An overview of the contributions to the FRONTIERS 2 conference, organised in chronological order and grouped in sessions. By clicking on the number in square brackets after the contribution title, you will find the abstract and in some cases the full paper.
WELCOME, Wednesday, 12 February 2003,
09:15-09:30
by Salvador GARCÍA LLANOS, Mayor of Puerto de la Cruz
by José Vicente GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, Mayor of Los
Realejos
by Federico AGUILERA KLINK and Juan SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA, FRONTIERS
2 Organisers
PLENARY SPEECH I,
Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 09:30-11:00
Ecological Distribution Conflicts in a Context of Uncertainty [PL1]
by Joan MARTÍNEZ ALIER, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
PLENARY SPEECH II,
Wednesday 12 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Multicriteria Evaluation and Participation: In Search for Theoretical Foundations
[PL2]
by Sigrid STAGL, University of Leeds, UK
PARALLEL SESSION I on Participatory
Decision Processes I, Wednesday 12 February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Serafin Corral
KENYON, Wendy: The use of Citizens' Juries in Water Resource
Management [PS1]
WOODHOUSE, Philip: Renegotiating the past. Implementing the National Water Act
in South Africa [PS2]
VIDEIRA, Nuno ANTUNES, Paula SANTOS, Rui & LOBO, Gonçalo: Participatory
methods for integrated river basin management
[PS3]
PARALLEL SESSION I on Business
and Sustainability I Wednesday 12 February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Felix Rauschmayer
VIEIRA, Ricardo DOMINGOS, Tiago CANAVEIRA, Paulo & SIMOES, Ana: Biophysical
aggregation in life cycle assessment: comparative economic ecological evaluation
of eucalyptus and industrial hemp fibres [PS4]
OMANN, Ines: Product service systems and their impacts on sustainable development
[PS5]
WINKLER, Ralph & BAUMGÄRTNER, Stefan: Price ambivalence on the German
waste paper market.
stylized facts and a dynamic model [PS6]
PARALLEL SESSION I on Ecologic
and Economic Models Wednesday 12 February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Jörg Köhn
SCHMID, Erwin & HOFREITHER, Marcus: Designing a green payment program for
two Austrian watersheds [PS7]
JOHST, Karin DRECHSLER, Martin & WÄTZOLD, Frank: An ecological-economic
modelling to calculate compensation payments for conservation management [PS8]
QUAAS, Martin MÜLLER, Birgit FRANK, Karin WISSEL Frank & BAUMGÄRTNER,
Stefan: Sustainable management of semiarid rangelands. an ecological-economic
model and the example of the Gamis farm [PS9]
FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION I on
Food Miles, Wednesday 12 February 2003, 18:30-20:00
Chair: Inge Røpke
RIGBY, Dan & BOWN, Sophie: Organic food and global trade: is the market
delivering agricultural sustainability? [FD1]
FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION I on Strong
Sustainability, Wednesday 12 February 2003, 18:30-20:00
Chair: Arild Vatn
OTT, Konrad & DÖRING, Ralf: Strong sustainability and environmental
policy in Germany [FD2]
FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION I on Education,
Wednesday 12 February 2003, 18:30-20:00
Chair: Paul Safonov
HIEDANPÄÄ, Juha & ALBRECHT, Marc: Ecological economics: An introductory
intensive course [FD3]
CALERO, Roque: Energy efficient schools in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Ganaria
[FD4]
PLENARY
SPEECH III, Thursday 13 February 2003, 09:30-11:00
The Revolution in Welfare Economics and its Implications for Environmental
Valuation: A Partial Critique of Ecological Economics [PL3]
by Prof John GOWDY, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA
PARALLEL SESSION II on Participatory
Decision Processes II, Thursday 13 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: John O'Neill
CARTER, Claudia: Participatory decision processes in practice: their current
and potential role in the GMO decision-making process [PS10]
VAN DEN HOVE, Sybille: Participatory environmental policy making: from EU institutionalisation
to practical implementation in the case of the thematic strategy on the sustainable
use of pesticides [PS11]
DEVINE, Pat: Industrial policy, ecological economics and deliberative democracy
[PS12]
PARALLEL SESSION II on Material
Flow Analysis and Consumption I, Thursday 13 February 2003,
11:30-13:00
Chair: John Proops
KLETZAN, Angela KÖPPL, Angela & KRATENA, Kurt: Economic modelling of
sustainable consumption patterns for mobility and heating for Austria [PS13]
RUSSI, Daniela CAÑELLAS-BOLTÁ, Silvia CITLALIC, Ana PUIG, Ignasi
SENDRA, Cristina MUÑOZ Miquel & SOJO Amalia: Preliminary material
and energy flow accounting of Spain [PS14]
NIEDERL, Andreas & MESICEK, Roman: Visualisation of consumptive behaviour
on the basis of material intensity [PS15]
PARALLEL SESSION II on Processes
of Valuation, Thursday 13 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: Felix Rauschmayer
LEON, Carmelo & GONZALEZ, Matías: Private versus social valuation
of solid waste management policies.
