossil fuels and air pollution -- Underpricing of polluting activities -- A case for action -- References -- Chapter 3 Subsidizing Toxic Air: The Vast Underpricing of Fossil Fuels and Their Use -- Introduction -- Fossil fuels and air pollution -- Explicit fossil fuel subsidies -- The societal costs of air pollution -- Fossil fuel subsidies: Best intentions but detrimental outcomes -- Polluting fossil fuels and the role of price signals -- Air pollution and price signals -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Virtually Inescapable: The Scale and Distribution of Toxic Air Pollution -- Introduction -- The global burden of air pollution -- An unequal burden: New evidence on air pollution from the world's coal-fired power plants -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Pro-Poor and Pro-Health: The Benefits of Reforming Subsidies -- The distributional implications of fossil fuel subsidy reform -- Fossil fuel subsidy reforms save lives -- References -- Part II Land -- Chapter 6 Size, Scope, and Composition of Agricultural Subsidies -- Introduction -- What is an agricultural subsidy? -- Policy objectives of agricultural support -- What is the magnitude of subsidies in the agriculture sector? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Inefficient, Unequal, and Unwise: The Economic and Distributional Impacts of Agricultural -- Introduction -- Agricultural subsidies and productivity.
Agricultural subsidies and distributional goals -- The way forward -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Reap What You Sow: The Water Footprint of Agricultural Subsidies -- Introduction -- Nitrogen legacies and the role of subsidies -- The law of unintended consequences -- The way forward -- Cultivating solutions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 The Effects of Agricultural Subsidies on Forests and Their Spillovers -- Introduction -- Global deforestation is sensitive to changes in commodity prices -- Assessing the effect of agricultural subsidies on deforestation -- Agricultural subsidies and the emergence of infectious diseases: A focus on malaria -- Notes -- References -- Part III Oceans -- Chapter 10 The Economic, Social, and Environmental Effects of Harmful Fishery Subsidies -- The state of the world's oceans -- The dual challenges of open access and direct subsidies -- The impact of subsidies in three critical fisheries -- Implications and caveats -- Notes -- References -- Part IV From evidence to action -- Chapter 11 Reforming Harmful Subsidies in a Complex Political Economy -- Introduction -- Establishing the case for reform -- Anticipating the political challenges to reform -- Navigating political complexity: Six principles for effective reforms -- Subsidy reforms for sustainable development -- Note -- References -- Chapter 12 Bringing Together the Piece -- Conclusions -- Note -- Reference -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Formal definitions of implicit and explicit subsidies -- Box 2.1 Air pollution: A toxic medley of many different pollutants from many different sources -- Box 2.2 The unequal burden of air pollution on women, children, and ethnic minorities -- Box 2.3 Indoor air pollution and the risks to human health -- Box 2.4 Subsidy reforms and the need for complementary policies to tackle pollution. Box 3.1 Pollution sources other than fossil fuels that receive public support and subsidies -- Box 3.2 Subsidies: Intended for the poor, but benefiting the rich -- Box 3.3 Technical spotlight: A meta-analysis of price elasticities in low- and middle-income countries -- Box 3.4 Technical spotlight: A global empirical analysis of the relationship between energy prices and air pollution -- Box 4.1 Technical spotlight: New evidence on global air pollution exposure and poverty -- Box 4.2 Nuances matter: Air pollution and poverty in Vietnam -- Box 4.3 Technical spotlight: New evidence on air pollution from the world's coal-fired power plants -- Box 4.4 Historic evidence of socioeconomic sorting in Britain and beyond -- Box 5.1 Technical spotlight: Assessing the distributional and health benefits of fossil fuel subsidy reform for 35 countries using the World Bank's Carbon Pricing Assessment Tool -- Box 5.2 No two subsidy schemes are the same: Subsidies in Algeria, China, Indonesia, and the Islamic Republic of Iran -- Box 5.3 Fossil fuel subsidy reform contributes to reducing greenhouse gases -- Box 5.4 Health benefits of climate change mitigation policies -- Box 6.1 Landscape restoration projects in Ethiopia -- Box 6.2 A simple profit-maximization model to illustrate the policy impacts of support mechanisms -- Box 6.3 Domestic support in agriculture: The WTO "boxes" -- Box 6.4 The nominal rate of protection and producer support estimate -- Box 7.1 Agricultural subsidies and technology adoption -- Box 7.2 Technical spotlight: Estimating the impact of agricultural subsidies on total factor productivity at the country level -- Box 7.3 Technical spotlight: Meta-analysis of the effects of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural production and farmers' incomes -- Box 7.4 Technical spotlight: Farm input subsidy reforms in Malawi and Nigeria. Box 7.5 Technical spotlight: The Mi Riego highland irrigation program in Peru -- Box 7.6 Technical spotlight: Estimating the distributional impact of output subsidies -- Box 7.7 Technical spotlight: Estimating the distributional impact of input subsidies -- Box 7.8 The varying effectiveness of inorganic fertilizer application on smallholder-managed fields -- Box 7.9 Lessons from e-voucher programs in Guinea, Mali, and Niger -- Box 8.1 A divided world: Fertilizer feast and famine -- Box 8.2 NPK application: Skewed and distorted -- Box 8.3 The nitrogen cascade beyond water -- Box 8.4 Technical spotlight: Diminishing returns to fertilizer use -- Box 8.5 Technical spotlight: Regional effects of fertilizer use -- Box 8.6 Technical spotlight: Nitrogen fertilizer use and water pollution -- Box 8.7 Technical spotlight: Drawing down the ocean underground -- Box 8.8 The fallout of war -- Box 9.1 Technical spotlight: The effects of agricultural commodity prices and