Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment II

Cover......Page 1
Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment II......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Contents......Page 14
Section 1: Economy and the environment......Page 18
Decision Aid Framework For Investments in Environment (DAFFIE). Investing in the environment; when is it too much?......Page 20
Value and price: a transdisciplinary approach to urban water management......Page 28
Tariff regulation of the integrated water service: an Italian case......Page 38
Reducing diffuse water pollution by tailoring incentives to region specific requirements: empirical study for the Burdekin River basin (Australia)......Page 48
A productivity analysis of the Italian gas retail market......Page 60
A case study: the approach to the integrated and cooperative management of the water resources of the Maputo River Basin by Moçambique, Swaziland and South Africa......Page 70
Section 2: Environmental policies, planning and assessment......Page 80
Assessing the external costs and the economic viability of the Greek steel industry......Page 82
Environmental and climate risks in financial analysis......Page 92
Evaluation and land use planning process of a high population growth rate municipality: Los Cabos, Mexico......Page 104
Estimations of costs for dismantling, decommissioning and associated waste management of nuclear facilities, and associated impact on decision processes, functioning of markets and the distribution of responsibilities between generations......Page 114
Visualization service for grid-oriented applications of natural disasters......Page 122
Beach users' aesthetic and economic evaluation of a "minor change" to the hard engineering coastal defences at Wiseman's Bridge, Pembrokeshire, Wales......Page 132
The contribution of asset management to climate change policies......Page 144
Market-based instruments in South Africa: a review......Page 154
Section 3: Cost benefits analysis......Page 164
Integrated assessment of flood protection measures in the context of climate change: hydraulic modelling and economic approach......Page 166
A projection of BIPV systems in Taiwan: costs versus benefits......Page 178
Ways to deal with the 'temporary' value of cost benefit analysis......Page 188
Section 4: Natural resources management......Page 198
An approach to a methodology for ecological valuation of environmental quality......Page 200
Point to non-point phosphorus trading in the South Nation River watershed......Page 206
Marble quarrying: an energy and waste intensive activity in the production of building materials......Page 214
Sustainable management of artisanal fisheries in developing countries; the need for expert systems: the case of the Pêchakour Expert System (PES)......Page 226
Section 5: Environmental performance......Page 236
Sustainability performance of economic sectors based on thermodynamic indicators......Page 238
The influence of regional autonomist government on the territory environmental and economic performances......Page 248
How to find the most practical ecosystem management plan......Page 258
Section 6: Social issues and environmental policies......Page 270
A study on the corporate social responsibility reports of Greek companies and the use of alternative evaluation methodologies......Page 272
An empirical study of what institutions of higher education in the UK consider to be their corporate social responsibility......Page 280
Review of on-site and communal water and sanitation systems for remote communities......Page 292
Policies to mitigate the damage from coastal natural disasters: preparing southeastern U.S. coastal communities......Page 302
In the absence of their men: Women and forest management in the Mid-hills of Nepal......Page 312
The marketing of apples produced in Chihuahua, Mexico against the American Giant: a case of dumping......Page 322
V......Page 332
W......Page 333