Scholars have made great advances in modeling and mapping ecosystem services, and in assigning economic values to these services. This modeling and valuation scholarship is often disconnected from evidence about how actual conservation programs have affected ecosystem services, however. Without...

Farmland near cities can provide diverse non-market benefits, such as recreational open space, landscape appeal, local food production, ecological habitat, and water regulation, which risk being underprovided by markets in the absence of intervention. The rapid loss of farmland to development...

In accordance with Article 20 of Directive 2014/45/EU, the purpose of this study is to assess the benefit of including two- and three wheelers and light trailers within the framework of periodic inspection of vehicles and to propose the precise way to do so. For both categories of vehicles, the...

Der Klimawandel wird weltweit zu Veränderungen im Wasserkreislauf und unserer Nutzung von Wasser führen. Obwohl die Bundesrepublik Deutschland im langjährigen Mittel über ausreichende Ressourcen verfügt, tritt in einzelnen Jahren Wasserknappheit und Niedrigwasser auf. Zuletzt haben die...