| Description |
x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Welfare Foundations of CBA -- 3. Valuing Environmental Goods (1): The Contingent Valuation Method -- 4. Valuing Environmental Goods (2): The Hedonic Pricing Method -- 5. Valuing Environmental Goods (3): The Travel Cost Method -- 6. Valuing Environmental Goods (4): Production Function Approaches -- 7. How Good are our Valuation Methods? -- 8. Discounting and the Environment -- 9. Irreversibility, Ecosystem Complexity, Institutional Capture and Sustainability -- 10. Tropospheric Ozone Damage to Agricultural Crops -- 11. Costs and Benefits of Controlling Nitrate Pollution -- 12. Valuing Habitat Protection -- 13. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Greenhouse Effect -- 14. Environmental Limits to CBA? |
| Summary |
"This lucid, up to date book takes a fresh look at the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to environmental problems ranging from wildlife protection to global warming." "It will be highly relevant to the growing number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in environmental economics and management, as well as being of interest to academics researching in these areas and to other professionals concerned with project appraisal and the environment."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Environment Economics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- Cost effectiveness.
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Environmental protection -- Cost effectiveness.
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| Author |
Spash, Clive L.
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| LC no. |
93018898 |
| ISBN |
1852784555 |
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1852789476 |
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