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Environmental governance and the dispersal of decision-making

Fairbrass, Jenny - 2003

Currently the European Union (EU) consists of a group of nation states that exhibit an array of constitutional systems …, ranging from the unitary to the fully federal. Among the EU member states, the United Kingdom (UK) has traditionally been … has been 'reserved' to the UK Executive in Whitehall and the Parliament in Westminster is international relations and EU …

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A town called eco: What notions of sustainable development do the government's proposed eco-towns embody?

Rose, Sean - 2009

The eco-towns agenda is intended to address social and environmental concerns through facilitating exemplar new sustainable settlements. Sustainable development, which traditionally combines environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainability, has recently been adopted as a cogent...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276529

Limits to CBA in UK and European environmental policy: Retrospects & future prospects

Turner, R. Kerry - 2006

This paper reviews the contemporary debate and the now long standing role of CBA in UK and European environmental policy appraisal and looks forward to possible future applications. The position taken is that despite its limitations CBA still has an important part to play in environmental policy...

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Robust interpolation of agricultural census data to hydrological units and implications for diffuse pollution modelling

Posen, Paulette E.; Hutchins, Michael G.; Lovett, Andrew A. - 2009

excess of the upper limits prescribed by the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in some river catchments and reductions in …

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Economic analysis for ecosystem service assessments

Bateman, Ian; Mace, Georgina; Fezzi, Carlo; Atkinson, Giles - 2010

The paper seeks to contribute to the expanding literature on ecosystem service assessment by considering its integration with economic analyses of such services. Focussing upon analyses for future orientated policy and decision making, we initially consider a single period during which...

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Political affiliation and willingness-to-pay for publicly versus privately provided environmental goods

Bateman, Ian; Dupont, Diane - 2010

Previous literature has found that politically conservative individuals express a lower willingness-to-pay (WTP) for environmental goods than left-wing supporters. Using data from three surveys valuing water we investigate the role of context by evaluating whether the means of provision (public...

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Economic analysis for ecosystem assessments: Application for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)

Bateman, Ian - 2009

The paper considers methodological issues pertinent to the economic assessment of ecosystem services. It is primarily written for a natural science audience however it also proposes a methodology which is intended to be of interest to economists charged with undertaking valuation work for...

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Developing a critical model to evaluate the appropriateness of local body climate protection policies: the case of Freiburg

Galvin, Ray - 2009

Sub-national governments are now seen as having an important role to play in climate protection. Initial research in this area sought to identify their initiatives in climate change mitigation and theorize their role in relation to national and international climate protection policies. Because...

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Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making

Fisher, Brendan; Costanza, Robert; Turner, R. Kerry - 2007

The concept of ecosystems services has become an important model for linking the functioning of ecosystems to human welfare benefits. Understanding this link is critical in decision-making contexts. While there have been several attempts to come up with a classification scheme for ecosystem...

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New institutional economics and the environment: Conceptual foundations and policy implications

Paavola, Jouni; Adger, William Neil - 2002

This paper reviews literature in and around new institutional economics to assess its contributions to, and limitations in, research on environmental decision-making and governance. The paper also proposes ways to increase the fruitfulness of new institutional approach for environmental...

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