sustainability and economic accounting

... mg/L Table Groundwater assets in 1998 Province 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland 8S Gippsland Sustainable yield by salinity category(a) Fresh Marginal ... equipment; and other machinery and equipment Wood and paper product manufacturing (includes only log sawmilling and timber dressing; and paper and paper product manufacturing) Petroleum and chemical ... physical accounting has arisen from the desire to assess the sustainability of economic activities and their interaction on the depletion and degradation of natural resources Environmental accounting...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... Methods Handbook of National Accounting Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting for Fisheries Final draft circulated for information prior to official editing United Nations Food and Agriculture ... Copyright © 2004 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations PREFACE The handbook of national accounting Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting for Fisheries (commonly ... Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The handbook is the first of a series of handbooks, which support the implementation of the handbook of national accounting...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... School of Economics and Finance  (SEF)    Professor Morris Altman – Development economics, behavioural economics (with some emphasis on  experimental economics), economic history (staple theory and export‐led growth, and cliometrics) and ... experimental economics), economic history (staple theory and export‐led growth, and cliometrics) and the history of economic thought.  Email:  morris.altman@vuw.ac.nz    • School of Accounting and Commercial Law (SACL)    Professor Rachel Baskerville – Accounting history  ... Dr Carolyn Fowler – Accounting and professional education, accounting history especially 19th Century  New Zealand, and developments in management accounting and the impact of information technology  in accounting.   Email:  carolyn.fowler@vuw.ac.nz ...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 17:20

... land and other strictly protected natural reserves Urban land: Towns and villages, parks gardens, nurseries and athletic grounds Other various land areas: Land used for particular purposes and ... Forest and other wooded land not exploitable for wood production has a very low economic use value The value has been set to zero Other land Other land consists mainly of agricultural land and land ... stock and growth are usually averages of five year estimate Classification on land In Sweden the NFI use the following classification on land: Forest land: Land suitable for wood production and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... participates with the FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (FASB) and the GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (GASB) in establishing accounting principles Amortization - Gradual and periodic reduction ... buying and selling price SSARS - See STATEMENTS ON STANDARDS FOR ACCOUNTING AND REVIEW SERVICES 42 Standard Deduction - Individual taxpayers who not itemize their deductions are entitled to a standard ... Auditing Standards (SAS) - Statements issued by the Accounting Standards Board of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA) Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02

... conceptualization of the multiplicity and salience of major challenges to development and security, all of which require political and public awareness and economic resources for timely and efficient policy treatment ... of risks, costs and benefits of handling these hazards using a multicriteria and systems approach towards the setting of policy priorities and resource sharing In addition to and developing from ... ‘long tail’ and intergenerational modes of climate change impact and thus implies special monetary and/ or insurance funds to cover respective costs and expected damage On the other hand, looking...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:56

... et al (2003) attribute coping capacity and adaptive capacity as separate dimensions of resilience, Smit and Wandel (2006) lump them together To Smit and Wandel (2006), adaptive capacity is equivalent ... learning and the social sources of adaptability, renewal and transformation; and (3) and understanding ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS of change and uncertainty as inherent in social-ecological systems ... CCA and DRR merged with insurance schemes could play an important role when discussing financial vulnerability and managing risks for governments and communities Understanding resilience and vulnerability...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:56

... scholars, and increase collaboration between the young and the seasoned within academic institutions, development and relief organizations and government We see this path, embedded in adaptive and ... P., Pritchard, L and Young, O., 2006 Scale and cross-scale dynamics: governance and ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS information in a multilevel world Ecology and Society, 11(2) Coleman, F C and Williams, ... construction Science and Public Policy, 30(4) 235 Helmer, M and Hilhorst, D J M., 2006 Natural disasters and climate change Disasters, 30(1) – Hogarth, R M and Kunreuther, H C., 1985 Ambiguity and insurance...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:56

