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The paper provides a conceptual framework for a multi-dimensional assessment of risk associated to natural disasters. The different components of risk (hazard, exposure, vulnerability and resilience) are seen in a combined natural and socio-economic perspective and are integrated into a Disaster Risk Assessment Tool (DRAT). The tool can be used to support disaster management strategies, as well as risk mitigation and adaptation strategies at very disaggregated geographical or administrative scales. In this paper, we illustrate the features of the DRAT and we apply the tool to 7556 Italian municipalities to map their multidimensional risk. DRAT can be particularly useful to identify hotspots that are characterized by high hazard, exposure and vulnerability and by low resilience. In order to identify hotspots, we perform a cluster analysis of the Italian municipalities in terms of their risk ranking based on DRAT. We also suggest how the tool may be exploited within the processes of disaster risk policy.
Giovanni Marin; Marco Modica; Susanna Paleari; Roberto Zoboli. Assessing disaster risk by integrating natural and socio-economic dimensions: A decision-support tool. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 2021, 77, 101032 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Marco Modica, Susanna Paleari, Roberto Zoboli. Assessing disaster risk by integrating natural and socio-economic dimensions: A decision-support tool. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 2021; 77 ():101032.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Marco Modica; Susanna Paleari; Roberto Zoboli. 2021. "Assessing disaster risk by integrating natural and socio-economic dimensions: A decision-support tool." Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 77, no. : 101032.
The paper provides an integrated assessment of environmental and socio-economic effects arising from final consumption of food products by European households. Direct and indirect effects accumulated along the global supply chain are assessed by applying environmentally extended input–output analysis (EE-IOA). EXIOBASE 3.4 database is used as a source of detailed information on environmental pressures and world input–output transactions of intermediate and final goods and services. An original methodology to produce detailed allocation matrices to link IO data with household expenditure data is presented and applied. The results show a relative decoupling between environmental pressures and consumption over time and shows that European food consumption generates relatively less environmental pressures outside Europe (due to imports) than average European consumption. A methodological framework is defined to analyze the main driving forces by means of a structural decomposition analysis (SDA). The results of the SDA highlight that while technological developments and changes in the mix of consumed food products result in reductions in environmental pressures, this is offset by growth in consumption. The results highlight the importance of directing specific research and policy efforts towards food consumption to support the transition to a more sustainable food system in line with the objectives of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy.
Philipp Schepelmann; An Vercalsteren; José Acosta-Fernandez; Mathieu Saurat; Katrien Boonen; Maarten Christis; Giovanni Marin; Roberto Zoboli; Cathy Maguire. Driving Forces of Changing Environmental Pressures from Consumption in the European Food System. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8265 .
AMA StylePhilipp Schepelmann, An Vercalsteren, José Acosta-Fernandez, Mathieu Saurat, Katrien Boonen, Maarten Christis, Giovanni Marin, Roberto Zoboli, Cathy Maguire. Driving Forces of Changing Environmental Pressures from Consumption in the European Food System. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (19):8265.
Chicago/Turabian StylePhilipp Schepelmann; An Vercalsteren; José Acosta-Fernandez; Mathieu Saurat; Katrien Boonen; Maarten Christis; Giovanni Marin; Roberto Zoboli; Cathy Maguire. 2020. "Driving Forces of Changing Environmental Pressures from Consumption in the European Food System." Sustainability 12, no. 19: 8265.
This paper examines the housing market response to the earthquake that hit northern Italy in May 2012. The available literature shows that the average price of houses decreases after a disaster because of the potential underestimation of disaster risk by households, or because of a higher risk perception in reaction to the unforeseen emergency. The physical assessment of the earthquake damage scenario provided in this paper (the so-called macro-seismic approach), combined with a difference-in-difference model with a multi-valued treatment, is able to extrapolate indirect information on the subjective perception of risk. We provide evidence that differences in costs and risk perceptions of the earthquake arise at high levels of damage. Furthermore, we also provide evidence that building characteristics, as well as the state of maintenance of houses, play a relevant role for subjective risk assessment, even though this assessment may be not related to the effective capacity of the buildings to resist earthquakes.
