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Valuing ecosystem services : toward better environmental decision-making / Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aquatic ecology--Economic aspects.
- Aquatic ecology.
- Biotic communities--Economic aspects.
- Biotic communities.
- Environmental policy--Decision making.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental protection--Decision making.
- Environmental protection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, such as draining a wetland for a housing development, it is essential to consider both the value of the development and the value of the ecosystem services that could be lost. Despite a growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services, their value is often overlooked in environmental decision-making. This report identifies methods for assigning economic value to ecosystem services "even intangible ones "and calls for greater collaboration between ecologists and economists in such efforts.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Meaning of Value and Use of Economic Valuation in the Environmental Policy Decision-Making Process""; ""3 Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems""; ""4 Methods of Non-market Valuation""; ""5 Translating Ecosystem Functions to the Value of Ecosystem Services: Case Studies""; ""6 Judgment, Uncertainty, and Valuation""; ""7 Ecosystem Valuation: Synthesis and Future Directions""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Summary of Related NRC Reports""; ""Appendix B Household Production Function Models""
- ""Appendix C Production Function Models""""Appendix D Committee and Staff Biographical Information""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610175840
- 9780309133456
- 0309133459
- 9781280175848
- 1280175842
- 9780309545860
- 0309545862
- OCLC:
- 923274203
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