Economic–environmental monitoring indicators for European countries: A disaggregated sector-based approach for monitoring eco-efficiency

Wursthorn, Sibylle; Poganietz, Witold‐Roger; Schebek, Liselotte

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.033

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“…Following the above logic, we test the strategic interactions of local governments by focusing on the results of competitive behavior. Consistent with previous studies [4,[40][41][42][43], we use the ratio of pollutant emission volume over economic output, i.e., pollution intensity (PI), as the dependent variable (after a natural log transformation), which describes the environmental costs of per capita economic output as well as the coordination degree of the economy and environment. Note that a smaller PI is better.…”

Section: Dependent Variable and Strategic Interaction Of Local Governmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Competition, Heterogeneous Factors and Pollution Intensity in China: A Spatial Econometric Analysis

Huang

Xia

2016

Sustainability

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Regional competition may play an important role in the balance of environmental protection and economic growth. However, it is a pending issue of whether the competition among Chinese local governments leads to a race to black development or green development. This paper aims to explore the strategic interactions in provincial development in terms of an environment-economic indicator, i.e., the pollution intensity in China from 2000 to 2013. We divide four predominant industrial pollutants into two groups according to whether the pollutant is regulated, and then test the strategic interactions among regions based on the spatial lag term by employing the spatial Durbin model. The results show that the heterogeneous factors, such as various pollutants and regional difference, may give rise to diversified competition strategies. We find that the "race to black development" hypothesis is not supported at the national level, and the "race to green development" hypothesis is established in the developed eastern regions only in terms of the regulated industrial pollutants. We also detect how pollution intensity is influenced by the direct and spatial spillover effects of environmental regulation and find that environmental legislation has been effective in reducing regulated pollutants' pollution intensity, while the effects of environmental staff and investment are weak. Finally, some policy suggestions are discussed.

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Section: Dependent Variable and Strategic Interaction Of Local Governmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Competition, Heterogeneous Factors and Pollution Intensity in China: A Spatial Econometric Analysis

Huang

Xia

2016

Sustainability

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“…There are different ways to measure and define the eco-efficiency [11]. The general definition of ecoefficiency is based on the ratio of GDP/CO 2 [12].…”

Section: A Sustainability Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Decision Making Towards Integration of Sustainability Into Project Management; A Multilevel Theory Building Approach

Daneshpour

Takala

2017

Management and Production Engineering Review

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Accepted: 17 February 2017 In recent years project management has reached into a new paradigm because of integration of sustainability into the projects. The paper argues that multilevel approach is the key driver of successful sustainable project portfolio management. Hereby, this paper strives to underpin the theory and the logic behind the sustainable project management, while providing sustainable competitive advantages. Therefore, it develops an innovative multilevel framework, and analyses the current project management products and processes, and consequently presents a more holistic insight for the implementation of sustainability in project portfolio management.

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“…Since then, ecoefficiency has become, an important concept of environmental decision making, serving both as a policy objective and as a measure of progress towards sustainability, and has been closely linked to eco-innovation. It has been applied widely at the macro and the meso level, either focusing on the regional [9,10] and national level [11,12] or on a specific sector of economic development [13,14].…”

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Improving the eco-efficiency of an agricultural water use system

Georgopoulou

Angelis-Dimakis

Arampatzis

et al. 2016

Desalination and Water Treatment

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During the last two decades, the concept of eco-efficiency has been recognized as a suitable measure of progress towards a greener and more sustainable economy. The prefix "eco-" refers to both economic and ecological (environmental) performance. The need for improving eco-efficiency leads to the challenge of identifying the most promising alternative solutions which improve both the economic and the environmental performance of a given system ("eco-innovations"). Therefore, it becomes critical to develop eco-efficiency metrics for measuring environmental and economic performance of a system.The current paper presents a methodological framework that attempts to explore the use of ecoefficiency indicators in meso-level water use systems and through them to assess the impact of innovative technologies in such systems. The assessment of the environmental performance follows a life-cycle oriented approach using the midpoint impact categories while the economic performance is measured using the Total Value Added to the product due to water use. The ecoefficiency is expressed as the ratio of the economic performance indicator to the environmental performance indicator. The proposed approach is applied to a water use system of the agricultural sector, and more specifically to the fresh form tomato crop production in Phthiotida.The analysis reveals that the most important environmental impacts of the system are (i) greenhouse gas emissions due to energy consumption, (ii) release of toxic substances, due to the use of fertilizers and pesticides and (iii) depletion of freshwater resources. Three alternative interventions are examined for upgrading the value chain: (i) installation of sub-surface drip irrigation system, (ii) replacement of diesel pumps with solar pumps and (iii) use of organic fertilizers.Based on the findings, all of the proposed interventions have a positive impact on the overall ecoefficiency of the system. Sub-surface drip irrigation is the least favorable mainly due to its high investment cost. The use of solar pumps strongly influences climate change and photochemical ozone formation while the use of organic fertilizers has a more balanced impact on all indicators, with an emphasis on eutrophication. Thus, for a more holistic approach, regarding the ecoefficiency performance, a combined application of these three scenarios may be proposed.

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Economic–environmental monitoring indicators for European countries: A disaggregated sector-based approach for monitoring eco-efficiency

Cited by 110 publications

References 10 publications

Regional Competition, Heterogeneous Factors and Pollution Intensity in China: A Spatial Econometric Analysis

Regional Competition, Heterogeneous Factors and Pollution Intensity in China: A Spatial Econometric Analysis

Decision Making Towards Integration of Sustainability Into Project Management; A Multilevel Theory Building Approach

Improving the eco-efficiency of an agricultural water use system

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