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Analysis of environmental costs of mobility due to urban sprawl : a modelling study on Italian cities

Travisi, Chiara M.; Camagni, Roberto; Nijkamp, Peter - 2006

A sound empirical and quantitative analysis on the relationship between different patterns of urban expansion and the environmental or social costs of mobility is rare, and the few studies available provide at best a qualitative discussion of these issues. Some recent tentative studies on the...

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Pesticide risk valuation in empirical economics

Nijkamp, Peter; Travisi, Chiara Maria; Vindigni, Gabriella - 2002

Pesticide use in agriculture poses several risks to both human health and non-target agro-ecosystems. Due to lack of information on the monetary value of reducing pesticide risks, it is difficult to perform an economic analysis that addresses social efficiency of policy and draws conclusions...

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Transport investment appraisal and the environment

Nijkamp, Peter; Ubbels, Barry; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2002

This review considers the role of environmental effects in transport investment appraisal, mainly from the perspective of cost-benefit analysis, the most widely adopted appraisal technique. Although the basic principles of CBA are straightforward, several complications are identified that may...

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Pesticide risk valuation in empirical economics : a comparative approach

Nijkamp, Peter; Travisi, Chiara Maria; Vindigni, Gabriella - 2002

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Urban sustainability, agglomeration forces and the technological deus ex machina

Verhoef, Erik T.; Nijkamp, Peter; Daniel, Joe - 2001

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Global environmental change regimes : impact assessment on the basis of an extended GTAP-model

Wang, Shunli; Nijkamp, Peter; Kuik, Onno J. - 2001

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Climate Change and River Water Pollution : An Application to the Ganges in Kanpur

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2023

pollution in the river caused by tanneries in Kanpur, India. We focus on two tanneries, A and B, that are situated on the same … production depends on labor use, the chemical waste generated by tannery A, and the natural pollution absorbing capacity of the … reduction in the natural capacity of the Ganges to absorb pollution in the time interval [0,t]. Second, we use this metric and …

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Climate Change and River Water Pollution : An Application to the Ganges in Kanpur

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2023

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Polluting Tanneries and Small Farmers in Kanpur, India : A Theoretical Analysis

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2022

We focus on the interaction between a representative polluting tannery and a negatively impacted small farmer in Kanpur, India. The tannery produces leather and toxic chemical waste that ends up in wastewater used by the small farmer to irrigate agricultural land and grow vegetables. The waste...

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Biological integrity as a prerequisite for sustainable development : a bioeconomic perspective

Bithas, Konstantinos; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

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