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Redefining landscape economics: a proposal to integrate economics approaches and landscape disciplines Ghent University
Landscape economic valuation by integrating landscape ecology into landscape economics Ghent University
The economics and politics of food and economic development KU Leuven
The paper summarizes insights from research at LICOS over the past years. Recent research has been based on a combination of theory, historical research, longitudinal data, case studies, surveys, and RCTs to yield insights on how economic development occurs and on the role played by food security and other factors, such as social and human capital.
Economic Viability of Phytoremediation of a Cadmium Contaminated Agricultural Area Using Energy Maize. Part II: Economics of Anaerobic Digestion of Metal Contaminated Maize in Belgium Hasselt University Ghent University
This paper deals with remediation of the Campine soil, an agricultural area diffusely contaminated with metals where most farmers raise dairy cattle and grow fodder maize. In a previous study, we calculated the effect of switching from fodder to energy maize on the farmer's income. Selling this energy maize as feedstock for anaerobic digestion to produce renewable energy could lead to a significant increase in his income. This paper explores the ...