Transportation demands large amounts of fuel. In particular, road transport greatly contributes to both criteria air pollutants and noise within cities. The influence of vehicular traffic on the environmental noise spectrum (as an indirect indicator of energy emission) was measured and assessed...

Photovoltaic (PV) applications, gaining worldwide interest during the last years, comprise a promising renewable energy based solution, able to considerably contribute to the constantly increasing energy demand of our planet. Currently, residential applications possess a considerable share of...

Alert programs are central to strategies to reduce the health impacts of air pollution in many jurisdictions. Evidence that they work, however, is sparse - indeed the majority of published studies fail to find a significant impact of alerts on behavior. Alerts particularly seek to influence...

Umweltprüfungen - sowohl auf der Ebene konkreter Vorhaben (Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung) sowie der Ebene der Pläne und Programme (Strategische Umweltprüfung) als auch auf der Ebene der Bauleitplanung - eignen sich als formale Zulassungsund Planungsverfahren hervorragend zur Integration und...

We develop a framework for assessing the net benefits of investments to promote bicycling, which explicitly accounts for internal costs of bicycling. We apply our model to eight Swiss cities using data from the Swiss national travel survey and find that increasing the level of bicycling by...

In many countries, consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is below recommendedlevels. We quantify the economic and health effects of F&V stamp policy designed for low income consumers. The analysis combined two models: an economic model which predictshow F&V consumption is affected by a...

Background: Consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The European Union Common Agricultural Policy keeps prices high by limiting the availability of fruits and vegetables. This policy is at odds with public health interests. We...

We develop a framework for assessing the net benefits of investments to promote bicycling, which explicitly accounts for internal costs of bicycling. We apply our model to eight Swiss cities using data from the Swiss national travel survey and find that increasing the level of bicycling by...

Umweltprüfungen – sowohl auf der Ebene konkreter Vorhaben (Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung) sowie der Ebene der Pläne und Programme (Strategische Umweltprüfung) als auch auf der Ebene der Bauleitplanung – eignen sich als formale Zulassungsund Planungsverfahren hervorragend zur Integration...