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Valuing nature? : ethics, economics and the environment /

Valuing Nature? questions the dominant economic methods of evaluating the environment. It asks what role economics should play in setting our environmental objectives.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foster, John (John Michael), 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Environmental value and the scope of economics; THE ENVIRONMENTAL 'VALUATION' CONTROVERSY: OBSERVATIONS ON ITS RECENT HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE; VALUES AND PREFERENCES IN NEO-CLASSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND THE TRANSCENDENCE OF UTILITARIANISM; RATIONALITY AND SOCIAL NORMS; VALUE PLURALISM, INCOMMENSURABILITY AND INSTITUTIONS; PRICING THE COUNTRYSIDE: THE EXAMPLE OF TIR CYMEN; THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PRESERVATION VALUE AND EXISTENCE VALUE
  • SUBSTITUTABILITY: OR, WHY STRONG SUSTAINABILITY IS WEAK AND ABSURDLY STRONG SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT ABSURDMETHODOLOGY AND INSTITUTIONS: VALUE AS SEEN FROM THE RISK FIELD; EXISTENCE VALUE, MORAL COMMITMENTS AND IN-KIND VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION?; MULTI-CRITERIA MAPPING: MITIGATING THE PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION?; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION, DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING INSTITUTIONS; ENVIRONMENT AND CREATIVE VALUE; Bibliography; Index