Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment

Section 1: Economy and the environment Decision Aid Framework For Investments in Environment (DAFFIE). Investing in the environment; when is it too much?; Value and price: a transdisciplinary approach to urban water management; Tariff regulation of the integrated water service: an Italian case; Reducing diffuse water pollution by tailoring incentives to region specific requirements: empirical study for the Burdekin River basin (Australia); A productivity analysis of the Italian gas retail market; A case study: the approach to the integrated and cooperative management of the water resources of the Maputo River Basin by Mocambique, Swaziland and South Africa Section 2: Environmental policies, planning and assessment Assessing the external costs and the economic viability of the Greek steel industry; Environmental and climate risks in financial analysis; Evaluation and land use planning process of a high population growth rate municipality: Los Cabos, Mexico; 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; Visualization service for grid-oriented applications of natural disasters; Beach users' aesthetic and economic evaluation of a minor changeA" to the hard engineering coastal defences at Wiseman's Bridge, Pembrokeshire, Wales; The contribution of asset management to climate change policies; Market-based instruments in South Africa: a review Section 3: Cost benefits analysis Integrated assessment of flood protection measures in the context of climate change: hydraulic modelling and economic approach; A projection of BIPV systems in Taiwan: costs versus benefits; Ways to deal with the 'temporary' value of cost benefit analysis Section 4: Natural resources management An approach to a methodology for ecological valuation of environmental quality; Point to non-point phosphorus trading in the South Nation River watershed; Marble quarrying: an energy and waste intensive activity in the production of building materials; Sustainable management of artisanal fisheries in developing countries; the need for expert systems: the case of the Pechakour Expert System (PES) Section 5: Environmental performance Sustainability performance of economic sectors based on thermodynamic indicators; The influence of regional autonomist government on the territory environmental and economic performances; How to find the most practical ecosystem management plan Section 6: Social issues and environmental policies A study on the corporate social responsibility reports of Greek companies and the use of alternative evaluation methodologies; An empirical study of what institutions of higher education in the UK consider to be their corporate social responsibility; Review of on-site and communal water and sanitation systems for remote communities; Policies to mitigate the damage from coastal natural disasters: preparing southeastern U.S. coastal communities; In the absence of their men: Women and forest management in the Mid-hills of Nepal; The marketing of apples produced in Chihuahua, Mexico against the American Giant: a case of dumping