TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pearce,David
AU  - Pearce,Corin
AU  - Palmer,Charles
TI  - Valuing the environment in developing countries: case studies 
SN  - 9781840641486
U1  - 363.7056091724 23
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Cost effectiveness
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Valuation
KW  - Environmental quality
KW  - Environmental impact analysis
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Economic development projects
N1  - 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
N2  - Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, this book provides detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries
ER  -