Marco Modica; Roberto Zoboli; Fabrizio Meroni; Vera Pessina; Thea Squarcina; Mario Locati. ‘Near miss’ housing market response to the 2012 northern Italy earthquake: The role of housing quality and risk perception. Urban Studies 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleMarco Modica, Roberto Zoboli, Fabrizio Meroni, Vera Pessina, Thea Squarcina, Mario Locati. ‘Near miss’ housing market response to the 2012 northern Italy earthquake: The role of housing quality and risk perception. Urban Studies. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco Modica; Roberto Zoboli; Fabrizio Meroni; Vera Pessina; Thea Squarcina; Mario Locati. 2020. "‘Near miss’ housing market response to the 2012 northern Italy earthquake: The role of housing quality and risk perception." Urban Studies , no. : 1.
Betz Regina; Stephan Gunter; Alison Anderson; Andrea Baranzini; Michael Obersteiner; Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; Pascal Sieber; Helga Weisz; Roberto Zoboli. Aperçu de l’état de la recherche menée dans le cadre du PNR 73. Aperçu de l’état de la recherche menée dans le cadre du PNR 73 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleBetz Regina, Stephan Gunter, Alison Anderson, Andrea Baranzini, Michael Obersteiner, Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain, Pascal Sieber, Helga Weisz, Roberto Zoboli. Aperçu de l’état de la recherche menée dans le cadre du PNR 73. Aperçu de l’état de la recherche menée dans le cadre du PNR 73. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBetz Regina; Stephan Gunter; Alison Anderson; Andrea Baranzini; Michael Obersteiner; Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; Pascal Sieber; Helga Weisz; Roberto Zoboli. 2020. "Aperçu de l’état de la recherche menée dans le cadre du PNR 73." Aperçu de l’état de la recherche menée dans le cadre du PNR 73 , no. : 1.
Betz Regina; Stephan Gunter; Alison Anderson; Andrea Baranzini; Michael Obersteiner; Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; Pascal Sieber; Helga Weisz; Roberto Zoboli. Overview of the State of Research in NRP 73. Overview of the State of Research in NRP 73 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleBetz Regina, Stephan Gunter, Alison Anderson, Andrea Baranzini, Michael Obersteiner, Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain, Pascal Sieber, Helga Weisz, Roberto Zoboli. Overview of the State of Research in NRP 73. Overview of the State of Research in NRP 73. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBetz Regina; Stephan Gunter; Alison Anderson; Andrea Baranzini; Michael Obersteiner; Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; Pascal Sieber; Helga Weisz; Roberto Zoboli. 2020. "Overview of the State of Research in NRP 73." Overview of the State of Research in NRP 73 , no. : 1.
Betz Regina; Stephan Gunter; Alison Anderson; Andrea Baranzini; Michael Obersteiner; Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; Pascal Sieber; Helga Weisz; Roberto Zoboli. Überblick über den Forschungsstand im NFP 73. Überblick über den Forschungsstand im NFP 73 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleBetz Regina, Stephan Gunter, Alison Anderson, Andrea Baranzini, Michael Obersteiner, Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain, Pascal Sieber, Helga Weisz, Roberto Zoboli. Überblick über den Forschungsstand im NFP 73. Überblick über den Forschungsstand im NFP 73. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBetz Regina; Stephan Gunter; Alison Anderson; Andrea Baranzini; Michael Obersteiner; Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; Pascal Sieber; Helga Weisz; Roberto Zoboli. 2020. "Überblick über den Forschungsstand im NFP 73." Überblick über den Forschungsstand im NFP 73 , no. : 1.
Car scrappage schemes are generally introduced to upgrade the car fleet to reduce environmental pressures from private transportation. The aim of this paper is to present a combined use of two counterfactual techniques (RDD and DiD) to quantify the impact of Italian car scrappage schemes of 2007–2009 on the deregistration of cars. The empirical assessment of the policy effectiveness is made possible by a discontinuity in the age of cars that were eligible for the subsidy. In the DiD model we also introduce a variable on ‘product innovation’ in the car market as a factor that determines scrappage timing. Results, based on detailed information on the car fleet and the deregistration of cars in Italy, suggest no impact for the 2007 and 2008 schemes and a large impact for the 2009 scheme, which was based on rather high incentives. Results are robust to both counterfactual approaches and to different tests.
