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Much has been written identifying property price effects of historic preservation policies. Little attention has been paid to the possible policy endogeneity in hedonic price models. This paper outlines a general case of land use regulation in the presence of externalities and then demonstrates...
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The paper presents a multiple criteria model for the evaluation of the sustainability of projects for the economic re …-use of historical buildings in Venice. The model utilises the relevant parameters for the appraisal of sustainability …, aggregated into three macro-indicators: intrinsic sustainability, context sustainability and economic-financial feasibility. The …
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attain environmental and urban sustainability goals. At many locales, however, such urban renewal, community development, and … sustainability and smart growth initiatives. We use conjoint choice experiments to explore the relative importance of economic …
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Land is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analyse driving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political "30- hectares-goal" is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major driving forces for...
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This book provides novel and in-depth perspectives on evaluating environment and sustainability issues in developing … international organizations, not-for-profits, and multilateral and bilateral aid agencies to illustrate how systematic evaluation is … influenced efforts in a wide range of countries and what the implications are for evaluation. It also explores ways in which Big …
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Rapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and environmental degradation, pose an enormous challenge to many developing countries. In the last decade more foreign aid has been diverted to urbanization and green city development. This...
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Sustainable development of cities is the overarching objective of spatial development and planning activities by municipalities. The key term in this context has become the concept of integrated spatial development planning as the basis for achieving sustainable urban development. However,...
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Man, being one of the elements of the environment, depends on its quality. Currently, the right to a clean environment is included in the basic human rights and the way to maintain it is sustainable development. One element of this development is the preservation and protection of biodiversity,...
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The authors solve a linear problem where a potential conflict between two agents (Destination manager and Firm) arises in a tourism destination. Destination manager has to choose how to allocate limited resources (capital and land) between either second homes or hotels. This conflict stems from...
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The authors solve a linear problem where a potential conflict between two agents (Destination manager and Firm) arises in a tourism destination. The Destination manager has to choose how to allocate limited resources (capital and land) between either second homes or hotels. This conflict stems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309221