Publications
This section provides you with new relevant IA publications: articles, summaries of articles, book descriptions, paper series, reviews and links to IA literature. The publications stem from the LIAISE partners but also externals are accommodated as contributors. The content is in part freely accessible; other is pay content.
Challenges for Land System Science
Date:
17/12/2012
Excerpt:
While considerable progress has been made in understanding land use change, land system science continues to face a number of grand challenges. The paper discusses these challenges with a focus on empirical land system studies, land system modelling and the analysis of future visions of land system change. Assessment of N and P Status at the Landscape Scale Using Environmental Models and Measurements
Date:
17/12/2012
Excerpt:
The paper assesses the compliance of a Dutch landscape, dominated by dairy farming, with environmental quality standards using a combination of model calculations and mesurements. A Framework for Structuring Interdisciplinary Research Management
Date:
17/12/2012
Excerpt:
The paper presents an interdisciplinary research management framework that makes research project's coordinator functions explicit and plausible. The framework aims to facilite structured planning, conducting and evaluating of management activities for large interdisciplinary projects. LIAISE Working Paper No.4: The LIAISE Approach for Co-designing Knowledge on Impact Assessment Tools
Date:
11/12/2012
Excerpt:
Impact Assessment (IA) intends to collect evidence on the likely impacts of new policies and thereby minimize unwanted side-effects and maximize the benefits to society. Although it is a requirement in the EC and all OECD countries, the scope and methods vary considerably. ... From Acid Rain to Climate Change
Date:
30/11/2012
Excerpt:
The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was established in 1979 to control damage to ecosystems and cultural heritage from acid rain, initially in Europe. ... Environmental Policy: Governing by Multiple Policy Instruments?
Date:
24/10/2012
Excerpt:
This chapter sets out how the EU uses multiple policy instruments in its environmental policy. It seeks to answer questions such as, have the EU’s new modes and instruments replaced regulation, combined with it, or replaced it altogether? Environmental Policy
Date:
24/10/2012
Excerpt:
Although an economically oriented organization dedicated to the liberalization of trade, the European Union has nonetheless developed an extensive array of policies and institutions dedicated to protecting and preserving the Environment. This chapter explores explores the main dynamics of policy-making in the environmental sector. ... LIAISE Policy Brief No. 1 "Impact Assessment Systems and Tools in Europe: Current Practices and User Expectations"
Date:
22/10/2012
Excerpt:
LIAISE Policy Brief No. 1 on "Impact Assessment Systems and Tools in Europe: Current Practices and User Expectations" has just been published. This policy brief presents the key findings on the most comprehensive survey yet conducted of user needs and expectations with regard to Impact Assessment (IA) systems and tools in 17 European countries. The LIAISE Approach to Unite Researchers and Practitioners in a Community of Experts on Impact Assessment
Date:
06/10/2012
Excerpt:
The FP7 network of excellence LIAISE is designed to bridge the gaps between researchers with a strong orientation towards their (disciplinary) peers and practitioners who tend to focus on their policy domain and policy problems. A lively interaction between the different communities involved is essential. ... Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress
Date:
05/10/2012
Excerpt:
The book 'Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress', edited by Alan Bond, Angus Morrison-Saunders and Richard Howitt deals with the current state-of-the art in relation to Sustainability Assessment theory and practice, and considers the pluralistic nature of the tool and the implications for achieving sustainable decision-making.