Land degradation is a complex and multidimensional issue. Mapping active degradation at continental or global level is virtually impossible given the local scale of the processes involved. However, patterns of human-environment interactions that are likely to lead to land degradation can be...

The issue of combined exposure to noise, air pollution and chemicals has raised recently the interest of several bodies of the European Commission such as DG Environment, DG SANCO and DG Research in the context of the EC 7th Framework Programme. There are open questions whether prevailing...

The report introduces and discusses the role of the Tradable Certificates for Energy Savings (TCES) scheme to implement energy savings. Section 1 of the report places the energy efficiency and energy savings discussion in the context of relevant European policies. Section 2 reviews European...

The workshop/proceedings on "Modelling driver behaviour in automotive Environments" is sponsored and supported by JRC, Ispra. In order to produce really suitable and customised design solutions for the automotive domain, in-vehicle systems should be designed following the approach known as...