SUST-RUS

Spatial-economic-ecological model for the assessment of sustainability policies of Russian Federation

The objective of the study is to develop and implement for Russia an integrated spatial-economic-ecological model, which represents the state-of-the-art in different areas of economic, transport, resource-use and environmental modelling. It is the aim that the model will assist the Russian policy makers and international community in their choice of medium and long-term sustainability policies. The SUST-RUS modelling approach will be superior to the current models available for Russia.

SUST-RUS aims at:

developing a modelling approach, which represents the state-of-the-art in impact assessment modelling and corresponds the complexity of the sustainability issue
building consistent database for Russia
constructing the spatial-economic-ecological model for Russia
developing a set of sustainability indicators, which allows for quantification of social, economic and environmental effects of sustainability policies
using the model to assess the effects of a set of important sustainability policy measures

The SUST-RUS model will, among others, include:

representation of interregional (within Russia) and international (outside of Russia) flows of capital (FDI) and labour
different types of foreign direct investments and the related investment decisions
all major types of emissions related to production and consumption activities
the use of natural resources for production and consumption and the depletion of the different types of mineral resources
consumption, savings and investment behaviour of different socio-economic groups
detailed modelling of the Russian energy sector including the production technology, market structure, investment decisions

PROJECT TEAM

reports

no reports available yet

period

2008-2011

funded by

European Commission, FP7

researchers

Eef Delhaye, Tim Breemersch, Ignacio Hidalgo, Christophe Heyndrickx

partners

Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR- project leader), ZEW, Centre for European Economic Research, Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET), Ural State University (USU), Voronezh State University (VSU), Far Eastern Center for Economic Development (FECED), Statistics Norway (SSB)

contact

Christophe Heyndrickx

+32 16 74.51.21