Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States - The Challenge of Trading Places

The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States provides an in-depth analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. It explains why very few of these markets have succeeded even after close to twenty years of scholarly enthusiasm, federal funding and concerted efforts by NGOs, government agencies and businesses.

List of contents

List of Illustrations; List of Interviews; Acknowledgments; 1. Introducing Ecosystems to the Marketplace; 2. Creating Places for Markets; 3. Producing Equivalence; 4. Developing Participation; 5. Trading Places; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Mattijs van Maasakkers is an assistant professor of city and regional planning at Ohio State University. Trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, van Maasakkers's research and teaching focus on the role of science and technology in environmental policy-making and implementation.

Product details

• Authors: Mattijs Maasakkers, Mattijs van Maasakkers, Mattijs Van Maasakkers
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783086023
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-602-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Anthem Ecosystem Services and; Anthem Ecosystem Services and Restoration Series; Anthem Ecosystem Services and; Strategies for Sustainable Development Series; Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental policy and protocols