An integrated ecological-economic decision-making approach is developed to help local stakeholders decide on land use in rural areas where the conflict between natural resource protection and economic development is pressing. It consists of four methodological steps. In the first step the...

Die Haushaltsbefragung mit dem Titel 'Wassernutzung der privaten Haushalte in Leipzig – Einflussfaktoren der Wassernachfrage und Bedeutung der individuellen Wahrnehmung dieser Faktoren durch die Wassernutzer' wurde im Sommer 2002 in Kooperation der Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH...

The focus of this guidance document is decision making under uncertainty in river basin management. Our purpose is to give hints for the analysis of decision situations in the HarmoniRiB case studies. The background of HarmoniRiB and thus of the case studies is the implementation of the EU-Water...

Gegenstand dieses Beitrages ist die empirische Analyse von globalen Trends in der Nutzung von nicht-erneuerbaren Massenressourcen. Es werden im wesentlichen fünf Ergebnisse herausgearbeitet. 1. Die globale Nutzung von Massenressourcen im 20. Jahrhundert war durch enorme Zuwachsraten in der...

This discussion paper presents the Integrated Methodological Approach for participatory multi-criteria decision support under uncertainty (IMA), which emerged from the debates about participation, multi-criteria analysis (MCA) and benefit-cost analysis (BCA). It provides a framework for...

The current state-of-the-art in flood damage analysis mainly focuses on the economic evaluation of tangible flood effects. It is contended in this discussion paper that important economic, social and ecological aspects of flood-related vulnerabilities are neglected. It is a challenge for flood...