Valuing the environment in developing countries : case studies / [edited by] David Pearce, Corin Pearce and Charles Palmer.
Material type:
- 9781840641486
- Environmental policy -- Developing countries -- Cost effectiveness -- Case studies
- Natural resources -- Valuation -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Environmental quality -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Environmental impact analysis -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Cost effectiveness -- Case studies
- 363.7056091724 23 P359
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Includes index.
1. Introduction --
Part I. Air quality, water supply, and water quality --
2. Quantifying and valuing life expectancy changes due to air pollution in developing countries --
3. Valuing river water quality in China --
4. Valuing improvements to sanitation in Malaysia --
5. Valuing dryland water supply in Zimbabwe --
6. Willingness to pay for improved water quality in Kathmandu --
Part II. Valuing biological diversity --
7. Conflicts in conservation: the many values of the black rhinoceros --
8. Optimal ecotourism: the economic value of the giant panda in China --
9. Valuing visits to game parks in South Africa --
10. The economic returns to wildlife management in southern Africa --
11. The economic value of pollution damage in the Pantanal --
12. Valuing a marine park in Malaysia --
Part III. Valuing forest functions --
13. Tropical forest values in Mexico --
14. Can carbon trading reduce deforestation by slash-and-burn farmers? --
15. Using an income accounting framework to value non-timber forest products --
16. The economic value of Mount Cameroon: alternative land use options --
17. Is sustainable forestry economically possible? --
18. Economic analysis of alternative mangrove management strategies in Cambodia --
19. Economic analysis of tropical forest land use options in Cambodia --
Index.
Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, this book provides detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries.
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