Resilience and regions: building understanding of the metaphor
We survey literatures from disciplines including ecology, psychology, disaster studies,
geography, political science and economics to understand how they see resilience. Some …
geography, political science and economics to understand how they see resilience. Some …
[PDF][PDF] Mapping economic resilience
T Greenham, E Cox… - Friends Provident …, 2013 - friendsprovidentfoundation.org
Executive summary 1 The definition of resilience should be based on the concept of
dynamic adaptation, which explicitly incorporates values of social justice and sustainability …
dynamic adaptation, which explicitly incorporates values of social justice and sustainability …
The option to abandon: stimulating innovative groundwater remediation technologies characterized by technological uncertainty
T Compernolle, S Van Passel, K Huisman… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Many studies on technology adoption demonstrate that uncertainty leads to a postponement
of investments by integrating a wait option in the economic analysis. The aim of this study …
of investments by integrating a wait option in the economic analysis. The aim of this study …
[PDF][PDF] Long-term environmental problems and strategic intergenerational transfers
The impacts of long-lived stock pollutants and the measures supposed to address them link
current and future generations. Altruism towards successor generations is a prerequisite for …
current and future generations. Altruism towards successor generations is a prerequisite for …
[PDF][PDF] Information Acquisition under Ambiguity-Why the Precautionary Principle may keep us uninformed
D Heyen, T Goeschl… - Five Essays in the … - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Agencies charged with regulating complex risks like food safety or novel substances
frequently need to take decisions in settings characterized by ambiguity, namely being …
frequently need to take decisions in settings characterized by ambiguity, namely being …