Browsing Scientific publications by Subject "VDP::Economics: 212"
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Back to nature: Norwegians sustain increased recreational use of urban green space months after the COVID-19 outbreak
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In Oslo, as elsewhere, the COVID-19 outbreak and the following lockdown measures during spring 2020 led to increased use of urban green infrastructure. Whether this has led to more durable changes in recreation patterns ... -
Comparing the implicit valuation of ecosystem services from nature-based solutions in performance-based green area indicators across three European cities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Performance-based green area indicators are increasingly used as policy instruments to promote nature-based solutions in urban property development. We explore the differences and parallels of three green area indicators: ... -
Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Review of Provisioning and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Estuaries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)It is widely argued that humans deteriorate and vandalize ecosystems, yet little is known about the advantages they receive from the same. The study employs the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses ... -
Food waste reduction in supply chains through innovations: a review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose – Agri-food supply chains are facing a number of challenges, which cause inefficiencies resulting in the waste of natural and economic resources, and in negative environmental and social impacts. Food waste (FW) ... -
Increasing uptake of ecosystem service assessments: best practice check-lists for practitioners in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Aiming at understanding the role of plural values in decision-making, the IPBES Values Assessment defined nature valuation broadly as including biophysical, economic and socio-cultural assessments, including ecosystem ... -
Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Recently two distinctly different conceptualisations of insurance value of biodiversity/ ecosystems have been developed. The ecosystem framing addresses the full resilience value without singling out subjective risk ... -
Interactive spatial planning of urban green infrastructure – Retrofitting green roofs where ecosystem services are most needed in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is increasingly being used to inform urban green infrastructure planning. We explore the use of modern cloud computing technologies (Google Earth Engine) to facilitate public ... -
Recognising institutional context in simulating and generalising exchange values for monetary ecosystem accounts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The paper argues that monetary valuation of ecosystem services for ecosystem accounting needs to be sensitive to institutional context, when simulating markets to generate exchange values where none was available previously ... -
Rethinking work for a just and sustainable future
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Except for sleep, humans spend more of their lifetimes on work than on any other activity. Many people take for granted the centrality of work in society, conceiving the prevailing 40 h workweeks in high-income countries ... -
The thorny path toward greening: unintended consequences, trade-offs, and constraints in green and blue infrastructure planning, implementation, and management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021). Urban green and blue space interventions may bring about unintended consequences, involving trade-offs between the different land uses, and indeed, between the needs of different urban inhabitants, land users, and owners. ... -
Warranty for a better world? The politics of environmental knowledge in bioeconomic sustainability certificates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Sustainability certificates are increasingly used as tools for shaping bioeconomic production processes and trade. However, their specific effects are subjected to debate. A multitude of certificate schemes and standards ...