1st Edition

Alternatives for Environmental Valuation

314 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Environmental cost-benefit analysis was developed by economists in the belief that monetary valuation of the environmental repercussions of economic activity is essential if the "environment " stands any chance of being included in government and business decisions. This volume examines the limitations of this monetary approach, and considers the alternatives. Three broad angles from which... Read more

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

Biography

Michael Getzner, Clive Spash, Sigrid Stagl