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Environmental Valuation A Worldwide Compendium of Case Studies By: Hussein Abaza, Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken Normal price: 19.95 Our price: 16.96 + postage Bargain: save £2.99 ! Product code: 15399 ISBN: 1853836958 256 pages Format: Pb Published by: Earthscan, 2000 - Close the review panel There are no reviews available for this book

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Description of Environmental Valuation

The use of economic valuation methods is fundamental in the management of the environment and natural resources. This volume presents the results of a range of international applications of different valuation techniques. Among other subjects, the studies examine ways of valuing wildlife viewing, rainforest conservation, mangroves and coral reefs, rural water supplies, and controlling urban air pollution. The analysis reveals important methodological and contextual factors, highlighting key lessons and ways of strengthening future valuations. Written to be accessible to non-economists as well as economists working in these fields, the book provides valuable source material for students and academics and for policy makers and professionals using valuation methods to frame policy. It results from a three year collaboration involving research institutes in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Environmental Valuation - Chapter headings

AFRICA Valuing Time Spent Collecting Water in a Kenyan Town * Recreational Value of Viewing Wildlife in Kenya * Determinants of Land Values in Accra, Ghana * Measuring the Costs of Rainforest Conservation in Cameroon ASIA Evaluation of the Profitability of Forest Plantations in the Philippines * Health Effects and the Value of Air Pollution Reduction in Taiwan * Environmental Considerations in the Environmental Impact Analysis of the Katunayake Expressway, Sri Lanka EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE Economic Assessment of Natural Resources of the Baltic Oil Shale Basin, Estonia * Valuation of Natural Resources of the Moscow District of Russia LATIN AMERICA Valuing the Net Benefits of Air Pollution Control in Santiago, Chile * The Costs and Benefits of Reef Conservation in the Bonaire Marine Park, the Netherlands Antilles * Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Water Services in Haiti * Total Economic Value of Forests in Mexico * Partial Economic Valuation of Mangroves in Nicaragua