environmental and individual contributions

THREE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SPATIAL NAVIGATION

THREE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SPATIAL NAVIGATION

Ngày tải lên : 02/10/2015, 15:50
... route, and photographs of 15 landmarks were taken from the Centre of English Language and Communication and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS that were beyond the route Landmarks ... both ‘foil’ landmarks and landmarks encountered en route; and ii) “LRT (route-based)” represented the accuracy scores (max score = 30) and response latencies in the recognition of landmarks encountered ... experimenter individually or in pairs on a route The route is approximately 600m and spanned across three buildings: SDE1, SDE2, and SDE3, inclusive of levels three and four of both SDE1 and SDE3...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.1

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.1

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:56
... conceptualization of the multiplicity and salience of major challenges to development and security, all of which require political and public awareness and economic resources for timely and efficient policy treatment ... In particular – and of no less significance than climate change – natural and humanmade hazards should be considered and contrasted ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS against climate change and its implications ... of risks, costs and benefits of handling these hazards using a multicriteria and systems approach towards the setting of policy priorities and resource sharing In addition to and developing from...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.2

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.2

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:56
... learning and the social sources of adaptability, renewal and transformation; and (3) and understanding ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS of change and uncertainty as inherent in social-ecological systems ... et al (2003) attribute coping capacity and adaptive capacity as separate dimensions of resilience, Smit and Wandel (2006) lump them together To Smit and Wandel (2006), adaptive capacity is equivalent ... flooding, landslides and windstorms Extreme temperature events and earthquakes seem to follow the traditional thought more closely This has significant policy and practical implications for ENVIRONMENTAL...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.3

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.3

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:56
... P., Pritchard, L and Young, O., 2006 Scale and cross-scale dynamics: governance and ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS information in a multilevel world Ecology and Society, 11(2) Coleman, F C and Williams, ... scholars, and increase collaboration between the young and the seasoned within academic institutions, development and relief organizations and government We see this path, embedded in adaptive and ... construction Science and Public Policy, 30(4) 235 Helmer, M and Hilhorst, D J M., 2006 Natural disasters and climate change Disasters, 30(1) – Hogarth, R M and Kunreuther, H C., 1985 Ambiguity and insurance...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.4

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.4

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... variability in landfalls 3.2 Landfall rates and proportion Table shows for three different periods – 1900 – 2008, 1951–2008 and 1979–2008 – the frequency of annual landfalls in the first and second ... relationships of ENSO, NAO and AMO on landfalling storms and damage (e.g Elsner and Jagger, 2006; Jagger et al., 2008) Elsner and Jagger (2008) find a relationship between the solar cycle and US hurricane ... hurricane season, and in each case predicting landfall numbers to be above average For these three years the number of landfalls was well below the historical mean in 2006 and 2007 and above average...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.5

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.5

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... can and cannot be known about the uncertain future And such wisdom starts with understanding the historical record and why the scientific community cannot produce skilful forecasts of future landfalls ... States hurricane landfalls and damages 199 Coughlin, K., Bellone, E., Laepple, T., Jewson, S and Nzerem, K., 2009 A relationship between all Atlantic hurricanes and those that make landfall in the ... doi:10.1038/nature04477 Landsea, C W., 2007 Counting Atlantic Tropical Cyclones back to 1900 EOS, 88 197 and 202 Lonfat, M., Boissonnade, A and Muir-Wood, R., 2007 Atlantic Basin, US and Caribbean landfall rates...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.1

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.1

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... BOTZEN1, * AND J C J M VAN DEN BERGH2 Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ICREA, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Environmental Science and Technology ... The Netherlands Natural disasters have increased in frequency and severity during the last few decades, causing considerable economic damage and loss of life A combination of climate and socio-economic ... magnitude that individuals and businesses may be unable to carry them and could risk bankruptcy unless they are financially compensated In the face of a projected rise in the frequency and severity...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.2