a comparison of stated preference and expert assessment [PS16]
FARRELL, Katharine: How much for your wife? A critique of the pragmatic assigning
of monetary values to ecological goods and services [PS17]
KUCHELMEISTER Guido: Participatory
Economic Evaluation - Experience in Forest Valuation with Villagers in Vietnam
[PS18]
FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION II on Sustainability
Science, Thursday 13 February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Fritz Hinterberger
SPANGENBERG, Joachim: Sustainability science: science must go public for sustainable
development [FD5]
FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION II on Climate
Change, Thursday 13 February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Federico Aguilera-Klink
VAN DEN HOVE, Sybille: Practical contributions of ecological economics to addressing
climate change [FD6]
FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION II on Multi-Criteria
Mapping, Thursday 13 February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Clive Spash
GILNA, Ben: What do we do about the foxes? a multi-regional application of the
multicriteria mapping technique in Australia [FD7]
EAMES, Malcolm; STIRLING, Andrew; BURGESS, Jacquie; DAVIES, Gail; WILLIAMSON,
Suzanne; MAYER, Sue & STALEY, Kristina: Deliberative mapping: integrating
citizens and specialists appraisals in a transparent and inclusive participatory
process [FD8]
POSTER SESSION,
Thursday 13 February 2003, 16:30-18:00
KVAKKESTAD, Valborg: Institutions and development of genetically modified
plants [P1]
SERRANO, Sandra DOMINGOS, Tiago & SIMOES, Ana: Energy and emergy analysis
of meat and dairy production in intensive, extensive and biological system [P2]
HILL, Gary DEL MORAL, Leandro PANEQUE, P PEDREGAL, B SPASH, C & URAMA, K:
Developing evaluation theory and practice in water project decision-making processes:
comparative ex-post analysis of five European case studies [P3]
ROCA, Jordi HERCOWITZ, Marcelo PUIG, Ignasi & HERNANDEZ, Oliver: Taxes,
environment and tourism in the island of Lanzarote [P4]
WASILEWSKI, Adam: Institutional options for the protection of open space [P5]
BONNI, Federico & LUZZATI, Tommaso: Is the "tragedy of the commons"
relevant? The case of the water-table of Prato (Italy) [P6]
URIARTT, Ari DE MELLO, Sonia & SIMON, Xavier: Participative process in progress:
the case of the Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia in the South Region of Brazil [P7]
PAPATHANASOPOULOU, Eleni: Assessing the environmental impact of UK’s consumption
and trade trends [P8]
PERKINS, Patricia: Discourse-based valuation and ecological economics [P9]
PETIT, Olivier: From Regulation to participation : collective action and sustainable
use of groundwater resources [P10]
CORRAL, Serafin & GUIMARAES, Angela: Information tools for extended decision
processes: issues on quality assurance [P11]
GONZÁLEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Pilar & HERNÁNDEZ-SUÁREZ,
Marcos: Reflections on the development project for chesnut area on Acentejo,
Tenerife [P13]
PARALLEL SESSION III on Participatory
Decision Processes III, Thursday 13 January 2003, 18:00-19:30
Chair: John O’Neill
GARCIA FRAPOLLI, Eduardo: Local participation in the formulation of sustainable
development and biodiversity conservation policies: The case of the Natural
Protected Area "Otoch Ma’ax Yetel Kooh", in Yucatan (Mexico)
[PS19]
LEON, Carmelo GONZALEZ, Matías & ARAÑA, Jorge: Eco-endo-development
as a tool for planning the rural-urban environment [PS20]
KLUVANKOVA-OROVSKA Tatiana & CHOBOTOVA, Veronica: Multiple stakeholder dialogue
processes and multicriteria decision aid. experience from transition economy
of the Slovak Republic [PS21]
PARALLEL SESSION III on Climate
Change, Thursday 13 January 2003, 18:00-19:30
Chair: Noemí Padrón
ALCANTARA, Vicent & PADILLA, Emilio: An input-output analysis of the "key"
sectors in CO2 emissions: the Spanish case [PS23]
NIJNIK, Maria: Modelling carbon uptake and assessing policy alternatives of
planting trees to mitigate climate change [PS24]
PARALLEL SESSION III on
Sustainability Indicators I , Thursday 13 January 2003, 18:00-19:30
Chair: Arild Vatn
LOBO, Gonçalo ANTUNES, Paula LOBO, Fernando & SANTOS, Rui:Mining
sustainabiliy indexes [PS25]
FERNANDES, Lucio & WOODHOUSE, Philip: The use of agri-environmental indicators
to evaluate peasant farming [PS26]
JHA, Raghbendra & BHANU MURTHY, K.V.: A Critique of the environmental sustainability
index [PS27]
PLENARY SPEECH IV,
Friday 14 February 2003, 09:30-11:00
A Bottom-Up / Top-Down Methodology for Indicators of Corporate Social Performance
in the European Aluminium Industry [PL4]
by Prof Sylvie Faucheux, University of Versailles Saint Quentin, France
PARALLEL SESSION IV on MCA,
