We examine the impact of providing a ‘no-choice’ option in an attribute based valuation experiment. The aim of the experiment was to assess monetary values of cockle fishery management practices in the Dutch Wadden Sea for different stakeholder groups, namely Dutch citizens, local residents,...

This paper offers an economic value assessment of a nature protection programme in the Veluwe. This programme involves two defragmentation scenarios: the first scenario connects the central part of the Veluwe with the IJssel river forelands in a north-eastern direction, while the second scenario...

Conditions for the emergence of cooperation in a spatial common-pool resource game are studied. This combines in a unique way local and global interactions. A fixed number of harvesters are located on a spatial grid. Harvesters choose among three strategies: defection, cooperation, and...

The relationship between trade and material flows is examined by viewing the global economy from the perspective of international material-product chains (MPC). The international MPC covers the complete lifecycle of a material or a product in two or more regions, including extraction,...

Regional economic activities require materials that can be extracted domestically or imported from other regions. Analysis of optimal patterns of combined economic development and materials use should be discussed in relation to trade and the environment. A model is presented that optimises...

The application of aggregate indicators in environmental-economic research has received little attention so far. An important reason is the incompleteness of environmental data. This article presents a systematic approach to construct indicators of environment and economy on a macro level. It...

This paper gives a concise overview of environmental-economic analysis. Important issues and modern developments in the field are surveyed in a systematic way. Next, the concept of sustainable development is discussed, as it has dominated environmental economics for almost a decade now. In...

We consider the microfoundations controversy from the perspective of economic evolution. Although the analogy between biology and economics has been noted before, it has rarely focused on clarifying the micro–macro distinction in economic theory and modelling. The micro–macro debate is more...

A model framework, SIMBIOSES, is presented which describes economic activities and related material, substance and energy flows in a multi-region and multi-sector economic system. The conceptual design of the framework is discussed in relation to current issues on "dematerialization" and...

The meaning of sustainability is the subject of intense debate among environmental and resource economists. Perhaps no other issue separates more the traditional economic view of the natural world from the views of most natural scientists. The debate currently focuses on the substitutability...