Publications

A lot of attention in the debate on the 2014-2020 programming period of the EU CAP and rural development policy revolves around the policy's contribution to enhancing resource use efficiency, decreasing environmental impact, restoring ecosystems and how to ensure more efficient and effective agrienvironmental measures (AEMs). Nevertheless, studies that simultaneously address multiple measures with multiple environmental objectives and targets ...

Supporting Multi-modal transport is a major part of the European Commission's White Paper. It contributes to the objective of shifting the balance between transportation modes. The aim of the Commission's policy on Multi-modal transport is to support the efficient « door-to-door » travel, using two or more modes of transport, in an integrated transport chain. Each mode of transport has its own advantages e.g. potential capacity, high levels of ...

The purpose of this study is to collect, study and assess the possibilities that exist.
when drawing up noise planning and noise action programmes to control the environmental noise, in the framework of the implementation of the European Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC and
the Flemish implementation "Decree of the Flemish Government of 22 July 2005 on the evaluation and evaluation of the
Environmental noise management'. ...

© 2017 Institution of Chemical Engineers Several recent events raised the attention toward possible major accidents triggered by external acts of interference in industrial facilities. In particular, a growing concern is present with respect to the intentional release of dangerous substances resulting in environmental and eco-terroristic attacks. Therefore, optimal selection and allocation of preventive security measures is becoming more ...

When it comes to environmental damage, a basic tenet is that the polluter should pay. Nonetheless, public authorities regularly incur clean-up costs. Environmental damage often transcends the individual polluter, affecting a plurality of personal and/or public goods. Its diffuse extent and complex nature make environmental protection a collective interest. Thus, it comes as no surprise that public authorities can be legally obliged to take ...

For over 100 years, the genetics of human anthropometric traits has attracted scientific interest. In particular, height and body mass index (BMI, calculated as kg/m2) have been under intensive genetic research. However, it is still largely unknown whether and how heritability estimates vary between human populations. Opportunities to address this question have increased recently because of the establishment of many new twin cohorts and the ...

Nitrate (NO3−) leaching from farmland remains the predominant source of nitrogen (N) loads to European ground- and surface water. As soil mineral N content at harvest is often high and may increase by mineralisation from crop residues and soil organic matter, it is critical to understand which post-harvest management measures can be taken to restrict the average NO3− concentration in ground- and surface waters below the norm of 50 mg l−1. ...

Nearly a quarter of the global disease burden and premature mortality is expected to be caused by environmental exposures, and the environmental health burden in children is even larger. Among the most hazardous environmental risk factors are tobacco smoke and ambient air pollution. Also temperature extremes have been linked to different adverse health outcomes, which is a concern because of the expected increase in extreme weather events due to ...

Citizens are indispensable stakeholders in rural social-ecological systems and public policies that affect them. For example, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) promotes agri-environmental measures (AEMs) to reduce agricultural externalities and enhance supply of ecosystem services to benefit society, compensating farmers for incurred costs and income foregone with public money. However, studies on citizen support for AEMs are rather ...

This article investigates the applicability of combined Life Cycle Assessment and market analysis, to support efficiency evaluation of rural development strategies developed by the Apulian Rural Development Plan 2007-2013 (BURP n 93 26105/2010). Measure 122 "Improving the economic value of forest" had the aim to improve of forestry farms technological resources addressing them toward the biomass production. As an example pellet production from ...