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The evolution of water resource planning and decision making

Russell, Clifford S. (contributor); … - 2009

This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. The historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, but the book concentrates on the...

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Evaluation and performance measurement of research and development : techniques and perspectives for multi-level analysis

Chiesa, Vittorio - 2009

This book develops and illustrates a comprehensive, multi-level framework for the evaluation of industrial R … which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be undertaken. This enlightening book focuses on the single … addresses the R&D evaluation from the point of view of financial markets, with a focus on the relationships between R …

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Successes and failures in regulating and deregulating utilities : evidence from the UK, Europe and the USA

Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2004

1. The failure of good intentions : the collapse of American telecommunications after six years of Deregulation -- 2. Road networks : efficiency, externalities and consumer choice -- 3. The Enterprise Act : pluses and minuses for competition policy -- 4. Ofcom and light touch regulation -- 5....

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The economics of evaluation in public programs

Link, Albert N. - 2011

This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public … elucidates this diversity of approaches and settings and challenges scholars to contemplate an evaluation in terms of its …Barry Bozeman and Gordon Kingsley (1997), 'R&D Value Mapping: A New Approach to Case Study-Based Evaluation', Journal …

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Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values

Rolfe, John (ed.); Bennett, Jeff (ed.) - 2006

Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of...

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Incentives, regulations and plans : the role of states and nation-states in smart growth planning

Knaap, Gerrit-Jan (contributor) - 2007

This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...

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Competitive electricity markets and sustainability

Lévêque, François (contributor) - 2006

This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to...

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Foreign direct investment and corporate networking : a framework for spatial analysis of investment conditions

Morsink, Robert L. A. - 1998

the European Union. Then, he goes into investments originating from the United States, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands …

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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

contingent employment in Sweden -- 5. Contingent employment in Spain -- 6. Contingent employment in Germany -- 7. Flexible …

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