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OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION [10 records]

Record 1 2018-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Collaboration with the FAO
DEF

The collective physical, economic, policy and sociocultural surroundings, opportunities and conditions that influence people's food and beverage choices and consumption.

OBS

Food environments include the foods available to people in public or private settings like shops, markets, street stalls, restaurants, schools, and workplaces and, where relevant, from food grown by households or exchanged in local communities.

OBS

The concept of food environments was developed in the context of concerns about unhealthy diets, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la médecine
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
DEF

[..­.] ensemble des conditions dans lesquelles une personne a accès aux aliments, les achète et les consomme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Sociología de la medicina
  • Colaboración con la FAO
CONT

Con base en experiencias para la vigilancia y prevención del sobrepeso y enfermedades crónicas en adolescentes y adultos se utilizó un cuestionario estructurado [...] que incluyó datos: sociodemográficos [...] antropométricos [...] consumo de alimentos [...] percepciones del entorno alimentario (disponibilidad y acceso al consumo de frutas, verduras y aceite vegetal).

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Record 2 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Real Estate
CONT

The scope of the audits is to include assessment of current energy consumption, identification of "generic" energy savings opportunities...

Key term(s)
  • generic energy savings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Immobilier
CONT

Les vérifications devront englober l'évaluation de la consommation d'énergie actuelle, l'établissement des possibilités d'économie d'énergie de base (appareils d'éclairage et moteurs à faible consommation d'énergie, commandes de manœuvre, etc.).

Key term(s)
  • économies d'énergie de base

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
OBS

Pluriel d’usage.

Key term(s)
  • consumption opportunity
  • opportunity for consumption

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
OBS

Pluriel d'usage.

Key term(s)
  • occasion de consommation
  • possibilité de consommation

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Investment
OBS

Efficiency or allocative benefits are those favorable consequences of projects which represent opportunities to increase production or consumption... It is considered that a project is efficient and should be undertaken if its allocative benefits exceed its allocative costs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Investment
CONT

... allocative costs are the opportunities for production or consumption foregone because of projects undertaken. It is considered that a project is efficient and should be undertaken if its allocative benefits exceed its allocative costs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Investment
CONT

In evaluating the efficiency of projects, the analyst must be careful to distinguish their allocative effects from their pecuniary or distributional effects. The former effects alter total production possibilities and consumption opportunities; the latter consequences alter the distribution of total income without altering its volume.

OBS

[In] benefit-cost analysis... the effects of public projects on total physical production possibilities and consumption opportunities, given the existing stock of resources in the economy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
DEF

A lack or absence of benefit ...

CONT

... benefits of projects [consist]... of all those favourable effects which increase production or consumption opportunities and the costs of projects [consist)... of all those unfavourable effects which decrease production or consumption opportunities.... some analysts prefer to treat unfavourable side-effects of projects as disbenefits, and subtract them from project benefits in assessing whether projects should be undertaken or not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Processus décisionnel

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Hotel Industry (General)
  • Tourist Lodging
OBS

The Hotel Association of Canada's ECOmmodation Rating Program is a graduated rating system designed to recognize hotels, motels, and resorts that are committed to improving their fiscal and environmental performance. Based on the results of a comprehensive environmental audit, hoteliers are awarded a 1-5 green key rating and given guidance on how to "unlock" opportunities to reduce operating costs and environmental impacts through reduced utility consumption, employee training, and supply chain management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Hôtellerie (Généralités)
  • Hébergement (Tourisme)

Spanish

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Record 9 1988-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
CONT

Life-style refers to the distinctive mode of orientation an individual or a group has toward consumption, work, and play.(...) marketers are increasingly being drawn to life-style segmentation. They are targeting versions of their products to life-style groups and studying new product opportunities arising out of life-style analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
CONT

Le champ analytique de la segmentation s'est élargi avec la nouvelle dimension concurrentielle du marketing contemporain et a donné naissance à deux modes de segmentation : la segmentation situationnelle et la segmentation par les modes de vie. Les deux types de segmentation reposent essentiellement sur le réel, la manière dont les individus achètent leurs biens, les consomment ou encore la façon dont ils vivent leur quotidien.

Spanish

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Record 10 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

(...) means that its level is determined by interaction between(1) people's impatience to consume now rather than accumulate more capital goods for future consumption, and(2) investment opportunities that exist to procure higher or lower net productivities from such capital accumulated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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