Giovanni Marin; Roberto Zoboli. Effectiveness of car scrappage schemes: Counterfactual-based evidence on the Italian experience. Economics of Transportation 2019, 21, 100150 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Roberto Zoboli. Effectiveness of car scrappage schemes: Counterfactual-based evidence on the Italian experience. Economics of Transportation. 2019; 21 ():100150.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Roberto Zoboli. 2019. "Effectiveness of car scrappage schemes: Counterfactual-based evidence on the Italian experience." Economics of Transportation 21, no. : 100150.
In May 2012 a seismic sequence occurred in Northern Italy that was characterized by two main shocks with a magnitude range between 5.5 and 6. These shocks represent a good case study by which to quantify the monetary losses caused by a moderate earthquake in a densely populated and economically well-developed area. The loss estimation accounts for damage to residential buildings, and considers the full effect of all the seismic aftershock events that lasted for nearly a month. The building damage estimation is based on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS-98) definitions, which depict the effects of an earthquake on built-up areas in terms of observed intensities. Input data sources are the residential building census provided by Istituto Nazionale di Statistica—the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)—and the official market value of real estate assets, obtained from the Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare—the Real Estate Market Observatory (OMI). These data make it possible to quantify the economic losses due to earthquakes, an economic indicator updated yearly. The proposed multidisciplinary method takes advantage of seismic, engineering, and economic data sets, and is able to provide a reasonable after the event losses scenario. Data are not gathered for each single building and the intensity values are not a simple hazard indicator, but, notwithstanding its coarseness, this method ensures both robust and reproducible results. As the local property value is available throughout the Italian territory, the present loss assessment can be effortlessly repeated for any area, and may be quickly reproduced in case of future events, or used for predictive economic estimations.
Fabrizio Meroni; Thea Squarcina; Vera Pessina; Mario Locati; Marco Modica; Roberto Zoboli. A Damage Scenario for the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes and Estimation of the Economic Losses to Residential Buildings. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 2017, 8, 326 -341.
AMA StyleFabrizio Meroni, Thea Squarcina, Vera Pessina, Mario Locati, Marco Modica, Roberto Zoboli. A Damage Scenario for the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes and Estimation of the Economic Losses to Residential Buildings. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 2017; 8 (3):326-341.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Meroni; Thea Squarcina; Vera Pessina; Mario Locati; Marco Modica; Roberto Zoboli. 2017. "A Damage Scenario for the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes and Estimation of the Economic Losses to Residential Buildings." International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 8, no. 3: 326-341.
This work tests for the presence of convergence in the main municipal solid waste disposal choices across EU countries over the years 1995–2010. We believe this is a relevant exercise, considering that in the last two decades the waste sector has experienced a profound transformation at the European level. In this context, β and σ tests of convergence can tell us more about the distribution of these different rival choices of waste disposal, by assessing on the one hand the presence of convergence and, on the other hand, the role played by environmental policy and green technological change in driving convergence. Our regression results suggest that conditional beta convergence is substantial for both recycling and incineration. For the case of recycling, this convergence is faster for countries characterised by a technological endowment in recycling technologies and stringent waste policies. Finally, heterogeneity across countries (sigma convergence) appears to decrease over time.
Giovanni Marin; Francesco Nicolli; Roberto Zoboli. Catching-up in waste management. Evidence from the EU. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2017, 61, 1861 -1882.
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Francesco Nicolli, Roberto Zoboli. Catching-up in waste management. Evidence from the EU. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2017; 61 (11):1861-1882.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Francesco Nicolli; Roberto Zoboli. 2017. "Catching-up in waste management. Evidence from the EU." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 61, no. 11: 1861-1882.
