Obiettivo To identify the requirements for sustainable development taking account of uncertainty and irreversibility, expressed in the form a set of indicators which seek to capture the "quality" of the energy employed within the economic system. The research is twofold: i) a critical analysis of the economics and the natural sciences associated with the study of sustainability is carried out. The uncertainty and ethical complexities attendant upon the analysis are an important part of the work and are represented through the development of measures such as emergy based option values, which express the irreversible use of the flow over time; ii) the compilation of case studies which establish emergy models for Italy, Tuscany and the district of Siena and describe the flows within, the imports to and exports from these regions. Energetic analyses of the basic productive activities are performed, underlining the thermodynamic and hence the environmental constraints within which these areas operate. The emergy based synthesis upon which the project is based can inform the use of the economic evaluative frameworks such as Cost Benefit Analysis and Multi-Criteria Analysis when these are used to appraise policy options with significant sustainability implications. Campo scientifico social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsnatural sciences Programma(i) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Argomento(i) 0303 - Societal and ethical aspects of sustainable development Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore International Foundation for Ecological Economics Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Villa di Basciano 53010 Monteriggioni Siena Italia Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Centre d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires Sociologie, Antropologie, Politique Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 105 Boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Research Methods Consultancy Ltd Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 196,Clarence Gate Gardens NW11 6AU London Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato