[...] Im Gegensatz zu den bisherigen Modellierungsergebnissen zum künftigen Energiemaisanbau erlaubt der entwickelte Ansatz regionale Entwicklungsunterschiede zu verstehen. Es werden sowohl kurzfristige Anpassungsreaktionen als auch die langfristig kritischen Parameter für die...

Agricultural policy is designed to achieve certain goals. One goal that is of increasing importance in public discussion is 'public money for public goods' i.e. the compensation for the provision of public goods and the internalization of externalities. The European Union's Common Agricultural...

The findings presented in this edited book are derived from the activities of the SCARLED (Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods) project. It had been co-financed by the European Commission and lasted from January 2007 until September 2010. SCARLED pursued two major research...

Environmental values, civil society, and sustainability in post-reform China -- The development imperative -- Saying farewell to communal capital -- The environmental costs of progress -- Pollution, perceptions, and environmental values -- Civil society and the politics of pollution enforcement...