This paper sketches a re-conceptualisation of sustainable development (SD) on the basis of the capability approach (CA). The notion sustainable development was developed as a compromise in a political process and has been re-interpreted (some say: diluted) again and again in the last 20 years....

Using the budget-based scheme approach developed by Kirby et.al. (1991) and Reichelstein (1992), this paper establishes the optimal policy function in order to control hidden actions from managers of Public Water Utilities (PWU) regarding investments that deviate from the Optimized Business Plan...

This article develops eleven criteria focusing on the relative importance and strength of different, especially socio-economic drivers of and pressures on biodiversity. These refer to the syndrome concept designed to assess global environmental risks and the DPSIR framework developed to guide...

Biodiversity loss is a serious global environmental problem. Economic instruments in biodiversity policies can contribute towards reconciling the conservation costs encountered at local level with the benefits of biodiversity conservation at higher levels of governance, from regional and...

Tradable permits have already been applied in many areas of environmental policy and may be a possible response to increasing calls for flexible conservation instruments which are able to successfully conserve biodiversity while allowing for economic development. The idea behind applying...

Der Compartment Transfer als innovative Technologie zur Grundwassersanierung kann eine deutliche Kostensenkung bei der Sanierung kontaminierter Grundwasserkörper bewirken. Innovative Technologien können aber auch Gefahren und Risiken für Mensch und Umwelt mit sich bringen. Ihrem Schutz dienen...

This report constitutes the main deliverable of WorkPackage 2 of GoverNat, "Assessing multilevel activities in water and biodiversity governance", dealing with an assessment of state-ofthe- art European water and biodiversity governance, based on the analysis of a series of casestudies developed...

Dieses Diskussionspapier beschäftigt sich mit bestehenden Ansätzen, "Good Governance" auf lokaler Ebene zu konzeptualisieren und zu operationalisieren. Es möchte damit einen Beitrag zur Diskussion um die Anwendbarkeit und den praktischen Wert von derlei Ansätzen leisten. Sein Ziel ist es...

With the objective of promoting sustainable development in Santiago de Chile, this paper explores current challenges and possible future trends of urban governance from a local stakeholder point of view. Its empirical base is an online survey conducted among local stakeholders in spring 2009. It...