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Develop an integrated spatio-economic-ecological model to assist Russian policy makers in choosing sustainability policies. Project evaluates policy effectiveness and offers comparison of options at different levels. Website: http://sust-rus.org/en/. Comments and suggestions appreciated.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (FP7)THEME 6Environment (including Climate Change)Collaborative Project (Small or medium-scale focused research project)Project acronym: SUST-RUSProject full title: Spatial-economic-ecological model for the assessment of sustainability policies of Russian Federation
Pro • Project objective - to develop and implement for Russia an integrated spatio-economic-ecological modelling approach which • represents the state-of-the-art in different areas of economic, transport, resource-use and environmental modelling • can be used to assist policy makers in their choice of medium and long-term sustainability policies.
Pro • Potential applications of the project results • to make educated and quantified judgements about alternative sustainability policy options at district and federal level • comparison (and selection) of the effectiveness of varied policy options • makes it possible to go beyond the present state-of-the-art in the assessment of sustainability policies by linking the three dimensions of sustainability in a unified framework; • suitable for the broad range of policies and available to the interested parties.
Pro All information about the project is available at http://sust-rus.org/en/ Comments and suggestions are welcome!