TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aravossis,K.
AU  - Brebbia,C.A.
ED  - Wessex Institute of Technology.
TI  - Environmental economics and investment assessment II
T2  - WIT transactions on ecology and the environment,
SN  - 9781845641122
SN  - 1746448X
U1  - 338.927 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Southampton, Boston
PB  - WIT Press
KW  - Environmental economics
KW  - Investments
KW  - Environmental impact analysis
KW  - Congresses
N1  - CONTENT


Section 1:Economy and the the environment
Decision Aid Frame For Investments in Environment (DAFFIE). Investing in the environment; when is too much?
Value and price : transdisciplinary approach to urban water management
Tariff regulation of integrated water service: an Italian case
Reducing defuse water pollution by tailoring incentives to region specific specific requirements :empirical study for the Burdekin River basin (Australia)
A productivity analysis of the Italian gas retail market
 

Section 2: Environmental policies, planning and assessment
Assessing the external cost and the economic viability of the Greek steel industry
Environmental and climatic risks in financial analysis
Evaluation and land use planning process of high population growth rate municipality : Los Cabos, Mexico
Estimation of cost for dismantling decommissioning and associate waste management of nuclear facilities, and associated impacts on decision processes, functioning  of markets and the distribution of responsibilities between generations
Visualization service for grid oriented applications of natural disaster 
Beach users' aesthetic and economic evaluation of 'minor change' to the hard engneering coastal defences at Wiseman's Bridge, Pembrokeshire, Wales
etc.


Section 3: Cost benefit analysis
Integrated assessment of flood protection measures in context of climate change: hydraulic modelling and economic approach
Ways to deal with the 'temporary ' value of cost benefit analysis

Section4: Natural resource management
An approach to a methodology for ecological valuation of environmental quality
Point to non-point phosphorus trading in the South nation of River watershed
Marble quarrying: an energy and waste intensive activity in the production of building materials
Sustainability management of artisanal fisheries in developing countries; the need for system: the case of Pechakour Expert System(PES)
 

Section 5: Environmental performance
Sustainability performance of economic sector based on thermodynamic indicators
The influence of regional autonomist government on the territory environmental and economic performance
How to find the most practical ecosystem management plan


Section 6: Social issues and environmental policies
A study on the corporate social responsibility repots of Greek companies and the use of alternative evaluation methodologies 
An empirical study of what institution of higher education in the UK consider to be corporate social responsibility
Review of on-site and communal and sanitation system for remote communities
etc.  

; Includes bibliographical references and index
ER  -