Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 10. April 1997
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-85898-500-8 (ISBN)
Description
This important new book is an extensive, yet concise overview which critically surveys the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries. The authors argue that economic valuation has just as important a role to play in the developing as in the developed world in valuing environmental resources and change. Additionally, the information which such techniques provide is invaluable when helping to devise sound environmental policies. The book demonstrates that economic valuation is of extreme importance in raising the profile of the environmental aspects of development initiatives and policies, and that the application of economic valuation is both widespread and successful in developing countries.
This book will be essential reading for professional environmental economists, particularly those working in the developing world, project appraisal analysts, policymakers in development organizations and graduate students of development and environmental economics.
This book will be essential reading for professional environmental economists, particularly those working in the developing world, project appraisal analysts, policymakers in development organizations and graduate students of development and environmental economics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85898-500-8 (9781858985008)
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Persons
Stavros Georgiou, Senior Research Associate, CSERGE, University of East Anglia, UK, Dale Whittington, Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, US, the late David Pearce, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London, UK and Dominic Moran, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK
Content
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic Valuation Methodology 3. Selected Case Studies in Economic Valuation 4. Guidelines for Economic Valuation 5. Problems with Applying Valuation Techniques in Developing Economies 6. Annotated Bibliography Index