environmental deterioration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenvironmentalanddeterioration
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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deterioration
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˌtɪə.ri.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌtɪr.i.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact or process of ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalanddeteriorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The measures proposed are oriented to mitigating the factors that induce greaterenvironmentaldeteriorationand poverty.
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Recently, however, certain patterns ofenvironmentaldeteriorationhave been traced to government failure.
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Evaluation ofenvironmentaldeteriorationby analysing fish parasite populations and communities.
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Instead, it now faces greatenvironmentaldeterioration.
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We found a globally widespread view thatenvironmentaldeteriorationimposes costs that publics would prefer to avoid.
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During the last decades concern has been expressed for the long-term effects of natural resource depletion andenvironmentaldeterioration.
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Thus,environmentaldeteriorationmay well enhance the marginal productivity of children, at least relative to family productivity.
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Unfortunately, this will be more likely at a higher original level of pesticide use and hence a higher level ofenvironmentaldeterioration.
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Environmentaldeteriorationcan be split into two parts: pollution and the reduction of natural resources (land, forest, grass, and mineral resources).
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However, excessive use of energy may lead toenvironmentaldeteriorationand accelerated rates of natural resource exploitation, with consequences ultimately threatening to the long-run sustainability of agriculture.
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There is also theenvironmentaldeteriorationof schools; the lack of paint and so on.
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There is poverty, exploitation andenvironmentaldeteriorationin much of the third world.
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Do the results from this study shed a new light on these world-wide developments and especially on the prospects for economic growth withoutenvironmentaldeteriorationin developing countries?
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There are signs of industrial decay andenvironmentaldeterioration, and if a community loses its youth it has no worthwhile future.
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Quite rightly, the report notes that economic relations should go hand-in-hand with a desire to remedyenvironmentaldeterioration, the result of booming industry in the country.
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The second disappointment is the failure of the rich nations to agree a meaningful contribution towards tackling the problems of poverty andenvironmentaldeteriorationin the third world.
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European cities are having to deal with an ever-increasing number of problems, from unemployment,environmentaldeteriorationand traffic congestion to poverty and social marginalization, housing problems, crime and drug addiction.
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This criticises the traditional micro and short term economic strategies and its lack of consideration for externalities and costs associated withenvironmentaldeterioration.
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