Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "economic development"
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The contribution of transport infrastructures to the economic and regional development: A review of the conceptual framework
(2020)Transport infrastructures are a major drive for achieving economic development at all geographical scales, and particularly at the regional and local level, at which the units of the spatial economic systems are usually ... -
Control of paratuberculosis: Who, why and how. A review of 48 countries
(2019)Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts animal welfare and arouses public health ... -
Convergence and public debt in the European Union: An overlooked trade-off?
(2021)The paper brings together two distinct strands of literature that discuss the process of convergence in the EU and the impact of public debt on growth. It makes a contribution to both literatures, by challenging the standard ... -
Driving factors and empirical analysis of urban sprawl in Greece
(2013)This paper aims at describing urban sprawl driven land use changes during the last decades in Greece as well as analyzing the major regional and economic development implications. Particular attention is given to the ... -
Eco-efficiency estimation with quantile stochastic frontiers: Evidence from the United States
(2022)This paper based on quantile stochastic frontier framework constructs quantile eco-efficiency measures. Using the estimates from the quantile stochastic frontier, the eco-performance of the U.S. states for nitrogen oxides ... -
Economic aspects of urban green space: A survey of perceptions and attitudes
(2009)Urban green space constitutes a crucial element of all cities. It affects the overall physical and built environment of the city, making cities attractive places not only to their own citizens, but also to external visitors ... -
Energy and CO2 emissions as the determinants of countries' productivity with different levels of economic development
(2017)In the present study, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used for the period spanning from 1980 to 2012 and for a total of 32 countries which are classified into four groups, according to their level of development ... -
Exploring the economy - environment relationship in the case of sulphur emissions
(2013)This paper explores the relationship between economic development and environmental pollution by using panel data for 97 countries for the period 19502003. Various econometric techniques are applied to a sample of European ... -
Fuzzy cognitive map-based sustainable socio-economic development planning for rural communities
(2020)Every development and production process needs to operate within a circular economy to keep the human being within a safe limit of the planetary boundary. Policymakers are in the quest of a powerful and easy-to-use tool ... -
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The impact of economic growth on environmental efficiency of the electricity sector: A hybrid window DEA methodology for the USA
(2018)This paper estimates the efficiency of the power generation sector in the USA by using Window Data Envelopment Analysis (W-DEA). We integrate radial and non-radial efficiency measurements in DEA using the hybrid measure ... -
The imprint of tourism on the topology of maritime networks: evidence from Greece
(2017)This paper examines the tourism information enclosed in the topology of the Greek maritime network (GMN) referring to a coastal country with many islands and a tourism orientation in its economy. The rationale of the ... -
Local government, political decentralisation and resilience to natural hazard-associated disasters
(2017)Natural hazards affect development and can cause significant and long-term suffering for those affected. Research has shown that sustained long-term disaster preparedness combined with appropriate response and recovery are ... -
Place marketing, place branding and foreign direct investments: Defining their relationship in the frame of local economic development process
(2010)Attracting foreign direct investments (FDI) constitutes one of the primary aims of the regions and cities, globally. In the new internationalized environment, places are characterized by a plurality of efforts to create ... -
Re-estimating the interconnectedness between the demand of energy consumption, income, and sustainability indices
(2019)In this study, we analyze the time-varying causality linkages between energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental degradation in 33 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, spanning the ... -
The regional structure of Albania, Bulgaria and Greece: Implications for cross-border cooperation and development
(1997)The forces of integration and transition in Europe are generating a new geography of economic relations and structures that affects the Balkan region in a very fundamental way. This article analyses the regional structure ... -
The relationship between MSW and education: WKC evidence from 25 OECD countries
(2020)Nowadays municipal solid waste (MSW) has become a vital part of the economy, both as an output of human activities and as an input in the economy through material or energy recovery. Education has been shown to be closely ... -
Thinking deep. Acting on top. underground built heritage and its fringe as a community catalyst for local sustainable development: Exploratory cases from poland and greece
(2021)Underground Built Heritage (UBH) is a distinct class of cultural heritage providing a focal point for community pride and engagement to become a springboard for local sustainable development (LSD). This research aims to ... -
Time-varying causality between energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and economic growth: evidence from US states
(2018)This study is the first attempt to investigate the relationship between CO2 emissions, energy consumption, and economic growth at a state level, for the 50 US states, through a time-varying causality approach using annual ... -
Water scarcity management: Part 1: Methodological framework
(2018)Water scarcity and water availability puts significant constraints in the social and economic development of many regions and countries around the world, especially the arid and semi-arid regions, as well as deteriorates ...