Valuing the environment in developing countries : case studies

Contributor(s): Pearce, David W. (Editor) | Pearce, Corin. (Editor) | Palmer, Charles. (Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Elgar, ©2002Description: xii, 585 p. : illustrationsISBN: 1840641487; 9781840641486; 1843768496; 9781843768494Subject(s): Environmental policy | Natural resources | Environmental quality | Environmental impact analysis | Economic development projectsDDC classification: 363.7056091724
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Part I. Air quality, water supply, and water quality -- 2. Quantifying and valuing life expectancy changes due to air pollution in developing countries -- 3. Valuing river water quality in China -- 4. Valuing improvements to sanitation in Malaysia -- 5. Valuing dryland water supply in Zimbabwe -- 6. Willingness to pay for improved water quality in Kathmandu -- Part II. Valuing biological diversity -- 7. Conflicts in conservation: the many values of the black rhinoceros -- 8. Optimal ecotourism: the economic value of the giant panda in China -- 9. Valuing visits to game parks in South Africa -- 10. The economic returns to wildlife management in southern Africa -- 11. The economic value of pollution damage in the Pantanal -- 12. Valuing a marine park in Malaysia -- Part III. Valuing forest functions -- 13. Tropical forest values in Mexico -- 14. Can carbon trading reduce deforestation by slash-and-burn farmers? -- 15. Using an income accounting framework to value non-timber forest products -- 16. The economic value of Mount Cameroon: alternative land use options -- 17. Is sustainable forestry economically possible? -- 18. Economic analysis of alternative mangrove management strategies in Cambodia -- 19. Economic analysis of tropical forest land use options in Cambodia -- Index.
Summary: The substantial and growing interest in the monetary valuation of preferences for environmental improvement, and against environmental damage, has prompted a demand for case studies illustrating methodologies and applications of valuation techniques.
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1. Introduction --
Part I. Air quality, water supply, and water quality --
2. Quantifying and valuing life expectancy changes due to air pollution in developing countries --
3. Valuing river water quality in China --
4. Valuing improvements to sanitation in Malaysia --
5. Valuing dryland water supply in Zimbabwe --
6. Willingness to pay for improved water quality in Kathmandu --
Part II. Valuing biological diversity --
7. Conflicts in conservation: the many values of the black rhinoceros --
8. Optimal ecotourism: the economic value of the giant panda in China --
9. Valuing visits to game parks in South Africa --
10. The economic returns to wildlife management in southern Africa --
11. The economic value of pollution damage in the Pantanal --
12. Valuing a marine park in Malaysia --
Part III. Valuing forest functions --
13. Tropical forest values in Mexico --
14. Can carbon trading reduce deforestation by slash-and-burn farmers? --
15. Using an income accounting framework to value non-timber forest products --
16. The economic value of Mount Cameroon: alternative land use options --
17. Is sustainable forestry economically possible? --
18. Economic analysis of alternative mangrove management strategies in Cambodia --
19. Economic analysis of tropical forest land use options in Cambodia --
Index.

The substantial and growing interest in the monetary valuation of preferences for environmental improvement, and against environmental damage, has prompted a demand for case studies illustrating methodologies and applications of valuation techniques.

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