The situation regarding the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services is now critical. Consequently, environmental targets have been determined and environmental legislations at every level tend to be more demanding. The result at local scale is that land planners have to take more rigorous...

[fre] Du point de vue du décideur public, une politique de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique se justifie si les bénéfices engendrés sont supérieurs aux coûts. La plupart des études évalue les bénéfices d'une amélioration de la qualité de l'air en termes de coûts sanitaires...

[eng] To assess how a public decision can affect citizens’ interests, we need to estimate individual preferences. Economists usually assess individual preference through a market decision. Most often, however, public decisions have an impact on non-market goods. Without a market to refer to,...

A contingent valuation study was carried out under similar conditions on two sites simultaneously: Strasbourg (France) and Kehl (Germany) in order to test the reliability of the benefit transfer method. On average, the air quality is approximately the same in the two cities. Using a transfer of...

[eng] Governments are striving to introduce policies to combat the environmental and health repercussions of pollution problems such as atmospheric and groundwater pollution. However, a cost-benefit analysis is required before any environmental policy can be implemented. The problem is how to...