Showing papers by "Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research published in 1994"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop an interest-based explanation of support for international environmental regulation and postulate which impact it should have on state preferences for environmental regulation, and apply their framework to two prominent cases of negotiations on atmospheric pollution control, namely, efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and the regulation of trans-boundary acidification (acid rain) in Europe.
Abstract: Despite growing international environmental interdependence, the international system lacks a central authority to foster environmental protection As a consequence, countries have adopted different policies to reduce international environmental problems More specifically, costly regulations are not universally supported In order to explain the success and failure of international environmental regulation, it is necessary to systematically focus on the factors that shape the environmental foreign policy of sovereign states Since such an approach is missing from the literature, we develop an interest-based explanation of support for international environmental regulation and postulate which impact it should have on state preferences for international environmental regulation Specifically, we apply our framework to two prominent cases of negotiations on atmospheric pollution control, namely, efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and the regulation of trans-boundary acidification (“acid rain”) in Europe
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01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial distribution of different elements and minerals in bioactive sediments was detected using SEM/EDX imaging and the evaluation of these distribution patterns by multifractal analysis provided a quantitative assessment of characteristic inhomogeneities.
Abstract: It is shown that SEM/EDX imaging is a powerful tool for detecting the spatial distribution of different elements and minerals in recent bioactive sediments. The evaluation of these distribution patterns by multifractal analysis provides a quantitative assessment of the characteristic inhomogeneities.
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TL;DR: The integrated application of quantitative and qualitative models will be demonstrated within the framework of an advisory system which is used to determine the risk of groundwater contamination by nitrate, which aims at politicians and decision makers.
6 citations
TL;DR: Methods are outlined to map regional models by coupling geographic information systems and modelling and simulation systems in a flexible form to develop a one-sectoral forest regional model.
5 citations
TL;DR: The ability to deal with environmental problems is hindered by the lack of understanding people do not see the consequences of their actions (the gap between perpetuator and victim). Man does not perceive or respond emotionally to the parameters of global change.
Abstract: Changes in global environment demand a new look at the interaction between man and his environment. Global environment not only affects man, but man simultaneously influences the global environment. Exhausting environmental resources and emission of greenhouse gases are examples of the dimensions of \"global change\". To ensure the coexistence of man and environment new strategies to cope with this new challenge must be explored. The ability to deal with environmental problems is hindered by the lack of understanding people do not see the consequences of their actions (the gap between perpetuator and victim). Man does not perceive or respond emotionally to the parameters of global change. Recently, scientific concepts of global environmental management strategies have been developed that require problem-oriented cooperation between the natural and social sciences. Die Herausforderung ,,Globale Umweltver~inderungen\
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