Valuing The Environment In Developing Countries

Author : David Pearce,Corin Pearce,Charles Palmer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1781950962

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Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries by David Pearce,Corin Pearce,Charles Palmer Pdf

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. In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into policy-relevant issues regarding conservation and economic development. The authors address a whole range of environmental issues under the broad themes of water and air quality, biological diversity and forest functions. The economic approaches covered include contingent valuation, hedonic property prices, travel cost methodologies and benefits transfer. They also go on to look at the idea of extending national accounts to reflect changes in environmental assets. Examples of the varied and interesting case studies include valuing improvements to sanitation in Malaysia, the value of visits to game parks in South Africa and tropical forest values in Mexico. They highlight how valuation techniques can be applied, often with limited resources, to critical development issues. Academics and practitioners of environmental economics will draw great value from this unique and original work, as will the many multilateral and bilateral aid agencies. The book will also prove a valuable addition to graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental economics where there is a need for case material.

Author : David W. Pearce
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781847201768

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Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries by David W. Pearce Pdf

Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries will be of interest to policy makers and economist in search of a variety of methodologies related to environmental valuation. Political Studies Review This is the second of two volumes of case studies that illustrate how environmental economists place values on environmental assets and on the flows of goods and services generated by those assets. 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 this, his last book, the late David Pearce brought together leading European experts, contributors to some two dozen case studies exploring the frontiers of economic valuation of natural resources and environmental amenity in the developed world. Essays on the role of valuation in environmental policy, environmental justice and green accounts are presented, and case study topics include: valuing forestry benefits GM crops water use and quality externalities in the electricity sector renewable energy benefits electricity transmission line disamenity urban greenspace chemical risks noise pollution. Economic valuation has undoubtedly made an important contribution to the environmental debate, and the contributors illustrate how sophisticated techniques have become, and how powerful their application can be. As such, this significant volume will prove essential reading for academics, researchers, students and practitioners in the field of environmental economics.

Author : Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken,Hussein Abaza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134199105

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Environmental Valuation by Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken,Hussein Abaza Pdf

This companion volume to Economic Instruments for Environmental Management presents essential information on the applications of economic valuation to environment and development. It draws on a three-year collaborative effort by research institutions around the world. Authoritative studies review the range of valuation methods used in developing economies, their purposes, the problems encountered and the quality of the results. Topics covered include the value of wildlife viewing, the conservation of rainforests, mangroves and coral reefs, supplying rural water, 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, the book provides source material for students and academics, and for policy-makers and professionals, using valuation methods to frame policy.

Author : Ian Bateman,Kenneth George Willis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199248915

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Valuing Environmental Preferences by Ian Bateman,Kenneth George Willis Pdf

The questionnaire-based Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) asks people what would they be willing to pay for an environmental good or attribute, or willing to accept for its loss. These papers consider the real value of such surveys.

Author : David William Pearce
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Analisis costo-beneficio
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Economic Valuation and the Natural World by David William Pearce Pdf

Economic valuation can help improve decisions about protecting the environment . By inputing values to unpriced goods, it can make public choices more cost-efficient and thus allow limited public income to be optimally spent.

Author : David Glover
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552504765

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Valuing the Environment by David Glover Pdf

Provides an overviews of environmental economics and its strength as a way to understand and respond to environmental problems.

Author : P. Abelson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230374744

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Project Appraisal and Valuation of the Environment by P. Abelson Pdf

'The book is a pioneering attempt to see exactly what difference economic valuation of environmental effects would have made to six actual, on-going, development projects, if it had been done at the time of appraisal. It combines theoretical rigour with applied economic skills, presented with robust common sense.' - James Winpenny, Overseas Development Institute This book is a practical and readable guide to valuing the environment and the implications for public investment and policy, useful for students as well as professional economists, policy-makers, engineers, environmental and social planners. It describes how the environment can be valued and how these valuation concepts can be applied to investment decisions. The book provides first a general introduction to the key issues and concepts, considering the nature and magnitude of environmental problems, the cost-benefit method of evaluation and detailed methods for valuing the environment. It then analyses in detail six case-studies, based on actual or proposed major investment projects by the UK Overseas Development Administration or the World Bank. These include water quality in China, the supply of electricity in Bangladesh, slum improvements in India, mass transit in Nigeria, forest conservation in Kenya and soil quality in Bolivia. Thus the book is expected to be of special interest to professionals and students in developing countries, although much of the material has general application in developed as well as in developing countries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCSC:32106014433608

