Environmental valuation in developed countries : case studies
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : David William Pearce
- ناشر : Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9781840641479
Description
Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; David Pearce (1941-2005): a tribute; 1. Introduction: valuing environments in the rich world; 2. Cost-benefit analysis of Irish forest policy; 3. Costs and benefits of UK forestry policy; 4. Valuing changes in farmland biodiversity using stated preference techniques; 5. Implications of declining discount rates for UK climate change policy; 6. Valuing perceived risk of genetically modified food: a meta-analysis; 7. Valuing water quality changes in the Netherlands using stated preference techniques.
The first volume "Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries" illustrates methodologies and applications of valuation techniques in the developing world; this volume concentrates on developed or wealthy nations where the first examples of economic valuation of the environment were carried out. This important book assembles studies that discuss broad areas of application of economic valuation from amenity and pollution through to water and health risks, from forestry to green urban space. In doing so, in this, his last book, the late David Pearce brings together leading European expert
