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Conservation auctions for landscape-scale environmental management: Does spatial configuration matter for economic and ecological outcomes?

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108509

Chi Nguyen, Uwe Latacz-Lohmann, Nick Hanley, Sayed Iftekhar

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The rise and fall of neoliberalism: Evidences from an ecological and regulationist analysis of France (1960–2020)

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108488

Alban Pellegris, Victor Court

{"title":"The rise and fall of neoliberalism: Evidences from an ecological and regulationist analysis of France (1960–2020)","authors":"Alban Pellegris, Victor Court","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108488","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the critical role of energy in shaping capitalist modes of development, and their entry into crisis, in France between 1960 and 2020. This analysis challenges traditional views that regard energy primarily as an exogenous shock and instead posits energy as a fundamental metabolic constraint in capitalist accumulation regimes. To demonstrate this, we integrate energy flows into the analysis of capitalists' regimes by crossing two bodies of knowledge: ecological economics and regulation theory. We enrich regulation theory with three key ecological macroeconomics indicators: thermodynamic efficiency, exosomatic metabolic rate and the weight of energy expenditures. Using descriptive statistics, we show that the weight of energy expenditures is the most significant variable: it must be contained if the rate of profit is to be maintained and if capital accumulation is to continue. Neoliberalism responded to the metabolic exhaustion of Fordism but eventually encountered its own limits in managing energy constraints. Neoliberal recipes for reconfiguring the metabolism have generated major imbalances likely to call into question the reproduction of this regime (financial crises, trade imbalances). We conclude that neoliberalism's structural crisis is rooted in the exhaustion of past energy management strategies, opening the door to the emergence of post-liberal capitalism.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Economic valuation of groundwater over-exploitation in the Maghreb 马格里布地下水过度开采的经济估值

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108499

Abderraouf Zaatra, Georgios Kleftodimos, Mélanie Requier-Desjardins, Hatem Belhouchette

{"title":"Economic valuation of groundwater over-exploitation in the Maghreb","authors":"Abderraouf Zaatra, Georgios Kleftodimos, Mélanie Requier-Desjardins, Hatem Belhouchette","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108499","url":null,"abstract":"The agricultural sector is recognized as particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In semi-arid areas, the performance and durability of irrigated systems are often difficult to manage. Understanding agriculture's response to water scarcity, institutional change and policy interventions is important in order to better define the different agricultural development pathways. The purpose of this paper is to carry out an economic assessment of the costs of groundwater over-exploitation in the Maghreb. This was achieved by using bio-economic modeling in three case studies: the Saïss plain (Morocco), El Haouaria plain (Tunisia) and Sétif plain (Algeria). A set of indicators (land use, farm gross margin, the dual value of water and labor requirements) was calculated for each case study in two scenarios (a business-as-usual (S_BAU) scenario and a return-to-equilibrium (S_RtE) scenario) over a period of 15 years, from 2021 to 2035. Our results show that (i) the state of the aquifer and its over-exploitation level determine the extent of future changes; (ii) in the case of significant groundwater over-exploitation, restoration costs are higher than over-exploitation costs (Saïss plain); on the other hand, in the case where the over-exploitation rate is lower (El Haouaria and Sétif plains), the over-exploitation and restoration costs are close; (iii) both scenarios show significant structural and social changes, and without the effective implementation of environmental and social policies, they lead to high economic losses.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Towards a sustainable mobility lifestyle: Exploring the flight to rail shift through model-based behavioural change scenarios

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108498

David Álvarez-Antelo, Paola López-Muñoz, Luis Llases, Arthur Lauer

{"title":"Towards a sustainable mobility lifestyle: Exploring the flight to rail shift through model-based behavioural change scenarios","authors":"David Álvarez-Antelo, Paola López-Muñoz, Luis Llases, Arthur Lauer","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108498","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the importance of behavioural changes for transitioning to low-carbon societies, quantitative modelling has mainly focused on technological changes, overlooking the complex social dynamics of lifestyle shifts. In this study, we build a coupled system dynamics model linking a passenger transport model with an exploratory endogenous behavioural change model. We use this model and a scenario discovery methodology based on Monte Carlo simulations and multivariate sensitivity analysis to explore pathways for climate mitigation in the transport sector by shifting from flights to trains. Our model reveals several scenarios for mitigation, each requiring different policy combinations and social efforts. We found that personal environmental values significantly impact the speed of behavioural change and its contribution to emissions reduction by 2050, though policy incentives such as educational and economic policies could also help in their absence. Based on four pathways with distinct exogenous drivers, we present four storylines illustrating possible social contexts for a shift from air to train transport: <ce:italic>Smart Policy Mix (1)</ce:italic>, <ce:italic>Fast Adaptation (2)</ce:italic>, <ce:italic>Luck in Misfortune (3)</ce:italic>, and <ce:italic>Overcoming the Value-Action Gap (4)</ce:italic>. The scenarios reveal different situations for achieving mitigation objectives, varying in efficiency, desirability, and feasibility, while also exposing sociopolitical trade-offs. Our work contributes to the field of social and exploratory modelling, offering new insights into the social dynamics of sustainability transformations.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multiple hazards and residential rents in Switzerland: Who pays the price of extreme natural events?

