Buscar
Mostrando ítems 1-10 de 14517
Sustainable buildings for healthier cities: assessing the co-benefits of green buildings in Japan
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2017-10-01)
High concentrations of people and economic activities in urban areas have strengthened the links between cities, health and the environment. Cities are not only responsible for environmental and health problems but also ...
Health and Environmental Co-Benefits of City Urban Form in Latin America: An Ecological Study
(MDPI, 2022)
We investigated the association of urban landscape profiles with health and environmental outcomes, and whether those profiles are linked to environmental and health co-benefits. In this ecological study, we used data from ...
Benefit Corporations: Towards a Renewed Shareholder Primacy?
The purpose of this study is to ponder how the benefit corporations (bc) lead to a new organizational primacy by perusing wellness for all the stakeholders. Therefore, bc are compared with the norm of the shareholder ...
A scoping review of the health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies in South America
(Elsevier, 2023)
The accelerated production of greenhouse gases (GHG) due to human activity has led to unprecedented global warming, making climate mitigation strategies crucial for minimizing its impacts. South America, a region highly ...
Voluntary carbon market and its contributions to sustainable development: analysis of the Monte Pascoal-Pau Brasil Ecological Corridor
(International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable DevelopmentBrasil, 2014-01)
This paper aims to analyse the co-benefits of reforestation projects developed in the voluntary carbon market based on the analysis of a single case study: the Ecological Corridor Project Monte Pascoal–Pau Brazil, the first ...
Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit–risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Background National immunisation programmes globally are at risk of suspension due to the severe health system
constraints and physical distancing measures in place to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed ...
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world
(2016)
Personal and political action on climate change is traditionally thought to be motivated by people accepting its reality and importance. However, convincing the public that climate change is real faces powerful ideological ...
Income redistribution and inequality in the Mexican tax-benefit system.
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas - Escuela de Economía, 2017-10-04)
The paper examines the redistributive effect that was achieved by the Mexican taxbenefit system in 2014 using personal income tax, indirect taxes, social security contributions and social benefits. Our goal is to analyse ...
A Rosetta Stone for Nature’s Benefits to People
(Public Library Of Science, 2015-01)
After a long incubation period, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity andEcosystem Services (IPBES) is now underway. Underpinning all its activities is the IPBESConceptual Framework (CF), a simplified model of the ...