Shaping your personal budget to match a potential rise in prices seems like a smart plan. But what inflation measure can you follow, besides the local prices of groceries or gas? There are three of them: the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI), and Personal Consumption ...
Real gross domestic product is an inflation-adjusted measure of the value of all goods and services produced in an economy.
12 How To Measure Wastewater Systems’ Sustainability?Dariusz Latawiec12.1 IntroductionEnvironmental pollution can be grouped into three main classes: water pollution, air pollution and soil pollution. Water pollution can originate from multiple sources, but common among them is wastewater discharged from ...
Guide to Economics What Is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. As a broad measure of overall domestic production, it functions ...
Water head pressure is static pressure caused by the weight of water solely due to its height above the measuring point. The pressure at the bottom of a 40-foot lake or a 40-foot high thin tube would be identical, since only height is involved.
Define net-zero and corporate claims—There is an urgent need to clarify the role of NCS in sector-specific net-zero strategies. One possible approach involves a company using carbon credits to compensate for its entire footprint today, as an interim measure whi...
Globally, by 2050, domestic water use is anticipated to increase by 130% [1]. Faced with rising pressure on the water supply, water companies use a combination of tools to increase water capacity (through water reuse schemes) and decrease demand for water (through motivating customers to change...
A survey was conducted to measure the indicators used in the models. The survey questionnaires were randomly distributed to commuters between July 3rd and 10th, 2020 in Shanghai, China. According to the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Shanghai reported its first case of COVID-19 on January...
Calls for smarter energy delivery and consumption have flowed with renewed urgency in recent years. Geopolitical uncertainty around sources of crude oil and natural gas has driven diplomatic agendas and domestic welfare planning, as well as putting increased pressure on household and private sector budge...
This indicator is the unique value dealing with ecotoxicological (also the indicator “inorganic nitrogen” to a lesser extent), human health and work conditions pressure, providing a global measure of the amount of pesticide active ingredients used per unit area. It does not take into account the...