The Value of Information
Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health
Published on 21. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVIII, 304 pages
978-94-007-9808-3 (ISBN)
Description
The book examines applications in two disparate fields linked by the importance of valuing information: public health and space. Researchers in the health field have developed some of the most innovative methodologies for valuing information, used to help determine, for example, the value of diagnostics in informing patient treatment decisions. In the field of space, recent applications of value-of-information methods are critical for informing decisions on investment in satellites that collect data about air quality, fresh water supplies, climate and other natural and environmental resources affecting global health and quality of life.
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Edition
2012 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XXVIII, 304 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-007-9808-3 (9789400798083)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-4839-2
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Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health
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Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health
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Content
Introduction.- 1. The Value of Information in Index Insurance for Farmers in Africa.- Commentary.- 2. The Value of Information in a Risk Management Approach to Climate Change.- Commentary.- 3. Understanding the Value of Business Information.- Commentary.- 4. Valuing the Potential Impacts of GEOSS: A Systems Dynamics Approach.- Commentary.- 5. The Informative Role of Advertising and Experience in Dynamic Brand Choice: An Application to the Ready-To-Eat Cereal Market.- Commentary.- 6. The Effect of Public and Private Quality Information on Consumer Choice in Health Care Markets.- Commentary.- 7. Adoption of Over-The-Counter Malaria Diagnostics in Africa: The Role of Subsidies, Beliefs, Externalities, and Competition.- Commentary.- 8. The Value of Determining Global Land Cover for Assessing Climate Change Mitigation Options.- Commentary.- 9. Space Imaging and Prevention of Infectious Disease: Rift Valley Fever.- Commentary.- 10. Estimating the Benefits of Land Imagery in Environmental Applications: A Case Study in Nonpoint Source Pollution of Groundwater.- Commentary.- Index.