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Advertising value of the brown bear in the Italian Alps
(2016)In Italy, the reintroduction of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) has created conflicts with people because bears may damage livestock, crops, or honey farms. These damages—and their financial costs—are sometimes used as an ... -
Enhancement of forest ecosystem services: a case study in the Italian Alps
(UNIV AUSTRAL CHILE, FAC CIENCIAS FORESTALES, 2016)The values of goods and services by natural resources are not included in the political decision making process concerning natural resources management. This gap is due to the fact that many ecosystem services are not ... -
Financing Innovations for the Renewable Energy Transition in Europe
(2016)Renewable energy sources are vital to achieving Europe’s 2030 energy transition goals. Technological innovation, driven by public expenditures on research and development, is a major driver for this change. Thus, an extensive ... -
Assessing Preferences for Attributes of City Information Points: Results from a Choice Experiment
(2017)A choice experiment has been carried out to assess the preferred attributes of information points (called totems) to be installed in the city of Bolzano. Totems allow the acquisition, exchange and query of data in real ... -
The economic benefit of an innovative urban information infrastructure: the choice experiment method applied to the Smart Totem of EU project SINFONIA
(2016)The diffusion and integration of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the urban environment is a pillar of the current smart city development approach. Sensors, monitors, and portable devices allow ... -
Trade-off between photovoltaic systems installation and agricultural practices on arable lands: An environmental and socio-economic impact analysis for Italy
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2016)The paper introduces and discusses an open-source spatial-based model (called r.green.solar) able to quantify the energy production from solar photovoltaic (PV) ground-mounted panels. Socio-economic and environmental impacts ... -
Forecasting Electricity Market Price for End Users in EU28 until 2020: Main Factors of Influence
(2018)The scope of the present investigation is to provide a description of final electricity prices development in the context of deregulated electricity markets in EU28, up to 2020. We introduce a new methodology to predict ... -
A multi-criteria framework to assess the sustainability of renewable energy development in the Alps
(2017)A multi-criteria analysis (MCA) was implemented to assess the best solutions for enhancing the production of renewable energy in the Alps. A set of criteria were selected based on the impacts of four renewable energy sources ... -
Stakeholders' Preferences and Economic Value of Forest Ecosystem Services: an Example in the Italian Alps
(INST FORESTRY LRCAF, 2015)Alpine forest environments provide a wide range of ecosystem services essential for human life and well-being. Albeit the benefits they yield, ecosystem services' value is often underestimated because it is not reflected ...
