envecon 2005

09:00 - 09:30 Registration & Tea/Coffee
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome
09:40 - 09:55 Keynote Speech
Robin Miege, Head of the Sustainable Development and Economic Analysis Unit of DG Environment, European Commission
09:55 - 10:00 Introduction to the Day
Parallel Session 1 - Economics and Decision-Making  
Chair: Camille Bann, Environment Agency for England and Wales

Time Papers Presented By
10:05 - 10:45 Water Resources Planning: Average Incremental Social Cost and Beyond..

Topsy Rudd, Cascade Consulting

10:50 - 11:30 The Economics of Groundwater Remediation: A Tool for Improved Decision-Making

Paul Hardisty, Komex Europe Ltd and Ece Ozdemiroglu, eftec

11:35 - 12:15 Do Increases in Resource Productivity Improve Environmental Quality?

Nick Hanley, University of Stirling

12:20 - 01:00 Green Bid Analysis: Using a Full Cost Accounting Approach to Bring Environmental Economics into Investment Decision-Making

David Aeron-Thomas, Forum for the Future

Parallel Session 2 - Economic Instruments  
Chair: Prof. David Pearce, University College London and Imperial College London 

Time Papers Presented By
10:05 - 10:45 Decentralised Flood Risk Management Using Tradable Flood Permits and Stakeholders' Committees

Chiung-Ting Chang, University of York

10:50 - 11:30 Environmental Liability in the EU - Application of the Polluter Pays Principle?

Emil Ems, European Commission

12:20 - 01:00 Quantifying the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Market-Based Instruments to Reduce Aircraft Emissions

Richard Hancox and Steve Lowe, MVA - Sustainable Transport Solutions

11:35 - 12:15 Ecological Tax Reform in Germany - Implementation, Impact and Future Development

Anselm Görres , Green Budget Germany

01:00 - 02:25 Lunch & Tea/Coffee
Parallel Session 3 - Economic Valuation  
Chair: Dr. Susana Mourato, Imperial College London

Time Papers Presented By
02:30 - 03:10 The Economics of Natura 2000 Implementation in Scotland, and Associated Decision-Making Implications

James Spurgeon and Stefanie O'Gorman, Jacobs

03:15 - 03:55 Using Choice Experiments to Value Farm Landscape Improvements: Implications of Inconsistent Preferences

George Hutchinson, Queens' University Belfast

04:00 - 04:40 Household Versus Individual Valuation: What's the Difference?

Alistair Munro, University of East Anglia

04:45 - 05:25 Dread Risks

Hugh Metcalf, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Parallel Session 4 - Developing Countries  
Chair: Hilary Sunman, UK Department for International Development 

Time Papers Presented By
02:30 - 03:00 Transboundary Water Conflicts over Hydropower and Irrigation: Can Multinational Development Banks Help?

Lars Christian Moller, University of Nottingham

03:05 - 03:35 The Impact of Water Management on Poverty and Environment in the Upper Niger River Basin (Mali)

Pieter van Beukering, Institute for Environmental Studies, Netherlands

03:40 - 04:10 Scope Sensitivity in Households' Willingness to Pay for Maintained and Improved Water Supplies in Mexico City: Investigating the Influence of Income Distribution upon Stated Preferences

Gloria Soto Montes de Oca, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico

04:50 - 05:20 Environmental Economics and the Rural Poor: Distinct challenges and solutions

Jules Siedenburg, University of Oxford

04:15 - 04:45 Increasing the Contribution of Natural resources to Pro-Poor Growth: A Draft Framework

Paul Steele,  Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
05:30 - 05:45 Closing Remarks
06:00 - 08:30 UK Network of Environmental Economists Drinks Reception
 
 
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