The Economic Value of Biodiversity

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-1-85383-195-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 274 g

Biodiversity loss is one of the major resource problems facing the world, and the policy options available are restricted by inappropriate economic tools which fail to capture the value of species and their variety. This study describes in non-technical terms how cost-benefit analysis techniques can be applied to species and species loss, and how they provide a measure of the efficiency of conservation measures. Only when conservation can be shown to pass such a basic economic test, the authors claim, will it be incorporated into policies.;David Pearce has also written Blueprint for a Green Economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pearce, David

Moran, Dominic

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.

Saving Biodiversity: an Overview of the Casual Factors.

Conservation versus Development.

The Causes of Biodiversity Loss.

Methodologies for Economic Valuation.

Valuing Biodiversity: Economic Estimates.

The Development Alternative.

Capturing Global Environmental Value.

Summary and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID PEARCE, DOMINIC MORAN