Many provinces in China including Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiansu, Hubei, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, Cangzhou, and Jianxing (Deng and Ju, 1994; Ding et al., 2005; Hu et al., 2004; Xue et al., 2005; Yang et al., 2005) are subsiding owing to rapid development and urbanization. The cause identified with these subsidence phenomena has been mainly due to excessive withdrawal of groundwater (Chai et al.,...

This paper estimates the economic value of the North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) stock under recent catch and several recovery scenarios. The research presents results on: a) what the value of catches and biomass would have been if the EU fishing fleet had followed the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea scientific recommendations (SRs) and Total Allowable Catches (TACs) in the 1986...

Botrytis cinerea (B. cinerea) Pers. Fr. [teleomorph Botryo t in ia fucke l iana (de Bary ) Whetze l ] i s a phytopathogenic fungi responsible for grey mould, which is an important disease in more than 200 species of fruits, vegetables, ornamental crops and affecting a great number of organs[1]. Grey mould, cause important economic losses before and after the harvest[2], worldwide losses from th...

Insurers paid $1.6 billion on property claims arising from catastrophes in 1984. Researchers have estimated that annual insured catastrophe losses could e.weed $16 billion. Certainly, thejnanciaI implications for the insurance industry of losses of this magnitude would be severe; even industry losses much smaller in magnitude could cause financial di$iculties for insurers who are heavily expose...

The study assessed the effects of agricultural practices on biodiversity in Olamaboro Local Government Are of Kogi State, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty (150) farmers (respondents) were sampled using simple random sampling technique from five council wards (30 farmers per council ward). Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Logit regression model. Results showed that 63%...

In this paper, we present the macro stress test with a credit risk approach for banking system of Iran during the period 2004Q1-2019Q4. The goal is to evaluate the vulnerability of the banking system through credit risk to the country economic shocks. In this regard, the developed method of Wilson (1997) Credit Portfolio View model including macroeconomic variables and default rate has been use...