Towards regional sustainability: the need for interdisciplinary and applied research.- 1: Decision making for regional sustainability.- Decisions in the context of sustainable development: ethics and implementation of multi-criteria analysis.- Stakeholder approaches to intertemporal valuation.- Sustainable development of society, economy and environment: consequences for integrated coastal management.- Communicating sustainable development options — who evaluates the trade-offs?.- 2: Modelling as support for policy analysis.- Model-based criteria for the effectiveness of conservation strategies — an evaluation of incentive programmes in Saxony, Germany.- Joint abatement strategies: a dynamic analysis of acidification and tropospheric ozone.- Incorporating resistance in pesticide management: a dynamic regional approach.- Some evidence of the relative efficiency of multiple-instrument policies for controlling agricultural nonpoint pollution: an application to nitrate pollution.- 3: Evaluating policies for regional sustainability.- The role of the Common Agricultural Policy in maintaining High Nature Value fanning systems in Europe.- Pesticide collection programs: a proposition to prevent future contamination.- Nature conservation in urban landscapes. Implementation and acceptance issues.- Local Agenda 21 as an intergovernmental approach to sustainable development: a promising new strategy?.- Outlook.- Perspectives for economic research into sustainable policies.