ABSTRACT. In the context of still uncertain specific effects of climate change in specific locations, this paper examines whether education significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilience of people to climate risks in general. Our hypothesis is that investment in universal primary and secondary education around the world...

Abstract The methodological approach to assessing the environmental risk (health risk) from atmospheric pollution in Baikal region taking into account changing climate was formulated. It is based on US EPA's health assessment methodology and impurity concentration estimates by solving adjoint equation for impurities transport diffusion. dynamics of population Irkutsk PM10, PM2.5 due emissions p...

“older people are an enormous asset to our societies, not only because a large majority of them continue to work in old age, but also because they convey social values to younger generations” dr. wesum asia/pacific regional conference on ageing 2012 the population ages 65 and over is expected to grow very rapidly in all parts of the world. over the next decades, the elderly population is projec...

This report is divided into two sections. In the first half, I provide an overview of the nature of change in family structures and relationships over the last few decades and up to the current 2000-2025 period, highlighting the major issues and challenges concerning black and minority ethnic families in the UK. In the second half, I indicate the role of science and technology in shaping the po...

Land use land cover (LULC) transition analysis is a systematic approach that helps in understanding physical and human involvement the natural environment sustainable development. The study of spatiotemporal shifting pattern LULC, simulation future scenarios intensity at interval, category levels provide comprehensive prospect to determine current development scenarios. In this study, we used m...

The Persian Gulf States (Bahrain. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirate) have dominated the oil and gas sector since the discovery of oil in the region. They are the world largest producers of crude oil, producing about 35 and 25 percent of the world natural gas and crude oil respectively. The use of fossil fuels is directly linked to the release of CO2 into...