... variability in landfalls 3.2 Landfall rates and proportion Table shows for three different periods – 1900 – 2008, 1951–2008 and 1979–2008 – the frequency of annual landfalls in the first and second ... relationships of ENSO, NAO and AMO on landfalling storms and damage (e.g Elsner and Jagger, 2006; Jagger et al., 2008) Elsner and Jagger (2008) find a relationship between the solar cycle and US hurricane ... hurricane season, and in each case predicting landfall numbers to be above average For these three years the number of landfalls was well below the historical mean in 2006 and 2007 and above average...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... can and cannot be known about the uncertain future And such wisdom starts with understanding the historical record and why the scientific community cannot produce skilful forecasts of future landfalls ... States hurricane landfalls and damages 199 Coughlin, K., Bellone, E., Laepple, T., Jewson, S and Nzerem, K., 2009 A relationship between all Atlantic hurricanes and those that make landfall in the ... doi:10.1038/nature04477 Landsea, C W., 2007 Counting Atlantic Tropical Cyclones back to 1900 EOS, 88 197 and 202 Lonfat, M., Boissonnade, A and Muir-Wood, R., 2007 Atlantic Basin, US and Caribbean landfall rates...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... Netherlands Natural disasters have increased in frequency and severity during the last few decades, causing considerable economic damage and loss of life A combination of climate and socio -economic ... Environmental Science and Technology & Department of Economics and Economic History, ` Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain; Faculty of Economics and Business Administration & Institute for Environmental ... Climate change and the frequency and severity of natural disasters In addition to socio -economic developments, climate change may increase the intensity and severity of weather extremes and contribute...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... namely low economic growth (RC) and high growth (GE) and corresponding changes in the ‘portfolio of properties at risk’ module of Figure were based on a land use model of the Netherlands (Janssen ... of climate and socio -economic change and estimating their influence on risk may be a useful first step in assessing future risk Statistical models can be used to assess how frequencies and severities ... change and socio -economic development on future natural disaster risk (IPCC, 2007) Considerable uncertainty and ambiguity is associated with both the frequency of a disaster occurring and the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... and Management, 13(4) 307 – 314 Rose, A., 2004b Economic principles, issues, and research priorities in hazard loss estimation Modelling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, Y Okuyama and ... L M and van den Bergh, J C J M., 2009b Climate change and hailstorm damage: empirical evidence and implications for agriculture and insurance, forthcoming Botzen, W J W., Aerts, J C J H and van ... change, for example, because of soil erosion and landslides resulting from more frequent and severe rains and floods The surface mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet may turn negative at a global...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... wetlands which perform essential hydrological, biological and chemical functions and which support and maintain the productivity and health of the river systems A number of the Basin wetlands ... (The Australian, September 2008), and ‘Water dries up life on the land – Randall Crozier stands in the barren paddock, frowning at the drought-bleached desert sand’ (The Australian, 13 September ... catchment area for the Murray and Darling rivers and their tributaries It extends from Queensland to South Australia, including three-quarters of New South Wales and half of Victoria The basin...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... Politics and History, 49(1) 61 –74 ¨ ¨ Brandstrom, A and Kuipers, S., 2003 From ‘normal incidents’ to ‘political crises’: understanding the selective politicization of policy failures Government and ... that is separated from the Southern Ocean by a narrow sand dune peninsula Lakes Alexandrina and Albert form the mouth of the Murray River and are comprised of fresh to saline waters The Coorong’s ... management and climate change was justified by the fact that Minister Penny Wong was the minister for climate change and water The Coorong Wetlands are one of the most important wetlands in Australia...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... Environmental Quality Standards (or Ambient Environment Standard), (2) Effluent Standards; and (3) Supporting Standards (testing, sampling standards etc) Most of supporting standards are adapted ... some are set mandatory by MoNRE So far, of 360 environmental standards, one third is made mandatory including parameters of solid waste and wastewater Standards of dust, chemicals and emissions ... terms of economic and environmental state; (2) perceptions and barriers to their improvement of their environmental performance; and (3) their responses to the current environmental standards and...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2013, 18:48

... International Accounting Standards Board in developing and reviewing accounting standards That Framework is intended to help preparers, users and auditors of financial statements to understand better ... understanding B Application C Problem solving and evaluation 413 414 414 415 Notes and references 417 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Part Setting the scene and defining the basic tools of management accounting ... emphasis on understanding and interpretation In teaching and learning management accounting various combinations are possible, depending on course design and aims Chapters 16, 17 and 18 provide an...

Ngày tải lên: 08/10/2013, 18:07

... Limongi, “Political Regimes and Economic Growth,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1993, 51-69 Rodrik, Dani, “Understanding Economic Policy Reform,” Journal of Economic Literature, March ... of Economics, August 1995, 681712 Pritchett, Lant, Economic Growth: Hills, Plains, Mountains, Plateaus and Cliffs,” unpublished paper, World Bank, October 1997 Przeworski, Adam, and Fernando ... 1980-84, 1985-89, and 1990-94 OLS and random effects regressions include a constant term and dummies for East Asia, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, socialist countries, OECD members, and oil exporters...

Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 20:15

... Przeworski, A and Limongi, F (1993) “Political Regimes and Economic Growth,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7: 51–69 Przeworski, A., Alvarez, M.E., Cheibub, J.A and Limongi, F (2000) Democracy and Development: ... Shleifer, Andrei and Vishny, Robert W (1993) “Corruption,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 108: 599–617 Sirowy, Larry and Inkeles, Alex (1990) “The Effects of Democracy on Economic Growth and Inequality: ... Princeton University Press Knack, S and Keefer, P (1995) “Institutions and Economic Performance: Cross-Country Tests using Alternative Institutional Measures,” Economics and Politics 7(3): 207–28 Krueger,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 20:15