A green economy has initially been adopted as a policy concept and tool to address the financial and economic crisis. Then it became a strategy now extensively endorsed by the EU and international organisations to guide a transition for a fairer society living in a better environment. Although a broadly agreed definition of a green economy does not exist, three objectives are commonly reflected in the green economy paradigm: improving resource efficiency, ensuring ecosystem resilience, and enhancing social equity. The central question is how to implement a transition to a green economy and what can be the role of policies in this broad scale process that no one single policy can implement. In general, the major economic transformations, including the increasing share of services in the EU economies, are not leading to a green economy transition. Enabling policies and factors at the crossroads between policies and the real-economy dynamics are required. Among enabling factors are eco-innovation, the open circulation of green knowledge, availability of financial resources for investing in the long-term transition and fiscal reforms, in particular economic instruments, such as carbon pricing schemes. Achieving a green economy requires long-term thinking and actions, the widespread application of a coherent framework that drives profound changes in dominant structures and thinking. Coherent integration of objectives across all policy areas is required, treating economic, social and environmental performance objectives as equal.
Stefan Speck; Roberto Zoboli. The Green Economy in Europe: In Search for a Successful Transition. Studies in Ecological Economics 2016, 141 -160.
AMA StyleStefan Speck, Roberto Zoboli. The Green Economy in Europe: In Search for a Successful Transition. Studies in Ecological Economics. 2016; ():141-160.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefan Speck; Roberto Zoboli. 2016. "The Green Economy in Europe: In Search for a Successful Transition." Studies in Ecological Economics , no. : 141-160.
Evaluating socio-economic losses due to natural disasters is a challenging task because of the combined complexity of the social and ecological systems affected. However, also under pressure from the expected effects of climate change, evaluating the socio-economic costs of natural catastrophes has become a vital need for policy makers, urban planners, and private agents (such as insurance companies and banks). This paper suggests a general framework encompassing all the important concepts which should be taken into account by the above agents in the assessment of natural disasters. In particular, we propose a simple and consistent set of relationships among vulnerability, resilience, hazard, risk, damage, and loss which can guide socio-economic assessment.
Marco Modica; Roberto Zoboli. Vulnerability, resilience, hazard, risk, damage, and loss: a socio-ecological framework for natural disaster analysis. Web Ecology 2016, 16, 59 -62.
AMA StyleMarco Modica, Roberto Zoboli. Vulnerability, resilience, hazard, risk, damage, and loss: a socio-ecological framework for natural disaster analysis. Web Ecology. 2016; 16 (1):59-62.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco Modica; Roberto Zoboli. 2016. "Vulnerability, resilience, hazard, risk, damage, and loss: a socio-ecological framework for natural disaster analysis." Web Ecology 16, no. 1: 59-62.
This paper examines the housing market response to Northern Italy earthquake in May 2012. Available literature provides evidence of a drop in the average price of houses after a disaster mainly due to i) underestimation by households of disaster risk in area where its occurrence is low or ii) overreaction because of a higher risk perception triggered by the unforeseen extreme event. Here, we provide evidence that overreaction can play a significant role. We use the Northern Italy earthquake as an experiment that permits to estimate the response of housing value to the extreme event by means of a diff-in-diff models. Differently from other papers, we directly carry out the assessment of the damage earthquake scenario, by using macroseismic methods to evaluate the physical damage level of the Northern Italy earthquake. In this way we are able to compare different damage scenarios and providing information on subjective perception of risk. Moreover, to our knowledge, this is the first work providing evidence that the quality of the houses in relation to the ‘resistance to the tremor’ might also play a relevant role for subjective risk assessment.
Marco Modica; Roberto Zoboli; Fabrizio Meroni; Vera Pessina; Thea Squarcina; Mario Locati. Housing Market Response to 2012 Northern Italy Earthquake: The role of house quality and changing risk perception. 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleMarco Modica, Roberto Zoboli, Fabrizio Meroni, Vera Pessina, Thea Squarcina, Mario Locati. Housing Market Response to 2012 Northern Italy Earthquake: The role of house quality and changing risk perception. . 2016; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco Modica; Roberto Zoboli; Fabrizio Meroni; Vera Pessina; Thea Squarcina; Mario Locati. 2016. "Housing Market Response to 2012 Northern Italy Earthquake: The role of house quality and changing risk perception." , no. : 1.
