Modeling Spatial Sustainability: Spatial Welfare Economics versus Ecological Footprint

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A spatial welfare framework for the analysis of the spatial dimensions of sustainability is developed. It incorporates agglomeration effects, interregional trade, negative environmental externalities and various land use categories. The model is used to compare rankings of spatial configurations according to evaluations based on social welfare and ecological footprint indicators. Five spatial configurations are considered for this purpose. The exercise is operationalized with the help of a two-region model of the economy that is in line with the ‘new economic geography’. Various (counter) examples show that the footprint method is not consistent with an approach aimed at maximum social welfare.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 5.2006

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation ; Trade and Environment ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth ; Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
• Subject: Agglomeration effects ; Trade advantages ; Negative externalities ; Population density ; Spatial configuration ; Transport ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Agglomerationseffekt ; Raumwirtschaftstheorie ; Externer Effekt ; Umweltbelastung ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Grazi, Fabio ; van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. ; Rietveld, Piet
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/74014
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET