Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffectiveness of Business Practices Related to Climate Change as a Driver for Improving Environmental PerformanceNaciti Valeria, Centorrino GiovannaThis study explores the relationship between business practices related to climate change and environmental performance. Using an international sample of analysis from 2013 to 2017, the paper examines how managerial incentives, public policy, disclosure, and responsibilities to executives on climate change, as corporate governance factors, affect a firm's environmental performance. By employing several regression analyses, our independent variables-incentives, public policy, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 1 · 7 Feb 2022 · 6,787 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComprehending the Environmental and Household Determinants of Jaundice Prevalence in Western NepalUttam Paudel, Krishna Prasad PantPersuasive but scanty evidences from literature claim that climate change is linked with neonatal and adult Jaundice prevalence, especially in underdeveloped countries. This paper explored major environmental and household characteristics attributable to Jaundice prevalence in western Nepal. Cross-sectional dataset obtained from household survey are employed to obtain the results from probit regression model, adequately leveled with an econometric theory. The … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 19 Feb 2020 · 7,893 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGreen Leadership as an Emerging Style for Addressing Climate Change Issues in SchoolsWahab AliThis paper attempts to investigate the concept of green leadership towards creating a greener environment through addressing issues of climate change and global warming. This initiative has been undertaken because principals take on a leading role in climate change education. As such an exploratory study was undertaken aimed at eliciting the views of principals about climate concepts and their opinions … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 22 Jun 2019 · 8,307 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Review of Effects of Environmental Change on Human HealthUttam PaudelCurrent knowledge production on the effects of environmental exposures on human health reflects technological, social and economic development broadly; theoretical and methodological advancements in social science and medicine more specifically. Human health and the welfare mainly rely on refurbishing and protecting the integrity of the natural systems such as fresh air, safe water, biodiversity, toxic waste management and proper land … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 29 Apr 2018 · 8,538 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAn Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector: The Renewable Energy SourcesRiccardo Testa, Salvatore TudiscaToday, among the most important issue for energy decisions by policymakers, there are security challenges and environmental impacts on climate change and economic aspects. Since the seventies, in fact, global warming and environmental issues have had an increasing importance in international debate, attracting the attention of several scientific studies (Landi and Benelli, 2016). Many of these studies denoted that over … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,092 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractClimatic Hazards and Social Crisis: A Quick Mitigation Approach to Accelerate Sustainable DevelopmentM.A. Rakib, M.S. Akter, Kushal MajumderClimate change and its negative consequences frequently impede to social development through mal-structural function of socioeconomic status but prospective mitigation approach may accelerate to social sustainability. This paper investigates to existing climatic hazards along with functional damage in a society that, how climatic hazards make vulnerable to the social people and evolve a new mitigation pathway to rescue from food … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 18 Feb 2016 · 7,585 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Water Demand Management by Monitoring the Technology Performance and the Water Use EfficiencyFraj ChemakProblem statement: Given the climate constraints and the limited resources, Tunisia has developed the irrigated sector in order to diversify the agricultural production and to meet the food needs of the population. Today the policy of water supply reaches its limits and the efforts should be turned to the management of the water demand. Within this context, this research aims … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 23 Apr 2012 · 7,161 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPopulation Growth, Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Southwestern United StatesAmy c. Fuller, Michael O. HarhayProblem statement: In a simple economic model, water scarcity arises as a result of an imbalance between the supply of and demand for water sources. Distribution in this setting is the source of numerous conflicts globally. Approach: Already, the Southwestern United States (US) suffers from annual drought and long-standing feud over natural water resources. Results: Population growth in the Southwestern … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Jun 2010 · 10,042 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExpecting the Unexpected Macroeconomic Volatility and Climate PolicyGajendra Singh ChauhanProblem statement: Analysts have been comparing a policy scenario with a baseline scenario of future economic conditions without the policy, to estimate the emissions reductions and costs of a climate policy. Both scenarios required assumptions about the future course of numerous factors such as population growth, technical change and non-climate policies like taxes. Approach: The purpose of this study was … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,493 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUsing Culture, Policy and Traditional Knowledge to Improve Engagement in Science CoursesLawrence K. Duffy, Catherine Hurt Middlecamp, Anna Godduhn, Cindy E. FabbriProblem statement: In our undergraduate science courses, we need to engage students by including the current issues and concerns of our students as well as recognizing the place-based context in which they learn. Including culture, policy and traditional knowledge when it intersects with a chemical principle and a challenging real world issue adds concreteness to the scientific process. Approach: Science … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 7,183 accessesView PDFCite