Stakeholders and Participation I, Friday 14 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: Claudia Carter
GILBERT, Alison: The use of spatial information and techniques in trading-off
ecological and economic values for the Vecht River Basin [PS28]
JANSSEN, Ron & GOOSEN, Hasse: A multicriteria approach for integrated wetland
management [PS29]
RAUSCHMAYER, Felix KLAUER, Bernt & WITTMER, Heidi: How to select instruments
for the resolution of environmental conflicts? [PS30]
PARALLEL SESSION IV on Business
and Sustainability II, Friday 14 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: Fritz Hinterberger
BOEHRINGER, Christoph & FRONDEL, Manuel: Assessing voluntary commitments:
monitoring is not enough! [PS31]
BLEISCHWITZ, Raimund & SCHUBERT, Ulf-Manuel: Governance of joint environmental
management: a look at the institutional ecology of eco-industrial parks [PS32]
SAFONOV, Paul & SHVETS, Sergey: Application of input-output modelling information
system to corporate ecological-economic management [PS33]
PARALLEL SESSION IV on Environmental
Kuznets Curves, Friday 14 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: Mario Giampietro
RAMOS MARTIN, Jesús & ORTEGA-CERDÁ, Miquel: Non-linear relationship
between energy intensity and economic growth [PS35]
RODRIGUES, by Joao & Tiago DOMINGOS: The EKC and the rebound effect in a static economy [PS55]
MURADIAN, Roldan, Nina EISENMENGER & Stefan GILJUM: The distribution of economic values and environmental burdens through global trade [PS53]
PLENARY
SPEECH VI, Saturday 15 February 2003, 09:30-11:00
Building Interdisciplinary Reseach [PL5]
by Prof Arild VATN, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway
PARALLEL SESSION V on MCA,
Stakeholders and Participation II, Saturday 15 February 2003,
11:30-13:00
Chair: Sigrid Stagl
PROCTOR, Wendy: Deliberative multi-criteria evaluation: a case study of recreation
and tourism options in Victoria [PS36]
CORBERA, Esteve & BROWN, Katrina: A Multi-Criteria Assessment Framework
for Carbon-Mitigation Projects: Putting "development" and the poor
in the centre of decision-making [PS37]
SÖDERBAUM, Peter: Decision processes and decision-making in relation to
sustainable development and democracy – where do we stand? [PS38]
PARALLEL SESSION V on Sustainability
Indicators II, Saturday 15 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: Mario Giampietro
REED, Mark & DOUGILL, Andrew: Integrating economic land degradation assessment
with other methods to facilitate grass-roots monitoring and response to environmental
change in Botswana rangelands [PS39]
SCHANDL, Heinz & SCHULZ, Niels: An integrated assessment of material and
energy flows and land use changes for the United Kingdom, 1850 to the present
day [PS40]
SPANGENBERG, Joachim: Biodiversity indicators - the need to go from species
to pressures [PS41]
PARALLEL SESSION V on Agri-Environment
Schemes, Saturday 15 February 2003, 11:30-13:00
Chair: Inge Røpke
DAVIES, Ben: Evaluating some normative influences on farmers' environmental
decision-making: A study in East Anglia, UK [PS54]
LOPEZ, Feliu: The role of the agroecological discourse in the development of
the EU Rural Policy [PS44]
PARALLEL SESSION VI on MCA,
Stakeholders and Participation III, Saturday 15 February 2003,
15:00-16:30
Chair: Sigrid Stagl
SOMA, Katrina: The analytic hierarchy process methodology applied in the codfish
sector in Norway [PS45]
MAZZEO, Francesco ELIASSON, Ase & LINDE, Niklas: Multicriteria decision
aid in supporting decisions related to groundwater protection [PS46]
ARZT, Katja: How to cope with agricultural -environmental problems? "Round
Tables" and their potentials to solve and avoid environmental problems
in the field of agriculture [PS47]
PARALLEL SESSION VI on Material
Flow Analysis and Consumption II, Saturday 15 February 2003,
15:00-16:30
Chair: Jörg Köhn
FOXON, Timothy: Techno-institutional drivers and barriers for sustainable innovation
[PS48]
SCHWARZ, Hans-Günter: Economic materials-products chain models: status,
further development and application [PS49]
LUKS, Fred & HAMMER, Mark: Understanding scientific-political decisions
processes: Material flow analysis, discourse analysis and the rhetorics of (ecological)
economics [PS50]
PARALLEL SESSION VI on
Tourism and Consumption, Saturday 15
February 2003, 15:00-16:30
Chair: Federico Aguilera-Klink
ZOGRAFOS, Christos: The influence of informal institutions on sustainable consumption:
the case of ecotourism in Scotland [PS51]
HERCOWITZ, Marcelo: The Lanzarote tourism and social metabolism [PS52]
ROUNDTABLE
on Developing a Practical Ecological Economics, Saturday 15 February
2003,17:30-19:00
Chair: Clive Spash
Wendy Proctor, Dan Rigby and Joachim Spangenberg
GREETING,
Saturday 15 February 2003, 19:00-19:15
by John Proops
SUMMING
UP, Saturday 15 February 2003, 19:15-19:30
by Clive Spash