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Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of Urban Waste Recycling as Part of Circular Economy. The Case of Cuenca (Ecuador)
(MDPI, 2020)
Urban mining by recyclers represents a positive environmental impact as well as being part of the waste management chain. This paper analyzes the contribution of waste pickers in the city of Cuenca in Ecuador and the ...
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A straightforward diagnostic tool to identify attribute non-attendance in discrete choice experiments
(Elsevier, 2021)
To distinguish between respondents that have attended to/ignored an attribute in discrete choice experiments (DCE), Hess and Hensher (HH) apply the coefficient of variation of the conditional distribution, setting a ...
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Assessing the tourism attractiveness of World Heritage Sites: the case of Spain
(Elsevier, 2021)
No consensus has been reached on the effectiveness of World Heritage Sites (WHSs) in attracting tourism. This paper analyzes the impact of WHSs on tourist demand in Spain at a disaggregated level for all Spanish provinces ...
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Measures to promote renewable energy for electricity generation in Algeria
(MDPI, 2020)
Algeria has enormous renewable energy potential. However, fossil fuels remain the main electricity generation source, and the country is the third largest CO2 emitter in Africa. Algeria is also particularly vulnerable to ...
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Energy and Economic Life Cycle Assessment of Cool Roofs Applied to the Refurbishment of Social Housing in Southern Spain
(MDPI, 2020)
Energy refurbishment of the housing stock is needed in order to reduce energy consumption and meet global climate goals. This is even more necessary for social housing built in Spain in the middle of the last century since ...
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Analyzing the safety impact of longer and heavier vehicles circulating in the European market
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science LTD, 2021)
The European Union (EU) has developed different strategies to internalize the costs of excessive motor traffic in the road freight transport sector. One of these is a relaxation of restrictions on the size and load capacity ...
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Measuring the role of Blue Flags in attracting sustainable "sun-and-sand" tourism
(Routledge, 2021)
Eco-labels such as Blue Flags can be effective for enhancing both sustainability and tourism. Given the ongoing political debate on the effectiveness of Blue Flags for promoting tourism, we analyze the impact of the ...
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Measures to promote olive grove biomass in Spain and Andalusia: an opportunity for economic recovery against COVID-19
(MDPI, 2021)
Olive grove biomass presents an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gases and meet the sustainability objectives set by Europe. Given the relevance of this organic matter, this paper analyzes the evolution and current ...
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Towards the decarbonisation of Ecuador. A multi-sectoral and multi-regional analysis of its carbon footprint
(Springer, 2021)
Globally, interest in the environment and its conservation is growing and primordial. In particular, CO2 emissions generated by productive processes in a given territory in order to satisfy own and global consumption. Two ...
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Quality versus quantity: an assessment of the impact of Michelin-starred restaurants on tourism in Spain
(SAGE, 2021)
The number of internationally recognized Michelin-starred restaurants in a place is a new trend used to measure a tourist destination’s culinary standard. The purpose of this study is to close the gap created by the lack ...