producer supports on gloabl deforrestation -- Box 9.2 Technical spotlight: Two country case studies on the impact of subsidies on deforestation, 2000-10 -- Box 9.3 Technical spotlight: Estimating the impact of deforestation on malaria transmission -- Box 10.1 Managing the many stressors facing global fisheries -- Box 10.2 The economics of fisheries -- Box 10.3 Ecosystems of the Mauritanian EEZ, the East China Sea, and the northern South China Sea -- Box 10.4 Technical spotlight: The Ecopath with Ecosim model -- Box 10.5 Technical spotlight: Impact of subsidies and management regimes on biomass -- Box 10.6 The importance of fishery ecology in determining the impact of harmful subsidies -- Box 10.7 Technical spotlight: Subsidy removal and the recovery of fisheries under job optimization and ecological optimization -- Box 11.1 The World Bank's Energy Subsidy Reform Facility. Box 11.2 When compensation paves the way for reform: Murray-Darling Basin, Australia -- Box 11.3 When winners feel like losers: Public perceptions can drive opposition to subsidy reform -- Box 11.4 Lessons from India: The complexities of reforming agricultural subsidies and protectionism -- Box 11.5 Credible compensation before subsidies are removed -- Box 11.6 Lessons from Nigeria: National averages hide vulnerable population groups -- Box 11.7 A fuel subsidy reform clears the air: Experience from Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt -- Box 11.8 Fossil fuel subsidy reform in Mexico -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 Change in global agricultural productivity due to the use of nitrogen fertilizer, by quantile of use and region -- Figure B2.3.1 The Energy Ladder: The dominant energy sources for cooking and heating, by level of income -- Figure B2.4.1 Entry points for antipollution policies -- Figure 3.1 Global energy sector subsidies, 2017 -- Figure 3.2 Global explicit fossil fuel subsidies, 2015-25 (projected) -- Figure 3.3 Top 20 explicit fossil fuel subsidy programs, 2020 -- Figure 3.4 Global sources of implicit fossil fuel subsidies and share of GDP, 2015-25 (projected) -- Figure 3.5 Top 20 providers of implicit fossil fuel subsidies, 2020 -- Figure 3.6 Global implicit fossil fuel subsidies, by type of fuel, 2015-25 (projected) -- Figure 3.7 Best intentions and detrimental effects of fossil fuel subsidies -- Figure 3.8 Fossil fuel subsidies and health expenditures as a share of GDP in select countries, 2019 -- Figure 3.9 Fossil fuel subsidies and education expenditures as a share of GDP in select countries, 2019 -- Figure B3.3.1 Price elasticities of gasoline demand -- Figure 3.10 Average price elasticities of energy demand -- Figure 4.1 Global population exposed to different levels of air pollution risk. Figure 4.2 Population exposed to air pollution, by region and as a share of total regional population. |
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Economia, ecologia, politica : rendere sostenibile il mercato attraverso la diminuzione delle materie / [F. Hinterberger, F. Luks, M. Stewen]
| Economia, ecologia, politica : rendere sostenibile il mercato attraverso la diminuzione delle materie / [F. Hinterberger, F. Luks, M. Stewen] |
| Autore | Hinterberger, Friedrich |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Edizioni Ambiente, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Luks, Fred
Stewen, Marcus |
| Collana | Saggistica ambientale ; 6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environment Conservation - Economic aspects
Environmental policy Pollution - Economic aspects |
| ISBN | 8886412592 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003583339707536 |
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Hinterberger, Friedrich
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| Milano : Edizioni Ambiente, c1999 | ||
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Economic Analysis of Environmental Policies / / Donald Dewees, C.K. Everson, William Sims
| Economic Analysis of Environmental Policies / / Donald Dewees, C.K. Everson, William Sims |
| Autore | Dewees Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations, graphs |
| Disciplina | 301.31 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EversonC.K
SimsWilliam |
| Collana | Heritage |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy
Pollution - Economic aspects Environmental policy - Ontario |
| ISBN |
1-4426-3824-9
1-4426-5375-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Framework for environmental analysis -- 3. Benefits of pollution control -- 4. Costs of pollution control -- 5. Monitoring and information cost -- 6. Evaluation of control policies -- 7. Selected case studies -- Bibliography |
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Dewees Donald
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| Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] | ||
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Economic thinking and pollution problems / / edited by D. A. L. Auld
| Economic thinking and pollution problems / / edited by D. A. L. Auld |
| Autore | Auld Douglas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1972 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.31 |
| Collana | Heritage |
| Soggetto topico |
Pollution - Economic aspects - Canada
Pollution - Economic aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-5247-0
1-4426-3309-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- An economic analysis of environmental pollution -- Tools for analysing some environmental problems -- Standard-setting as a frame of reference -- On the Canada Water Act -- Environmental pollution -- Economic decisions about pollution control -- Economic incentives in air pollution control -- Some fiscal aspects of controlling industrial water pollution -- ‘Pulp and paper is concerned about water pollution’ -- The problem of social cost -- The pollution problem -- 1. The Canada Water Act -- 2. The Air Pollution Control Act, 1967 |
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Auld Douglas
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1972 | ||
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