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 -