Many governments have imposed the public use of face masks and they are now moving towards enforcing disposable to abate COVID-19 transmission. While consistently provide higher protection, also carry multiple environmental burdens, from greenhouse gases released during production landfilling littering. Conversely, reusable masks’ protection can vary >90% certified industrial masks, similar ...

Environmental sustainability ranks high on the list of priorities for the Caribbean region. Given the exponential growth and increased visibility of the nuclear power industry, how are Caribbean policy makers situated in the current framework of nuclear transport and environmental protection? This paper surveys nuclear related activities that point to increased nuclear traffic through the Carib...

Nuclear energy is one of the most important components world electricity supply in today's world. It provides approximately 21% OECD countries. However, there has been a growing social and academic debate over use nuclear because fact that have serious incidents accidents at power stations indicates security risk associated with NPPs not low. Particularly major accidents, Fukushima Chernobyl, c...

The aim of this study was to estimate the social cost of the leptospirosis cases that were attributed to the natural disaster of January 2011 in Nova Friburgo (State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) through a partial economic assessment. This study utilized secondary data supplied by the Municipal Health Foundation of Nova Friburgo. Income scenarios based on the national and state minimum wages and o...

Debate regarding the relationship between socioeconomic development and natural disasters remains at the fore of global discussions, as the potential risk from climate extremes and uncertainty pose an increasing threat to developmental prospects. This study reviews statistical investigations of disaster and development linkages, across topics of macroeconomic growth, public governance and other...