There are several ways to promote public transport demand. Perugia achieved a leading national position in the last decade by a tariff reform and by developing an integrated local public transport network that includes lifts and escalators. Since 1996, the number of passengers has continually...

In this paper we set forth a novel analysis of urban quality of life (QoL) using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. We use a newly constructed municipality database, which includes all 103 provincial capitals. In our approach we follow a two-stage method. In the first stage, we estimate...

The EU directive 2009/72/CE imposes environmental and energy targets on European countries. The goal of Italy is to attain 26.4% green electricity (GE) production from renewable energy sources (RES) by 2020. This goal imposes an extra cost on households; consequently, it is important to estimate...

In this paper, we analyse the financial viability and economic sustainability implications of government programs for the development of renewable energy sources, explicitly considering that consumers take environmental issues into account. We envisage a broad policy strategy for the future,...

There are several ways to promote public transport demand. Perugia achieved a leading national position in the last decade by a tariff reform and by developing an integrated local public transport network that includes lifts and escalators. Since 1996, the number of passengers has continually...

EU Directive 2009/72/CE imposes to the European Countries environmental and energy targets. The Italian goal is to attain a 17% share in electricity production from renewable energy sources (RES) by 2020. To make investment in renewables attractive, market prices must be profitable and the gap...

Attraverso l’utilizzo di una variante del metodo a due stadi il presente lavoro si prefigge l’obiettivo di valutare l’impatto delle variabili ambientali sull’efficienza di un campione di 100 aziende del trasporto pubblico locale italiano. Il metodo combina l’approccio parametrico e non...