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108485

F.J. Blok, F. Fuerst

{"title":"Multiple hazards and residential rents in Switzerland: Who pays the price of extreme natural events?","authors":"F.J. Blok, F. Fuerst","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108485","url":null,"abstract":"Natural hazard risk is captured in property prices through two principal channels: the risk to the building and the risk to its occupiers. These two effects are typically bundled up in transaction prices, thereby becoming individually unobservable. This study analyses residential rents as those should solely represent the risk to occupiers, who pay for their own losses in the case of a natural hazard event, but not for the owner's potential damage to the asset. Applying a hedonic framework to a sample of 18,339 dwellings across Switzerland, we examine the relationship between residential rents and exposure to five different climate-related natural hazards, some of which have been hitherto understudied. Strong evidence of a small rental discount of 1.4 % is found for dwellings that are subject to moderate flood hazard. Similar, albeit weaker, estimates are found for surface runoff hazard. Gravitational hazards including landslide, debris flow, and hillslope debris flow are not associated with significantly lower rents, possibly due to the small sample size. Our findings imply that not all natural hazard risk is reflected in the cost-side of the profit-equation in commercial residential real estate, but partly manifests itself in the form of reduced income, which is often less apparent.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Labour-saving heuristics in green patents: A natural language processing analysis

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108497

Tommaso Rughi, Jacopo Staccioli, Maria Enrica Virgillito

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Equal exposure, unequal effects of climate change: Gendered impacts on food consumption and nutrition in rural Bangladesh

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108486

Jaweriah Hazrana, Pratap S. Birthal, Ashok K. Mishra

{"title":"Equal exposure, unequal effects of climate change: Gendered impacts on food consumption and nutrition in rural Bangladesh","authors":"Jaweriah Hazrana, Pratap S. Birthal, Ashok K. Mishra","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108486","url":null,"abstract":"In low- and middle-income countries, disparities in nutrition between men and women represent a significant source of gender inequality, a challenge that is exacerbated by climate shocks. This study examines the impact of droughts on food consumption and nutrition across age and gender cohorts in rural Bangladesh. We utilize georeferenced climate data and panel data from surveys in rural Bangladesh. Findings reveal that droughts lead to an 8.4 % reduction in food expenditure and a decrease in calories, protein, and fat intake by 5.7 %, 5.5 %, and 8.2 %, respectively. The effects are disproportionate across age groups in the household. Women experience a greater decline in food consumption and nutritional intake compared to men, with elderly women being the most severely affected group. Additionally, droughts lead to a less balanced diet, marked by decreased consumption of nutrient-rich animal-source and plant-based foods and an increased reliance on cereals. While safety nets help mitigate the adverse effects of droughts, they do not fully restore consumption to pre-drought levels. Findings from this study highlight the need for targeted interventions that address the specific vulnerabilities of different demographic groups and enhance the effectiveness of safety nets.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142821083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dialectics and evolutionary materialism: Expanding methodological pluralism in ecological economics

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108487

Lisi Krall, John M. Gowdy

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Consensus and contestation: Reflections on the development of an indicator framework for a just transition to a circular economy

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108476

Ben Purvis, Tommaso Calzolari, Andrea Genovese

{"title":"Consensus and contestation: Reflections on the development of an indicator framework for a just transition to a circular economy","authors":"Ben Purvis, Tommaso Calzolari, Andrea Genovese","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108476","url":null,"abstract":"We explore an attempt to derive a set of indicators reflecting a just transition to a circular economy (CE) at a supply chain level. Here we build upon the theoretical work presented in Purvis and Genovese (2023) with an account of an empirical exercise following the standard methodological steps outlined for the creation of a measurement dashboard. A literature review of existing CE indicators for supply chains was therefore followed by a Delphi approach which sought to understand and incorporate the expertise of CE scholars and practitioners. The 3 round Delphi incorporated a survey, and an individual, and group Analytical Hierarchy Process, as a standard technique to derive consensus from experts in terms of suitable indicator categories. Yet contestations observed during the consensus building exercises cast doubt on the suitability of our nominally consensus-driven approach, as well as the use of indicators themselves for our critical purposes. We describe the dilemmas precipitated by this failure of consensus, with reference to the inherent challenges to indicator frameworks and a series of questions for better research design. The paper also reflects on the fundamental contradictions related to the use of indicators for inducing transformational dynamics, and problematises the desire for consensus, thereby paving the way for further research avenues.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do voluntary sustainability standards improve socioeconomic and ecological outcomes? Evidence from Ghana's cocoa sector

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108474

Marlene Yu Lilin Wätzold, Issaka Abdulai, Amanda Cooke, Katharina Krumbiegel, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Arne Wenzel, Meike Wollni

{"title":"Do voluntary sustainability standards improve socioeconomic and ecological outcomes? Evidence from Ghana's cocoa sector","authors":"Marlene Yu Lilin Wätzold, Issaka Abdulai, Amanda Cooke, Katharina Krumbiegel, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Arne Wenzel, Meike Wollni","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108474","url":null,"abstract":"Voluntary sustainability standards offer potential for sustainable development by improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers while conserving biodiversity. However, their overall implications remain poorly understood, as studies have mostly focused on assessing their effects on single sustainability dimensions. Here, we use an interdisciplinary approach to understand the simultaneous effects of sustainability standards (e.g. Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Cocoa Life) on socioeconomic and ecological outcomes in Ghana's cocoa sector. Our study is based on a rich dataset comprising household data from 814 smallholder cocoa-producing households from five major cocoa regions and ecological data from 119 cocoa plots. Results from the endogenous switching regression approach suggest that sustainability standards have positive effects on socioeconomic outcomes such as cocoa yield, net cocoa income and returns to land. However, using generalized linear mixed effects models, we do not find any significant associations with ecological outcomes related to vegetation structure and animal diversity. Our results indicate that sustainability standards in Ghana's cocoa sector lead to socioeconomic benefits but not to ecological benefits for the plot environment. Nevertheless, yield increases do not come at the expense of biodiversity. We conclude that sustainability standards have the potential to improve socioeconomic outcomes, without significantly creating trade-offs with ecological outcomes.","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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