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.
News
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Professor Eveline van Leeuwen appointed as new Scientific Director AMS Institute
- Eveline van Leeuwen, Professor of Urban Economics at Wageningen University and Research and international expert on spatial economics, has been... -
Wordt corona het keerpunt voor krimpregio's? Wonen in de stad door thuiswerken minder nodig
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WUR vragenlijst over Ruimtelijke verschillen in de impact van de lockdown: daling welzijn vooral in de stad.
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Bijna 2000 respondenten, verspreid over heel Nederland hebben de online vragenlijst ingevuld die opgesteld is door... -
Inaugural lecture of Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen
- Finally, the inaugural lecture of Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen titled ‘Urban-rural interactions: more important than ever’ is available in... -
Large changes in Great Britain’s vegetation and agricultural land-use predicted under unmitigated climate change
- Dr. Solmaria Halleck Vega (UEC) has recently worked with a research team from the University of Exeter, the Met Office and the University of Trento. -
Contribution to the Social Simulation Conference 2019
- Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen from UEC and Prof. Gert Jan Hofstede from INF will contribute to the expert discussion on the use of simulation methods to... -
Lessons from Paradise - B. Needham and E. van Leeuwen
- Barrie Needham, one of the most important academics on land policy in the Netherlands, reflects and looks back to the development of spatial planning... -
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...
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Latest publications
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Effect of personality traits on smallholders’ land renting behavior: Theory and evidence from the North China Plain
China Economic Review 62 (2020). - ISSN 1043-951X -
Ondernemend eten : Hoe de Almeerse burger de transitie naar duurzaam en gezond eten vormgeeft
Almere : Aeres Hogeschool Almere - p. -
Dataset for the model of a municipality competitiveness in relation to the geothermal resources exploitation in Poland
Data in Brief 31 (2020). - ISSN 2352-3409 -
Assessing health outcomes in the aftermath of the great recession: a comparison of Spain and the Netherlands
International Journal for Equity in Health 19 (2020). - ISSN 1475-9276 -
Valuing the effect of land use change on landscape services on the urban–rural fringe
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2020). - ISSN 0964-0568