Search results for "Impact."

Les relations entre les sociétés et le fleuve Loire depuis le Moyen-Âge

2008

L'objectif de cet article est la compréhension des inter-relations entre un système fluvial – la Loire – et les sociétés riveraines. Souvent qualifiée de « dernier fleuve sauvage d'Europe » et réputée pour son patrimoine historique et écologique, la Loire a cependant subi depuis des siècles des interventions et aménagements variés. Les recherches interdisciplinaires récentes mettent en évidence l'importance des actions anthropiques sur le fonctionnement hydro-morphodynamique et écologique du fleuve depuis le Moyen-Âge. Les formes fluviales et les paysages actuels expriment des réajustements du fleuve à l'évolution de facteurs hydro-climatiques et socio-économiques qui jouent sur des pas de …

Le jeu des dynamiques relationnelles

2014

Relational dynamics and profile of power. French candidacies of Winter Olympics 2018 The main contribution of this research is to propose a tool to understand the importance of the dynamic relation in the situation of a candidacy to an international sport event. Olympic Games by their financial, media, sports effects... facilitate the emergence of a multiplicity of candidacies. To control the phases of selection and organization the International Olympic Committee maintains relations of closeness with cities pretenders. The results allow to verify that the dynamic relation have an impact on the selection of the city be candidate.

Fish Box in EPS : zero impact

2008

The object of the study is to demonstrate that an enterprise can be efficient also when it concerns the protection of the environment and that this is the key in order to obtain a sustainable development. In order to obtain this, a company is held to reduce the impact of the products during the entire life cycle of the product (from production to disposal) and to use adequate strategies that aim to reduce the impacts on the environment. The analysis will regard the field of packaging, considering a Sicilian company, that produces packaging made by Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) and in particular boxes for fish.

Compensación ambiental en Costa Rica: Aplicación del método hábitat/hectárea como alternativa para la estimación de áreas a indemnizar

2022

Para proyectos encaminados a la producción de bienes y servicios, la mayoría de países cuentan con legislación ambiental que, de una u otra manera, trata de reducir los impactos negativos que estos proyectos tengan con el entorno. El resarcimiento de hábitat o elementos del ambiente afectados suele presentarse como una sustitución a partir de recursos ecológicamente equivalentes. Sin embargo, una limitante frecuente es que los procedimientos de cómo realizar evaluaciones apropiadas de equivalencia ecológica no siempre son claros. Este trabajo provee una visión teórica del uso de compensación ambiental como instrumento jurídico/técnico integrado al manejo del entorno natural. Además, evalúa …

The psychological impact of the crisis: a qualitative study

2013

Alien Insect Impact on Cultural Heritage and Landscape: an Underestimated Problem

2017

The impact of alien invasive insects on cultural heritage and landscapes is very often neglected; even though, more than 50% of species that threaten cultural heritage in Europe are of exotic origin. In addition they are more aggressive. Several examples and a description, are given of the most dangerous alien insects present in heritage sites that constitute a risk for the conservation of cultural property: museum collections, libraries, archives and historic buildings. Globalisation has increased this phenomenon but traces of the accidental introduction of insect pests have occurred since Roman times. The paper discusses the need to implement an estimation of the costs that arise from the…

Entrepreneurship – Some General Knowledge

2013

The aim of this article is to provide some general information about entrepreneurship and some insights on the early theories about it. A brief overview of the main entrepreneurship measurement programme will provide some facts about the evolution of the entrepreneurial activity in Romania in the last few years.

Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability of Short Food Supply Chains

2019

The production and distribution of food are among the hot topics debated in the context of sustainable development. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are now widely believed to be more sustainable in comparison to mass food delivery systems. To date, very little quantitative evidence exists on the impacts of various types of food supply chains. Using a cross-sectional quantitative approach, this study assesses the sustainability of distribution channels in short and long food supply chains based on 208 food producers across seven countries: France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Ten distribution channel types are used in this study. To provide a comprehensiv…

Kā jaunās tehnoloģijas ietekmē ekonomikas izaugsmi?

2021

Tēma Kā jaunās tehnoloģijas ietekmē ekonomikas attīstību? novērtē jauno tehnoloģiju ietekmi uz šo jauno revolūciju, ar kuru mēs saskaramies jau dažus gadus. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt un analizēt faktorus, kas ietekmē ekonomisko attīstību. Darbā iekļautie statistikas dati ir analizēti, izmantojot dažādas metodes. Pēdējā gadsimta ceturkšņa ekonomisko izaugsmi noteikti ir pavadījušas vēl nebijušas ekonomiskās pārmaiņas. Dramatiskā pasaules ekonomikas atvēršanās apvienojumā ar straujo tehnoloģiju attīstību ir uzlabojusi miljardiem cilvēku labklājību un dzīves līmeni visā pasaulē, īpaši starp nabadzīgākajiem cilvēkiem, bet šo procesu noteikti ir papildinājušas ekonomikas un darba tirgus …

Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Tool: Case Study of Green Biorefineries in Danish Agriculture

2020

In this work, a novel, dynamic sustainability assessment tool is presented and validated in a case study. This tool combines two methods&mdash