This paper introduces and surveys ecological-economic analysis of biodiversity. It seeks to identify the complex linkages between economic and ecological systems with a view to a solid exploration of valuation issues in biodiversity. Against this background the study offers a review of key...

This paper proposes an integrated evaluation methodology which serves to alleviate the limitations of a single evaluation approach by combining different assessment and policy analysis methods. It is demonstrated that, in a multi- criteria context, a so-called combinatorial framework can cope...

In the paper a nested logit model is used to describe passenger preferences concerning airports and airlines. A statistical model for the passengers' sequential choice of airport and airline is calibrated. It appears that the choice sequence first airport, then airline is statistically...

This paper applies an ANOVA-type of meta-analysis to the evaluation of agri-environmental policy in the European Union. Meta-analysis is concerned with the statistical analysis of previous research results, and has become an established technique in the medical and natural science. The paper...

The demand for air transport is largely determined by the spending capacity of customers. This paper aims to offer more insight into the determinants of price elasticities in the aviation sector. It seeks to identify both common and contrasting factors that influence the price elasticities, on...

In this paper a model, based on the nested multinomial logit model, is used to analyze airport competition and airline competition in a multiple airport region. It is shown that if the frequency elasticity of demand is smaller than 1, airfare-frequency and airport tax equilibria exist and are...

Environmental sustainability issues have in recent years received much attention from the side of environmental scientists and economists. There is a broad recognition on the relevance of external effects in open and interacting spatial systems. It would be helpful if ecological economic...

The evidence on the implications of transport for regional economic and political integration is mixed. This is not surprising since transport is one element of a complex web of factors that determine the extent to which spatial areas become integrated. There are also good reasons to expect the...

Rational decision-making requires an assessment of advantages and disadvantages of choice possibilities, including non-market effects (such as externalities). This also applies to strategic decision-making in the transport sector (including aviation). In the past decades various decision support...

The concept of resilience has received a great deal of attention in the past decades. Starting from the first fundamental definitions offered by Holling, Pimms and Perrings in an economic-ecological modeling context, the present paper explores the ‘evolution’ of the resilience concept – as...