Urban Economics
The number of people living in urban environments is increasing rapidly. The mission of the Urban Economics (UEC) group is to contribute to more resilient cities in terms of social equality, economic advantages and environmental quality. Therefore, UEC focusses on two main themes: sustainable consumption and urban-rural interactions. We use insights from general-, urban- and behavioural economics to improve the understanding of consumer and household decision making concerning sustainability, health and well-being and the impacts at the individual, urban and regional level.
Agenda
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Fedes van Rijn: Does certification improve hired labour conditions and wageworker conditions at banana plantations? - Certification of banana plantations is widely used as a device for protecting and improving socio-economic conditions of wage labourers, including... -
Robert finger: Innovative insurance solutions: prospects and challenges for European agriculture - Extreme weather events such as drought, heat waves and excess rainfall constitute an important and increasing source of risk for crop and livestock... -
International Students Summit (ISS) - Every BSc-student at Wageningen University is invited to apply for the position of student representative of Wageningen University to the 18th ISS...
Highlights
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The scientific reflection group for population decline will get to work! - On the initiative of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Knowledge Platform Demographic Transition (KDT), this reflection group... -
Executive Board appoints new professor Urban Economics - Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen has been appointed as chair of the Urban Economics Group at Wageningen University & Research as per October 1, 2017....
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Latest publications
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Cournot tatonnement and Nash equilibrium in binary status games
Economics Bulletin 38 (2018)2. - ISSN 1545-2921 - p. 1038 - 1044.
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Global implications of the European Food System : a food systems approach
Wageningen : Wageningen Economic Research (Wageningen Economic Research report 2018-051) - p.
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Flexitarianism and Social Marketing
In: Handbook of Research on Social Marketing and Its Influence on Animal Origin Food Product Consumption / , Bogueva, D., Marinova, D., Raphaely, T.. - : IGI Global - ISBN 9781522547570 - 16 p.
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1. Duurzaam en gezond consumeren: veranderen en verminderen : 2. Duurzaam en gezond consumeren: potentieel en pluriformiteit
Wageningen : Wageningen University & Research - p.
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Maatschappelijke opgaven voor de agrosector : perspectief op de ontwikkeling van de agrosector tot 2030
Wageningen : Wageningen Economic Research (Wageningen Economic Research rapport 2018-022) - ISBN 9789463432481 - p.