The international handbook on non-market environmental valuation / edited by Jeff Bennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennett, Jeff, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental auditing.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Non-market environmental valuation (NMEV) is undergoing a period of increased growth in both application and development as a result of increasing recognition of the role of economics in environmental policy issues. Against this backdrop, The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation brings together world leaders in the field to advance the development and application of NMEV as a tool for policy-making. The expert contributors provide insights into the state of the art across the spectrum of both revealed and stated preference methods and highlight new directions being take

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 The rise and rise of non-market environmental valuation; 2 Using hedonic pricing for estimating compensation payments for noise and other externalities from new roads; 3 A hedonic price model of coral reef quality in Hawaii; 4 Applying the travel cost method to Minorca beaches: some policy results; 5 The role of water quality perceptions in modelling lake recreation demand; 6 Testing the robustness of contingent valuation estimates of WTP to survey mode and treatment of protest responses

7 Consequentiality and contingent values: an emerging paradigm8 Decision versus experienced utility: an investigation using the choice experiment method; 9 Bioindicator-based stated preference valuation for aquatic habitat and ecosystem service restoration; 10 Efficiency versus bias: the role of distributional parameters in count contingent behaviour models; 11 Estimation of household water demand with merged revealed and stated preference data; 12 Preference heterogeneity and non-market benefits: the roles of structural hedonic and sorting models

13 Dealing with scale and scope issues in stated preference experiments14 Experimental design strategies for stated preference studies dealing with non-market goods; 15 Incentive and information properties of preference questions: commentary and extensions; 16 Valid value estimates and value estimate validation: better methods and better testing for stated preference research; 17 Evaluating benefit transfer for Canadian water quality improvements using US/Canada metadata: an application of international meta-analysis; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13289-3

9786613132895

0-85793-119-9

OCLC:

731646734