Based on the theory of ecological footprint, and as land use/cover change the breakthrough point in Loess hilly area, the ecological carrying capacity analysis method was used to calculate the ecological carrying capacity of Shanghuang experimental area. The results showed that the total ecological carrying capacity in 1982, 2000 and 2010 were 242.47、750.53、929.68 hm. Meanwhile the per capita e...

Cross-country data on energy consumption, GDP and vulnerability are used to measure percentage changes in vulnerability associated with percentage changes in per capita GDP and per capita energy consumption. Energy consumption, through its nonlinear effects on per capita income, have the effect of reducing a country’s overall vulnerability to climate change by a greater amount at moderate incom...

2 Introduction Metro has developed a regional econometric model (MARIO), a residential real estate model (RELM), a nonresidential real estate model and a transportation model. We have embedded the four models in a GIS based accounting and visualization tool that we call Metroscope. In regard to Metro's model development this paper discusses the reasons that Metro engages in modeling, shows how ...

this paper identifies effective criteria in locating urban parks land use in district 9 of mashhad. this recognition is in three scale of neighborhood, local and regional with emphasis on the principles of minimum distance.finally, surveying the potential of district 9 to build these kind of parks is the main purpose. therefore, by using document anf field research method ,first we survey the l...

Convergence in cross country per capita carbon emission rates is an important concept in the climate change debate. This paper provides an empirical analysis of emissions per capita convergence. This analysis is crucial to the assessment of projection models that generate convergence in emission per capita rates and to the assessment of policy proposals that advocate imposing convergence in emi...

This paper addresses the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve for China, using a sample of 30 regions, covering the period 1982–1997. The types of pollution included are wastewater, waste gas, and solid waste. We consider the development of the sources of pollution in a pooled cross-section analysis with pollution in absolute levels, in per capita terms, and relative to real Gross Region...