RAMEA: how to support regional policies towards Sustainable Development

A Regional Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts (RAM EA) is the Regional version of a 'National Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts' (NAMEA), an environmental accounting system that combines economic and environmental accounts into a single framework, which is useful for the evaluation and comparison of the integrated economic environmental social performance of regions. Presenting the first results of compiling and applying a RAMEA in three European regions: Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Noord-Brabant (the Netherlands) and Malopolska (Poland), this paper analyses the difficulties in achieving internationally comparable regional models. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley &. Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.