Environmental Accounting Where We Are Now‚ Where We Are Heading by Joy E. Hecht Interest is growing in modifying national income accounting systems to promote understanding of the links between economy and environment. T he field of environmental accounting has made great strides in the past two decades‚ moving from a rather arcane endeavor to one tested in dozens of countries and well established in a few. But the idea that nations might integrate the economic role of the environment into
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Analysis of the Negative Environmental Impacts of the Glastonbury Music Event It is clear that when large numbers of people gather in one place‚ this will have a negative impact on the local community and on environment. As the Glastonbury Festival is one of the largest music events in Europe‚ which gather about 140‚000 people in one small area‚ it causes serious pollution problems‚ which include air pollution‚ water pollution‚ land pollution (Pow‚ 2009‚ p.11) The most wide-spread pollution problems
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February 2013 Rise of BRICS Economy and its Impact on Global Stock Markets Naganathan Venkatesh Research Scholar‚ NITTTR‚ Chennai‚ India Abstract The world is changing and becoming increasingly multipolar due to the emergence of China‚ India‚ Russia‚ Brazil and South Africa forming so called BRICS. The global influence of America is fading out due to the recent decline in their stock market and the emergence of other markets. The framework of the global economy has changed dramatically due
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How organization’s overcome environmental changes? Organisations need to deal with environmental changes with appropriate strategies. First‚ organisations may choose to wait and see. Such strategy has its advantages and disadvantages. For example‚ facing a significant technological change‚ some companies may choose to integrate the new technology into their products. If they are successful‚ the rest companies’ ‘wait and see’ strategy is obviously unwise. However‚ if they failed‚ the rest companies’
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Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility? A recent article in the ILO’s International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors‚ both‚ extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of ’protected mobility’ on the labour market‚ together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both
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I consider it as a store where lots of people love to shop at‚ and where sometimes‚ every once in a while‚ you look to see some crazy person. Wal-Mart has some causes for why it is here in our community‚ but there are some negative effects on the economy. Some causes and effects are locations‚ wages‚ buying power‚ local businesses‚ and jobs. To begin with‚ Wal-Mart’s location can help to increase property value. Some people may say that a Wal-Mart close to a housing development may decrease the value
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in Adamawa State of Nigeria Iya‚ I. B.‚ Purokayo‚ S. G.‚ & Gabdo Yusuf Department of Economics Federal University of Technology‚ Yola‚ Nigeria Received: October 12‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/gjhs.v4n1p245 Abstract The paper investigates the determinants and the impact of HIV/AIDS on households in Adamawa State. 120 respondents affected with HIV/AIDS were selected for interview using simple random sampling techniques. Both primary and secondary data were used in its analysis to determine the impact of the disease
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Is it Bad? Does free trade and outsourcing damage the U.S. economy by purging jobs and discouraging domestic investment or does it eventually strengthen the U.S. economy? Many seemingly well-educated people believe outsourcing is bad for the economy. They see hardworking Americans’ jobs shipped overseas leaving many people jobless‚ weakening the economy. President Bush feels so strongly about it that he recently signed a bill forbidding the outsourcing of federal contracts overseas (www.economist
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“Within environmental discourse there has been ever-growing mention of the notion of Sustainable development: discuss the idea of Sustainable Development as a means to curb Environmental Injustice and to what extent such a notion can be implemented in current global market and capitalist system.” Introduction Sustainable Development (here on abbreviated to SD) has been a major issue when discussing the environment and environmental ethics. The following discussion will examine the concept of SD
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Environmental Sociology A Resource Page John Sydenstricker-Neto ________________________________________ • What is Environmental Sociology? • Working Groups in Professional Associations • Teaching Environmental Sociology • Some Relevant Themes • Future Perspectives • Sociology Journals • Links of Interest • Cited References ________________________________________ What is Environmental Sociology? Environmental sociology is the study of the reciprocal
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