Nations in social LCA

Neighborhoods to Nations via Social Interactions

∗ The author acknowledges the hospitality of the Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, February 20-21, 2014, and of the 18th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, University of Crete, Rethymno, 29 31 May 2014. This paper is an outgrowth of my keynote speech at the conference. Both occasions resulted in highly productive...

Land use in LCA

α). Four different formulae are presented: a linear and a non-linear one for local damage, and a linear and a non-linear one for regional damage. The local linear function bears most resemblance to the IVAM formula for occupation: EDPlocal = 1 – (Socc / Sregion). The regional function includes the land use pattern already established in the region. The linear function is: EDPregion = dSlost / d...

Who Trusts? The Origins of Social Trust in Seven Nations

This paper identifies six main theories of the determinants of social trust, and tests them against survey data from seven nations, 1999-2001. Three of the six theories of trust fare rather poorly and three do better. First and foremost, social trust tends to be high among citizens who believe that there are few severe social conflicts and where the sense of public safety is high. Second, infor...

Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations

Modelling of Recycling in LCA