Since Kyoto Protocol, the international community is compromising itself to reduce greenhouse gases emissions. However, the implementation of energy policies, such as the construction of renewable energy installations, in many cases doesn't suit with local perceived necessities and causes...

The use of multi-criteria evaluation tools in combination with participatory approaches provides a promising framework for integrating multiple interests and perspectives in the effort to provide sustainability. However, the inclusion of diverse viewpoints requires the \"compression\"Â of...

En Guatemala coexisten muchos y variados sistemas de gestión del agua basados en tradiciones comunitarias, los cuales han nacido mayoritariamente debido a la ausencia de servicios públicos estatales. Sin embargo, una gran proporción de la población aún tiene problemas de acceso al agua, y...

Most insights of environmental economics are in line with the standard neo-classical economic model of rational behaviour, formulated in terms of maximisation of utility in general, or profits in particular. The standard theory of environmental policy is a case in point. However, the...

Cualquier problema de decisión social se caracteriza por conflictos entre valores e intereses que compiten y diferentes grupos y comunidades que los representan. Por ejemplo, en la gestión ambiental, las metas de biodiversidad, los objetivos del paisaje, los servicios directos de diferentes...

This paper analyses key challenges for improving the European innovation ecosystem, notably the need to improve: (i) innovation performance to boost productivity growth, (ii) knowledge-intensive industrial activities, (iii) financing of highly innovative activities, (iv) the role of universities...

This paper analyses key challenges for improving the European innovation ecosystem, notably the need to improve: (i) innovation performance to boost productivity growth, (ii) knowledge-intensive industrial activities, (iii) financing of highly innovative activities, (iv) the role of universities...

The policy discourses often refer to the term "efficiency" for indicating the necessity of reducing resources devoted to interventions and whole sub-sectors, while keeping the output produced constant. In this technical report, we review the theoretical and empirical foundations of efficiency...

The current economic crisis has put ever more to the forefront the need to achieve educational goals in the most efficient way. Therefore, this report provides an empirical analysis of the efficiency in education in the EU. Efficiency is measured first by using two different but related...