development of remote sensing (rs) and gis techniques and that of landscape metrics in the late 1980s have caused to introduce a new dimension in the landscape ecology arena (the relationship between spatial patterns and ecological processes). however, scale dependence of some of landscape metrics and rs systems of different spatial resolution has resulted in particular attention into selection...

petrochemical industries are potentially capable of impacts on environment due to the essence of the activities and producing waste water, pollutant emissions and hazardous wastes. this case study has considered the environmental adverse impacts of petrochemical industries on existing habitats in mahshahr economic special zone with respect to the regional significant biological diversity and ec...

Transboundary environmental issues, like climate change, have in recent years received much attention from the side of political scientists and economists. Within the economics discipline, we witness sometimes differences between ecologically-oriented and mainstream economists, which may form a barrier for proposing clear policy recommendations on external effects in open and interacting spatia...

Emission trading schemes like the European Union Emissions Trading System (EUETS) try to reconcile economic efficiency and ecological efficiency by creating financial incentives for companies to invest in climate-friendly innovations. Using real options methodology we demonstrate that under uncertainty economic and ecological efficiency are still mutually exclusive. This problem is even tighten...

The primary purpose of this study was to further expand upon Taylor’s Six-Segment Message Strategy Wheel and provide the communication research community with insights into luxury brand advertising. Using content analysis and Taylor’s message strategy wheel, this research analyzed 317 ads across multiple print publications between January of 2009 and October of 2010. The results concluded that ...