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Hrubovcak, James; LeBlanc, Michael; Eakin, B. Kelly

doi:10.1023/a:1008392511721

Cited by 11 publications

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“…As far as the social aspects are concerned, accounting for the natural (agricultural) world would be of fundamental importance in identifying and quantifying the impacts of agriculture on the environment. In fact, as it emerges from a survey carried out by Hrubovcak et al (2000), it would be essential to focus on the agricultural sector because it would reflect, in a significant way, the impacts on natural resources and the environment. Currently, 50 per cent of these impacts would be related to the exploitation of the soil, 80 per cent to the use of water resources, 25 per cent to the deterioration of rivers and 19 per cent to lakes, with 18 per cent of the length of rivers affected by pollution from toxic substances used for production.…”

Section: Agriculture Accounting and Social Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Combining war damages accounting and accounting for the natural world with social-organisational repercussions

Modarelli,

Amelio,

Rainero

2023

Accounting History

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The authors propose a critical reinterpretation of a case study embedded in the historical period of post-WWII in Southern Italy. This period is characterised by relevant socio-political and economic consequences at a global scale, and it has been scarcely investigated from a business perspective. The authors consider the connections between war damages accounting, adverse collateral events, and agricultural accounting as tools to claim for social changes. The analysis specifically concerns the damages caused to the warehouses of hemp growers in the province of Caserta (Campania region, Italy). This area was known as Terra di Lavoro (‘land of work’ (authors’ translation)) since the Middle Ages to outline the poor conditions of hemp growers. The features of the accounting analysed herein, in the light of neo-institutional theory, show how it was used as a technology for problem-solving and a potential trigger for the agrarian reform of 1950.

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Section: Agriculture Accounting and Social Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Combining war damages accounting and accounting for the natural world with social-organisational repercussions

Modarelli,

Amelio,

Rainero

2023

Accounting History

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“…The starting point of this approach identifies the economic agents at the base of land degradation [66]. Agents' decisions were better understood when evaluating their own characteristics, such as background, preferences, and resources [67]. Broader forces shape agents' characteristics and decision variables [68].…”

Section: An Empirical Approach Identifying Drivers Of Fringe Land Deg...mentioning

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Caring of the Fringe? Mediterranean Desertification between Peri-Urban Ecology and Socioeconomics

Hälbac-Cotoară-Zamfir

Marucci

Salvia

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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This commentary debates on the role of multiple socioeconomic drivers of fringe land degradation (including, but not limited to, population and social dynamics, economic polarization, and developmental policies), as a novel contribution to the desertification assessment in Southern European metropolitan regions, a recognized hotspot of desertification at the global scale. Expanding rapidly all over the world, metropolitan regions are a geographical space where land degradation drivers and processes assume typical relationships that require further research supporting dedicated policy strategies. To assure a better comprehension of the environmental-economic nexus at the base of land degradation in peri-urban areas, we provided a classification of relevant socioeconomic and territorial dimensions in both macro-scale and micro-scale degradation processes. We also identified the related (contextual) factors that determine an increased risk of desertification in metropolitan regions. Micro-scale factors, such as agricultural prices and off-farm employment, reflect some potential causes of fringe land degradation, with a mostly local and on-site role. Technological change, agricultural prices, and household income influence land vulnerability, but their impact on fringe land degradation was less investigated and supposed to be quite moderate in most cases. Macro-scale factors such as population density, rural poverty, and environmental policies—being extensively studied on a qualitative base—were taken as important drivers of fringe land degradation, although their impact still remains undefined. Regional disparities in land resource distribution, rural poverty, and unsustainable management of environmental resources like soil and water were indirect consequences of land degradation in peri-urban districts. Based on a comparative review of theoretical and empirical findings, strategies mitigating degradation of fringe land and reducing desertification risk in potentially affected metropolitan regions were finally discussed for the Northern Mediterranean basin and generalized to other socioeconomic contexts.

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