The plan review: A new approach to urban project assessment
Decision-makers experience problems with assessing urban investment plans. Currently, if national public funding is involved, cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is a mandatory component of the Dutch decision…
Multilevel Approaches and Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies
Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. Both…
Food security in sub-Saharan Africa: An explorative study
The agricultural production potential of sub-Saharan Africa would be sufficient to make the region food secure. Concerted and region-specific policies are needed to conserve and enhance the natural…
European-scale modelling of groundwater denitrification and associated N2O production
This paper presents a spatially explicit model for simulating the transport of nitrogen (N) and the denitrification and associated production of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) in groundwater, with a one…
Government interventions in sustainable supply chain governance: Experience in Dutchfront-running cases
Numerous multi-actor governance systems have recently emerged, ensuring sustainability of international traded products. Business and civil society actors play a dominant role in initiating and…
Report workshop 'Moving forward on the EU’s Resource Efficiency initiative – a global perspective'
This workshop, held in a round-table format, brought together around two dozen senior experts. Immediately following the UN’s Rio+20 conference, it sought to establish the most recent world view on…
Spatial concentration of industries and new firm exits: does this relationship differ between exits by failure and by M&As?
This study shows that the effect of the spatial concentration of industries on the post-entry hazards of new firms differs between types of exit and industry. New firms located in regions with a…
'The world continues to speed down an unsustainable path despite over 500 internationally agreed goals and objectives to support the sustainable management of the environment and improve human…
Assessment of the environmental impacts and health benefits of a nitrogen emission control area in the North Sea
Two studies have analysed the costs and benefits of creating a nitrogen emission control area in the North Sea and the English Channel. Such a control area requires new ships to emit 75 percent less…
A synthesis of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion
This synthesis discusses the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from fossil-fuel combustion and cement production. While much is known about these emissions, there is still much that is unknown about…
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