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.2

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... economic growth (RC) and high growth (GE) and corresponding changes in the ‘portfolio of properties at risk’ module of Figure were based on a land use model of the Netherlands (Janssen et al., ... that individuals correctly assess the likelihoods of adverse events and that individuals process probabilities linearly The descriptive failure of expected utility theory in explaining individual ... theory (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979; Quiggin, 1982; Schmeidler, 1989; Tversky and Kahneman, 1992) Allowing for ‘bounded rationality’ or limitations in individuals’ perceptive and cognitive capabilities...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.3

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.3

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... L M and van den Bergh, J C J M., 2009b Climate change and hailstorm damage: empirical evidence and implications for agriculture and insurance, forthcoming Botzen, W J W., Aerts, J C J H and van ... mitigation in Portland, Oregon Risk Analysis, 19(2) 205 – 216 Freeman, P K and Kunreuther, H., 2003 Managing environmental risk through insurance The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource ... transnational and compounded crises such as terrorism (Norris et al., 2003; Papacharissi and de Fatima Oliveira, 2008); pandemics (Buus and Olsson, 2006; Shih et al., 2008; Ungar, 2008) and climate...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.4

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.4

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... wetlands which perform essential hydrological, biological and chemical functions and which support and maintain the productivity and health of the river systems A number of the Basin wetlands ... (The Australian, September 2008), and ‘Water dries up life on the land – Randall Crozier stands in the barren paddock, frowning at the drought-bleached desert sand’ (The Australian, 13 September ... Australia, irrigated land is just 0.6 per cent of total agricultural land and the proportion in the Basin is per cent, making up 65 per cent of Australia’s total irrigated agricultural land Furthermore,...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.5

Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.5

Ngày tải lên : 07/10/2012, 15:57
... Politics and History, 49(1) 61 –74 ¨ ¨ Brandstrom, A and Kuipers, S., 2003 From ‘normal incidents’ to ‘political crises’: understanding the selective politicization of policy failures Government and ... that is separated from the Southern Ocean by a narrow sand dune peninsula Lakes Alexandrina and Albert form the mouth of the Murray River and are comprised of fresh to saline waters The Coorong’s ... management and climate change was justified by the fact that Minister Penny Wong was the minister for climate change and water The Coorong Wetlands are one of the most important wetlands in Australia...
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Environmental and Social Impacts of Shrimp farming in Tam Giang lagoon, Vietnam-Local perception

Environmental and Social Impacts of Shrimp farming in Tam Giang lagoon, Vietnam-Local perception

Ngày tải lên : 02/11/2012, 10:15
... several negative social and environmental problems, and recently trading competitive and anti-dumping issues One of the most serious environmental problems is the pressure of expanding shrimp farming ... statistics, annual reports and semi-annual reports that were available in the organizations Institutionally, we collected and analysed the Environmental Law, Land Law and Fishery Law and those by-laws ... different ways and about various concerns: shrimp farmers, non-shrimp 17 farmers, old and young, men and women, rich and poor in a flexible ways and an open atmosphere 2.3.3 Standard survey The...
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Tài liệu Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer doc

Tài liệu Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer doc

Ngày tải lên : 14/02/2014, 21:20
... carpenters and other construction workers (OR=3.6 and 4.7 for 110 years and greater than 10 years of employment respectively), and for material handling and related equipment operators, dockers and ... agent, a thinner for paint and in paint and varnishes Used in printing rubber and leather industries and found in small amounts in gasoline and airplane fuel Includes coal tar and coal tar pitch formed ... avoidable environmental and occupational carcinogens and to find safer alternatives to present chemical and physical risks To repeat the call of ecologist Sandra Steingraber, “From the right to know and...
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Tài liệu International Workshop on Environmental and Economic Accounting - COMPILATION OF RESOURCES ACCOUNTS (SELECTED CASE STUDIES) pdf

