Publications
The Role of Local Politicians and Political Realities in Shaping Urban Climate Change Agendas: The Case of eThekwini Municipality
Leck, H. 2013. In Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Research, Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Viewpoints, No.9.
Emissions GDP relationship in times of growth and decline
This empirical paper focuses on the relationship between changes in GDP and CO2 emissions as a country’s economy moves through periods of growth and decline. Using … read more »
Social capital, climate change and soil conservation investment: panel data evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia
The paper analyses the impact of climate change and local social networks on farmers’ soil conservation behaviour in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Farm household level … read more »
Are you NUTS? The factors of production and their long-run evolution in Europe from a regional perspective
Hippe, R. 2013. Historical Social Research, v. 38, pp. 324-348.
Spatial clustering of human capital in the European regions
Hippe, R. 2013. Economies et sociétés, AF, v. 46, pp. 1077-1104.
Natural catastrophe insurance in China: policy and regulatory drivers for the agricultural and the property sectors
In: Orie, M. and Stahel, W. R. (eds.) The Geneva Reports Risk and Insurance Research Insurers’ contributions to disaster reduction—a series of case studies 7. The Geneva Association: Geneva, Switzerland. … read more »
On estimating local long-term climate trends
Climate sensitivity is commonly taken to refer to the equilibrium change in the annual mean global surface temperature following a doubling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. Evaluating this … read more »
Analysis and control design of sustainable policies for greenhouse gas emissions
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is now an urgent priority. Systems control theory, and in particular feedback control, can be helpful in designing policies that achieve sustainable levels of emissions … read more »
Scientific ambiguity and climate policy
Environmental and Resource Economics. Economic evaluation of climate policy traditionally treats uncertainty by appealing to expected utility theory. read more »
Water: Cost
Kubursi, A., and M. Agarwala. (2013). In Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, edited by Sven Erik Jorgensen. Vol. IV, 2801–2811. New York: Taylor and Francis.
