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Anthropogenic Activity and Regional Vulnerability to Change: The Case of Sardinia (Italy)

Received: 29 May 2014     Accepted: 3 June 2014     Published: 14 June 2014
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Abstract

The paper contributes to the debate on the relationship between economic growth and environmental limits. The analysis is conducted on a regional scale and focuses on the development of a pressure indicator which is the correlation between the performance (in Added Value terms) of each economic anthropogenic activity and its relative level of pollution. Using a comparison between the results produced by the pressure indicator and other indicators used in the literature, it is possible to work out a more coherent view of the regional relationship between climate change and economic growth.

Published in Social Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 4-1)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Geographical Evidence in Changing Europe

DOI 10.11648/j.ss.s.2014030401.18
Page(s) 74-78
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Keywords

Climate Change, Regional Vulnerability, Carbone Impact, Sardinia

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  • Department of Humanistic and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy

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