8 research outputs found
Mapping the economic value of landslide regulation by forests
The role of forests in regulating landslide risks is well established but estimates of the economic value of this ecosystem service are limited. In order to incorporate the role of forests for landslide risk mitigation in spatial planning and other decision-making contexts, there is a need for spatially explicit information regarding the value of this service. We develop a methodological framework to combine bio-physical modelling of natural hazard risk and socio-economic exposure in a predictive model to estimate and map of the economic value of forest regulation of landslides. This method is applied in a case study of Adjara Autonomous Republic of Georgia to examine alternative scenarios for forest management and associated land cover change. The approach produces credible spatially explicit results to inform policy decisions regarding investment in forest management; and has the potential for replication in other data scarce regions
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for the Forestry Sector of Adjara Autonomous Republic, Georgia
The Systemic Approach for Estimating and Strategizing Energy Security: The Case of Ukraine
The current approaches to estimating the level of energy security are based on applying
a comprehensive approach to selecting the factors that affect energy security and the dynamics of
processes in this domain. This article reveals the application of the model of energy security estimation
and strategizing based on the systemic description of energy security as an object of management:
the integral system, elements and connections, functions, processes, and the system’s material. At the
same time, this model is able to take into account the dynamics of technological, political, economic,
and other factors operating in the country and on the global arena. The energy security estimation
model developed uses a modern methodology of integrated estimation: a multiplicative form of the
integrated index, a formalized definition of the safe existence limits in order to provide scientific
substantiation of the threshold vector, a modified rationing method, the principal components
method, and the sliding matrix method to substantiate dynamic weighting coefficients. The paper
demonstrates the systemic approach application to shaping strategic goals in the energy security
domain in the context of sustainable development; the trajectory of energy security development
is calculated by the method of strategizing that applies the principle “future is determined by the
trajectory to the future” instead of the classical forecasting “past determines the future”. In general,
the article shows the possibility of unifying the process of formalizing energy security (according
to the needs of the researcher: country, industry, energy network, supply chain) as an object of
management, estimating energy security status, and strategizing the regulatory sphere transformation
in accordance with the target values for monitoring the effectiveness of management