Applied Environmental Economics - A Gis Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Ian J. Bateman is Professor of Environmental Economics, University of East Anglia and Senior Research Fellow at CSERGE and CEBARD. Klappentext The complex real-world interactions between the economy and the environment form both the focus of and main barrier to applied research within the field of environmental economics. However, geographical information systems (GIS) allow economists to tackle such complexity head on by directly incorporating diverse datasets into applied research rather than resorting to simplifying and often unrealistic assumptions. This innovative book applies GIS techniques to spatial cost-benefit analysis of a complex and topical land use change problem--the conversion of agricultural land to multipurpose woodland--looking in detail at issues such as opportunity costs, timber yield, recreation, carbon storage, etc., Zusammenfassung An innovative application of GIS techniques to spatial cost-benefit analysis of a complex land use change problem. The imaginative use of GIS will be of great interest to economists! environmental managers and regional planners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword David W. Pearce; 1. Introduction; 2. Recreation: valuation methods; 3. Recreation: predicting values; 4. Recreation: predicting visits; 5. Timber valuation; 6. Modelling and mapping timber yield and its value; 7. Modelling and valuing carbon sequestration in trees, timber products and forest soils; 8. Modelling opportunity cost: agricultural output values; 9. Cost benefit analysis using GIS; 10. Conclusions and future directions.

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• Authors: I. J. Bateman, I. J. Lovett Bateman, I.j. Lovett Bateman, Ian J. Bateman, Ian J. (University of East Anglia) Bateman, Ian J. (University of East Anglia) Lovett Bateman, Juli S. Brainard, Julii S. Brainard, Julii S. (University of East Anglia) Brainard, Andrew Lovett, Andrew A. Lovett, Andrew A. (University of East Anglia) Lovett
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2005
• EAN: 9780521671583
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67158-3
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics