Valuing ecosystem services : toward better environmental decision-making /

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"Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, such as draining a wetland for a housing development, it is essential to consider both the valu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Aquatic ecology > Economic aspects.
Biotic communities > Economic aspects.
Environmental policy > Decision making.
Environmental protection > Decision making.
Biotic communities.
Ecology > economics
Ecosystem
Costs and Cost Analysis
Environment
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Prise de décision.
Écosystèmes.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Biotic communities
Biotic communities > Economic aspects
Environmental policy > Decision making
Environmental protection > Decision making
Bewertung
Entscheidungsfindung
Umweltpolitik
Ökosystem
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • The meaning of value and use of economic valuation in the environmental policy decision-making process
  • Aquatic and related terrestrial ecosystems
  • Methods of nonmarket valuation
  • Translating ecosystem functions to the value of ecosystem services : case studies
  • Judgement, uncertainty, and valuation
  • Ecosystem valuation : synthesis and future directions
  • Appendix A: Summary of related NRC reports
  • Appendix B: Household production function models
  • Appendix C: Production function models.

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