The structural change of the economy towards an increasing share of services is seen in environmental economics as a fundamental driver of ‘decoupling’ between economic growth and environmental pressures. The environmental and socio-economic consequence of structural change, however, can be less straightforward when economic interdependencies are considered. In this paper we evaluate the implications of structural change towards services in the EU in terms of environmental pressures (aggregate and by sector, direct and indirect). The changing patterns in environmental pressures are analyses vis à vis the corresponding changes in the distribution of employment and value added. For carrying out this integrated assessment we use Environmentally Extended Multi Regional Input Output modelling applied to data from the World Input Output Database (WIOD). The results suggest that the service sectors is characterized by a lower emission intensity than the industrial sectors, when looking at direct emissions (‘production perspective’) but this gap is much smaller when considering also indirect emissions in a ‘vertically integrated’ approach (‘consumption perspective’). Moreover, changes in the production structure of the EU economy in absence of relevant changes in the composition of the final demand induce an increased reliance on environmental pressures, employment and value added generated abroad. The integrated assessment of these ‘global footprints’ suggests that the EU is transferring worldwide more emissions that value added and employment. This form of ‘unequal exchange’ can be relevant for development and environmental policies, in particular those on global climate change.
Giovanni Marin; Roberto Zoboli. The integrated economic and environmental footprint of the EU: domestic and global effects of a transition to services. 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Roberto Zoboli. The integrated economic and environmental footprint of the EU: domestic and global effects of a transition to services. . 2016; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Roberto Zoboli. 2016. "The integrated economic and environmental footprint of the EU: domestic and global effects of a transition to services." , no. : 1.
Eco-innovation is an explicit aim of major EU policy strategies. Many environmental policies de facto require firms to eco-innovate to comply with policy requirements, while the overlap between policy-driven and market-driven eco-innovation strategies is increasingly important for many firms. Barriers to eco-innovation can then emerge as a critical factor in either preventing or stimulating EU strategies, policy implementation, and the green strategies of firms. In this paper we focus on EU-27 SMEs. We single out and explore different firm profiles, considering eco-innovation barriers and engagement. Our analysis is based on a particularly suitable dataset: the Eurobarometer survey on “Attitudes of European entrepreneurs towards eco-innovation”. We identify six clusters of SMEs. These clusters include firms facing either ‘Revealed barriers’ or ‘Deterring barriers’, ‘Cost deterred’ firms, ‘Market deterred’ firms, ‘Non eco-innovators’, and ‘Green champions’. The clusters display substantial differences in terms of eco-innovation adoption. We show that our taxonomy has little overlap with sector classifications. This diversity should be taken into account for successful environmental and innovation policies.
Giovanni Marin; Alberto Marzucchi; Roberto Zoboli. SMEs and barriers to Eco-innovation in the EU: exploring different firm profiles. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 2015, 25, 671 -705.
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Alberto Marzucchi, Roberto Zoboli. SMEs and barriers to Eco-innovation in the EU: exploring different firm profiles. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 2015; 25 (3):671-705.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Alberto Marzucchi; Roberto Zoboli. 2015. "SMEs and barriers to Eco-innovation in the EU: exploring different firm profiles." Journal of Evolutionary Economics 25, no. 3: 671-705.
