Contracting for Environmental Property Rights: The Case of Vittel

Based on an authentic case of contracting for environmental property rights, our paper shows several implications of applying the Coases propositions. The case study adds empirical content to basic transaction costs concepts by analyzing the design and implementation of a contractual arrangement between a pollutee a bottler of mineral water Vittel and several polluting farmers. We analyze the bargaining between land and water rights owners and the bottler Vittel to determine how transaction cost issues (valuation disputes, bi-lateral monopoly conditions, and third-party effects) were overcome and how they succeeded in contracting for environmental property rights. We provide several comparisons of the Vittel case with other similar cases, leading to generalizations and testable propositions for environmental rights negotiations.case study, contracting, environmental property rights, environmental-related transactions, private arrangement, Vittel, Environmental Economics and Policy, H23, K23, Q15, Q25,

Effect of grain disorientation on early fatigue crack propagation in face-centred-cubic polycristals: A three-dimensional dislocation dynamics investigation

Three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations are used to study micro-crack interaction with the first micro-structural barrier in face-centred cubic bi-crystals loaded in high cycle fatigue conditions. In the examined configuration, we assumed that micro-crack transmission occurs due to surface relief growth in the secondary grain ahead of the primary crack. This indirect transmission mechanism is shown to strongly depend on grain-1/grain-2 disorientation. For instance, small grain disorientation induces plastic strain localisation ahead of the crack and faster transmission through the first barrier. Conversely, large grain-1/grain-2 disorientation induces plastic strain spreading similar to crack tip blunting yielding slower indirect transmission. A semi-analytical micro-model is developed based on the present simulation results and complementary experimental observations highlighting the original notion of first-barrier compliance. The model captures well known experimental trends including effects of: grain-size, grain disorientation and micro-crack retardation at the first barrier

La gouvernance de la protection de l’impluvium de Volvic

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Note De Lecture Sur L'ouvrage Coordonné Par F-D Vivien, J. Lepart Et P. Marty "L'évaluation De La Durabilité".

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La contractualisation entre producteurs d'eau potable et agriculteurs pour le contrôle des pollutions diffuses d'origine agricole : quel potentiel ?

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La contractualisation entre producteurs d'eau et agriculteurs pour le contrôle des pollutions : quel potentiel des dispositifs PSE

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Low-strain fatigue in 316L steel surface grains, a three dimension discrete dislocation dynamics modelling of the early cycles. Part-2: Persistent slip markings and micro-crack nucleation

International audienceThe early stages of formation of persistent slip markings in fatigue are analysed, using three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics modelling. The surface displacements due to slip are computed using a specific post-processing method. Fatigue simulations under various strain ranges and grain sizes have been performed. The resulting surface slip markings and their evolutions are analyzed quantitatively, in terms of the marking height and thickness. A detailed scheme for persistent slip marking formation and morphology is proposed, in relation to the persistent slip-band dislocation arrangements present within the grain. The simulations show the crucial role of these arrangements for the extrusion-intrusion growth and localisation of slip at the band edges. Local stress concentrations inside the crystal and their relations to damage initiation are also analysed. The results provide insights for an original micro-crack initiation scheme, combining different initiation mechanisms as described in the literature

Volvic Water Catchment Case Study - Intermedary report National Report – France. Deliverable WP4.1. Pegasus, H2020 project, Grant agreement No 633814, 25 pages.

Volvic Water Catchment Case Study - Intermedary report National Report – France. Deliverable WP4.1. Pegasus, H2020 project, Grant agreement No 633814, 25 pages