Tài liệu International Workshop on Environmental and Economic Accounting - COMPILATION OF RESOURCES ACCOUNTS (SELECTED CASE STUDIES) pdf

Ngày tải lên : 17/02/2014, 10:20
... mg/L Table Groundwater assets in 1998 Province 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland Sustainable yield by salinity category(a) Fresh Marginal ... equipment; and other machinery and equipment Wood and paper product manufacturing (includes only log sawmilling and timber dressing; and paper and paper product manufacturing) Petroleum and chemical ... Clothing and footwear Wood and wood products Paper, printing and publishing Petroleum and coal products Chemicals Rubber and plastic products Non-metallic mineral products Basic metals and products...
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Tài liệu Ethical Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health pptx

Tài liệu Ethical Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health pptx

Ngày tải lên : 17/02/2014, 10:20
... health and safety and (2) that until technology and manufacturing change radically, to use safer products and processes, worker health and safety will not improve substantially Herbert and Landrigan ... protect (Rush and Geiger 1997-1998) They also point out that the US defense establishment is, by far, the largest and most serious violator of US public-health and environmental standards, and that ... nation Module 7: Ethical Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health 162 On the other hand, opponents of military violations of public-health and environmental standards argue that something is...
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Tài liệu Indoor air pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge doc

Tài liệu Indoor air pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge doc

Ngày tải lên : 17/02/2014, 22:20
... energy and cultural needs and improving safety, fuel efficiency and environmental protection Interventions should be affordable, perhaps requiring income generation and credit arrangements, and ... lung fibrosis and bronchiectasis (localized destruction and infection of the lung) (45), and disease was attributed to indoor air pollution and 1081 Special Theme – Environment and Health repeated ... with other fuels, and there were significant differences between men and women and between urban and rural residents Adjustment was made for a number of socioeconomic, housing and geographical...
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Tài liệu Car Fleet Renewal Schemes: Environmental and Safety Impacts docx

Tài liệu Car Fleet Renewal Schemes: Environmental and Safety Impacts docx

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 04:20
... www.globalfueleconomy.org Car Fleet Renewal Schemes: Environmental and Safety Impacts © OECD/ITF 2011 effectiveness in reducing CO2 and NOx emissions and improving traffic safety (and excluding any stimulus-related ... deemed to be ESC and Side Airbags (SABs), deployed in the head region and the thorax region Car Fleet Renewal Schemes: Environmental and Safety Impacts © OECD/ITF 2011 15   SWOV and other road ... Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States The...
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Tài liệu ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ASSESSMENT OF THE TURIN-LYON HIGH-SPEED RAIL pdf

Tài liệu ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ASSESSMENT OF THE TURIN-LYON HIGH-SPEED RAIL pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/02/2014, 19:20
... such as the Lyon-Turin line between France and Italy, energy and environmental costs require a special attention and a careful analysis of the energy and material flows involved over the entire ... 10000 sheep and 500 goats The Susa Valley has a very ancient history, and many signs of its past wealth are still visible: archeological sites, Roman villas, churches and abbeys, castles and fortresses, ... construction work, thousands of trucks trips for transportation of materials to and from the site, million tons of excavated material to be disposed of, thousands of tons of iron and concrete requirement,...
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Tài liệu Clothing and Individual Equipment doc

Tài liệu Clothing and Individual Equipment doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/02/2014, 09:20
... north and northwest (3) Asia Kurile Islands, south of latitude 50°N (4) Islands (a) Iceland (b) Bear Island (c) Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich, Kerguelen and all other islands ... longitudes 117°E and 121°E, and area in southeast generally south of latitude 37°S including Tasmania (b) New Zealand (c) Chatham Island, Stewart Island, and other islands in the Pacific and Indian ... 22°S (n) Cape Verde Islands and other Atlantic Ocean islands generally between latitudes 15°S and 20°N, and east of longitude 30°W (5) Australia and islands of Indian and Pacific Oceans (a) Australia,...
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