Alternatives for Environmental Valuation

Informationen zum Autor Michael Getzner, Clive Spash, Sigrid Stagl Klappentext Methods for raising awareness of how human's value the environment range from monetary valuation through to greater public participation in decisions. In this book a group of international experts explore innovative alternatives which are critically evaluated and compared. Lessons are drawn from both the successes and failures of different approaches. Case studies address a wide variety of cutting edge environmental problems from agro-forestry and wetlands to climate change, biodiversity and genetically modified organisms. Zusammenfassung This book presents innovative alternatives to monetary approaches for representing environmental values in decision processes, with contributors from Europe and Australia joining together to explore social psychology, multidimensional non-monetary techniques, and participatory approaches. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Exploring Alternatives for Environmental Valuation Part 1: Extending the Environmental Valuation Approach 2. A Framework for Valuing Nature: Regional Biodiversity 3. Non-Use Values and Attitudes: Wetlands Threatened by Climate Change 4. Modelling Environmental Behaviour: Socio-Psychological Simulation Part 2: Taking Multiple Criteria into Account 5. Assessing the Quality of Different MCDA Methods 6. MCDA and Stakeholder Participation: Valuing Forest Resources 7. Confronting Risk with Precaution: A Multi-Criteria Mapping of Genetically Modified Crops Part 3: Deliberation, Participation and Value Expression 8. Consumer Valuation and Citizen Deliberation: Towards a Comparison 9. Three Approaches to Valuing Nature: Forest Floodplain Restoration 10. Deliberation and Economic Valuation: National Park Management 11. The Challenges of Stakeholder Participation: Agri-Environmental Policy 12. Preference Transformation Through Deliberation: Protecting World Heritage ...

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• Autori: M. Getzner, Michael Getzner, Michael Spash Getzner, Getzner Michael, GETZNER MICHAEL SPASH CLIVE ST, Clive Spash, Spash Clive, Sigrid Stagl
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Getzner (Editore), Clive L. Spash (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.10.2004
• EAN: 9780415310123
• ISBN: 978-0-415-31012-3
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics; Routledge Explorations in Envi; Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Environmental Economics, Economics of industrial organisation, Economics of industrial organization