A region of ecological importance which generates uncompensated cross-territorial positive spillovers has a comparatively higher fiscal need due to the direct and indirect costs it incurs for nature conservation. In order adequately to acknowledge fiscal needs relating to nature conservation, we...

Obwohl die Frage, ob der Capability Ansatz überhaupt operationalisierbar ist, von Beginn an und bis heute diskutiert wird, gibt es inzwischen eine Fülle von empirischen Studien auf der Grundlage des Capability Ansatzes. Die meisten basieren auf Daten aus Befragungen (im Unterschied zu bspw....

In virtually all EU Member States, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is complemented by support schemes for electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E). This policy mix has been subject to strong criticism. It is mainly argued that RES-E schemes contribute nothing to...

Affordability of water services is a pressing water policy issue for both the developed and in particular the developing world. Despite its well-known theoretical shortcomings affordability analysis for water supply is up to now widely based on the ratio of a household's water expenditure and...

Auch mehr als 20 Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung des Brundtland-Berichts offenbart nachhaltige Entwicklung das Bild einer konzeptionell ebenso vagen wie disparaten gesellschaftspolitischen Idee. Soll Nachhaltigkeit als gesellschaftliches (Meta)Leitbild fungieren, bedarf es der Übersetzung in...

An important criterion for the design of urban water prices is the affordability of water supply for poor customers. This paper presents a typology of water pricing options which policy-makers have at their disposal in order to address affordability. A review of theoretical insights and...

In einer 19-monatigen Feldstudie wurde das Leipziger Mobilitätspaket für Umzügler, bestehend aus Informationen und Schnupperangeboten, erprobt und evaluiert. Ziel war es, diese für ein verändertes Verkehrsverhalten sensibilisierte Gruppe für eine stärkere Nutzung von Öffentlichem...

The lack of adequate water supply and sanitation services is a major issue related to sustainable development in many parts of the developing world. This also holds for Mongolia. Current data suggests that Mongolia may not meet the Millennium Development Goal 7, target 7c to halve the proportion...

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 report is a comparative study of the current legal situation in relation to the forth-coming implementation of the Floods Directive in selected EU Member States, focusing on the question of whether these states incorporate public participation into the process of flood risk mapping and, if...