Publications

The EU has set itself the ambition of an 80% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2050. Such a drastic reduction requires a much more vigorous renewal of the energy system. Setting a target for...

Hedonic price modelling is a widely used technique to explain the value of different types of properties. Following the notion that city areas may suffer from devaluation, poses the question of...

Popular forecasting models for long-term planning of industrial sites assume a strong linear relationship between employment and land use. New Dutch panel data for 1997 to 2008 were used to test...

Scaling up and accelerating action on climate change without delay will reduce the risk that keeping global average temperature rise below 2 °C becomes an unrealistic prospect. The Emissions Gap...

Systematic evaluations of regeneration policies and programmes for industrial sites are scarce. This is particularly the case for evaluations that aim to examine whether policy objectives have been...

An analysis of several variants of EU’s air pollution policies for the year 2020 shows that that carbon prices will fall, but not more than 33%, although they could drop to zero when the EU agrees...

Limited attention has been paid to how neighbourhood conditions affect firm relocation choices. Using a panel dataset (1999-2006) of actual firm relocations in the Netherlands, the effect of...

This paper gives insight into recent developments of dwellings, inhabitants and jobs in Dutch cities and their surroundings. It raises the question if the recent developments can be described as...

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) increased by 3% last year, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes in 2011. In China, average per capita CO 2 emissions increased by 9% to 7.2...

Are intended movers with a preference for rural living able to move to their preferred rural location? One of the most pressing questions addressed in the rural gentrification literature is whether...