We introduce a multimode resource-constrained project scheduling problem with finish-to-start precedence relations among project activities, considering renewable and nonrenewable resource costs. We assume that renewable resources are rented and are not available in all periods of time of the project. In other words, there is a mandated ready date as well as a due date for each renewable resour...

Whether privately or publicly held, nonrenewable resources impact social welfare and, therefore, often come under public policy purview. Those who formulate policy typically have multiple and sometimes con icting goals. Of interest to policy-makers is the relative e ectiveness of the tools at their disposal given a nonrenewable natural resource, its ownership, and the market in which it's trade...

On the other hand, it has often been stated that the tropical rain forests (tall evergreen forests in tropical warm and humid regions) around the world must be protected and conserved for the future generations (1). It has also been stated that it is most important that knowledge about the structure, diversity, and function of these ecosystems has priority in future biological research (2). Unf...

The subject of this paper is an environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) of processes needed to construct and maintain representative Swiss asphalt, concrete, and composite pavements (including subbase layers) applicable for the Swiss national road network over a period of 75 years. The environmental indicators analyzed are the global warming potential indic...

This paper adds a nonrenewable resource to capital and labor in the neoclassical growth model. The nonrenewable resource introduces its depletion dynamics and expands the influence of input substitution on the growth path. Optimal depletion implies a rising resource price but investment or labor growth may raise extraction along the growth curve. Substitution between inputs plays a critical rol...

We develop and estimate an index-based measure of expected consumer welfare under various carbon emissions control policies in the electricity generation sector. This approach estimates welfare effects by a somewhat less data intensive methodology than econometric approaches or more complex modeling. We include anticipated technological change in the production of renewable and nonrenewable pow...