Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods
. Ed(S): Navrud, Stale; Ready, Richard
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Description for Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods
Paperback. Editor(s): Navrud, Stale; Ready, Richard. Series: The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
The transfer of environmental values in time and space has increased rapidly with the widespread use of cost benefit analysis in project evaluation and regulatory assessments over the last three decades. Over the last 15 years, other policy uses like environmental costing, greening of systems of national accounts and natural resource damage assessments after oil spills and other pollution accidents have also contributed to the increased demand for environmental values. However, most early transfers were conducted in an uncritical manner, often lacking sound theoretical, statistical and empirical basis, and did not question the validity and reliability of the transferred values. ... Read more
The transfer of environmental values in time and space has increased rapidly with the widespread use of cost benefit analysis in project evaluation and regulatory assessments over the last three decades. Over the last 15 years, other policy uses like environmental costing, greening of systems of national accounts and natural resource damage assessments after oil spills and other pollution accidents have also contributed to the increased demand for environmental values. However, most early transfers were conducted in an uncritical manner, often lacking sound theoretical, statistical and empirical basis, and did not question the validity and reliability of the transferred values. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048170357
SKU
V9789048170357
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99-15
Reviews for Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods
From the reviews: "This book provides ample evidence assessing the reliability of the benefit transfer method for different environmental improvements. … it gives the reader a thorough exposition of the ongoing research in the area of value transfer. For readers interested in different case studies assessing the accuracy of the benefit transfer methods, this book ... Read more