Concerted Action on environmental valuation.

Objective

Objectives and Concise Description
- Establish the range of research and active policy programs on environmentalvaluation being undertaken by institutes, non-governmental organizations and governments in Europe.
- Review the work of research programs related to environmental valuationcommissioned by the European Community DGXII and other DirectoratesGeneral in key environmental topic areas, as well as work of Europeanresearch groups.
- Set-up a European network of organizations actively working on environmentalvaluation issues both at the theoretical and policy levels.
- Access and, where necessary, translate into English any identified relevantand important work on valuation for dissemination and discussion.
- Commission subject literature reviews if deemed necessary in key areas.
- Assess the state of the art and validity of environmental valuation in arange of specific policy areas, and identify gaps in current understanding.
- Recommend a programme of future interdisciplinary research on environmentalvaluation in the decision making process. In this way provide a concretefoundation for progress towards solving the policy problems which will havebeen identified in the current use of environmental valuation for achievingsustainable development, while also pointing out where research is neededinto wider concepts of value that can be brought into the policy arena.
These objectives will be achieved via a series of international workshops, which will result in reports, special issues of academic environmental journals, and books. An interdisciplinary coordinating committee will be help identify key topic areas and designing brainstorming workshop sessions. Approximately ten workshops are proposed, each will select a topic, analyze the current understanding with regard to valuation, and discuss the topic with invited experts. Each workshop will involve an interdisciplinary international team.

Fields of science

• social sciences › political sciences › political policies › civil society › nongovernmental organizations

Programme(s)

• FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0401 - Socio-economic causes and effects of environmental change

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CON - Coordination of research actions

Coordinator

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Address

19,silver Street 19
CB3 9EP Cambridge
United Kingdom

Participants (14)

AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY

Norway

Address

Taarnbygningen
1432 Aas

AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

Spain

Address

Campus Universitari, Edefici B
08193 Bellaterra

FONDAZIONE ENI - ENRICO MATTEI

Italy

Address

Corso Magenta 63
20123 Milano

Istituto di Sociologia Internazionaledi Gorizia

Italy

Address

Via Mazzini 13
34170 Gorizia

Statistisches Bundesamt

Germany

Address

11,gustav Stresemannring
65189 Wiesbaden

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden

Address

3,johan Brauners Väg
750 07 Uppsala

UNIVERSITE DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINE

France

Address

47,boulevard Vauban 47, Collège Vauban
78047 Guyancourt

UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR, STRASBOURG 1

France

Address

Avenue De La Foret Noire, 61
67000 Strasbourg

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

United Kingdom

Address

University Plain
NR4 7TJ Norwich

UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA

Switzerland

Address

102,boulevard Carl-vogt 102
1211 Geneve

UNIVERSITY OF YORK

United Kingdom

Address

Heslington
York

Universidad de La Laguna

Spain

Address

S/n,camino De La Hornera
38071 La Laguna

University of Lancaster

United Kingdom

Address

LA1 4YG Lancaster

Universität Zürich

Switzerland

Address

117,zollikerstrasse
8008 Zürich