Eco-innovation is an explicit aim of major EU policy strategies. Many environmental policy de facto require firms to eco-innovate to comply with policy requirements, while the overlap between policy-driven and market-driven eco-innovation strategies is increasingly important for many firms. Barriers to eco-innovation can then emerge as a critical factor in either preventing or stimulating EU strategies, policy implementation, and 'green strategies' by firms. In this paper, we propose a taxonomy of EU SMEs in terms of barriers to eco-innovation. The aim is to discriminate among SMEs on how they differ in terms of perception of barriers and engagement in environmental innovation, thus highlighting the need to look at eco-innovation barriers in relation to firms' attitudes, technological and organizational capabilities, and strategies. We identify six clusters of SMEs. These clusters include firms facing 'Revealed barriers', 'Deterring barriers', 'Cost deterred' firms, 'Market deterred' firms, 'Non eco-innovators' and 'Green champions'. The clusters show substantial differences in terms of eco-innovation adoption. We show that our proposed taxonomy has little overlap with sector classifications. This diversity should be taken into account for successful environmental innovation policies.
Giovanni Marin; Alberto Marzucchi; Roberto Zoboli. SMEs and Barriers to Eco-Innovation in EU: A Diverse Palette of Greens. 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Alberto Marzucchi, Roberto Zoboli. SMEs and Barriers to Eco-Innovation in EU: A Diverse Palette of Greens. . 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Alberto Marzucchi; Roberto Zoboli. 2014. "SMEs and Barriers to Eco-Innovation in EU: A Diverse Palette of Greens." , no. : 1.
In this work we test for the presence of convergence in the main municipal solid waste-related indicators across EU countries over the years 1995-2009. We analyse in particular both sides of the waste sector: generation, considering waste collected per capita, and the main disposal choices, i.e. landfilling, recycling and incineration. We believe this is a relevant exercise, considering that in the last two decades the waste sector has experienced a profound transformation at European level. Landfill is losing its primary role as the main disposal technology, and other activities, like recycling and incineration, are becoming increasingly important. In this context, beta and sigma tests of convergence can tell us more about the distribution of the three different rival choices of waste disposal, as well as about waste generation, by assessing the presence of convergence and its main drivers. With convergence we mean here testing, on the one hand, if countries which are lagging behind are actually catching up more virtuous countries (in term of use of preferred waste management technologies, like recycling and incineration) and, on the other hand, testing if the disparities between countries are decreasing over time. We believe in particular that several factors may have influenced this trend, like consumption per capita, the presence of environmental policy and the level of a country innovative activities measure by a coherent stock of patent applications in waste related sectors.
Giovanni Marin; Francesco Nicolli; Roberto Zoboli. Catching-up in waste management. Evidence from the EU. 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Francesco Nicolli, Roberto Zoboli. Catching-up in waste management. Evidence from the EU. . 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Francesco Nicolli; Roberto Zoboli. 2014. "Catching-up in waste management. Evidence from the EU." , no. : 1.
Eco-innovation is an explicit aim of major EU policy strategies. Many environmental policies de facto require firms to eco-innovate to comply with policy requirements, while the overlap between policy-driven and market-driven eco-innovation strategies is increasingly important for many firms. Barriers to eco-innovation can then emerge as a critical factor in either preventing or stimulating EU strategies, policy implementation, and 'green strategies' by firms. In this paper, we propose a taxonomy of EU SMEs in terms of barriers to eco-innovation. The aim is to discriminate among SMEs on how they differ in terms of perception of barriers and engagement in environmental innovation, thus highlighting the need to look at eco-innovation barriers in relation to firms' attitudes, technological and organizational capabilities, and strategies. We identify six clusters of SMEs. These clusters include firms facing 'Revealed barriers', 'Deterring barriers', 'Cost deterred' firms, 'Market deterred' firms, 'Non eco-innovators' and 'Green champions'. The clusters show substantial differences in terms of eco-innovation adoption. We show that our proposed taxonomy has little overlap with sector classifications. This diversity should be taken into account for successful environmental innovation policies.
Giovanni Marin; Alberto Marzucchi; Roberto Zoboli. SMEs and Barriers to Eco-Innovation in EU: A Diverse Palette of Greens. 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Marin, Alberto Marzucchi, Roberto Zoboli. SMEs and Barriers to Eco-Innovation in EU: A Diverse Palette of Greens. . 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Marin; Alberto Marzucchi; Roberto Zoboli. 2014. "SMEs and Barriers to Eco-Innovation in EU: A Diverse Palette of Greens." , no. : 1.