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Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World by Anonim Pdf

Overviews the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries. Demonstrates the importance of economic valuation in devising sound environmental policies and development initiatives, and gives examples of applications of valuation in various countries. Of interest to environmental economists, project appraisal analysts, policy makers, and graduate students of development and environmental economics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Euston Quah,Renate Schubert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811592861

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Sustainability and Environmental Decision Making by Euston Quah,Renate Schubert Pdf

The primary aim of this reference volume is to provide an accessible and comprehensive review of current methods used to address resource evaluation and environmental as well as climate issues, and in a manner easily understood by decision-makers and the non-economists interested in environmental policy matters. Theoretical insight and empirical observations from various countries will be presented and recommendations on sustainable environmental decision-making will be given. Natural resource managers, environmental and climate decision-makers, government policy makers, and economics scholars will all find this volume to be an essential reference.

Author : A. K. Enamul Haque,M. N. Murty,Priya Shyamsundar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139504782

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Environmental Valuation in South Asia by A. K. Enamul Haque,M. N. Murty,Priya Shyamsundar Pdf

This book is about understanding the value of environmental services in South Asia. It provides an overview of different environmental problems in South Asia and examines how economic valuation techniques can be used to assess these problems. It brings together multiple case studies on valuation undertaken by economists and environmental scientists from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka under the aegis of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). The book addresses the challenges of valuing environmental changes that are unique to developing countries. Each chapter starts with a description of an environmental problem and the valuation strategy used, followed by a discussion of estimation methods and results. It is designed to serve as a reference book for students, teachers, researchers, non-government organizations and practitioners of environmental valuation. Those interested in development and environmental economics, and natural resource management policies, will also find it useful.

Author : Mohan Munasinghe
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822016895229

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Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries by Mohan Munasinghe Pdf

Author : Johannes Baptist Opschoor,Kenneth Button,Peter Nijkamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025344636

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Environmental Economics and Development by Johannes Baptist Opschoor,Kenneth Button,Peter Nijkamp Pdf

This outstanding new collection surveys the relationship between the environment and development, and highlights some of the tensions that are implicit in the notion of sustainable development. Environmental Economics and Development is organized into six sections: general aspects; resource utilization and management; valuation and accounting of environmental change; environmental policy instruments; adjustment, trade and the environment; and distributional issues. These areas include general features of environment-development interfaces, operational valuation and accounting methods and economic approaches to environmental policy instruments in developing countries and in the international context.

Author : Sarah Bracking,Aurora Fredriksen,Sian Sullivan,Philip Woodhouse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351625111

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Valuing Development, Environment and Conservation by Sarah Bracking,Aurora Fredriksen,Sian Sullivan,Philip Woodhouse Pdf

Policy-makers are increasingly trying to assign economic values to areas such as ecologies, the atmosphere, even human lives. These new values, assigned to areas previously considered outside of economic systems, often act to qualify, alter or replace former non-pecuniary values. Valuing Development, Environment and Conservation looks to explore the complex interdependencies, contradictions and trade-offs that can take place between economic values and the social, environmental, political and ethical systems that inform non-monetary valuation processes. Using rich empirical material, the book explores the processes of valuation, their components, calculative technologies, and outcomes in different social, ecological and conservation domains. The book gives reasons for why economic calculation tends to dominate in practice, but also presents new insights on how the disobedient materiality of things and the ingenuity of human and non-human agencies can combine and frustrate the dominant economic models within calculative processes. This book highlights the tension between, on the one hand, a dominant model that emphasises technical and ‘universalising’ criteria, and on the other hand, valuation practice in specific local contexts which is more likely to negotiate criteria that are plural, incommensurable and political. This book is perfect for researchers and students within development studies, environment, geography, politics, sociology and anthropology who are looking for new insights into how processes of valuation take place in the 21st century, and with what consequential outcomes.

Author : R. Kerry Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCSC:32106010218367

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Sustainable Environmental Economics and Management by R. Kerry Turner Pdf

Author : Pushpam Kumar
Publisher : Ane Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Development economics
ISBN : 8180520579

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Economics Of Environment & Development by Pushpam Kumar Pdf

"This book covers critical areas like theory of externalities and market failure, valuation and accounting of environmental impacts, economic instruments for industrial pollution and environmental resources, poverty and environmental degradation, andcorporate environmental management. The book also explores how to make development more sustainable, micro economics for ecological sustainability, and environmental policy in open economies."--Publisher.