Car use is an increasingly serious problem in many modern cities because of polluting emissions, noise, accidents and congestion. To examine this issue, this paper analyzes the individual choice between taking the car and using alternative transport modes (e.g. walking, cycling, taking the bus...

<i> L'intervento pubblico nei servizi di trasporto passeggeri su lunga distanza: pro e contro il mercato The current bias towards the promotion of competitive markets is not based on sound theoretical roots, but on the awareness of «state failures» and on the revival of the neoclassical ideology....</i>

<i> Paradigmi dell'intervento pubblico e politica italiana dei trasporti: una rilettura critica </i> (di Gerardo Marletto) - ABSTRACT: The aim of the paper is to reconsider the Italian transport policy. First, the six main transport policies implemented in Italy since the sixties are deeply analysed:...

Car use is an increasingly serious problem in many modern cities because of polluting emissions, noise, accidents and congestion. To examine this issue, this paper analyzes the individual choice between taking the car and using alternative transport modes (e.g. walking, cycling, taking the bus...

<em>Heterodox Environmental Economics: Theoretical Strands in Search of a Paradigm</em> - Heterodox environmental economics is mainly based on non-mainstream economic theories; in particular it refers to two classic strands of economics (and to their recent revival and cross-fertilization): institutional...

Heterodox environmental economics is mainly based on non-mainstream economic theories; more precisely it refers to institutional and Schumpeterian economics. Starting from these theoretical foundations, heterodox environmental economics radically differs from the mainstream approach to...

L’evoluzione dei modelli produttivi e di consumo connessi ai processi di globalizzazione, hanno portato ad una crescita esponenziale del traffico di beni alimentari. Mentre la questione dell’impatto ambientale delle produzioni agricole costituisce un tema ampiamente indagato, è più recente...

Globalization has brought to an exponential increase of food transportation. A first cause of such a growth is the evolution of consumption practices, characterised by increasing demands for highly processed and packed products, and for exotic or out of season products. Another reason is the...