Assessing economic impacts of environmental research infrastructures: overview of methodological tools

Assessing Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy in Iran with Focus on Development of Wind Power Plants

As a key economic element, energy plays an important role in the development of societies. Economic growth and its urgent need for energy highlight the need for optimal energy use. Wind energy is an energy source that has become an increasingly common source of electricity. In this study, socio-economic impacts of the cost of electricity generated by wind power plants were assessed with Iran as...

Assessing the Impacts of Spatial Data Infrastructures: Methods and Gaps

The paper builds on the experience of the authors in preparing an extended impact assessment for the INSPIRE initiative of the European Commission, to discuss the methods deployed and their appropriateness, and reflect then on the gaps in existing knowledge relating to spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), and some of the apparent missing linkages between the development of these infrastructures...

Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts of GMOs

Executive Summary This Report This report is motivated by the conclusions of EU Council of Environment Ministers of December 4, 2008, asking the European Commission to explore the possibility to consider other factors beyond health and environmental risks, i.e. " socioeconomic benefits and risks and agronomic sustainability " (all covered by the term socioeconomic in this report) in GMO market ...

Assessing Environmental Impacts of the Fti

Assessing psychological change in adulthood: an overview of methodological issues.

This article reviews the current status of methods available for the analysis of psychological change in adulthood and aging. Enormous progress has been made in designing statistical models that can capture key aspects of intraindividual change, as reflected in techniques such as latent growth curve models and multilevel (random-effects) models. However, the rapid evolution of statistical innov...