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Economic and environmental effects of the manure policy in the Netherlands: synthesis of integrated ex-post and ex-ante evaluation

This paper summarises the results of both an ex-post evaluation of the Dutch Mineral Accounting System (MINAS) and an ex-ante evaluation of the effect of different levy-free surplus values.

Factors of physical environment associated with walking and bicycling

The purpose of this study was to identify factors of the physical environment that may influence time spent on walking and bicycling.
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Exploring the ancillary benefits of the Kyoto Protocol for air pollution in Europe

This report explores the potential ancillary benefits for air pollution - in terms of reductions in pollutant emissions and changes in control costs and environmental impacts - resulting from…
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The problem of the future: sustainability science and scenario analysis

Unsustainable tendencies in the co-evolution of human and natural systems have stimulated a search for new approaches to understanding complex problems of environment and development.
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Critical loads of acidity for surface waters in south-central Ontario, Canada: regional application of the first-order acidity balance (FAB) model

Major sulphur emission control programs have been implemented in North America, resulting in current emissions being ∼30% less than those in 1980. However, the level of acidic deposition remaining is…
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Climate - Options for broadening climate policy

In this study ways are explored to increase the policy coherence between the climate regime and a selected number of climate relevant policy areas, by adding a non-climate policy track to national and…
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Environmental risk limits for antifouling substances

In 1989, the EU restricted the use of tributyl-tin (TBT) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) decided for a world-wide ban on TBT in 2003. As a replacement for TBT, new antifouling agents…
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A method to analyse neighbourhood characteristics of land use patterns

Neighbourhood interactions between land use types are often included in the spatially explicit analysis of land use change. Especially in the context of urban growth, neighbourhood interactions are…
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Evaluating Voluntary Climate Change Initiatives by US business and industry compared with the Dutch experience

This report evaluates voluntary climate change initiatives by US business and industry geared to reducing greenhouse gases.
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Dutch Environmental Indicator for Plant Protection Products - Description of input data and calculation methods

The Dutch Environmental Indicator for plant protection products (NMI) is a software package used for calculating the potential environmental impact of plant protection products, which are used in…
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