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On the Economics of Happiness and Climate Change
A doctoral thesis analyzes climate change impacts and politics from the perspective of happiness. For the purpose, it takes the case of floods of varying intensity as examples of extreme climate events and compares the decrease in income resulting from the current crisis with...
Tiger Mosquito Control: improvements in preventive measures in Catalonia
The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) has been colonizing Catalonia since 2004. Native to Southeast Asia, it has spread throughout Europe and around the world. It is essential to curb its expansion, to relieve the discomfort of bites,...
Environmental Impact of the Water Supply Network Construction of Betanzos (Galicia)
The construction of networks required to supply drinking water to the population generates environmental impacts that must be assessed in order to be minimized. The article develops a methodology that allows calculation of...
Place attachment and place remaking in marginalized neighborhoods by their inhabitants
A study analyzes the characteristics of environmental activism in historically marginalized urban neighborhoods of Casc Antic in Barcelona, the area of CayoHueso in Havana and Dudley in Boston. The place...
Vulnerability to climate change in the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà
The Aiguamolls de l’Empordà area is the second largest wetland in Catalonia, and was the first to be declared a protected area in the Costa Brava. A participatory study on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change reveals the...
