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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Bjorn van Campenhout (KU Leuven, IFPRI): Designing for effectiveness and inclusivity in video-enable agricultural extension - In agricultural extension programs, seemingly small design attributes — the way the information is delivered, who delivers the information, or... -
José Zofio (U Autonoma de Madrid and U Rotterdam): Introducing Economic Inefficiency Measurement with Bad Outputs - In this study we introduce the measurement of environmental inefficiency from an economic perspective that integrates, in addition to marketed good... -
Daniel Slunge (U Göteborg): Market-based instruments in chemicals management, a good idea or not? - Many chemical substances cause significant diffuse emissions when emitted over wide areas at individually low concentrations. These emissions are... -
An anatomy of colonial states and fiscal regimes in Portuguese Africa: Long-term transformations in Angola and Mozambique, 1850s-1970s K (Kleoniki) Alexopoulou Giannakitsa MSc
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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Vleesconsumptie per hoofd van de bevolking in Nederland, 2005-2017
Wageningen : Wageningen Economic Research (Wageningen Economic Research nota 2018-108) - p.
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Microcredit and food security : Evidence from rural households in Uganda
Journal of African Economies 27 (2018)4. - ISSN 0963-8024 - p. 457 - 482.
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Rli-rapport Duurzaam en gezond uitgelicht: Wanneer gaat plantaardig eten in de versnelling?
Voeding Nu 20 (2018)4. - ISSN 1389-7608 - p. 24 - 26.
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Pleidooi voor voedselvaardigheden: filosoof Michiel Korthals over goed eten
Voeding Nu 20 (2018)5. - ISSN 1389-7608 - p. 6 - 6.
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Pleidooi voor voedselvaardigheden: filosoof Michiel Korthals over goed eten
Voedingsmiddelentechnologie 2018 (2018)11. - ISSN 0042-7934 - p. 44 - 45.