scholarly journals Warum Nachhaltigkeitsbeurteilungen Alternativen zu Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen erfordern

2011 ◽  
Vol 162 (11) ◽  
pp. 412-420
Author(s):  
Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn ◽  
Urs Allenspach ◽  
Georg Brun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Sustainability Assessments ◽  
Critical Limits

Why alternatives to cost-benefit analysis in sustainability assessments are necessary Policies for sustainable forest management aim at maintaining forest ecosystems for sustainable development. Sustainable development as a societal mission comprises a diversity of factors that are neither hierarchically ordered nor freely compensable. Policies must therefore be assessed by a multidimensional criterion. Cost-benefit analysis provides a clear recommendation for a rational choice of policy. However, from a sustainability perspective, cost-benefit analysis has disadvantages, due to its methodological basis. Monetization and aggregation of preferences leave the reasons for measured preferences intransparent; trade-offs can occur arbitrarily; and it is not registered, whether and how critical limits of life support systems are affected. Avoiding these problems calls for assessment methods without aggregation or synthesising across heterogeneous standards. Dynamic decision theory provides ideas on how rational decisions can be taken based on a plurality of standards. The crucial ideas are prevention, precommitment, and a memory of past decisions. These can already be found in practice.

scholarly journals A Methodological Framework for Sustainable Office Building Renovation Using Green Building Rating Systems and Cost-Benefit Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6156
Author(s):  
Nataša Šuman ◽  
Mojca Marinič ◽  
Milan Kuhta
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Benefit Analysis

Sustainable development is a priority for the future of our society. Sustainable development is of particular importance to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, both for new buildings and for the renovation of existing buildings. Great potential for sustainable development lies in the renovation of existing office buildings. This paper introduces a new framework for identifying the best set of renovation strategies for existing office buildings. The framework applies selected green building rating system criteria and cost-effective sustainable renovation solutions based on cost-benefit analysis (CBA), and thus provides a novelty in decision-making support for the sustainable renovation of office buildings at an early-stage. The framework covers all necessary steps and activities including data collection, determination of the required level of renovation, selection of the green building rating system, identification of impact categories and criteria, and final evaluation and decision-making using CBA. The framework can be used in conjunction with different systems and according to different regional characteristics. The applicability of the addressing procedure is shown through a case study of a comprehensive renovation of an office building in the city of Maribor.

Problems of decision making for a sustainable development

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Rauch
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Optimal Strategy ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
The Other ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Lake Region ◽  
Environmental Interactions ◽  
Overall Performance

Current environmental policy guidelines are mainly based on cost-benefit analysis and concerned with the restriction of emissions. Sustainable development, on the other hand, is focusing on determining the optimal strategy for the overall performance of both the environment and the socio-economic system. This paper highlights some of the basic problems when developing strategies with the above aim in mind. The implications for decision making are investigated by means of a fictitious model of the economical and environmental interactions in a lake region.

Cost–benefit and water resources policy: a survey

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank A. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Water Policy ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Policy Cost ◽  
The Right

This paper reviews recent developments in cost–benefit analysis for water policy researchers who wish to understand the applications of economic principles to inform emerging water policy debates. The cost–benefit framework can provide a comparison of total economic gains and losses resulting from a proposed water policy. Cost–benefit analysis can provide decision-makers with a comparison of the impacts of two or more water policy options using methods that are grounded in time-tested economic principles. Economic efficiency, measured as the difference between added benefits and added costs, can inform water managers and the public of the economic impacts of water programs to address peace, development, health, the environment, climate and poverty. Faced by limited resources, cost–benefit analysis can inform policy choices by summarizing trade-offs involved in designing, applying, or reviewing a wide range of water programs. The data required to conduct a cost–benefit analysis are often poor but the steps needed to carry out that analysis require posing the right questions.

Same-sex marriage: the irrelevance of the economic approach to law

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-149
Author(s):  
Mark D. White
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Economic Analysis Of Law ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
The Core ◽  
Trade Offs

AbstractSeveral noted legal scholars, most prominently Richard Posner, have applied the economic analysis of law to the debate over same-sex marriage. In this note, I argue that the economic approach to law is ill-equipped to deal with the issues of principle, dignity and rights that are at the core of the debate, regardless of the position taken on the issue. Other scholars, such as Darren Bush, acknowledge the shortcomings of the economic approach, such as the importance of the assumptions on which cost-benefit analysis is made, but they do not appreciate that this is symptomatic of the economic approach as a whole, not merely the application of it by some scholars in some cases. My contention is that the economic approach to law is appropriate regarding issues of policy, where trade-offs are essential and necessary, but not regarding issues of principle, with which trade-offs are not so easily made.

scholarly journals Forest Management in Lower Kinabatangan Sabah, East Malaysia: Cost-Benefit Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 376-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Normah Abdul Latip ◽  
Mohd Umzarulazijo Umar .
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Lower Kinabatangan

Sabah is known in the world with its nature and biodiversity. In fact, one of the contributions of tourism sector in Sabah is the uniqueness of the nature and wildlife. Unfortunately, the developments of agriculture, particularly for oil palm cultivation cause so many negative impacts to environmental imbalance, especially in fragile areas such as Lower Kinabatangan. Because of that, Lower Kinabatangan need for a balanced approach to reduce the negative effects due to the clearing of forests. In this study, Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) model with three option namely, Option1: Status Quo, Option 2: Compromise and Conservation and Option 3: Translocation is used to provide alternative solution to local residents in Lower Kinabatangan which faced with problems due to insufficient of forest management. A total of 234 respondents were randomly selected from four villages with high conflict because of the of oil palm cultivation namey Kg, Kg Bilit, Kg Sukau and Kg Batu Putih. Study results found that Option 2, which recorded the highest NPV is the best option selected by the local people in solving their problems. This study thus shows that there is awareness among the local community on the importance of balancing development and environmental conservation to ensure sustainable forest management can be achieved in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah.

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