| Description |
xxxiii, 334 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Environmental values: an introduction / Terre Satterfield and Linda Kalof -- Part 1. Economic themes in environmental values. Contingent valuation: a user's guide / Richard T. Carson -- Economics and ecological concepts for valuing ecosystem services / Stephen C. Farber, Robert Costanza and Matthew A. Wilson -- The development of environmental thinking in economics / Clive L. Spash -- Part 2. Philosophical and ethical themes in environmental values. Non-anthropocentric value theory and environmental ethics / J. Baird Callicott -- Environmental ethics and weak anthropocentrism / Bryan G. Norton -- A defence of the deep ecology movement / Arne Naess -- Radical American environmentalism and 'wilderness' preservation: a Third World critique / Ramachandra Guha -- Class, race and gender discourse in the ecofeminism/deep ecology debate / Ariel Salleh -- The biological basis for human values of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Part 3. Anthropological and sociological themes in environmental values. Christianity, environmentalism and the theoretical problem of fundamentalism / Douglas Lee Eckberg and T. Jean Blocker -- Measuring endorsement of the new ecological paradigm: a revised NEP scale / Riley E. Dunlap, Kent D. Van Liere, Angela G. Mertig and Robert Emmet Jones -- Value orientations, gender and environmental concern / Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz and Linda Kalof -- Environmental values: a place-based theory / Bryan G. Norton and Bruce Hannon -- Part 4. Judgement and decision making themes in environmental values. Valuing public goods: the purchase of moral satisfaction / Daniel Kahneman and Jack L. Knetsch -- Protected values / Jonathan Baron and Mark Spranca -- Aggregation and deliberation in valuing public goods: a look beyond contingent pricing / Mark Sagoff -- Valuing environmental resources: a constructive approach / Robin Gregory, Sarah Lichtenstein and Paul Slovic -- What should we do? Human ecology and collective decision making / Thomas Dietz |
| Summary |
"This comprehensive reader offers in-depth analyses of critical developments in environmental values, bringing together in one volume the most influential scholarship in the field. Each carefully selected contribution assesses some of the most pressing issues of our time, focusing on the relationship between human values, world views and preferences, and the natural world."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nature and nurture -- Economic aspects.
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Nature and nurture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Nature and nurture -- Sociological aspects.
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Environmental sciences.
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Environmental responsibility.
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Environmental ethics.
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| Author |
Kalof, Linda.
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Satterfield, Terre, 1960-
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Earthscan Publications Ltd.
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| LC no. |
2005011043 |
| ISBN |
1844071669 |
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1844071677 paperback |
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