Several studies show that agri-environment schemes (AES) are likely to be more effective if
they are designed at the landscape scale. However, this requires spatial coordination of …

Over the last decades there is a growing body of literature on how to enhance farmers'
participation in voluntary subsidised agri-environmental programmes. However, additional …

The effectiveness of agri-environment schemes (AES) in enhancing biodiversity on farmland
and creating a long-lasting change in farmers' motivation towards a more environmental …

This research brings together insights from the literature on the measurement of transaction
costs related to agri-environmental schemes (AES) and formulates a conceptual framework …

Urban river rehabilitation aims to enhance the ecological status of urban watercourses and
promote measures for the local population to increase their well-being by making a direct or …

Cycling promotion has without doubt been the most intensive policy seen in Seville in the 21
st century as far as the use of public land is concerned. In the current context, economic tools …

Rewilding farmland represents a good policy option to restore and conserve the
environment in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper is the first to analyze farmers' …

This paper discusses the results of an evaluation of rural development (RD) programmes
(RDPs) in five German states. It focuses on two issues: the relevance of implementation …

During my more than two decades of research experiences as a rural sociologist, the
multifunctionality of agricultural activity was a subject of major interest, although under …

Policy instruments are the building blocks of land use policies. Instrumentation of policies
relates to values. Compulsory purchase is a direct government instrument that may be an …