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.
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News
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Webinar Places that don't matter and Populism in Europe
- As a spinoff of the recently published paper by Eveline van Leeuwen and Solmaria Halleck Vega, titled 'Does population decline lead to a... -
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...
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Latest publications
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Geothermal resources and local development in Poland
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): W.J.M. Heijman, co-promotor(en): J. van Ophem; J. Strojny. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463957243 - p. -
Kijk op voedselzekerheid: eerste antwoorden op enkele vragen
: Wageningen Economic Research (Wageningen Economic Research 2021-040) - p. -
Land value creation and benefit distribution in the process of rural-urban land conversion : A case study in Wuhan City, China
Habitat International 109 (2021). - ISSN 0197-3975 -
The contribution of the geothermal resources to local employment : Case study from Poland
Energy Reports 7 (2021). - p. 1190 - 1202. -
Steady steps versus sudden shifts : Cooperation in (a)symmetric linear and step-level social dilemmas
Judgment and Decision Making 16 (2021)1. - ISSN 1930-2975 - p. 142 - 164.