In this paper we map the main economics characteristics that may impact the environment of the Italian coastal municipalities. The mapping aims at quantitatively characterizing the main characteristics of the coastal municipalities from the point of view of sector specialization. More in details, in this work, first we briefly quantified settlement pressure on the Italian coasts, then we provide a detailed analysis of economic specializations by sectors of coastal municipalities. Finally, we develop a more specific analysis on the specialization and dependence of coastal municipalities. This latter study is based on the classification of two specific groups of economic sectors: i) those that depend on the sea as the primary source input (tangible and intangible) and ii) those that do not depend on the sea but that have high environmental pressures. This second set of sectors can have adverse impacts, direct and indirect, on the marine and coastal environment - and consequently on the ‘marine’ sectors. We then provide evidence of the relationship between sectors depending from the sea, i.e. ‘marine’ sectors and sectors that have a high pressure on the environment, i.e. ‘high pressure’ sectors in coastal municipalities. The analysis is based on municipal data of the Census of Industry and Services of 2011 provided by ISTAT on seven selected Italian regions: Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Apulia, Sardinia and Veneto. The choice fell on them because of their regional peculiarities in terms of length of coastal territory, number of coastal municipalities and ratio between coastal areas and hinterland areas.
Marco Modica; Elena Pagliarino; Roberto Zoboli. Mapping the environmental pressure due to economic factors. The case of Italian coastal municipalities. 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleMarco Modica, Elena Pagliarino, Roberto Zoboli. Mapping the environmental pressure due to economic factors. The case of Italian coastal municipalities. . 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco Modica; Elena Pagliarino; Roberto Zoboli. 2014. "Mapping the environmental pressure due to economic factors. The case of Italian coastal municipalities." , no. : 1.
We address the possible outcomes of combining environmental taxes and environmental planning in managing non-renewable resources such as aggregates. We empirically investigate resource taxation issues by focusing on aggregate extraction policy in two large northern Italian regions, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. The evidence shows that environmental planning, in addition to economic instruments, is needed to shape and monitor environmental policies. We highlight that the complementarity of land use planning and economic instruments can be a key driver of sustainability performances. The unintended effects of economic instruments are also crucial.
Massimiliano Mazzanti; Roberto Zoboli. Resource taxation and regional planning: revenue recycling for local sustainability in the aggregates sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2013, 56, 893 -916.
AMA StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti, Roberto Zoboli. Resource taxation and regional planning: revenue recycling for local sustainability in the aggregates sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2013; 56 (6):893-916.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti; Roberto Zoboli. 2013. "Resource taxation and regional planning: revenue recycling for local sustainability in the aggregates sector." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 56, no. 6: 893-916.
This paper investigates the correlation between sectoral environmental performance and firm growth, using a large data set of 61,219 Italian manufacturing firms and sector environmental–economic accounts. Specifically, the paper investigates the extent to which the correlation between (past) emissions intensity and environmental regulation influences firms’ economic growth. Our results show a trade-off: structurally, higher emissions intensity gives firms more freedom and relaxes the constraints on growth. This is a trade-off which rejects our hypothesis that economic and environmental performance might dynamically be positively correlated. However, although lower emissions intensity does not pay in terms of promoting turnover, there seems to be a non-linear relation characterising the economic growth–environmental performance relationship. Transforming the prevalent trade-off in a possible joint dynamics in which poor environmental performances hampers firm growth and investment in greener technologies might be associated with positive economic performance, thus becomes possible.
Giulio Cainelli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Roberto Zoboli. Environmental performance, manufacturing sectors and firm growth: structural factors and dynamic relationships. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 2013, 15, 367 -387.
AMA StyleGiulio Cainelli, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Roberto Zoboli. Environmental performance, manufacturing sectors and firm growth: structural factors and dynamic relationships. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 2013; 15 (4):367-387.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulio Cainelli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Roberto Zoboli. 2013. "Environmental performance, manufacturing sectors and firm growth: structural factors and dynamic relationships." Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 15, no. 4: 367-387.