The use of private cars with low occupancy is increasingly predominant in workers' transport to industrial estates in Valles Occidental County, within the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain. This unsustainable trend is already on the political agenda. However, sound theoretical background and...

We demonstrate that multi-criteria analysis (MCA), though initially developed in the operations research field, can be usefully applied within the context of the stakeholder-driven or institutional approach to transport project evaluation. We first compare the features of the institutional and...

The science of public finances has an arsenal of methods, techniques and procedures which on long term allow it to act by eliminating waste and losses from the complex mechanism of public finances. An important component of this mechanism is engaging the public expenditure, through which the...

Poverty is a multidimensional, fuzzy and complex phenomenon that cannot be faithfully represented by mono-dimensional monetary indicators. In the last years, much research has been devoted to tackle poverty fuzziness, while less attention has been paid to poverty complexity. In this paper, we...

In the expectation of the EU integration, the improvement of the economic growth on medium term constitutes a national strategic objective. The achievement of a compatible economy regarding to the mechanism, structure and legislative with the EU countries economies allows for a multitude of...

This paper evaluates the potential of hybridising renewable technologies to support trigeneration. A model for trigeneration has been developed for simulation and evaluation. The developed trigeneration system aims to be self-sustaining where cooling, heating and power needs of a commercial...

There are now several concentrated solar thermal technologies (CSP), such as parabolic troughs and central receivers using various heat transfer media, that have reached the phase of initial commercial deployment for large-scale power production. Information about cost, performance and impact on...