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Author Reitbergen-McCracken, J.; Buck, Matthias
Title Environmental valuation : a worldwide compendium of case studies / edited by Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken and Hussein Abaza.
Publisher London : UNEP : Earthscan
Year 2000
Pages vi, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes Introduction / J. A. Rietbergen-McCracken -- Africa Region Case Studies. 1. Valuing Time Spent Collecting Water in a Kenyan Town / Hugo van Zyl, Thomas Store and Anthony Leiman. 2. The Recreational Value of Viewing Wildlife in Kenya / Hugo van Zyl, Thomas Store and Anthony Leiman. 3. Determinants of Land Values in Accra, Ghana / Hugo van Zyl, Thomas Store and Anthony Leiman. 4. Measuring the Costs of Rainforest Conservation in Cameroon / Hugo van Zyl, Thomas Store and Anthony Leiman -- Asia Region Case Studies. 5. Evaluation of the Profitability of Forest Plantations in the Philippines / Marian delos Angeles, Herminia Francisco and Anssi Niskanen. 6. Health Effects and the Value of Air Pollution Reduction in Taiwan / Germelino Bautista, Anthony Ygrubay and Daigee Shaw / [et al.]. 7. Environmental Considerations in the Environmental Impact Analysis of the Katunayake Expressway in Sri Lanka / V. Sivagnasothy and David S. McCauley -- Eastern and Central Europe Region Case Studies. 8. An Economic Assessment of the Natural Resources of the Baltic Oil Shale Basin: Case Study of Estonia / Maye Kjabbi. 9. Valuation of Natural Resources of the Moscow District of Russia / Olga Medvedeva -- Latin America Region Case Studies. 10. Valuing the Net Benefits of Air Pollution Control in Santiago, Chile / Edgar Furst, David N. Barton and Gerardo Jimenez. 11. The Costs and Benefits of Reef Conservation in the Bonaire Marine Park, in the Netherlands Antilles / Edgar Furst, David N. Barton and Gerardo Jimenez. 12. Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Water Services in Haiti / Edgar Furst, David N. Barton and Gerardo Jimenez. 13. Total Economic Value of Forests in Mexico / Edgar Furst, David N. Barton and Gerardo Jimenez. 14. Partial Economic Valuation of Mangroves in Nicaragua / Edgar Furst, David N. Barton and Gerrardo Jimenez.
ISBN 1853836958
Languages English
Programme Areas Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Biodiversity for Development; Ecosystem Approach
Keywords Environmental economics; Case studies
Organization United Nations Environment Programme
Location HC79 E5E592 2000
Holdings 1
Type Monograph
Category GUIDE