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    Is low-carbon together with pollution reduction? Calculation of CO2 emissions from municipal wastewater treatment plants

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2011
    Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are recognized as an important source of carbon emissions. Previous studies have calculated the CO2 emissions in the operating process of WWTP in the sight of engineering technology and the CO2 emission which is driven by the pulling effect of investment in WWTP are ignored.
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    Economic analysis on pollution control for textile industry

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2011
    Since present research on pollution control for textile printing and dyeing industry is mainly focused on qualitative description up to now, instead of special quantitative analysis, based on the census data of pollution sources, this paper adopts literature collection method and single-factor variance components method for continuous variables to identify the factors influencing cost for pollu
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    Quantitative standard of eco-compensation for the water source area in the middle route of the South-to-North water transfer project in China

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2011
    The Middle Route Project (MRP) of the South-to-North Water Transfer Scheme (SNWT) in China will require a very large financial expenditure to ensure the water supply and the associated water quality to northern China. An eco-compensation mechanism between the water service source areas and its beneficiaries is essential.
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    Application of the Water Poverty Index at the districts of Yellow River Basin

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2011
    As one assessment method of the water resources, Water Poverty Index has become an available tool in water resources management for it simply calculation process, comprehensive understanding of the results. This paper introduces the concept of the Water Poverty Index, and applies it at these districts of Yellow River Basin by using equal weightings methodology.
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    The Chinese Environmental Policy Research Working Paper vol. 1. no. 1

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2014
    Notwithstanding China highlighted ecological compensation systems and policies, it hasn't issued a specialised and guiding ecological compensation law since commencement of pilot work of watershed eco-compensation policies in 2007.
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    The environment and the economy: from sustainability to green growth

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    The current paper argues that framing the environment as an asset of society to be conserved presents a challenge to the notion of substitutable capital. The paper states that while it is reasonable to assume that certain elements of natural capital can be substituted for by investment in produced capital, it is also reasonable to assume that there is a limit to this possibility.
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    The status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010
    The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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    Natural resources, the environment and conflict

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    This report emanates from an exploratory study conducted in 2009 by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), in collaboration with the Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation.
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    Climate change and conflict: lessons for conflict resolution from the Southern Sahel of Sudan

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    Using a human security perspective, this report identifies and analyses local and international non-governmental organisation (NGO) interventions in cases of conflicts related to the environment and environmental change in the southern Sahel of Sudan.
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    Managing natural resources to ensure prosperity in Africa

    UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013
    The discovery and extraction of natural resources has the potential to finance rapid, sustained and broad-based development. However, the historical record of resource discoveries in developing countries is deeply worrying.

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